After 75 years operating as Caldwell College, the Catholic liberal arts school in Caldwell, New Jersey is now Caldwell University.
“It is a new day and thrilling for all of us, especially for everyone who worked on the rigorous process to get us to this point,”said President Nancy Blattner, Ph.D. Blattner received official notification from the New Jersey secretary of higher education on Dec. 9 that the college’s petition to change its official name to Caldwell University had been approved. The institution chose to wait to officially roll out its new status at the start of the 2014-15 school year to coincide with its anniversary.
There are a number of benefits to the name change, said Blattner, including that for “students who want to go on to graduate school or who graduate from one of our master’s or doctoral programs, there is prestige in graduating from a university.”
Most important, she said, “is that the university is still committed to its Catholic identity and Dominican heritage and its core values of respect, integrity, community and excellence.”
Caldwell recently announced the addition of the new doctoral programs, an Ed.D. and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership. The program, which was approved by the New Jersey Office of Higher Education, is designed to meet the needs of school leaders, teachers or those in organizational leadership. The initial cohort will begin in the fall of 2014. The doctoral students will choose from one of the three concentrations for an Ed.D. or a Ph.D.: K-12 Leadership, Special Education Leadership or Higher Education Leadership.
Congratulations and Best of Luck!
Mount Saint Dominic’s Academy, part of the campus dates back to when our area was famous for resorts and boarding schools and its where Whitney Houston went to school. I remember seeing here around.
Caldwell College is my alma mater, and I am proud. ★
Congrats!