Villa Maria College of Buffalo (N.Y.)

Independent, two-year coeducational institution founded in 1960 by the Congregation of Sisters of St. Felix (Felician Sisters) as a teacher-training center for its sisters in the education apostolate.

Established as an affiliate of the Catholic University of America; provisional charter issued in 1961 by the Board of Regents of the State of New York to grant Associate in Arts (A.A.) and Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) degrees to women religious. The charter was renewed and extended in 1965 to include lay women; in 1968, the college was granted an absolute charter and recognized as a coeducational institution. The Associate in Science (A.S.) degree was added in 1974. The college has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools since 1972.