Canandaigua Polytechnic Institute
Canandaigua Polytechnic Institute (CPI), more commonly known as Canan Tech, officially Canandaigua Polytechnic Institute and Haudenosaunee National University, is a public polytechnic university in Canandaigua, New York.
École Polytechnique de Canandaigua et Université Nationale Haudenosaunee (French) | |
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Other name | Canandaigua Polytechnic Institute |
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| Motto | Honneur |
Motto in English | Honour |
| Type | Public polytechnic university |
Academic staff | 1,380 |
| Students | 28,972 |
| Undergraduates | 20,859 |
| Postgraduates | 8,112 |
| Location | Ganondagan , United States |
| Campus | Suburban, 13.1 square kilometres (3,200 acres) |
Sporting affiliations | NCAA DIvision I FCS — Ivy League |
History
Early years (1874–1900)
Cana Tech was founded in 1874 as Kanandarque College after Seneca Polytechnic and Iroquois Confederacy University, the main university for the Haudenosaunee, became private in 1872 due to government threats. It originally consisted of three academic faculties: arts, engineering, and natural sciences. Its inaugural class would consist of ~500 undergraduates.
The college would grow rapidly, enrolling over 5,000 students, and by 1884 it would add two new faculties, Commerce and Humanities.
The turn of the century saw the relocation of the primary Iroquois officer training centre to Kanandarque with the newly established Military College of the Iroquois located directly across the street from the main campus. This move was to remove dependency on Seneca University, who still held an active Corps of Cadets and was the de facto military college of the Iroquois, while being more expensive.
Polytechnic beginnings (1901–1919)
In 1901, the United States Congress passed a resolution to defund the school federally and shrink its campus, however, the Iroquois Grand Council fought back and doubled its commitment to the institution and changed its name to the, Canandaigua Institute of Sciences and Technology. Later in 1905, the United States starting funding it once again.
Canan Tech would become a centerpiece for paleontological research and military training for the Haudenosaunee people.
In 1914, the Corps of Cadets would be called for active service under the Iroquois Crown Military Act, in which the Haudenosaunee would send soldiers to fight for the Canadian military as a symbol of peace between both nations.
In 1919, Cana Tech would add another faculty, Graduate Studies, allowing the college to award graduate degrees and become a part of the University of the Haudenosaunee system, and became the University of the Haudenosaunee — Canandaigua.
1920–1998
At the beginning of the roaring twenties, Canan Tech lost its title as the "Military College of the Iroquois," as the government moved the nation's military college to Oswego, closer to the capital and farther from the Seneca Nation.
In 1947, the university would be renamed to Canandaigua Polytechnic Institute and Haudenosaunee National University.
In 1994, Cana Tech would create the Faculty of Technology and Innovation for undergrad and postgrad students to study computing and computers. It would quickly become one of the leading computing faculties in the world. By 1998, Cana Tech would be compared to the Ivy League, and even invited to join it in 1996.
Academics
The university in organized into 8 faculties:
- Faculty of Arts and Music (1874)
- Faculty of Commerce (1884)
- Faculty of Education (1880)
- Faculty of Engineering Sciences (1901)
- Faculty of Graduate Studies (1919)
- Faculty of Humanities (1884)
- Faculty of Leadership and Military Tactics (1900)
- Faculty of Natural Sciences (1874)
- Faculty of Science (1901)
- Faculty of Technology and Innovation (1994)