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By MICHAEL CRIMMINS
Glasgow News 1
A name changed. A mission sustained.
Lindsey Wilson College will become Lindsey Wilson University on July 1 after a unanimous vote by the soon-to-be university’s board of trustees. Chair Denny Howell said the name change reflects “the mission, character and direction of this incredible school.”
“This is an historic day for Lindsey Wilson as it continues a remarkable journey that started more than 120 years ago,” Howell said.
President William Luckey Jr. said the change, which is one he has been “wrestling with and even arguing against for at least 25 years,” does not signal a change in mission but “rather reflects the dynamic nature of [what Lindsey Wilson has] become.”
“I’ve always been convinced that the best teaching and learning in the world happens at small, private colleges across the United States,” said Luckey, who is the longest-serving college or university president in Kentucky higher education and has been Lindsey Wilson’s eighth president since 1998. “That is why this move does not change our mission, who we serve or what we do, but rather it reflects the dynamic nature of who we have become.”
Lindsey Wilson Trustee Carrie Farris said she has been ready for this change “for a long time.”
The change has been met with positivity from both faculty and students. The Alumni Board and the Student Government Association both endorsed the change, and the Lindsey Wilson faculty voted for the change 77 to 2 with 10 abstentions, according to a Lindsey Wilson press release.
“The mission of this school is not going to change,” said student president Zachariah Lawson, who will be in the first class to graduate from Lindsey Wilson University. “Lindsey Wilson is still going to be committed to serving ‘every student, every day,’ which is its greatest strength and what is at the heart of Lindsey Wilson.”
Lindsey Wilson’s 2024 fall enrollment was a record 4,147 students, which included students from 49 countries and six continents. Lindsey Wilson operates campuses in six states, and about 60% of its students are enrolled in graduate or doctoral programs, the press release stated.
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