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Carroll College will change its name
Published May 12, 2008 - BizTimes Daily
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The Carroll College Board of Trustees announced today it has voted unanimously to change the school's name to Carroll University, effective July 1.
"We are changing our name, quite simply, to reflect truth in advertising," said William Laatsch, Ph.D., a 1960 Carroll graduate and chairman of the Carroll board. "Based on our wide array of academic programs, we are already classified as a university by national organizations. We also believe the name Carroll University will help us recruit non-traditional, graduate, distance-learning and international students. Programs for these types of students have been shown to provide support for the core traditional Carroll Experience for undergraduate students."
The institution that became Carroll College was started in 1839 as Prairieville Academy and incorporated as Carroll College on Jan. 31, 1846, two years before Wisconsin became a state.
Carroll has more than 3,300 full- and part-time students and more than 60 areas of study. The school offers four undergraduate degrees and four graduate degrees, including a clinical doctorate in physical therapy.
In September 2007, Carroll launched a wide-ranging discussion about the possibility of changing the institution's name to Carroll University.
"From the very beginning, our intention was to hold a deliberate and inclusive discussion that would give all of Carroll's constituents multiple opportunities to ask questions, make suggestions and give their opinions," Laatsch said. "Our efforts were successful. Carroll has sent a total of nearly 112,000 messages about the name study to about 26,800 constituents, including alumni, donors, students, staff, faculty, friends and community leaders."
The transition to the new name will be phased in over time.
