Cazenovia College
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| Type | Private |
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| Established | 1824 |
| Endowment | $32.2 million (2014) |
| President | Ron Chesbrough |
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Academic staff
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154 (54 full-time, 100 part-time) |
| Undergraduates | 1,000 |
| Location |
Cazenovia, New York, United States 42°55′55″N 75°51′14″W / 42.93203°N 75.8538°WCoordinates: 42°55′55″N 75°51′14″W / 42.93203°N 75.8538°W |
| Colors | Blue and gold |
| Athletics | NCAA Division III |
| Sports | 16 varsity teams |
| Nickname | Wildcats |
| Affiliations | NEAC |
| Website | www |
Cazenovia College is a small, independent, co-educational, baccalaureate college, located in Cazenovia, New York, United States. Cazenovia offers a comprehensive liberal arts education with academic and co-curricular programs devoted to developing leaders in their professional fields. Cazenovia College has been named one of "America's Best Colleges" by U.S. News & World Report for a number of years.
Cazenovia College began in 1824 as the Genesee Seminary. It was sponsored by the Methodist Church but was a non-sectarian institution. It was initially located in the old Madison County Courthouse. Cazenovia was co-educational from its foundation.
Later the institution was known as Cazenovia Seminary. It was known as the Oneida and Genesee Conference Seminary, the Oneida Conference Seminary and the Central New York Conference Seminary over the years. It did not officially adopt the name Cazenovia Seminary until 1894, but the name was at times used from its inception and is often used to refer to it at any time before it became a college.
In 1942 Church sponsorship of Cazenovia was withdrawn, and it was reorganized to include a junior college program as well as the prep school, with the name of Cazenovia Junior College. It then became Cazenovia College for Women in 1961. In 1982 it returned to being co-educational and adopted its present name, although it was not recognized as a bachelor's degree-granting institution until 1988.
Cazenovia College teams participate as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III. The Wildcats are a member of the North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC). Men's sports include baseball, basketball, crew, cross country, equestrian, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis and volleyball; women's sports include basketball, cheerleading, crew, cross country, equestrian, golf, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis and volleyball.
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