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SPECIAL FEATURE: The Honor Roll; SUNY's Buffalo State College
Buffalo State College began as a small, single-program school founded to provide teachers for Buffalo's growing public school system. The year was 1871. From that time forward, the school played an important role in the history of the Niagara Frontier, earning a reputation as one of the best institutions of its kind in the country while growing to become the largest "university college"in the State University of New York system. In addition, BSC is the only SUNY four-year college situated within a city, a location that gives its students many advantages. The 115-acre campus of 38 buildings that serves nearly 11,000 students lies in the heart of Buffalo's cultural and recreational center. Set to add distance learning to its many new student-centered programs, BSC continues to meet the demands of its learners, providing them with new opportunities and greater access. The Hispanic Outlook acknowledges BSC for providing quality education programs with a personal touch within a large, city-based institution.
When the Buffalo Normal School opened its doors to its first class, there were 86 students and three departments: normal, collegiate, and scientific. For 90 years, the college concentrated on teacher education, creating outstanding programs in art and exceptional educations. By 1926, the school had more than 1,000 students and had outgrown the building it had occupied since 1914.
A delegation led by Mayor Frank X. Schwab went to Albany in 1927 to negotiate for the college's current site, owned partly by the City of Buffalo. It was granted, and ground was broken on November 7, 1928. for a five-building campus that included an administration and classroom building, vocational building, school of practice, gymnasium, and president's residence. At this time, the institution's name was changed to New York College for Teachers.
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