Felician University
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Founded in 1923 as a teacher-training school, Dean of Studies Sister Mary Simplicia Kaniecka helped develop the school into a junior college in 1942. In 1964, lay women were admitted. Then Dean Sister Mary Justitia Lawniczak led the effort for the Junior College to become Felician College in 1967, a four-year, accredited, degree-granting college. In 2014, Sister Mary Therese Martin saw the school become a university.
Founded in 1923 as a teacher-training school, Dean of Studies Sister Mary Simplicia Kaniecka helped develop the school into a junior college in 1942. In 1964, lay women were admitted. Then Dean Sister Mary Justitia Lawniczak led the effort for the Junior College to become Felician College in 1967, a four-year, accredited, degree-granting college. In 2014, Sister Mary Therese Martin saw the school become a university.
Sister Mary Sylvia Serba teaches Biology to Felician College students.
Felician University Presidents Sister Mary Hiltrude Koba (1977-1984) and Sister Theresa Mary Martin (1984-2012), with Sister Mary Tarcilia Juchniewicz, who served as Dean of Student Affairs until retiring in 2013. Sister Theresa Martin expanded the school’s physical campus, including the purchase and restoration of the Rutherford campus with its historic Iviswold Castle. She also strengthened the school’s focus on Franciscan values and grew its academic offerings, ultimately leading the school to receive university designation in 2015.
Sister Mary Firmina Lajewska was a professor of math at Felician College. Between 1964 and 2006, she also served as dean of students, director of teacher education, and coordinator of strategic planning.
Immaculate Conception Junior College evolved to become Felician College in 1967, and then Felician University in 2015. The main college building was constructed to house administrative offices, the chapel, theater, dining hall, classrooms, and science laboratories.
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Date1923
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Content TopicImmaculate Conception Province - Lodi