History
Buffalo State was founded in 1871 as the Buffalo Normal School for the training of teachers. Later it became the State Normal and Training School (1888–1927), the State Teachers College at Buffalo (1928–1946), the New York State College for Teachers at Buffalo (1946–1950), SUNY, New York State College for Teachers (1950–1951), the State University College for Teachers at Buffalo (1951–1959), the State University College of Education at Buffalo (1960–1961), and the State University of New York College at Buffalo (1961–present).
Eighty-six students attended the Buffalo Normal School on the first day of classes, September 13, 1871. The school’s purpose at the time was to train teachers to serve Buffalo’s fast-growing student population in the public schools. Today, Buffalo State remains one of only 136 colleges in the nation to host a teacher-preparation program, but its curricular offerings have expanded dramatically over the years and now include more than 250 undergraduate and graduate programs.
In 1910, the Art Department was added to the areas of study for incoming students. In 1930, Buffalo State was the only college to offer art education, and in 1944, the special education program was founded.
In 1948, the first dormitory building was erected where the present-day Moot Hall is located. In 1961, Buffalo State was the first institution in the SUNY system to offer a study-abroad program, a semester-long immersion program in Siena, Italy. International study programs have expanded vastly since then and now include international exchange and study-abroad programs in Australia, Canada, England, Italy, the Netherlands, Puerto Rico, and Spain.
Buffalo State is now the largest university college in the SUNY system, offering 169 undergraduate programs and 65 graduate programs. Buffalo State has been a member of the SUNY system since 1948.
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