An innovative, global adult college based in Walnut Hills, changed its name, logo and motto this week.

        The renamed Union Institute & University retains Union Institute for the emotional attachment, President Judith A. Sturnick said Thursday.

        Adding “& University” acknowledges this year's purchase of “strong, vibrant and thriving” Vermont College in Montpelier and its “very fine master's programs.”

        Combined with the Union Institute's bachelor and Ph.D. programs, she said, those master's degrees promise a “seamless” accredited education to adults who can't afford to leave homes and jobs for years.

        The green-and-gold logo symbolizes the two merged institutions, the flame of learning and the flower of new growth, she said. The motto is “Personal. Progressive. Powerful.”

        At the school, students design their own programs, find their academic oversight committees and set their own goals, subject to the school's approval.

        In turn, those mentors stay in close touch, keeping the personal foremost, Dr. Sturnick stressed. “We are not a virtual university.”

        Union Institute remains progressive, honing and redefining adult education in each generation, she said. “Ours is the model we believe for the global future.”

        The Union Institute was founded in Cincinnati in 1964. It has no campus as such, using two historic buildings on East McMillan Street largely for administration. It has 1,789 students in this country and 66 outside, including 64 Ph.D. candidates.

        Vermont College was founded in the mid-19th century and it has no on-campus learners.

        As with the Union Institute, its programs have limited in-residence requirements and they are similar in philosophy and design.

        It has 922 students — of whom 473 are master's candidates and 449 undergrads — in this country and another 42 — of whom 29 are master's candidates and 13 are undergrads — outside the United States.

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