Information about Emmanuel College, Boston

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Emmanuel College
Latin: Collegii Emmanuel
Motto	עמנואל (Immanuel: God with us)
Established	1919
Type	Private
Endowment	$71 million[1]
President	Sister Janet Eisner
Faculty	77 full-time
Students	2,350
Location	Boston, MA, USA
Address	400 The Fenway Boston, MA 02115
Campus	Urban, 17-acres
Nickname	Saints
Website	www.emmanuel.edu

Emmanuel College is a four-year Catholic liberal arts college located on The Fenway in Boston, Massachusetts. It is a part of the Colleges of the Fenway consortium and is situated adjacent to the Longwood Medical District. Founded in 1919 by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, Emmanuel was a women's college until 2001, at which point it became completely coeducational. Prior to that, men could only become students through the ECAP program [2], graduate and professional programs [3], or as adult learners.

At the heart of the campus is Emmanuel's Chapel. It is a beautiful example of English Gothic architecture, and it was restored in the late 1990s (See aerial view of the campus at [4]; the administration building is at the bottom center of picture two).

Emmanuel offers programs in a variety of areas such as education, performing arts, and communication. It has a small student-to-teacher ratio and a committed faculty. Most students engage in an off-campus internship to gain professional experience in their field of choice.

A part of Emmanuel's Catholic-rooted mission is reaching out to students who may not have otherwise had the opportunity to attend college. As such, the student body is quite diverse.

Emmanuel also offers a number of scholarships. At the time of this writing, students with a GPA and SAT scores of at least 1270 could apply for a full-tuition "Presidential Scholarship" [5]. The admissions office uses rolling admission, However, scholarship and financial aid deadlines are firm.

Emmanuel's student life covers a number of areas: The college has a Theater Guild founded by students in 1997, which has in recent years grown and won regional theater awards; a literary magazine; a Peace and Justice club; numerous NCAA sports teams; "Midnight Breakfasts" every semester during exams week; and more. It also has an art gallery on campus (the Lillian Immig Gallery), which features exhibits from a variety of professional artists.

Since the 2004 Presidential Election, Emmanuel College has become more and more political, especially with the creation of the College Republicans and College Democrats Clubs. Clubs are increasing bringing prominent speakers on campus. For instance, the College Democrats hosted Mary Beth Cahill, campaign manager for John Kerry's presidential bid.

After going coed, enrollment increased dramatically at the college. In the 1990s, Emmanuel's incoming freshman class typically comprised about 100 students. Upon going coed, the incoming freshman class comprised about 300 students -- 100 of whom were male. Emmanuel had not had such comparatively high enrollment numbers since the 1970s. In 2006, the total undergraduate population was 1,600 students. To help accommodate them, the college bought back one of its old dormitories, Julie Hall, which it had sold to Beth Israel Hospital during a time of financial crisis. Other recent improvements include the renovation of Marion Hall into a new Student Center [6], the Jean Yawkey Center.

Notable alumni

• Geraldine Creedon, (B.A. 1967), member of the Mass. House of Representatives (served 1995 - present)
• Mary Beth Cahill, political figure
• Nancy Kerrigan, figure skater

External links

• Emmanuel College Website
• Photo tour
• Emmanuel College Theater Guild

•  • [ e] Colleges of the Fenway  •  • [ e]
Emmanuel • MassArt • Pharmacy and Health Sciences • Simmons • Wentworth • Wheelock

•  • [ e] Colleges and universities in metropolitan Boston

Babson Bentley Berklee Boston Architectural College BC Boston Conservatory BU 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

•  • [ e] Women's colleges that became coeducational

Became coeducational Adelphi University • Albertus Magnus College • Andrew College • Beaver College • Bennington College • Carlow University • Cazenovia College • Chestnut Hill College • Chowan College • Columbia College • Connecticut College • Drexel University College of Medicine • Elmira College • Emmanuel College • Florida State University •Georgia College & State University • Goucher College • Greensboro College • Hood College • Hunter College • Immaculata University • James Madison University • Keuka College •LaGrange College • Lake Erie College • Lasell College • Lesley College • Longwood University • Mississippi University for Women• Marymount Manhattan College • Moravian College • Notre Dame College •Ohio Dominican University • Queens University of Charlotte • Radford University • Randolph College • Regis College • Rivier College • Sarah Lawrence College • Seton Hill University • Shorter College • Skidmore College • Silver Lake College • Texas Woman's University • Tift College • Trocaire College • University of Mary Washington • University of North Carolina at Greensboro • Vassar College • Viterbo University • Washington College of Law • Wells College • Wheaton College Coordinate colleges Douglass (merged with Rutgers University) • Evelyn College for Women (with Princeton University; closed) • H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College (merged with Tulane University) • Margaret Morrison Carnegie College (merged with Carnegie Mellon University) • Pembroke (merged with Brown University) • Radcliffe College (merged with Harvard University)