Felician University#Athletics

It was founded as the Immaculate Conception Normal School by the Felician Sisters in 1923 and the school has changed names several times in its history, most recently in 2015 to Felician University.

In June 2015, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) censured Felician College{{Cite web|title = AAUP Censures Four Administrations, Removes Another from Censure {{!}} AAUP|url = http://aaup.org/media-release/aaup-censures-four-administrations-removes-another-censure|website = aaup.org|date = 13 June 2015|access-date = 2015-06-15}} for terminating the services of several faculty members without adequate explanation, adequate notice, or an opportunity for review.{{Cite web|url = http://aaup.org/sites/default/files/files/Felician%20College%20Statement.pdf|title = Felician College (New Jersey)|access-date = June 15, 2015|date = May 29, 2015|page = 2}}

Located {{convert|12|mi|km}} from New York City, Felician University has two locations in Bergen County, New Jersey, in the towns of Lodi and Rutherford. These campuses are about {{convert|3|mi|km}} apart, with regular shuttle service running between them throughout the day and evening hours. The Rutherford campus also has a gymnasium and a late-night coffee shop and game room.{{cite web|url=http://legacy.felician.edu/aboutfelician/index.asp?psection=location |access-date=1 May 2015 |title=Location – NYC |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130327055955/http://legacy.felician.edu/aboutfelician/index.asp?psection=location |archive-date=March 27, 2013 }}

The Lodi campus library occupies an International Style building and houses print collections, sound recordings, and visual media in digital format. Three levels contain an information commons, reading room, book stacks, spaces for group as well as quiet study, and two computer laboratories. Its more than 115,000 books, 360 print periodicals, 20,000 online journals, 43,000 electronic books, and 80,000 microforms offer strong historical and current perspectives in support of the curriculum. The library also provides a broad selection of online resources, of which are accessible on the campus computer network, as well as off-campus with a college network ID and password. The Curriculum Materials Library and Technology Center, located in Sammartino Hall on the Rutherford campus, collects children's literature, textbooks, curriculum guides, periodicals, and other instructional materials suitable for use in the classroom.{{cite web|url=http://www.felician.edu/library |title=Libraries |access-date=20 April 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140209020312/http://www2.felician.edu/library |archive-date=9 February 2014 }} An active information literacy instruction program through library liaisons begins with the Freshmen Year Experience program.

The university is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Specialized accreditation also exists for the nursing and teaching programs:

• Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education:
• Nursing (CNURED) – nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels 4/28/1998{{clarify|date=June 2019|reason=What are these dates?}}
• Nursing (CNURED) – nursing education programs at the graduate degree levels 4/28/1998
• Teacher Education Accreditation Council, Accreditation Committee
• Baccalaureate Teacher Education Accreditation Council (BTEAC) – baccalaureate programs 6/29/2007 – pre-accredited
• Graduate Teacher Education Accreditation Council (GTEAC) – graduate programs 6/29/2007 – pre-accredited{{cite web |title=U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences |url=http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?id=184612 |publisher=nces.ed.gov |date=2010-06-07 }}

Felician University teams participate as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division II. The Golden Falcons are a member of the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC). Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf and soccer, and lacrosse. Women's sports include bowling, basketball, cross country, lacrosse, soccer, softball, volleyball, and track & field.

The women's cross country team earned the institution's first women's conference championship by winning the 2022 CACC title.

• Jerry Vasto (born 1992), MLB pitcher for the Colorado Rockies[http://www.ahherald.com/newsbrief/monmouth-news/17695-atlantic-highlands-man-selected-in-mlb-first-year-player-draft "Atlantic Highlands Man Selected in MLB First-Year Player Draft"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142748/http://www.ahherald.com/newsbrief/monmouth-news/17695-atlantic-highlands-man-selected-in-mlb-first-year-player-draft |date=2018-06-12 }}, Atlantic Highlands Herald, June 9, 2014. Accessed June 10, 2018. "Felician left-handed pitcher Jerry Vasto (Atlantic Highlands, N.J./Henry Hudson Regional) was chosen in the 24th Round (No. 713 overall) by the Colorado Rockies."

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