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Simmons College
Established	1899
Type:	Private women's college
Endowment:	$193,000,000
President:	Susan C. Scrimshaw
Staff:	236 fulltime faculty
Undergraduates:	2,072 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. She succeeded Daniel S. Cheever, Jr., who, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education, ^[1], he received a total compensation of $2,860,686 in his final year of service, the third highest of any college or university president in the United States.

Contents 1 Overview of the campus 1.1 Main Campus 1.2 Residence Campus 1.3 School of Management 2 Academic structure 3 See also 4 External links

Simmons College currently consists of three separate campuses located near the Back Bay Fens in Boston:

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. 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 has also announced plans for a new building on the main campus to house the School of Management, currently located on Commonwealth Avenue.

Tuition costs at Simmons are average for college in the United States.

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.

The residence campus is separated from the main campus by Emmanuel College and Merck Research Laboratories Boston.

The School of Management is 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 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 at 300 The Fenway. Construction is underway.

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.

• Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature

• Simmons College official website

v • d • e Current women's universities and colleges in the United States

Agnes Scott • Assumption • Alverno • Barnard • Bay Path • Bennett • Blue Mountain • Brenau • Bryn Mawr • Cedar Crest • Chatham • College of Notre Dame of Maryland • College of Saint Mary • Columbia College (Columbia, South Carolina) • Converse • Cottey • Georgian Court • Hollins • Judson • Lexington • Mary Baldwin • Meredith • Midway • Mills • Moore College of Art and Design • Mount Holyoke • Mt. Mary • Mt. St. Mary's • Peace • Pine Manor • Rosemont • Russell Sage • St. Benedict • St. Catherine • St. Elizabeth • Saint Joseph • Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College • St. Mary's (Indiana) • Salem • Scripps • Simmons • Smith • Spelman • Stephens • Stern • Sweet Briar • The College of New Rochelle • Trinity Washington University • Ursuline • Wellesley • Wesleyan College • Wilson • Women's College of the University of Denver

v • d • e Colleges of the Fenway
Emmanuel • MassArt • Mass. College of Pharmacy • Simmons • Wentworth • Wheelock

v • d • e Colleges and universities in metropolitan Boston

Babson College · Bay State College · Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology · Bentley College · Berklee College of Music · Boston Architectural College · Boston Baptist College · Boston College · Boston Conservatory · Boston University · Brandeis University · Bunker Hill Community College · Cambridge College · Curry College · Eastern Nazarene College · Emerson College · Emmanuel College · Fisher College · Harvard University · Hebrew College · Hellenic College · Laboure College · Lasell College · Lesley University · Massachusetts Bay Community College · Massachusetts College of Art · Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Mount Ida College · Newbury College · New England College of Optometry · New England Conservatory of Music · New England Institute of Art · New England School of Law · Northeastern University · Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering · Pine Manor College · Quincy College · Regis College · Roxbury Community College · St. John's Seminary · School of the Museum of Fine Arts · Simmons College · Suffolk University · Tufts University · University of Massachusetts Boston · Urban College of Boston · Wellesley College · Wentworth Institute of Technology · Wheelock College

v • d • e North Atlantic Conference
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

v • d • e Associated New American Colleges

Arcadia University • Belmont University • Butler University • Drake University • Drury University • Elon University • Hamline University • Hampton University • Ithaca College • North Central College • Pacific Lutheran University • Quinnipiac University • Simmons College • Susquehanna University • The Sage Colleges • University of Redlands • University of Scranton • Valparaiso University • Wagner College • Westminster College

Coordinates: 42°20′23″N 71°06′01″W / 42.3398000, -71.1002000

• Simmons College (Massachusetts) is at coordinates 42°20′23″N 71°06′01″W / 42.3398000, -71.1002000Coordinates: 42°20′23″N 71°06′01″W / 42.3398000, -71.1002000