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== History == Niagara County Community College's first campus opened on September 30, 1963 within a former [[Nabisco]] factory at 430 Buffalo Avenue in downtown [[Niagara Falls, New York]].<ref name="Buffalo News 2023 e174">{{cite web | title=ALL GROWN UP NIAGARA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE EMBARKS ON THE BIG 4-0 | website=Buffalo News | date=October 27, 2002 | url=https://buffalonews.com/news/all-grown-up-niagara-county-community-college-embarks-on-the-big-4-0/article_3c459ce8-8630-5fe8-a632-7e50648863a9.html | access-date=August 23, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Niagara County Community College 2021 i201">{{cite web | title=History - Celebrating 60 Years in 2022 | website=Niagara County Community College | date=October 1, 2021 | url=https://www.niagaracc.suny.edu/60years/history/ | access-date=September 14, 2023}}</ref> The current campus opened on February 5, 1973 at the corner of [[New York State Route 31]] and [[New York State Route 429]] in the suburban community of [[Sanborn, New York]]. It was built on {{convert|287|acre|km2}} of semi-wooded land, with eight interconnected buildings:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://niagaracc.suny.edu/library/archives/nccc50thanniversaryhighlights70s.php |title=NCCC - 50th Anniversary Highlights |access-date=2013-09-26 |archive-date=2013-09-26 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130926220033/http://niagaracc.suny.edu/library/archives/nccc50thanniversaryhighlights70s.php |url-status=live }}</ref> *Ernest Notar Administration (Building A) *Business (Building B) *Science (Building C) *Henrietta G. Lewis Library (Building D) *Humanities & Social Sciences (Building E) *Arts & Media (Building F) *Student Center (Building G) *Athletics (Building H) The school's library was named in honor of [[philanthropist]] Henrietta Grigg-Lewis on November 15, 2005 after her foundation donated $1 million for modernizing the facility.<ref name="Niagara County Community College 2021 i201"/><ref name="Michelmore 2005 w276">{{cite web | last=Michelmore | first=Bill | title=NCCC gets $1 million donation for library | website=Buffalo News | date=August 25, 2005 | url=https://buffalonews.com/news/nccc-gets-1-million-donation-for-library/article_e16ecba5-eb99-5ceb-af57-da6cc5ebb9be.html | access-date=September 11, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Miles 2006 u846">{{cite web | last=Miles | first=Joyce | title=Hidden Treasure | website=Lockport Union-Sun & Journal | date=September 17, 2006 | url=https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/hidden-treasure/article_8c2f574f-8b9e-57b1-8b97-283434cd3a86.html | access-date=September 11, 2023}}</ref> On August 29, 2008, the college opened its first [[student housing]] complex featuring suite style units for 308 students.<ref name="Caitlin 2008 w532">{{cite web | last=Caitlin | first=Caitlin MurrayE-mail | title=NCCC: College's new housing complex ready to open its doors | website=Lockport Union-Sun & Journal | date=July 9, 2008 | url=https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/nccc-colleges-new-housing-complex-ready-to-open-its-doors/article_aec9f444-c7bf-5546-a585-d4649cebc07b.html | access-date=August 23, 2023}}</ref> The school's Niagara Falls [[Cooking school|Culinary Institute]] opened on September 28, 2012 within the former [[Rainbow Centre Factory Outlet]] in downtown [[Niagara Falls, New York]].<ref name="Niagara County Community College 2021 i201"/><ref name="Empire State Development 2017 l596">{{cite web | title=Rainbow Mall Redevelopment | website=Empire State Development | date=August 23, 2017 | url=https://esd.ny.gov/rainbow-mall-redevelopment | access-date=August 23, 2023}}</ref> In February 2024, the school changed its name from Niagara County Community College to SUNY Niagara.<ref name="d983">{{cite web | title=Niagara County Community College rebrands to SUNY Niagara | website=WKBW 7 News Buffalo | date=February 21, 2024 | url=https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/niagara-county-community-college-rebrands-to-suny-niagara | access-date=March 3, 2025}}</ref>
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