Robert Morris College Becomes Robert Morris University

President Michael P. Viollt and the Board of Trustees of Robert Morris College proudly announce that the institution has changed its name to Robert Morris University Illinois.  The new name becomes official May 1, 2009. 

RMU’s main campus is located at 401 S. State Street in Chicago.  It has seven other campus sites, including Orland Park, Bensenville, DuPage, Lake County, Schaumburg, Peoria and Springfield. The new name announcement was shared throughout the campuses among students, faculty and staff with celebratory events, including an official unveiling of the new name in the University’s State Street Art Gallery, “logo parties” with the new name on cookies and candies, and the distribution of newly branded t-shirts for the entire Robert Morris University community.

“It is important to involve everyone in celebrating our new identity,” commented President Viollt.  “Our name has changed a bit, but our commitment to our students remains the same.” Over the next few months, the University will complete the task of changing its signage on everything from campus signs to the website to athletic jerseys.

Robert Morris College was first established in Illinois in 1965 at the site of the former Carthage College.  It expanded to Chicago in 1975 when it acquired the Moser School of Business, whose origins go back to 1913, and it opened the additional campus sites from 1988 to the present. In 2005, Robert Morris opened the Morris Graduate School of Management, offering graduate level classes at all campuses.