Simmons College (Massachusetts)
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| Established | 1899 |
| Type | Private women's college |
| Endowment | $141,749,000 |
| President | Susan C. Scrimshaw |
| Staff | 193 faculty |
| Undergraduates | 1,938 women |
| Postgraduates | 2,840 men and women |
| Location | Boston, Mass., USA |
| Campus | Urban |
| Athletics | 8 NCAA Division III varsity teams |
| Nickname | Sharks |
| Affiliations | Colleges of the Fenway,Medical Academic and Scientific Community Organization |
| Website | www.simmons.edu |
Simmons College is a liberal arts women's college in Boston, Massachusetts. Simmons was founded by John Simmons in 1899 to educate women in useful professions, so they could have an independent livelihood. Simmons is a member of the Colleges of the Fenway consortium which also includes Emmanuel College, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Wheelock College, and Massachusetts College of Art.
Its undergraduate program is single-sex, with 1800 students enrolled in the 2004-2005 academic year. Male relatives of staff members may attend the undergraduate college up to a certain credit limit, although they cannot receive Simmons diplomas.
The graduate schools (Library and Information Science, Social Work, Health Studies, Management, and an Arts and Sciences program which provide degrees in Education, Communications, Gender and Cultural Studies and Liberal Arts) are mostly co-ed. The exception to the coed graduate programs is the School of Management, which provides the world's only MBA for women only.
Simmons alumnae include Nnenna Freelon, Gwen Ifill, Denise DiNovi, Elinor Lipman, Ann Fudge, Rebecca Miller Sykes, Lonnie Barbach, Sage Vivant, and Audra Mika, Suzyn Waldman (NY Yankees broadcaster).
Simmons faculty include Nancy Bond, winner of a Newbery Honor, who taught at the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature from 1979 to 2001.
In 2006, the college's Board of Trustees elected Dr. Susan C. Scrimshaw to be the college's next president, following an 11-month search. Scrimshaw officially took office on July 1, 2006.
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[edit] Overview of the campus
Simmons College currently consists of three separate campuses located near the Back Bay Fens in Boston:
[edit] Main Campus
The Main Campus is located at 300 The Fenway in the Longwood Medical Area. It is immediately adjacent to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the Boston Latin School. This campus currently consists of five buildings:
- One Palace Road
- Main College Building
- Beatley Library
- Lefavour Hall
- Park Science Center
A great deal of construction is in progress on the main campus. As of 2006, a major overhaul of Beatley Library is ongoing, and a large project to replace a surface parking lot with a large underground garage has begun. The college has also announced plans for a new building on the main campus to house the School of Management, currently located on Commonwealth Avenue. Because of the planned construction, there will be little parking available on the campus during the 2006-2007 academic year.
Tuition costs at Simmons are average for college in the United States.
[edit] Residence Campus
The Residence Campus is located several blocks from the main campus. It is near the Landmark Center, the Fenway MBTA and the Longwood stop on the Green Line. The residence campus consists 13 buildings centered around a grassy quad:
- Simmons Hall
- Dix Hall
- Smith Hall (Quadside Cafe)
- Arnold Hall
- North Hall
- Health Center and Residence Life Offices
- Holmes Sports Center
- South Hall
- Alumnae Hall
- Bartol Dining Hall
- Evans Hall
- Mesick Hall
- Morse Hall
Most of the buildings on the residence campus serve as dormitories, but the campus also includes a large dining hall, a health center, a large fitness center, a public safety office, an auditorium, and several other facilities.
Alumnae Hall recently had a fire due to a boiler malfunction, which resulted in it being shut down until at least June 2007.
The residence campus is separated from the main campus by Emmanuel College and Merck Research Laboratories Boston.
[edit] School of Management
The School of Management is currently located in three buildings in Boston's Back Bay. These are:
- 419 Commonwealth Avenue
- 409 Commonwealth Avenue
- 451 Marlborough Street
The School of Management is accessible via the Hynes Convention Center stop on the MBTA Green Line.
In 2006, Simmons announced plans to build a new home for the School of Management on the main academic campus at 300 The Fenway. Construction is currently underway.
[edit] Academic structure
The principal academic units of Simmons College are:
- Undergraduate College
- College of Arts and Sciences Graduate Studies
- Graduate School of Library and Information Science
- School for Health Studies
- School of Management
- School of Social Work
The college also has a library with more than 250,000 volumes.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
| Emmanuel • MassArt • Pharmacy and Health Sciences • Simmons • Wentworth • Wheelock |
| Babson • Bentley • Berklee College of Music • Boston Architectural College • Boston College • Boston Conservatory • Boston University • Brandeis • Bunker Hill • Cambridge College • Curry • Eastern Nazarene • Emerson • Emmanuel • Fisher College • Harvard • Hellenic • Lasell • Lesley • MassBay • MassArt • Mass. College of Pharmacy • MIT • Mount Ida • New England Conservatory • New England School of Law • Northeastern • Olin • Pine Manor • Regis • Roxbury • School of the MFA • Simmons • Stonehill • Suffolk • Tufts • UMass Boston • Wellesley • Wentworth • Wheelock |
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| Bay Path • Becker • Castleton • Elms • Husson • Johnson • Lasell • Lesley • Maine Maritime Academy • Mount Ida • Thomas Associates: Daniel Webster (men's lacrosse) • Emerson (men's lacrosse) • St. Joseph's (baseball) • Simmons (field hockey) • WNEC (field hockey) Former member: MassPharm |
