Nazareth College (New York)
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| Type | Private, Coeducational |
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| Established | 1924 |
| Affiliation | None (formerly Roman Catholic) |
| President | Daan Braveman, J.D. |
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Academic staff
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176 full-time |
| Students | 2,823 |
| Undergraduates | 2,034 |
| Postgraduates | 789 |
| Location | Pittsford, NY, USA |
| Campus | Suburban: 150 acres |
| Colors |
Purple & Gold |
| Athletics | NCAA Division III |
| Nickname | Golden Flyers |
| Mascot | Golden Flyer |
| Affiliations | Empire 8 |
| Website | www.naz.edu |
Purple & Gold
Nazareth College is a coeducational, private, religiously independent college in Pittsford, a suburb of Rochester, in the U.S. state of New York. This small, post-secondary institution offers more than 60 undergraduate majors, including education, health and human services, management, the fine arts, music, theater, math and science, foreign languages, and the liberal arts, plus 20 graduate programs and three post-baccaulaureate certificate programs. The College is an accredited member of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
Founding
At the request of Bishop Thomas Francis Hickey of Rochester, five Sisters of St. Joseph — with Ph.Ds that included graduate study at Oxford University and the Sorbonne — founded Nazareth College in 1924. The first class was composed of 25 young women who began their studies in a large mansion on Lake Avenue in Rochester, New York. The original mansion that housed the college was known as "the Glass House." At that time, the college offered Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees, each with a liberal arts core. In response to increasing enrollment, the college moved to a larger facility in 1928 at 402 Augustine Street.
Move to East Avenue
In January 1942, the college moved to its present campus on East Avenue in the suburb of Pittsford. In the 1950s, the college responded to the need for graduate study by adding majors and by the 1970s was renowned for quality teacher education and social work. Study abroad programs and intercollegiate sports were also added in the 1970s. During this time of monumental change — which included lectures from eminent figures such as John Ciardi, Robert Fitzgerald, Edward Said, Gabriel Marcel, Dorothy Day, Rudolph Nureyev, and Costa Rica President Oscar Arias — the college became co-educational and governmentally independent of the religious congregation. Nevertheless, it retained its focus on academic excellence and the charism of the Sisters of St. Joseph: “serving all without distinction.” (History of Nazareth College, Nazareth College Archives)
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