THIS IS YOUR PLACE
This is your place to sharpen your mind. Come mine the rich resources of the city around you, visit the Rembrandts that hang down the street from your residence hall, listen to a world leader speak at a free lecture.
To free your spirit. Come to a place where the city is part of your everyday energy. Jog along the sparkling waters of the Charles River, rest beneath the blossoming magnolias.
To expand your horizons. Take in a city full of culture and cultures. Try a steaming bowl of noodles in Chinatown. An icy gelato in the North End. A free jazz concert on the waterfront.
To unleash your potential. Transform yourself through powerful real-world experiences: fascinating internships, life-changing community service and amazing opportunities abroad.
Emmanuel College is a coed, residential, Catholic liberal arts and sciences college surrounded by the excitement, resources and culture of Boston. There is simply no other place like it.
College just isn’t the same everywhere. You won’t find the sophisticated city of Boston, with its 250,000 other college students, everywhere. You won’t find a 17-acre campus surrounded by a world-class medical center and two major art museums everywhere. You won’t find Fenway Park just down the street everywhere.
The city. The college. The community. It all comes together with academic purpose toward a greater goal at Emmanuel: an education of the heart, the mind and the soul.
Roll out of bed in the morning and the vibrant world-class city of
Boston sprawls before you, teeming with opportunity, adventure, excitement and ideas. What will you do today? Walk by Paul Revere’s tiny wooden house or do research in the state-of-the-art transplant labs of Massachusetts General Hospital? Will you intern in I.M. Pei’s glass-sheathed Hancock Tower or the gold-leafed dome of the State House? Boston is your extended campus. A new world of ideas is your universe. This is your place. Welcome to it.
“ Education empowers people. It transforms their lives. It opens doors.� Emmanuel College has long been part of the mission of my life—first as a student, then as a faculty member, as an administrator and, since 1979, as President. I am proud to introduce you to Emmanuel College, a community with a lifelong passion for teaching and learning, that believes education will help create a just and better world. If you believe, as we do, that education empowers, transforms and opens doors; if you challenge yourself, as we do, to act, to lead and to give generously to others; if you insist, as we do, that the world of ideas demands diversity, then this is your place. We are a community with a strong sense of mission, a vigorous intellect, a vibrant faith and a joyful spirit. Welcome. Sister Janet Eisner,
snd, President
The Greatest Work on Earth In 1919 the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, an international Catholic religious congregation, defied the prejudices of the day and founded Emmanuel College for women. With their mission of “making known God’s goodness... educating for life,” they laid the foundations for generations of bright, motivated women who had had few educational resources. Today, Emmanuel College is a vibrantly co-ed experience. And the same stones laid nearly 100 years ago are vividly reflected across the quad in the glass-fronted Jean Yawkey Center, the active, open student center that has become the living room of our campus.
Sharpen Your Mind T H I S I S YOU R P L ACE TO
The world of liberal arts and sciences is about being changed by ideas and being driven by ideas. At Emmanuel College, we believe in the value of a liberal arts and sciences education, our proud tradition since 1919. We believe the world becomes more colorful if you are really curious and want to know why things are the way they are.
We offer opportunities in the pursuit of learning and teaching, of exploring and research in over 25 areas of study. We take these studies to new levels, from Art, Education, English and History to the Natural and Life Sciences, Political Science, Psychology and Global Studies. We question, we challenge, we transform. We encourage, as well, the Individualized Major, the tailoring of a new major within the context of our offerings. We believe in our students. We offer an extensive and award-winning academic advising system to help you map out and continuously revise and update your own educational plan. We continue to design programs that will help you reach new heights, explore new fields and work at higher levels than you might ever have thought possible.
Just call Admissions at 617-735-9715 or check us out online at www.emmanuel.edu
First-Year Seminars
This innovative program is designed to build a strong academic foundation for the rest of your college career. Every first-year student takes a seminar of his or her choice in the fall or spring semester. In small classes, working closely with each other and a member of the faculty, you are introduced to the academic traditions of the liberal arts and sciences: how to read mindfully, analyze information, construct arguments and communicate effectively. In short, to lay out the expectations and values of our academic community. Our Honors Program
Honors work sharpens critical-thinking and communications skills and opens doors to fascinating research opportunities in a wide range of disciplines. Each year, highly motivated students are invited to participate. Firstyear students are eligible to take part in the Emmanuel Honors Colloquium, an intense, bi-monthly discussion of books and other texts with faculty.
The Carolyn A. Lynch Institute
Dedicated to preparing teachers in mathematics, science and technology for urban elementary and secondary levels, The Carolyn A. Lynch Institute awards scholarships to talented undergraduates with a commitment to this goal. Through generous funding provided by the Lynch Foundation, a teaching laboratory prepares future teachers to be completely fluent in “smart classroom� technologies, giving our teacher candidates special skills that will help them transform the lives of the diverse populations of children they will educate.
Pre-Health and Pre-Law Professions Preparation
To help Emmanuel students continue to succeed beyond our campus, our pre-health advisory committee helps those considering healthcare graduate work, position themselves for and apply to medical, dental or veterinary school. Similarly, if you are interested in law school, an advising committee will help you tailor your academic program toward that goal and will guide you through the law school application process. Academic Resource Center (ARC)
From workshops to individual peer tutoring, the ARC offers specially designed programs to help any student in any major meet her or his academic goals.
Areas of Study
American Studies Applied Ethics* Art Art History* Art Therapy Graphic Design & Technology Studio Art Biochemistry (concentration within Biology or Chemistry) Biology Biostatistics Catholic Studies* Chemistry Economics* Education Elementary Secondary English Communication Literature Writing & Literature Environmental Science
Forensic Science (concentration within Chemistry) Global Studies History Information Technology* Latin American Studies* Management Organizational Leadership* Mathematics Neuroscience (concentration within Biology or Psychology) Performance Arts* Philosophy* Political Science Psychology Counseling and Health Developmental General/Experimental Religious Studies* Sociology Spanish Speech/Theatre Arts* Women’s Studies* Individualized Major * Denotes minor
“ A liberal arts education gives you a chance to explore what you might want to do for the rest of your life. It’s okay to go to college not knowing what you want to do.” Dan Campagna, Class of 2007
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Academia by the Numbers: academic majors in the liberal arts and sciences. Not enough? Create your own.
1919
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the year we were founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame, who believe that education is the greatest work on earth.
number of opportunities the Office of International Programs can offer as choices for your study abroad experience.
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1,750
number of teaching assistants at Emmanuel, because every course is taught by faculty.
students from all over the globe, because the world of ideas demands diversity.
3.9
grade point average required for graduating Summa Cum Laude, the highest of the Latin honors.
Research opportunities
at Emmanuel are fasten-your-seatbelt explorations into a universe of “Why?” and “What If?” with the potential to make a powerful impact in peoples’ lives. At Emmanuel College, meaningful work is being done in many disciplines across the board. Internship programs and faculty/student projects in the healthcare and medical fields provide Emmanuel College undergraduates the kind of access and resources usually reserved for graduate programs at large research universities.
Forum Raval, Class of 2007, and Casey Vallot, Class of 2007, spent two and a half years working with Dr. Josef Kurtz, Assistant Professor of Biology, on bone marrow transplant research at world-renowned Massachusetts General Hospital “I came to Emmanuel expecting an excellent science education… I got that and more! While at Emmanuel, I immersed myself in the sciences but was also able to enjoy a well-rounded course of study in the liberal arts. My Emmanuel experience prepared me well for my current position as a lab services associate at Merck Research Laboratories-Boston.” Casey
“As a person coming for science, this is “My students help me with research in an amazing location, surrounded by hoshighly-specialized fields. Very few pitals and laboratories. And because of people in this world understand the nuances of the final presentations of our Emmanuel’s small classes, you get unique opportunities. Now I’m working work. But one or two are always underon my Ph.D. in immunology at UMass graduates here at Emmanuel.” Medical School.” Dr. Kurtz Forum
The most important thing you’ll learn at Emmanuel College is critical thinking. We believe that in today’s world, more than ever before, it is crucial that you be able to evaluate the pop culture, the new discoveries and the massive amounts of information coming at you every day.
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Merck Research Laboratories, Boston Emmanuel College is the only college in the country to boast a 12-story, 300,000-squarefoot private research facility right on campus that is doing important work in the fields of cancer treatment, Alzheimer’s disease and obesity. It is owned by Merck & Co., the global research-driven pharmaceutical company, on land they lease from the College. In return, Emmanuel College has access and opportunity to a world few undergraduates ever get to see. Every summer, Merck selects five students for a special paid internship program; one is always an Emmanuel student, hand-picked by the faculty that knows them best, their own science faculty. Merck researchers and scientists speak in our seminar programs. Merck offers unique pieces of scientific laboratory equipment to the college, as well. It is an unusual partnership and a valuable one.
“ When I presented research at the American Chemical Society national meeting in Atlanta, the graduate students I met were surprised at the resources and access we have as undergrads. You can’t tie up a laboratory computer to run a weeklong program in a big university, but I can walk up to the lab and run one right now.” Michael Flaherty, Class of 2007
Michael won the Merck Scholarship Internship for the summer of 2006. “I get to stay on campus all summer and just walk across the quad to the Merck research laboratory every morning. Can’t beat that!”
Our distinguished faculty
publishes, exhibits and researches. Presents, composes and chairs. Inspires, stimulates and collaborates. At Emmanuel, classes are small enough for your professors to know who you are and what’s important to you. They expect you to challenge them, to think, to question, to explore. Their mission is to make knowledge matter. Whether they teach English or Management, Biostatistics or Education, they believe in the promise of a liberal arts education to transform students into confident, curious citizens of the world of ideas. Here are a handful of professors you might run into on a stroll across the quad:
Meet Michael St. Clair, Professor of Psychology “ Take some risks in your college career,” urges Professor St. Clair, “no matter how serious you are about science, while you’re here, take a course in something you’re not going to be able to do again.”
For 30 years, Professor St. Clair has urged Emmanuel students to pursue both a disciplined analysis in science and an open curiosity in the world at large. He believes a strong liberal arts education is fundamentally about thinking. He pushes students to challenge assumptions, to question.
“ Why do people act a certain way? Why is a building built that way? How did it happen that this president was elected rather than that one? Did Freud destroy more things in the 20th century than he created?” he challenges, “This is more than data to be mastered and filed away.”
“ Psychology is a pretty broad discipline,” says Professor St. Clair, “At its most basic, it offers good habits of research, critical thinking, exposure to quantitative methods, and skills for jobs.”
At the same time he celebrates the distinctive opportunities Emmanuel has to offer, “Our psychology classes are quite different from each other. We’re moving quite rapidly into many demanding sub-disciplines of psychology, including the neurosciences.”
Meet Megumi Naitoh, Assistant Professor of Art
Artist, Professor, Advisor. Megumi Naitoh is all three to the students of Emmanuel College. After growing up in Tokyo, surrounded by 12.5 million other people, Professor Naitoh takes the art of individual expression quite seriously. But she teaches it with a sense of humor and tremendous passion. As you might expect from an artist whose work combines manipulated pixilated images and clay, she teaches students to articulate why they like what they make. “Without knowing why it is successful it is not successful,” she says.
“ First-year students come to Ceramics thinking they’re going to make a bowl. Instead they get the rich history of ceramics, some simple chemistry of the medium, an understanding of technique, things they never learned in high school.”
Boston enriches the entire experience. One day, she’s taking students through the Museum of Fine Arts, experiencing art most people see only in books, the next she’s guiding them to a gallery opening in Boston’s hip Harrison Avenue art district. Professor Naitoh is also the faculty advisor to the Art Club, which might make a beautiful blanket for a homeless shelter and take a trip to the galleries of New York City in the same year.
Meet Javier Marion, Assistant Professor of History
“ All history is based on decisions human beings have made,” says Professor Marion. “In college, History is more than dates and names, it is learning to analyze and understand those decisions.”
This fits Professor Marion’s teaching style perfectly. “We encourage students to make connections between themselves and what they learn, rather than just sit and become fattened by information.”
Professor Marion debunks the myth of “ Bring your own context to college,” he the aloof professor with his easy promises, “and together we will manner and a quick smile. He finds that challenge traditional thinking. We will students come to Emmanuel ready to reframe old ideas, skew them if you will, learn and eager for the until they lead us to answers we wouldexperience. “For some students it’s n’t normally find.” actually easier to do well in college than it was in high school,” he says. “There are more choices in the curriculum, and students find the intensity of the discussion is more invigorating.”
He, in turn, is energized by their intensity. “Students who come to Emmanuel want to do something with what they learn. They are genuinely outraged by injustice,” he says. “ It creates a contagious empathy.”
Meet Sister Mary Johnson, SND Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies
“ I don’t want their minds to be gated communities,” says Sister Mary of her students. “I will do anything I can to take down the gates. I teach two Service Learning courses and the transformation I see in the students is inspiring.”
Service learning builds bridges between commitment and action. Emmanuel students are encouraged to articulate their social consciousness. They may help feed the poor in homeless shelters or make a difference by working at the Massachusetts State House. The campus is alive with a real commitment to social justice.
SOC2113, Research Methods, is one. This class went out among 25 ethnic parishes in the Archdiocese of Boston — from Ugandan to Vietnamese, from “ After I make the bridges,” says Sister German to Korean—to collect data. They Mary, “the students initiate their conducted interviews with own versions. They embrace what they members of the communities and made want to do in light of their own multiple visits to the churches. “The interests and talents.” confidence my students get between the first day of class and the last is amaz“ We spark the fire,” says Sister Mary, ing. They’re diving into the deep end of “ but the students keep it burning.” the pool,” Sister Mary says.
Free Your Spirit T H I S I S YOU R P L ACE TO
What makes you happy? Politics? History? Singing? Seeing your words published in a magazine? Playing baseball? With over 80 different co-curricular clubs, activities and organizations on campus, there is always something exciting happening at Emmanuel. Every club is filled with the intensity of people, like yourself, who are passionate about the subject.
What gives you peace? No matter what your religion, we believe in the goodness of God and the goodness within each other. We are open-minded, diverse and inclusive. We believe wonderful things happen when people believe in themselves.
This is a campus alive with activities and athletics. We are big-hearted in spirit, global in outlook and small enough to create individual access to whatever opportunities we seek. We are a community with a strong sense of mission, a vibrant, confident faith and a joyful spirit.
Just call Admissions at 617-735-9715 or check us out online at www.emmanuel.edu
Academic Clubs: Art Club, Biology Club, Chemistry Club, English Club, Education Club, Emmanuel Business Association, Emmanuel College Historical Organization (ECHO), Emmanuel College Political Forum, Mock Trial Club, Model U.N., Psychology Club, Sociology Club
Honor Societies: Alpha Delta–FirstYear Student Honor Society, Beta Beta Beta–Biology Honor Society, Kappa Gamma Pi–National Honor Society for Catholic Colleges, Omicron Delta Kappa–National Leadership Honor Society, Phi Alpha Theta– History Honor Society, Pi Sigma Alpha–Political Science Honor Society, Psi Chi–National Psychology Honor Society, Sigma Xi–National Science Honor Society, Sigma Theta Tau - International Honor Society for Nursing
Media Clubs: Bang!–literary magazine, Emmanuel College Times– student newspaper, Uprising Magazine, multicultural political magazine, Epilogue–yearbook, Radio Club, Screenwriters’ Club
Performing Arts: Guitar Club, Theatre Guild, The Emmanuel Singers, Colleges of the Fenway Orchestra, Colleges of the Fenway Chorus, The Untouchables (Hip Hop Dance), Voices United Gospel Choir
Leadership: Admissions Ambassadors, Campus Activities and Student Events (CASE), Class Officer, Commuter Council, Cultural Competence, Emmanuel Connections, L.E.A.D.E.R.S. Organization, Leadership Institute, Orientation Leader, Peer Advisors, Program Committee, Residence Hall Council, Residence Assistant, Student Government Association, Student Judicial Board
Cultural Organizations: Asian Student Association, Black Student Union (BSU), Huellas (Hispanic/Latino Student Association), The Association of Countries, Cultures, Events, Nations and Traditions.
Office of International Programs (OIP) is committed to the experience of the international student. Working closely with Admissions, Academic Advising and Residence Life and Housing, the OIP offers services that deal with issues from cultural adjustment and employment opportunities to immigration regulations and student activities. All are designed to ensure a smooth transition from home to college life in Boston. Special Interest/Political: Advancement of Conservative Ideas Among Women (ACTW), Colleges of the Fenway Alliance (COFA), Democrats of Emmanuel College, Emmanuel College Republicans Club, Feminist Coalition, Rainbow Connection, Social Awareness Club Do you have a passion or interest you don’t see here? Just bring it to college, it’s easy to start a new club!
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Community by the Numbers:
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Emmanuel voted the number one Most Spirited Institution in the Northeast 3 years in a row by the National Association for Campus Activities.
and counting: co-curricular clubs, activities and organizations. There’s always something interesting going on at Emmanuel.
Class Presidents. Each is a member of the Executive Board of the Student Government Association, the voice of all our students.
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blocks from Fenway Park in one direction, and the Museum of Fine Arts in the other.
2,695
miles between Emmanuel College and Phoenix, Arizona, where students on Alternative Spring Break work with the homeless for a week.
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acre campus holds a world of opportunity within its boundaries and a bustling city right outside our gates.
Vedran Vukovic CLASS OF ’07
Where are you from?
I’m from Bosnia, however, I’ve lived in the U.S. since 1997. What made you decide to attend Emmanuel College?
I had never heard of Emmanuel College before I was scouted for soccer, but when I came to visit I was blown away. It’s an awesome location and just a great feeling to be here. I was going to go to a big university, but one visit and I changed my mind. What was your favorite class?
My major was Business, with a focus on Global Studies, but my two favorite classes were outside that realm: American Voices in Fiction and Non-fiction and Recent Moral Issues. If this weren’t a liberal arts college, I’d never have thought of taking classes like these, but they were fascinating, the discussions were really cool. What’s the biggest difference between high school and college?
Time management is the biggest difference. In college, you have a lot of free time and how you use that free time is up to you. It’s really important to be active and manage your time. What advice would you give a first-year student?
Enjoy it, because it flies by. By the time you blink, you’re a senior. I’d also say try different classes. Give it a chance. If you allow yourself to try different activities, you’ll find some fun surprises. Sure, I played on the soccer team, but I played other sports on the intramural teams. It’s all great. What are you doing now that you’ve graduated?
I’m an operations associate at the Boys and Girls Club in Boston. Working for kids is the best. It’s just a natural extension of all the community service I was involved in at Emmanuel.
Campus Ministry lies at the soul of our mission, promoting a community spirit that lives and celebrates the messages of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur: a belief in the goodness of God and the goodness of God’s people. Emmanuel welcomes students of all faiths into our community.
We seek to create a vibrant, welcoming campus based on Gospel values. We challenge and support you with difficult questions. Whether it’s a need for conversation or short-term pastoral counseling, the staff of Campus Ministry
is eager to help. A variety of student-focused ministries, programs and discussions encourage you to put your beliefs into action and share your gifts with the Emmanuel community and beyond.
Through educational programs, volunteer service, prayer and liturgy, we provide opportunities for you to deepen your spirituality, to act justly and to live faithfully.
Spiritual Formation Programs Weekend Retreats The Busy Person’s Retreat Spiritual Meditation Praise Nights Preparation for Receiving the Sacraments Faith Alive Thanksgiving Interfaith Service Liturgical Ministries Lectors Eucharistic Ministers Choir
Conversations with Campus Ministry Relationships The Catholic Church Today Ethical Decision Making Just War
Community Service, in a place where you are expected to talk about values and ethical issues, puts a sharp focus on a wide lens. The commitment is to make a meaningful difference in many ways both large and small. From serving hot meals at a homeless shelter to helping at-risk children with homework, our community service opportunities are a constant reminder that we learn and teach, research and explore, work and play in the context of a greater society. We challenge ourselves to act. To lead. To give generously to others. We work for justice. We keep the connection between faith and action alive with our work in the following: Alternative Spring Break America Reads City Year Serve-A-Thon Habitat for Humanity Tutoring in after-school programs Community Servings Campus-based English as a Second Language Program Peace and Justice Club
Susan Aguiar CLASS OF ’06
Why did you come to Emmanuel?
It was small, I didn’t want huge. It was in Boston. When I visited, I really liked the atmosphere and the campus. To this day the Chapel is one of my favorite places. Did it live up to your expectations?
Oh, yes. Because the classes are small, the professors get to know you. They push, with concern. There’s a good combination of lectures and dialogue. You learn to think critically and to focus. What about other activities?
I interned at the Massachusetts Historical Society. I was president of the history club, captain of the women’s cross country team and vice president of the political forum. You also won the St. Julie Billiart Award, what’s that?
It’s given to a senior who exemplifies the mission of Emmanuel College and the Sisters of Notre Dame. They called me a “quiet leader.” And you went to Phoenix for Alternative Spring Break?
It was the first time I ever flew. We worked with the homeless, prepared food, worked in their thrift store and had time for refection at the end of the day. It’s great to have a program like this for college students; it keeps it real. Do you have any advice for incoming students?
Get to know your professors. In high school you hear a lot about how intimidating professors are, but it’s not true here. You have access to them. What’s next?
I’m going to graduate school in higher education. Coming to Emmanuel helped me pick a career.
Jean Yawkey Center for Community Leadership at Emmanuel College is dedicated to developing service opportunities and leadership skills for our students, while building bridges between this community and the young people of the City of Boston through after-school and summer programs. Funded in part by a major grant from the Yawkey Foundation, the Center has also offered a cultural competence seminar, funded new service learning courses and awarded scholarships to students involved in the greater community.
Club Sports and Recreation: Baseball Club, Cheerleading Team, College Mascot, Dance Team, Field Hockey, Pep Band, Ping Pong Club, Saints Club, Karate Club
New Student Programs offer summer and fall orientation, academic assessment, academic advising and a comprehensive welcome week to help every student connect with our community to become a successful Emmanuel student
NCAA Division lll athletics give every recruit a chance to make his or her mark. No one school dominates the field. Our strong Intramural sports program means everyone who loves athletics stays active. At Emmanuel College, everybody who wants to play, gets to play. When it comes to fun, we’ve got game.
Just call Admissions at 617-735-9715 or check us out online at www.emmanuel.edu
Whichever way, you have access to a spectacular gym and fitness center in the new Jean Yawkey Center. And an athletics program whose focus is on the development of the whole person, not just the athlete. Coaches are dedicated to helping students achieve in the classroom as well as in the game. Academic excellence is rewarded at the annual awards banquet, which includes awards for the highest individual GPA and the team with the highest group average GPA.
Men’s NCAA DIII Varsity Teams
Basketball Cross Country Indoor Track and Field Outdoor Track and Field Soccer Volleyball
Women’s NCAA DIII Varsity Teams
Basketball Cross Country Indoor Track and Field Outdoor Track and Field Soccer Softball Tennis Volleyball
Colleges of the Fenway Intramural Sports
Billiards Bracket Busters Challenge Dodgeball Flag Football Floor Hockey Great Race Indoor Soccer Madden Football XBox Outdoor Soccer Pigskin Pick ‘Em Racquetball Softball Sports Trivia Squash Volleyball Whiffleball 3-on-3 Basketball 5-on-5 Basketball
Dorothy Shanahan-Roberge CLASS OF ’07
What was your major?
Well, I thought I wanted to be a political science major when I came to Emmanuel, but then I discovered psychology. What’s nice about a liberal arts college is that you can try different things until you find what you really like. Why did you choose Emmanuel College?
I wanted to be in a city, either New York or Boston, but I wanted an enclosed campus. I thought Emmanuel would be the best of the best, and it is. I love the size and location. What’s so great about the size?
You get to know the teachers very well, you don’t get so lost in the shuffle. You can’t get that personal attention at a large university. But being near so many large universities means you can attend a lot of free lectures at places like Harvard and MIT, and see world-famous people for free. How is college different than high school?
In high school, I felt like there was more busy work, everything was geared toward college boards, in college you learn how to learn. It’s all a pacing process, there’s much more of an individual sense of accomplishment to get through each semester. You were also an Instructional Assistant for Professor St. Clair.What did that involve?
I went to all the classes, read the material, put together study guides and worked with the students one on one. And you get paid. It’s a great opportunity to look at college from a different perspective. Did you have time for other things?
Oh yes, I ran cross country, indoor track, outdoor track and played with the Field Hockey Club. I loved my training runs along the Charles River! I played the flute in the Colleges of the Fenway Orchestra. I interned at the Developmental Medical Center Laboratory for Cognitive Neuroscience at Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School just two blocks from school. Did you find a job after graduation?
Oh yes, an amazing job. I’m a research assistant at Boston Medical Center.
If This is Your Place, This is Your Living Room Every residence hall has a lounge, every residence room is a place to chill, but The Jean Yawkey Center really is the living room of our campus. It’s our student center, our cafeteria, the place to meet and greet. The place to see and be seen. The floor to ceiling windows look directly across the grassy quad to the stained glass windows of the peaceful Chapel, tucked within the historic stone Administration Building. In the residence halls, you’ll find free Internet access, e-mail, voice mail and cable TV for every resident. In the Administration Building, you’ll find a club and meeting room for commuters. And, right outside the front gate, you’ll find Boston.
Some of our favorite places in Boston
• The courtyard of the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum • The scene on Landsdowne Street • The Frog Pond on Boston Common, for ice skating • The Hatch Shell on the Charles River Esplanade, for free concerts • The Buddha room at the MFA • The Boston Public Library • The State House on Beacon Hill • Faneuil Hall Marketplace • The outdoor cafés on Newbury Street • The funky restaurants near Fenway Park. What will yours be? Besides your place right here on campus.
Dan Campagna, Class of 2007, found a talent for communications in the liberal arts arena and became an English major. His mother attended Emmanuel College, too. In fact, they lived in the same residence hall, on the same floor 20 years apart. Dan loves the location of Emmanuel College. “One day I just walked down the street to Fenway Park and filled out a general application. Now I’m a Fenway Park tour guide and I have a World Series ring!”
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Boston by the Numbers: miles of wide, flat, paved trails offer biking and running along the scenic Charles River, from downtown Boston to the city of Waltham.
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stops on the pipe organ in world-famous Symphony Hall and considered one of the finest concert hall organs in the world.
feet and 2 inches is the height of the Green Monster at Fenway Park, the highest wall in baseball, which tends to make doubles out of what might be home runs in other parks.
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02110
is a zip code in the center of Boston’s financial district, home to major mutual fund companies, major law firms, banking headquarters, the Federal Reserve Bank and the Boston Stock Exchange.
colors make Boston’s MBTA subway system easy to understand: the Orange Line, the Red Line, the Blue Line and the Green Line–the one we’re on–can get you anywhere you want to go in greater Boston.
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if by land, The Old North Church where the lanterns were hung to signal to Paul Revere is only one of the 16 historic sights along the 2.5-mile red line through Boston known as the Freedom Trail.
Unleash Your Potential T H I S I S YOU R P L ACE TO
We transform lives through powerful real-world experiences, through internships, service learning, travel and international study. We link our studies to exciting applications for life and work. We mine the rich resources of science and healthcare around us. We build gateways to those worlds on campus. We create rich opportunities for study abroad, each one uniquely designed to fit your interests and widen your horizons.
Boston provides powerful access to the worlds of finance, business, government, health and medicine, education, history, social services, sports, the arts and literature. Other programs, like the Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars, which give students a rare opportunity to earn a semester of academic credit while completing a full-time internship and attending seminars and lectures in the nation’s capital, extend our classrooms out into the world.
Just call Admissions at 617-735-9715 or check us out online at www.emmanuel.edu
A sampling of internships
Arnold Worldwide Advertising Art New England Magazine Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Massachusetts Boston Children’s Hospital Boston Lyric Opera The Boston Phoenix/Phoenix Communications Clarke & Company, PR Dana Farber Cancer Institute Dollars and Sense Magazine Genzyme Governor’s Press Office Huntington Theater Company Magic 106.7 Radio Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism
Merrill Lynch Merck Research Laboratories–Boston Morgan Stanley Museum of Science National Organization for Women New England Aquarium New England Sports Network Suffolk County Juvenile Probation Office Thomson Financial Corporation Viacom WBZ-Channel 4 (local CBS affiliate) WB56-TV Women’s Executive Network
Study Abroad expands the mind,
invigorates the spirit and offers a global context and perspective that will stay with you for life. You can choose to spend a summer, a semester or a year at one of many universities. The simple handout “10 Steps From Dream to Departure” will get you started. Then the Study Abroad coordinator will help you decide which country and program are right for you. Emmanuel students have studied around the world, including management in China, education in Australia, art in Italy and political and economic development in Central America.
Be inspired by those who walk the talk. Speakers over the past few years have included Dr. Paul Farmer, the medical anthropologist and physician who has dedicated his life to treating some of the world’s poorest populations; Martin Luther King III, son of legendary civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr, and a civil rights leader in his own right; and Mitch Albom, best-selling author and nationally syndicated columnist.
The Colleges of the Fenway Our five neighboring colleges, Massachusetts College of Art, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Simmons College, Wentworth Institute of Technology and Wheelock College, join us in sharing resources so that you can take a highly specialized course we may not offer, find an unusual library book, or play in our shared orchestra.
L.E.A.D.E.R.S. is a unique program that recognizes the learning that takes place outside the classroom. The program fosters confidence, leadership skills and inner strength by focusing on Leadership, Ethics, Activities, Dedication to Service, Exploration, Relationships and Spirituality.
This is your place to spread your wings Our recent graduates are teachers and graphic designers, trust specialists and studio managers, research assistants, systems administrators, designers, social workers and legislative aides, already making a difference in the world around them.
A Sampling of Work Places Where You’ll Find Emmanuel Graduates:
Allied Advertising American Express Financial Arnold Advertising Bentley Publishing Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Cambridge Savings Bank Children’s Hospital Cisco Systems Emerson College Ernst & Young Greenfield Elementary School Mellon Financial New England Journal of Medicine Office of the Governor of Illinois Old Sturbridge Village Perkins School for the Blind Quincy High School Soundtrack Studios State House of Massachusetts State Street Corporation Tufts University USS Constitution Museum Valhalla High School Varnum Brook Elementary School
Where can a liberal arts and sciences education lead? Anywhere you want to go. Right now, a biochemistry major is a doctoral student at Harvard Medical School; an English literature major is a law student at Georgetown University; and a Political Science major is a divinity student at Willamette University.
A Sampling of Post-graduate Programs Where You’ll Find Emmanuel Alumni:
Boston University Brandeis University Carnegie Mellon University Columbia University Duke University Emmanuel College Graduate Programs Georgetown University Harvard Medical School Harvard University Lesley College New York University Northeastern University Palmer College of Chiropractics Simmons College Suffolk University University of Massachusetts Willamette University
The Milestones and the Promises
To first-year students, eager for the knowledge of the past and the skills for the future, and perhaps a little nervous, we say, we believe in you.
To the seniors, curious, confident and prepared for a lifetime of personal fulfillment and professional achievement, we say, we believe in you.
To the sophomores, declaring their allegiance to a body of study, excited, determined, focused, we say, we believe in you.
To all, we promise an education designed to sharpen your mind, unleash your potential, free your spirit and expand your horizons. And a lifetime membership in this very special community of purpose.
First-Year Student Ceremony—During Founders’ Day in February, each new student is ensconced in the community.
Sophomore Pinning Ceremony—During April, sophomores mark their selection of a major with a faculty presentation of the traditional Emmanuel pin.
To the juniors, committed to community, mentored by those who came before, tempered by what is yet to be done, we say, we believe in you. Junior Ring and Tassel Ceremony—Juniors celebrate their status as upperclass students.
Senior Cap and Gown Ceremony—Since the first graduating class of 1923, this ceremony has marked the beginning of senior year.
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Boston:Your Extended Classroom
Harvard Medical School Longwood Medical Area Charles RIver Fenway T Stop Kenmore Square Fenway Park Prudential Center Museum of Fine Arts Gardner Museum Zakim Memorial Bridge Hancock Tower State House Fanueil Hall Marketplace Boston Harbor
Scholarships and Financial Assistance If you’re serious about learning, we’re serious about helping you. Our financial assistance packages may include a combination of scholarships, institutional grants, federal and state grants, federal loans and part-time employment. Merit Scholarships are based on a combination of your high school GPA and SAT/ACT test results, or other factors including leadership and community service, or recommendations from a friend or graduate of the college. Our many merit-based scholarships include:
Academic Achievement Scholarships City of Boston Scholarships Dean’s Scholarships Friends of Emmanuel College Scholarships Leadership and Community Service Scholarships Phi Theta Kappa Scholarships Presidential Scholarships Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur Scholarships
Our Financial Assistance Programs are designed to help you bridge the gap between your ability to pay for college expenses and the total cost of your education.
Resources include:
Emmanuel Grants Federal Pell Grants Federal Perkins Loans Federal Stafford Loans Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG) Federal Work Study Gilbert Grants Massachusetts No-Interest Loans State Grants and Scholarships
If you believe that this, indeed, might be your place, please schedule a visit today. Come meet us. Come talk to us. Come see for yourself this wonderful place. Just call Admissions at 617-735-9715 or check us out online at www.emmanuel.edu