It's very nice, safe, and the people are friendly. Excellent school district too. Schenectady and Troy are both quaint and lively. Both filled with artisans. However, you do want to watch your step in these areas. Both are home to a lot of impoverished people. Clifton Park is nice, but it is farther away from Albany.
Best Answer: Time Magazine had an article a while back on The Catholic Ivy League. It is not a real league but merely their way of saying that the following Catholic colleges were considered the best in the nation: Notre Dame. Georgetown.
History [edit]. Notre Dame de Namur University was founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur as College of Notre Dame in 1851 on 10 acres in San Jose, California.The college was chartered in 1868 as the first college in the state of California authorized to grant the baccalaureate degree to women.n 1953 the College of Notre Dame became a four year college with 23 Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur involved in the school. The college introduced evening classes in 1955, and in 1965, started the teaching credential programs.