Schools of Nursing

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Adirondack Community College (ACC), part of the State University of New York (SUNY), is a two-year college that was founded in 1961.  Its nursing education program offers the Associate in Applied Science degree.

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Broome Community College (BCC) is a comprehensive community college supervised by SUNY (State University of New York) and sponsored by the County of Broome.  BCC offers the Associate in Applied Science degree and has articulation agreements with a variety of nursing schools which offer the Bachelor of Science degree.  In 1946, BCC was chartered as the New York State Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences at Binghamton.  After several minor name changes, the campus moved to its present location in 1957.  In 1971 its name changed to the current Broome Community College.

Includes: A collection of writings by nursing students who had clinical experiences at Broome Development Center.

Columbia University School of Nursing was founded in 1892 and was the first in the country to award a master's degree in a clinical nursing specialty.  The School offers many nursing specialty degrees including Master’s degree programs, a Doctor of Nursing Science degree, and a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree.  The School’s nurse midwifery program is the nation's oldest, continuous program of its kind.  Its nursing school faculty is the first to gain full admitting privileges to a major teaching hospital.  It is also the first nursing school to be designated a World Health Organization Collaborating Center for International Nursing Development in Advanced Practice.

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The Decker School of Nursing, founded in 1969, offers Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in nursing, post-Master’s Nurse Practitioner Certification programs and a PhD in Rural Nursing.  It is the only school in the country to offer a PhD in Rural Nursing and was the first public university in New York State to offer a PhD in nursing.

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Part of the State University of New York, Dutchess Community College (DCC) nursing education program offers the Associate in Applied Science degree.  DCC was founded in 1957, accepting its first freshman class in September of 1958.  DCC recently celebrated its fourth decade of excellence and service to Dutchess County and the Mid-Hudson region.

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Erie Community College (ECC) is part of the State University of New York system.  In the past five decades, the College has grown from a small two-year technical institute to a three-campus college serving over 10,000 students.  In 1946, the Legislature of the State of New York, recognizing the need for technical-vocational education at the junior college level, established the New York State Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences at Buffalo.  In 1948, when the New York State Legislature founded the State University of New York, the Institute at Buffalo became one of the units of the University.  In 1953, Erie County assumed sponsorship of the College, changing its name to the Erie County Technical Institute (ECTI).  In 1960, the Erie County Technical Institute moved to the present site of the North Campus at 6205 Main Street in Williamsville, New York; and, in 1969, the name of the College was changed to its present designation, Erie Community College (ECC).  Its nursing education program offers the Associate in Applied Science degree.

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Hudson Valley Community College’s (HVCC) nursing education program offers the Associate in Applied Science degree in Nursing.  Founded in 1953, the college is sponsored by Rensselaer County and is part of the State University of New York system.  The college is governed by a 10-member Board of Trustees, which is appointed by the Governor, the Rensselaer County Legislature and elected from among the student body.

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Founded in 1858 as a medical school as well as a hospital, Long Island College Hospital (LICH) operates one of the oldest schools of nursing in the country.  In 1860, Long Island College Hospital became the first U.S. medical school to make bedside teaching a standard part of its medical curriculum.  Medical achievements of early LICH faculty include introduction of the stethoscope and early use of anesthesia.  LICH School of Nursing currently offers the Associate in Applied Science degree.

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Nassau Community College (NCC) was created as a part of the State University of New York in 1959.  It is one of the largest two-year colleges in New York.  The Nursing Department admitted its first students in 1962.  NCC currently offers a two-year Associate of Science degree in Nursing. 

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Onondaga Community College, founded in 1962, is part of the State University of New York system.  The original 500 entering freshmen began their college careers in the fall of 1962 at Midtown Plaza in Syracuse.  In 1973, the college moved to its current site on Onondaga Hill.  The campus consists of seven buildings on 181 acres.  The OCC Nursing Department offers an Associate in Applied Science degree.

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Orange County Community College

Founded in 1950, Orange County Community College is a two-year institution of higher education established by the authority of the State of New York and sponsored by the County of Orange.  In 1952, Orange County Community College became the first college in the United States to offer an Associate degree in nursing.  The OCCC nursing education program offers the Associate in Applied Science degree.

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Founded in 1906 by the Pace brothers as a business school for men and women who aspired to a better life, Pace Institute began its transformation into a modern university, with emphasis on the liberal arts and sciences, under Robert Pace 42 years later.  Pace University has grown tremendously and now occupies three campus in New York State.  The Lienhard School of Nursing was formed in 1964.  With sites on two campuses in New York City, NY and Pleasantville, NY, the Lienhard School currently offers the Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees.

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B. T. Roberts founded Roberts Wesleyan College, originally Chili Seminary, in 1866 to prepare well-educated young people who could become the kind of servant-leaders of high character of which he believed America was in so great need.  The Division of Nursing offers the Bachelor of Science degree with a major in nursing and an adult degree completion program for RNs seeking the Bachelor of Science in nursing.

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The Sage Colleges is an independent private institution of higher education comprised of three colleges: Russell Sage College, undergraduate college for women in Troy, NY; Sage College of Albany, a co-educational undergraduate college of applied studies in Albany, NY; and Sage Graduate School, operating on both campuses and offering applied master’s and doctoral degrees.  The Nursing Department provides Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees.  Russell Sage College was founded in Troy, New York, in 1916 by Margaret Olivia Slocum Sage.  Initially, the college operated under the charter of the Emma Willard School, granting its first Baccalaureate degree in 1918 and graduating its first class in 1920.  In 1927, the New York State Board of Regents granted a separate charter for Russell Sage College.  During World War II, an “emergency men's division” was created and in 1942 the first graduate degree was conferred.  In 1949, an Albany Division was opened, offering two-year, four-year and graduate degrees under the charter of Russell Sage College and extending the College’s mission to include the education of men.  The Sage Junior College of Albany received its own degree-granting powers in 1957.  In 1995, the Sage Graduate School became authorized to grant degrees independently, the Sage Evening College became recognized as a separate administrative unit, and the institution was re-chartered by the Board of Regents of the state of New York as The Sage Colleges.  In 2001, the Sage Junior College of Albany and Sage Evening College were replaced by a single entity, Sage College of Albany.

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St. Joseph’s College of Nursing at St. Joseph’s Hospital

Formed in 1898, St. Joseph’s College of Nursing currently offers an Associate in Applied Science degree.  Its graduates are eligible for a  “2+2” program of automatic transfer to selected colleges and universities which offer the Bachelor of Science degree in nursing.

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Founded in 1959, Suffolk County Community College (SCCC) is one of the largest community colleges in the State University of New York (SUNY) system, enrolling 22,000 students at its three campuses in Selden, Brentwood and Riverhead.  The SCCC nursing education program offers an Associate in Applied Science.

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SUNY Canton

Originally founded in 1906 as the School of Agriculture (SOA) at St. Lawrence University, Canton was the first postsecondary, two-year college in New York authorized by the Legislature.  In 1941, SOA was renamed the New York State Agricultural and Technical Institute (ATI).  ATI became a member college of the State University of New York in 1948.  To recognize advanced technology programs added in the 1950's and '60's, the college underwent another name change in 1965, this time becoming the State University of New York Agricultural and Technical College at Canton, or ATC.  In 1987, the University's Board of Trustees authorized yet another name change -- to the college's present designation as State University of New York College of Technology at Canton. The State University of New York College of Technology at Canton is a public, coeducational, residential college.  SUNY Canton’s nursing education program offers an Associate in Applied Science degree.

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Trocaire College, the only independent, private, two-year college in the City of Buffalo, was founded in 1958 by the Sisters of Mercy as Sancta Maria College, offering higher educational opportunities to the women of the Order. The College gained distinction early on in the field of Nursing and Health Science education.  Trocaire College, however, has since evolved into a uniquely comprehensive, coeducational institution. While still sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy, Trocaire College granted admission to lay female students in 1965 and male students in 1972. In 1967, to honor the heritage of the founding Sisters, the College's name was officially changed to Trocaire, the Gaelic word for "mercy."  Trocaire’s nursing education program offers an Associate in Applied Science degree.

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The University at Buffalo was founded in 1846 as a private medical college and merged with the State University of New York system in 1962.  The School of Nursing began in the 1930's as a division of the School of Medicine and became an independent unit within the University in 1940.  It offers the Bachelor of Science degree in nursing, the Master’s degree in several specialty area, an advanced certificate in nursing education and the Doctor of Philosophy degree.

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In 1925 the School of Nursing was established concurrently with Strong Memorial Hospital and the School of Medicine and Dentistry.  The School of Nursing offered a five-year program leading to a Bachelors of Science degree with a major in nursing.  Three years of liberal arts generally preceded a 24 month diploma program.  Subsequently, the latter was extended to 36 months.  In 1934 public health experience at the Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) or the Monroe County Health Department was added to the course requirements.  Psychiatric nursing training was added  in 1946.  In 1951, a program leading to a Master of Science degree in nursing education became available.  In 1960, the three-year diploma program component of the baccalaureate program admitted its last class; the generic baccalaureate program remained as the single program for entry into practice.  In 1961, all nursing education was consolidated in the Department of Nursing in the School of Medicine and Dentistry.  In 1998 the decision was made to phase out the generic baccalaureate program.  Today, the School of Nursing offers the Bachelor of Science degree for graduates of diploma and associate degree programs, the Master’s degree in numerous specialty areas, the Doctorate in Philosophy degree and post doctoral fellowships.

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