Urbana (conference)

=== 1940s ===
The first Urbana was held in 1946<ref name=LWP>{{cite web|last1=Whitnable|first1=Kristine|title=Urbana and Short-term Missions|url=http://www.lausanneworldpulse.com/themedarticles-php/269/03-2006|website=Lausanne World Pulse|access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref> at the [[University of Toronto]] in [[Toronto, Ontario]], Canada. 151 colleges, universities, and seminaries from across North America were represented, along with 100 missionaries.<ref name=Christ>{{cite book|last1=Hunt|first1=Keith Hunt & Gladys|title=For Christ and the university : the story of Intervarsity Christian Fellowship-USA, 1940-1990|date=1992|publisher=InterVarsity Press|location=Downers Grove, Ill.|isbn=0830849963|pages=127–129, 172–175, 217–218, 303–305, 356–358}}</ref> [[L. E. Maxwell]], president of [[Prairie Bible Institute]], and other noted Christian leaders in academia spoke at the December event.<ref name=MF>{{cite web|last1=Hoke|first1=Steve|title=The Impact of an Urbana Decision Card on One Life|url=http://www.missionfrontiers.org/issue/article/the-impact-of-an-urbana-decision-card-on-one-life|website=Mission Frontiers|access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref> The second Urbana was held in 1948, this time at the [[University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign|University of Illinois]] at [[Champaign-Urbana]]. [[Jim Elliot]], known for his missionary work and martyrdom in Ecuador, attended this Urbana as a student.<ref name=GOC>{{cite book|last1=Sheppard|first1=Trent|title=God on Campus: Sacred Causes and Global Effects|date=2010|publisher=ReadHowYouWant.com|isbn=9781459602366|page=148|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a1RmlboGsz4C&q=urbana+1946+toronto&pg=PA148|access-date=10 March 2015}}</ref> The slogan for this Urbana was "From Every Campus to Every Country." 1,300 students from 154 campuses participated. Speakers included [[Frank Houghton]], [[V. Raymond Edman]], and [[Billy Graham]].<ref name="Christ" />