Trocaire College

For the Irish charity, see Trócaire.

Trocaire College

Former names	Sancta Maria College
Motto	Dream. Focus. Succeed.
Type	Private junior college
Established	1958 (1958)
Affiliation	Roman Catholic (Sisters of Mercy
President	Bassam M. Deeb
Vice-president	Richard T. Linn John Vecchio
Academic staff	54
Students	1400~
Location	Buffalo, New York, United States 42°50′48″N 78°48′45″W / 42.8466°N 78.81238°W / 42.8466; -78.81238Coordinates: 42°50′48″N 78°48′45″W / 42.8466°N 78.81238°W / 42.8466; -78.81238
Affiliations	CMHE ACCU NAICU
Website	www.trocaire.edu

Trocaire College is a private Roman Catholic college in Buffalo, New York located within the Diocese of Buffalo. Trocaire College offers associate and bachelor's degree programs as well as one-year certificate programs specializing in healthcare, hospitality, technology and human resources. Trocaire has a second location, the Russell J. Salvatore School of Hospitality & Business, located in Williamsville, New York. Enrollment is approximately 1300 students.

History

The college was founded in 1958 by the Sisters of Mercy as Sancta Maria College, a sisters' college. In 1965, the college began admitting lay women, followed by men in 1972. The name was changed to Trocaire College in 1967, with the new naming coming from the Irish word for "mercy."^[1]

Academics

Trocaire College offers certificate programs, Associate's degree programs, as well as Bachelor's degree programs. In addition to healthcare, students can major in other career-oriented fields, including Hospitality Management and Human Resource Management. The college is home to the oldest private Associate's Degree in Nursing program in western New York, as well as the region's oldest evening nursing program.

References

↑ "History and Mission". trocaire.edu.

External links

Official website

Conference for Mercy Higher Education

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Diocese of Buffalo

Ordinaries	Bishops John Timon Stephen Michael Vincent Ryan James Edward Quigley Charles Henry Colton Dennis Joseph Dougherty William Turner John Aloysius Duffy John Francis O'Hara Joseph Aloysius Burke James Aloysius McNulty Edward Dennis Head Henry Joseph Mansell Edward Urban Kmiec Richard Joseph Malone Auxiliary bishops Joseph Aloysius Burke Leo Richard Smith Pius Anthony Benincasa Stanislaus Joseph Brzana Bernard Joseph McLaughlin Donald Walter Trautman Edward M. Grosz

Churches	Cathedral St. Joseph Cathedral, Buffalo Basilica Our Lady of Victory Basilica, Lackawanna Chapel Our Lady Help of Christians Chapel, Cheektowaga Parishes All Saints Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo Church of St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr, Buffalo Corpus Christi Church, Buffalo Holy Angels Church, Buffalo St. Louis Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo Former parishs Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church Complex, Niagara Falls St. Adalbert's Basilica, Buffalo St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Parish, Buffalo St. Gerard's Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo Saint Mary of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo

Education	Colleges and universities Canisius College, Buffalo D'Youville College, Buffalo Hilbert College, Hamburg Niagara University, Niagara County St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure Trocaire College, Buffalo Villa Maria College, Buffalo Convents Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity Villa Maria Motherhouse Complex High schools Archbishop Walsh High School, Olean Bishop Timon – St. Jude High School, Buffalo Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart, Buffalo Canisius High School, Buffalo Cardinal O'Hara High School, Town of Tonawanda Immaculata Academy, Hamburg Mount Mercy Academy, Buffalo Mount Saint Mary Academy, Kenmore Nardin Academy, Buffalo Niagara Catholic High School, Niagara Falls Notre Dame High School, Batavia Saint Francis High School, Athol Springs St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute, Buffalo St. Mary's High School, Lancaster

Priests	Nelson Baker John P. Boland Celestine Joseph Damiano John Joseph Fitzpatrick Edmund Francis Gibbons Francis Xavier Krautbauer John Joseph McMahon James Johnston Navagh Thomas Joseph Walsh

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