Utica College

Utica College (UC) is a private college in Utica, New York. The history of the college dates back to the 1930s when Syracuse college began offering extension courses in the Utica area. Syracuse University established Utica College as a four-year institution in 1946 and in 1995 UC became a financially and legally independent institution. Utica College began offering its own graduate degrees in 1999 and its own undergraduate degrees in 2011 Utica College was originally located in downtown Utica in what is now called Oneida Square. In 1961 the school moved to its current 128-acre (0.5 km2) campus, located in the western area of the city. Close to its borders are the towns of Whitesboro, and New Hartford. The campus can be accessed from Burrstone Road and Champlin Avenue Located on the Concourse level of the Frank E. Gannett Memorial Library, the Edith Langley Barrett Art Gallery features two to four exhibitions per year of individual artists, regional arts groups, collections, and NYS art and history subjects. The gallery offers students the opportunity to learn about the day-to-day operations of a gallery. Seminars with visiting artists and gallery talks are a few of the activities that the museum offers the student body.