| American International College | |
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| Motto | Post Tenebras Lux |
| Motto in English | "Light after Darkness" |
| Established | July 18, 1885 |
| Type | Private |
| President | Vincent M. Maniaci |
| Undergraduates | 1,723 |
| Postgraduates | 454 |
| Location | Springfield, Massachusetts, USA |
| Campus | urban |
| Colors | Black and gold |
| Nickname | Yellow Jackets |
| Website | www.aic.edu |
American International College (AIC) is a private, co-educational liberal-arts college located in the Mason Square neighborhood of Springfield, Massachusetts.
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American International College was originally established on July 18, 1885 as the French Protestant College by Rev. Calvin E. Amaron, who sought to create an institution of higher learning that would provide the local French Protestant minority with access to higher education. Over the years the college expanded its admissions program to include women in 1892 and other minorities, who were not of French origin and emigrated to Western Massachusetts from other parts of Europe and Canada. Today, the college is a thriving multi-cultural institution of higher learning that continues to emphasize its commitment to the local community.
The college offers undergraduate and graduate programs, including doctorate degrees in education and physical therapy. There are five schools which focus on their respective academic areas: Arts, Education, and Sciences; Business Administration; Health Sciences; Graduate and Extended Studies; and School of Continuing Education.
The school competes in Division II NCAA, and is a member of the Northeast-10 conference. The lone exception is the school's ice hockey team, which is a member of the Division I Atlantic Hockey Association because there is no Division II NCAA hockey. The school also fields a newly formed men's rugby team which will compete in Division II NERFU in the spring 2011 season; this is a club team, as rugby is not a sanctioned NCAA sport.
There are notable AIC alumni in politics, including Richard Neal, a current member of the United States Congress, and Mike Gravel, a former Alaska Senator. Notable alumni in athletics include Jim Calhoun, a Hall of Fame basketball coach, Dave Forbes, a former NHL hockey player, Mario Elie, a former NBA guard, and Bruce Laird (football player), a former NFL safety for the Baltimore Colts.
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