Office of the President

Carthage Mission and Goals

The College is committed to providing a strong foundation in the liberal arts for all its students, whatever their academic majors or career objectives are. This foundation is a basis for cultivating free men and women. With this commitment and conviction, the College offers select, high-quality majors in career-oriented fields, in the disciplines of the arts, humanities, and sciences.

As a college of the Christian tradition affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), Carthage seeks to provide opportunities for men and women to serve others in the world and in the church.

The College also encourages and supports expressions of diversity across the campus community. Working together, students, faculty, and staff create an inclusive learning environment in both curriculum and co-curricular activities. Only by experiencing and valuing diverse perspectives can students be prepared to live in an increasingly multi-cultural society and global community. Carthage seeks to:

  1. Transmit the human heritage in the arts, humanities, and sciences.
  2. Offer programs of study that permit mastery of a significant body of knowledge and acquisition of appropriate research techniques.
  3. Develop the communication skills of its students and provide a facility for critical and constructive thinking.
  4. Foster a love of learning, an openness to diverse ideas, and a commitment to education as a lifelong process.
  5. Provide opportunities for worship and proclamation of the Gospel.
  6. Enhance awareness of the need to examine values in a Christian context and develop a personal philosophy and sense of vocation.
  7. Prepare students for careers that offer opportunities for personal satisfaction and service to society.
  8. Prepare students to be licensed as teachers in Wisconsin and other states.
  9. Encourage active participation as informed and responsive citizens in seeking solutions to problems in the community, the nation, and the world.
  10. Serve as an intellectual, aesthetic, and religious resourceto the community and the church.