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Carthage College
Established	1847
Type	Private
President	F. Gregory Campbell
Faculty	125
Students	2,180 full-time, 750 part-time
Location	Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Nickname	Red Men and Lady Reds
Affiliations	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Website	www.carthage.edu

Carthage College is a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Situated in Kenosha, Wisconsin midway between Chicago, Illinois and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the campus is on the shore of Lake Michigan and is home to 2,180 full-time and 750 part-time students.

Carthage awards the Bachelor of Arts degree with majors in more than 30 subject areas, and the Master of Education degree. Carthage also hosts the joint Executive MBA and Master of Social Work degrees awarded by Loyola University Chicago.

The Carthage faculty comprises more than 120 scholars, 90 percent of whom hold the doctorate or other terminal degree.

German Lutherans founded Carthage in 1847 in Hillsboro, Illinois as The Literary and Theological Institute of the Lutheran Church of the Far West. In 1852 the college moved to Springfield, Illinois and operated under the name Illinois State University. However, the college closed in 1869 due to budgetary reasons. In 1870 the college was reopened as Carthage College in Carthage, Illinois. Due to dwindling enrollment numbers during the 1950s, Carthage decided to open another campus in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1962, intending to eventually relocate the college there. The Wisconsin and Illinois campuses ran simultaneously until 1964, when the Illinois campus closed its doors and the college and its old traditions were moved to Wisconsin. This was the cause of much discontent among students at the Illinois campus who were long under the impression that the Illinois and Wisconsin campuses would both be operated by Carthage. However, in recent years, it has become apparent that this move revitalized the institution. In the last five years, a new state of the art library (Hedberg Library) and athletic center (Tarble Athletic and Recreation Center) have been opened, and the campus welcomed a renovation of the old library which turned it into the Clausen Center for World Business. In the new student village overlooking Lake Michigan, The Oaks, one new residence hall was completed in 2006, another will be complete in May 2007. Construction on a third will commence in June 2007. The new residences feature semi-private suites, cooking facilities, and media lounges on each floor.

In 2005, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ruled that Carthage, along with several other colleges throughout the United States would be ineligible to host NCAA-sanctioned playoffs and tournaments because their nickname, "Redmen", was perceived as an offensive reference to Native Americans.

Recently a decision has been made to rename the Carthage men's teams the "Red Men". The revised presentation reconnects with the circa 1920 origin of the name--the team's red uniform jersey--while removing any possible controversial connotations. In conjunction with the rearticulation of the name, a new logo for the team has replaced the traditional feathered Carthage C. The new logo includes a torch, a shield and a C.

• http://www.carthage.edu

College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin
Augustana • Carthage • Elmhurst • Illinois Wesleyan • Millikin • North Central • North Park • Wheaton

Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association
Shondell/Dunlap League: Ball State • IPFW • Lewis • Loyola • Mercyhurst • Ohio State • Quincy Coleman League: Carthage • Clarke • Central State • MSOE

Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
Milwaukee Area: Alverno • Cardinal Stritch • Concordia • Marquette • Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design • Milwaukee School of Engineering • Mount Mary • Wisconsin Lutheran Greater Wisconsin Area: Beloit • Carroll • Carthage • Edgewood • Lakeland (WI) • Lawrence • Marian (WI) • Northland • Ripon (WI) • Silver Lake • St. Norbert • Viterbo

Four year Colleges and Universities in Chicagoland

Aurora • Benedictine • Calumet • Carthage • Catholic Theological Union • Chicago College of Performing Arts • Chicago State • Chicago Theological Seminary • Columbia - Chicago • Concordia • DePaul • Dominican • East-West • Elmhurst • Governors State • Hebrew Theological College • IIT • Indiana University Northwest • Judson • Kendall • Lake Forest • Lewis • Loyola • Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago • McCormick Theological Seminary • Meadville Theological School • Midwestern • Moody Bible Institute • National-Louis • North Central • North Park • Northeastern Illinois • Northwestern • Olivet Nazarene • Purdue Calumet • Purdue North Central • Roosevelt • St. Francis • Saint Joseph's • Saint Mary of the Lake • St. Xavier • School of the Art Institute of Chicago • Shimer • Telshe Yeshiva • Trinity Christian • Trinity International • UChicago • UIC • Valparaiso • Vandercook College of Music • Wheaton

Colleges and universities of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Augsburg • Augustana (IL) • Augustana (SD) • Bethany • California Lutheran • Capital • Carthage • Concordia • Dana • Finlandia • Gettysburg • Grand View • Gustavus Adolphus • Lenoir-Rhyne • Luther (IA) • Midland • Muhlenberg • Newberry • Pacific Lutheran • Roanoke • St. Olaf • Susquehanna • Texas Lutheran • Thiel • Wagner • Waldorf • Wartburg • Wittenberg