Buffalo State College
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| Motto | Dedicated to excellence |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1871 |
| Endowment | US$ 22.7 million (June 2011) |
| Chancellor | Nancy L. Zimpher |
| President | Katherine Conway-Turner |
| Provost | Melanie Perreault |
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Administrative staff
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1,820 total full and part-time faculty and staff |
| Students | 10,661 |
| Undergraduates | 9,116 |
| Postgraduates | 1,140 |
| Location | Buffalo, New York, United States |
| Campus |
Urban 127 acres (51 ha) |
| Newspaper | The Record |
| Colors | Burnt orange, black, and cool gray |
| Nickname | Bengals |
| Mascot | Benji the Bengal |
| Affiliations | NCAA Division III |
| Website | suny.buffalostate.edu |
The State University College at Buffalo, also known as Buffalo State College, Buffalo State, or simply "Buff State", is a public college in Buffalo, New York, United States that is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. Buffalo State College was founded in 1871 as the Buffalo Normal School to train teachers. Located on a 125-acre campus between Elmwood Avenue and Grant Street (Elmwood Village area) in the northwestern part of the city, it offers a wide array of academic programs, including 177 undergraduate programs with 11 honors options, 11 post baccalaureate teacher certification programs and 63 graduate programs.
Coordinates: 42°56′05″N 78°53′02″W / 42.9347°N 78.8839°W
Buffalo State was founded in 1871 as the Buffalo Normal School before becoming the State Normal and Training School (1888–1927), the State Teachers College at Buffalo (1928–1946), the New York State College for Teachers at Buffalo (1946–1950), SUNY, New York State College for Teachers (1950–1951), the State University College for Teachers at Buffalo (1951–1959), the State University College of Education at Buffalo (1960–1961), and finally the State University College at Buffalo in 1961.
Eighty-six students attended the Buffalo Normal School on the first day of classes on September 13, 1871. The school’s purpose was to provide a uniform training program for teachers to serve Buffalo’s fast-growing public school population. Today, Buffalo State remains one of only 136 colleges in the nation to host a teacher-preparation program, but its curricular offerings now include more than 250 undergraduate and graduate programs.
In 1910, the Art Department was added and by 1930 allowed for a specialization in art education.
In 1920, five students founded an organization that would become Delta Kappa National Fraternity.
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