Felician University
Iviswold Castle, located on the Rutherford campus.
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Former names
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Immaculate Conception Junior College, Felician College |
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| Motto | In Veritate Felicitas |
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Motto in English
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In Truth is Happiness |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1942 |
| Affiliation | Catholic (Felician Sisters) |
| Endowment | $4,762,353 |
| President | Dr. Anne Prisco |
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Academic staff
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12 to 1 ratio |
| Undergraduates | 1,775 |
| Postgraduates | 334 |
| Location | Lodi and Rutherford, New Jersey, USA |
| Athletics | NCAA Division II – CACC |
| Nickname | Golden Falcons |
| Affiliations |
AFCU ACCU NAICU CIC |
| Website | www.felician.edu |
Felician University is a private Roman Catholic college with two campuses, in Lodi and Rutherford, New Jersey. It was founded as the Immaculate Conception Normal School by the Felician Sisters in 1923, and became Immaculate Conception Junior College in 1942. With the authorization of its first four-year program in teacher education in 1967, it incorporated as Felician College. Enrollment is approximately 2,500, with undergraduates comprising around 2,000 students. 21% are men, and 79% are women.
On November 1, 2015, the school announced via its Twitter account that it had officially changed its name from Felician College to Felician University.
According to its website, the college is "designed to bring students to their highest potential and to foster a love for God, self-knowledge, service to the community and a love for learning within the great liberal arts tradition of a Catholic/Franciscan/Felician heritage."
The Rutherford campus is home to Iviswold Castle, a historic building currently restored to its original state when first constructed.
Founded by the Felician Sisters of Lodi, New Jersey, Felician University began as Immaculate Conception Normal School with the first summer session commencing on July 5, 1923. For more than a decade, the Normal School trained in-service teachers and qualified them for state certification. On May 27, 1935, the Normal School was raised to the status of a teacher training college approved by and affiliated with the Catholic University of America. The students who belonged to a religious order completed a maximum of seventy-two semester hours of their undergraduate work at the College and then transferred to the Catholic University of America, Seton Hall or Fordham University. The institution became reorganized as a junior college in 1941, and on March 26, 1942, it was incorporated under the laws of the State of New Jersey as Immaculate Conception Junior College.
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