Manchester College in North Manchester, Ind., will change its name to
Manchester University on July 1, to reflect the growing complexity of
the institution, the Board of Trustees decided at its spring meeting on
April 21.
The timing is optimal as Manchester grows in complexity beyond its
123-year-old undergraduate, residential liberal arts core with: a new
professional doctoral program in pharmacy, with faculty engaged in
research agendas; a new non-residential campus in Fort Wayne; graduate
programs in athletic training and education, with more possibilities.
A name change to university is strategic, said president Jo Young
Switzer. “A new name will help us communicate our expanding academic
competencies and goals.
“What we will not change is our mission to graduate persons of
ability and conviction who will work to improve the human condition,”
Switzer said. “Manchester’s reputation for exciting learning and service
opportunities supported by faculty mentoring will continue in the
undergraduate, graduate, and School of Pharmacy programs.”
Switzer’s recommendation and the Board of Trustee’s decision were
presaged by conversations with members of the Manchester
community--alumni, faculty, current students, and staff--as well as
surveys by a research firm of potential students and community leaders.
Manchester currently offers more than 55 areas of academic study,
including master’s degrees in athletic training and education. A total
of 1,320 undergraduate and graduate students study on its North
Manchester campus.
In August, the first 70 students in Manchester’s new doctoral
pharmacy program begin classes in a new facility in north Fort Wayne.
When that first class graduates in four years, 280 students will be
enrolled in the Pharm.D. program.
-- Jeri S. Kornegay is director of Media and Public Relations for Manchester College.
Source:5/3/2012 Newsline
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