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“Founded in 1889, Simmons was the first women’s college to combine liberal arts education with professional study and career preparation”

Boston, MA

http://www.simmons.edu/ - ugadm@simmons.edu

INTRODUCTION:

Transformative learning that links passion with lifelong purpose

At Simmons, we honor educational values that place students first, enabling them to achieve successful careers, meaningful lives, and tangible returns on their educational investment. For over 100 years, Simmons has helped students distinguish themselves in all walks of life by providing a vibrant, student-centered educational community of learning, leadership, and making a difference.

4 DISTINCTIONS

ENGAGED STUDENTS

Simmons students are passionate about their education, their off-site learning experiences, and their ability to make a difference in the world…

Explore your dreams

 Decades before women in America gained the right to vote, Boston businessman John Simmons had a revolutionary idea—that women should be able to earn independent livelihoods and lead meaningful lives. Simmons College was the result. Founded in 1899, Simmons has offered a pioneering liberal arts education for undergraduate women, integrated with career preparation for more than one hundred years. Today, Simmons encompasses the many benefits of a small university, including graduate programs for women and men in health studies, education, liberal arts, communications management, social work, and library and information science, as well as the nation’s only MBA program designed for women.

 Simmons’s undergraduate women’s college provides a strong liberal arts education integrated with interdisciplinary study, career preparation, and global perspectives. The college offers more than forty majors and programs. The most popular majors include nursing, psychology, biology, public relations and communications, sociology, education, art administration, physical therapy, prelaw, international relations, management, and economics. In addition, more than a dozen integrated degree and accelerated program options allow students to go directly from their undergraduate program to a graduate program at Simmons or one of its affiliated schools, often earning a bachelor’s degree plus a master’s or doctoral degree in less time than traditional programs. Nearly 30 percent of Simmons students choose to double-major.

 Simmons’s hands-on, interdisciplinary undergraduate curriculum ensures that each student explores a variety of subjects while gaining an in-depth theoretical and practical understanding of her major. First-year courses emphasize critical thinking and writing skills, while integrating two or more subjects—ranging from bioethics and Buddhist studies, to democracy, education, and economics.

 Experiential learning is key, both in the classroom and beyond. Students fulfill an independent learning requirement through internship, fieldwork, and research projects. In doing so, they develop skills, impressive resumes, and a network of professional contacts. Simmons students typically spend one or more semesters interning for businesses, schools, government agencies, and nonprofit organizations, as well as in Boston’s world-renowned research and teaching hospitals. Students also collaborate with faculty on professional research projects, and publish and present their findings at national conferences. Recent projects have included research on gender differences in sleep deprivation, atypical face processing in adults with Autism, and the development of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs).

 Students also gain real-life experience through numerous service-learning and volunteer programs. Both undergraduate and graduate students participate in local and international service-learning courses each year, dedicating a total of approximately twelve thousand hours of community service to initiatives ranging from early childhood education in Boston public schools, to community health care in Nicaragua. Everyone at Simmons—from students, faculty, and alumni, to staff and senior administrators—gets involved in outreach such as Alternative Spring Break, Girls Preparing to Succeed, and Global Community Service Day. In fact, Simmons was only one of four schools in Massachusetts to receive the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll in 2009.

 Acquiring a global outlook—including an understanding of languages, cultures, and world politics—is also part of the Simmons experience. From undergraduate programs such as Africana or East Asian studies, to graduate fieldwork with Boston’s diverse immigrant communities, Simmons encourages students to move beyond familiar borders and connect with the world. To this end, Simmons encourages cross-cultural understanding and collaboration through on-campus colloquia and conferences; international scholarship; and outreach programs in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. Current initiatives include scholarships for Afghan women, community-health projects in Nicaragua, and library preservation in war-torn Iraq. Intensive study-abroad courses range from journalism in South Africa, to music in Austria, to history and culture in Japan. Students are also encouraged to spend an entire semester or year abroad, with scholarships and grants available for research and independent study.

 Special academic opportunities include an honors program; Studio 5, a student-run, creative communications studio that produces projects for Boston-area nonprofits; and the Barbara Lee Family Foundation Intern Fellowship, which pairs undergraduate seniors with state legislators. In addition, an alumni mentoring program allows students to gain professional experience and support. Through Success Connection, select undergraduate seniors shadow high-profile alumni in their places of work.

GREAT TEACHING

Simmons faculty are experts in their fields and caring teachers and mentors. Our classes and labs are led by faculty, not by teaching assistants…

Intensive Professional Preparation

 With a student-to-faculty ratio of 13:1, Simmons professors are able to spend quality time with individual students. Professors, not teaching assistants, lead all the classes and labs. They know your name, and if you’re absent, they might just call you.

 Simmons’s distinguished faculty include noted researchers, authors, and experts in their respective fields. All are passionate educators, who take pride in personally teaching and mentoring their students. Students say that professors care about them, expect excellence, and go out of their way to offer guidance and support.

 Simmons offers majors and programs in many fields of study such as biology, communications, education, economics, management, modern languages, nursing, nutrition, physical therapy, psychology, and women’s studies. In addition to the more traditional courses of study, Simmons also offers unique interdisciplinary majors such as arts administration, East Asian studies, physics of materials, and information technology.

 Simmons College is a member of the Colleges of the Fenway Consortium. Through the Consortium, students may take courses and attend social and cultural events at neighboring institutions, such as Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and Massachusetts College of Art.

Academic Programs Africana studies, art, art & music, arts administration, biochemistry, biology, biostatistics, business and management, chemistry, chemistry-management, communications:, computer, science, East Asian studies, economics, economics and mathematics, education, English, environmental science, exercise science, finance, financial mathematics, French, health, informatics, history, information technology, international relations, marketing, mathematics, music, nursing, nutrition and dietetics, nutrition and food science, pharmacy (dual degree in chemistry & pharmacy), philosophy, physical therapy, physics, political science, psychobiology psychology, public health, retail management, sociology, Spanish, women’s and gender studies Simmons offers a number of 5-year programs, leading to a master’s degree in education, gender/cultural studies, nursing, and others, and a 6-year program leading to a clinical doctoral degree in physical therapy.

VIBRANT COMMUNITIES

Greater Boston, where Simmons is located, attracts more than 250,000 college students each year and offers all the excitement and activity of an educational Mecca: more than a dozen other colleges within walking distance, professional baseball, football, and hockey teams, world-renowned museums right next door, and films, plays, concerts, and other live performances…

Enlivened by different views, life experiences, and good times

 The college’s small but strong community attracts students and teachers who contribute to the school’s life and meaning. The historic, tree-lined Simmons campus is located in Boston’s eclectic Fenway neighborhood, which is alive with music, fine arts, research, education, activism, and the rowdy cheers of baseball fans at legendary Fenway Park. Numerous colleges, cafes, museums, parks, shops, and the Longwood Medical Area are all nearby.

 Simmons has more than fifty student organizations, academic liaisons, and other activities, including student government, nine NCAA Division III athletic teams, cultural organizations, and volunteer projects. Campus traditions such as the Simmons Cup field day and “moonlight breakfasts” during finals week ensure a proud legacy of Simmons sisterhood. As members of the Colleges of the Fenway consortium, Simmons students attend social and cultural events with more than nine thousand undergraduates from five neighboring colleges.

SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES

Simmons students succeed. We have a network of outstanding graduates who are excelling in important fields – from education and health care to film and music, business and politics…

Empowered to make a difference in the world

 Located in Boston, one of the world’s great “career capitals,” Simmons offers numerous inroads to the city’s health care, finance, education, technology, social work, communications, and research communities. Students stay connected to the world outside Simmons’s walls through faculty connections and a wide variety of internships and fieldwork opportunities that yield outstanding networking and career prospects. And Simmons graduates throughout Boston and across the globe, many of whom have ascended to key leadership positions in their respective fields, remain dedicated to their alma mater and fellow alums.

 Simmons alumni have gone on to success in many fields. Some of the most well-known include Marie Celestin ’00, ’02 GS, founder and director of the G.I.R.L.S. project; Carolyn Noyes ’86, managing editor of Ladies Home Journal; Suzanne Yalof-Schwartz ’89, executive fashion director for Glamour Magazine; jazz vocalist Nnenna Freelon ’79, two-time Grammy nominee who performed at the 2001 Grammy Awards; Denise Di Novi ‘77, president of Di Novi Pictures, producer of such films as Little Women, Heathers, Batman Returns, Edward Scissorhands, and James and the Giant Peach; Gwen Ifill ‘77, moderator and managing editor of the PBS television program Washington Week in Review; and Lisa Mullins ‘80, anchor and senior producer of The World, a BBC and Public Radio International program.

 The annual “Success Connection” program allows exceptional seniors to visit some of the most dynamic work environments in the country. A group of Simmons alumnae from a wide variety of professions give Simmons seniors an up-close perspective on the daily demands faced by professional women in prestigious organizations.

 The Career Education Center, which offers mentoring opportunities, internship placements, recruitment opportunities, and career development workshops, provides a distinct advantage to Simmons students because it is integrated with the Simmons Career Resource Library. The comprehensive services provided help Simmons students to find success in their professional and academic endeavors both before and after graduation.

FAST FACTS

Simmons College is a private college with more than forty undergraduate majors and programs for women and numerous graduate programs for women and men. It was founded in 1899.

Web site http://www.simmons.edu

Location Boston, Massachusetts.

Student Profile 1,969 undergraduate female students; 3,034 graduate men and women; 44 states, 39 countries; 32% multicultural.

Faculty Profile 141 full-time undergraduate faculty; more than two-thirds are female. Almost 100% hold doctorates or highest appropriate professional degrees. 13:1 student/faculty ratio.

Residence Life Highly residential: 90% of first-year students live on campus.

Athletics NCAA Division III, Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC), the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC), and is affiliated with the Massachusetts Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (MAIAW). Nine varsity sports: basketball, crew, field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, volleyball.

Academic Programs Africana studies, art, art & music, arts administration, biochemistry, biology, biostatistics, business and management, chemistry, chemistry-management, communications:, computer, science, East Asian studies, economics, economics and mathematics, education, English, environmental science, exercise science, finance, financial mathematics, French, health, informatics, history, information technology, international relations, marketing, mathematics, music, nursing, nutrition and dietetics, nutrition and food science, pharmacy (dual degree in chemistry & pharmacy), philosophy, physical therapy, physics, political science, psychobiology psychology, public health, retail management, sociology, Spanish, women’s and gender studies

Costs and Aid 2010–2011: $44,700 comprehensive ($31,280 tuition). More than 80% of Simmons students receive some financial aid. Average award: $14,638.

Endowment $177 million.

More Distinctions

 Simmons was included in the 2011 Princeton Review’s Best 373 Colleges, and in the Princeton Review’s The Best Northeastern Colleges: 2011 Edition

 Simmons is named a “Best College” by U.S. News & World Report each year

 Simmons was included in the 2010 Princeton Review’s Guide to 286 Green Colleges

 Simmons was named one of the “Top Ten Women’s Colleges in the United States” by Forbes.com

ADMISSIONS AND FINANCIAL AID

 In admissions decisions, Simmons considers several factors including: high school academic record, SAT or ACT scores, a personal statement, co-curricular activities and letters of recommendation. While an on-campus interview is not required, it is strongly encouraged. The deadline for early action candidates is December 1st and for regular decision candidates is February 1st.

 The Honors Program offers challenging interdisciplinary coursework and research options as well as internship opportunities and cultural or social events for selected students. This community of scholars pursues rigorous study and in-depth exploration of the complexities of the modern world, beginning in the first year of matriculation. In addition, the Honors Program fosters the intellectual and social growth of its student by sponsoring lectures, film series, and cultural outings. As a senior, the honors student collaborates with a faculty member to design an independent honors project. Students share the results of their thesis, internship, research paper, or graduate-level coursework at a college-wide colloquium.

 The Credit for Prior Learning (CPL) program offers women 24 years of age and older (Dix Scholars) an opportunity to receive undergraduate college credit for knowledge gained through life experience. Once enrolled as degree candidates, Dix Scholars can apply for up to twenty-four credits for learning attained through employment, volunteer work, hobbies, travel, or other activity.

 The total cost of attendance at Simmons is $44,700; $31,280 Tuition and fees.

 More than 80% of Simmons students receive some form of financial aid. Scholarships, loans, grants, Federal Work-Study are available. Academic merit awards are also available.

CONTACT

Simmons College

300 The Fenway

Boston, MA 02115

1-800-345-8468

Fax: 617-521-3190