After nearly 100 years operating as Indiana Business College, the career-centered educational institution has changed its name to Harrison College.
"We've been talking about that for two years," said Pat Mozley, executive director of the Harrison College Terre Haute campus. "It was continuing to be confusing for people that the college was known as a 'business college' when it offered so many other types of degrees," Mozley said.
In addition to business, Harrison College, which has 12 campuses statewide (one in Fort Wayne on North Clinton), offers degrees in health sciences, veterinary technology, information technology and criminal justice.
Along with "business college," Harrison College also has outgrown being linked exclusively to Indiana. Classes will start this fall at the school's new Columbus, Ohio campus, according to a media release issued this past Monday.
According to the school's media release, the "Harrison" was chosen because it "represents a history, a heritage and leadership in the state of Indiana." The name Harrison has historical significance in this area. The ninth president of the United States, William Henry Harrison, was the first governor of the Indiana Territory. And President Benjamin Harrison, his grandson, was the 23rd president and the only Hoosier ever elected as the nation's chief executive.
The number of new students enrolling in the college has risen from 602 a year ago to 955 this year, according to figures released by the school. Harrison College was founded in 1902 as Marion Business College, which offered instruction in shorthand, typing and penmanship. The school's name was changed to Indiana Business College in 1913. For more information about Harrison College, see http://www.harrison.edu/.
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