Overview
From the Simmons website:
Located in the heart of Boston in the
Fenway neighborhood, Simmons College encompasses the many benefits of a small university in the nation's best "college town." For more than a century, Simmons has offered a pioneering liberal arts education for undergraduates integrated with professional work experience. Today, we also offer renowned coeducational graduate programs in health studies, education, liberal arts, communications management, social work, and library and information science. Our MBA program is designed specifically for women. Simmons is a member of the
Colleges of the Fenway Consortium.
At Simmons, we honor an educational contract to place students first. Our hands-on curriculum integrates intellectual leadership, career preparation, and community orientation, because all three approaches are necessary for success. We are proud of our welcoming, collaborative community that encourages dialogue, action, and respect—and that makes the Simmons experience as thoughtful as it is thought provoking.
From the
Simmons article on Wikipedia:
Simmons College currently consists of three separate campuses located near the
Back Bay Fens in Boston:
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:
Simmons College Main College Building
Simmons College Main College Building
- 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. In 2006, a major overhaul of Beatley Library was completed, and a large project to replace a surface parking lot with a large underground garage has begun. Above the new garage the college is constructing a new building on the main campus to house the School of Management, currently located on Commonwealth Avenue, and has also begun work on remodeling the Fens Cafeteria.
Residence Campus
The Residence Campus is located several blocks from the main campus. It is near the
Landmark Center and the
Fenway and Longwood MBTA stations. The residence campus consists of 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.
The residence campus is separated from the main campus by
Emmanuel College and Merck Research Laboratories Boston.
School of Management
The School of Management is in two buildings in Boston's
Back Bay. These are:
- 409 Commonwealth Avenue
- 451 Marlborough Street
The School of Management is accessible from 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. Construction is underway.
Neighborhoods
Simmons calls the
Fenway neighborhood home. However, it lies in the crossroads of a few other neighborhoods such as
Mission Hill and
Kenmore Square.
Notable Alumni
From Wikipedia:
Nnenna Freelon, Gwen Ifill, Denise DiNovi, Elinor Lipman, Ann Fudge, Rebecca Miller Sykes, Lonnie Barbach, Sage Vivant, Audra Mika, Bertha Reynolds and Suzyn Waldman.
For more information regarding Simmons College, visit
Povo's Guide to Simmons College.
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