College Profile: Cazenovia College

Cazenovia College, named one of “America’s Best Colleges” by US News & World Report, is a small, independent, co-educational, baccalaureate college, located near Syracuse, N.Y. Cazenovia offers a comprehensive liberal arts education in an exceptional community environment, with academic and co-curricular programs devoted to developing leaders in their professional fields. For more information, visit www.cazenovia.edu. Cazenovia College creates educational experiences that are individualized for students, matching skill sets with available programs and co-curricular offerings. This individualized approach to the educational experience is what sets Cazenovia College apart from others. Throughout its history, the College has embraced Student Success as its primary mission and will continue to be a community focused on learning, nourished by diversity, and strengthened by integrity. Programs of Study: Accounting, Art and Design, Business & Management, Communication Studies, Criminal Justice and Homeland Security Studies, Early Childhood Teacher Education, Elementary Education, English, Environmental Studies, Equine Management, Fashion Design, Fashion Merchandising, Human Services, Interior Design, International Studies, Liberal Studies, Photography, Psychology, Social Science, Sport Management, Studio Art, Visual Communications Degrees Offered: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Professional Studies, Associate in Arts, Associate in Applied Sciences, Associate in Science through Continuing Education only Divisions: Art and Design; Business and Management; Humanities, Natural Sciences and Education; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Continuing Education The College’s History Cazenovia College was founded in 1824 as the Seminary of the Genesee Conference, the second Methodist seminary to be established in the United States. It opened in what had been the Madison County Courthouse as a non-sectarian coeducational institution. Among the distinguished alumni of the early years was California Governor Leland Stanford, who was also president of the Central Pacific Railroad, and founded and endowed Stanford University of California. Distinguished graduates include Jesse Truesdell Peck, founder and first president of the board of trustees at Syracuse University; and Charles Dudley Warner, editor of the Hartford (Conn.) Courant and close friend of Mark Twain. Over the years the seminary changed its name several times, becoming Cazenovia Seminary in 1894. Between 1904 and 1931 the institution also functioned as a secondary school for young people from the township, an arrangement that ended when Cazenovia Central High School was built. In the 1940s, the trustees decided to add a junior college. The Methodist Church sponsorship ended and community leaders formed a new board of trustees for Cazenovia Junior College. When the College received accreditation in 1961 from the Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges, it dropped the “Junior” and became Cazenovia College for Women. In 1982 the College returned to coeducation and became Cazenovia College. In 1988, the New York State Board of Regents awarded Cazenovia College the right to offer baccalaureate degrees. Cazenovia College: Building Futures Since 1824

 

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