Bridgewater State College
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| Missing image Bridgewater_State_College_logo.png Bridgewater State College logo | |||
| Size | 235 acres (1 km²) | ||
| Established | 1840 | ||
| School type | Public | ||
| Location | Bridgewater, Mass., USA | ||
| Enrollment ¹ | 7,099 undergraduate 2,057 graduate | ||
| Faculty ² | 252 full-time | ||
| Campus | Rural | ||
| Colors | Maroon | ||
| Home page | bridgew.edu (http://www.bridgew.edu) | ||
Bridgewater State College is a small public liberal arts college located in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. The school's mascot is the Bears.
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History
BSC was founded in 1840 as a normal school styled Bridgewater Normal School. One of the first normal schools in the nation, its initial mission was to train school teachers. Since the 1960s the school has expanded its program to include liberal arts, business, and aviation programs.
Buildings and Layout
West Campus
Samuel P. Gates House (1876 - 6,138 ft²) is a small woodframe structure that was once the dwelling house of Samuel Gates. Today, the building is used as the Admissions Office.
Boyden Hall (1924 - 63,248 ft²) was constructed as the major building of Bridgewater Normal School following the campus' massive fire. It now houses the Registrar's Office, Financial Aid services, Student Accounts, the President and Vice President's offices, administrative offices, the department of Information Technology, and several classrooms. On the lowest level, School Street side, is the Horace Mann Auditorium.
Harrington Hall (1926 - 26,640 ft²) was named in honor of Lee F. Harrington. Formerly it was the Burnell Campus School (see below). The building houses the School of Management and Aviation Sciences.
Tillinghast Hall (1916 - 51,760 ft²) , affectionatley known as "Tilly," is located at the corner of School and Summer streets. Named after the first princpal of Bridgewater Normal School, it houses faculty offices, department offices, a dining hall, the campus Post Office, and Health Services.
The Art Center (1904 - 14,924 ft²) was originally constructed as the Boyden Gymnasium (an indoor track remains on the second floor). It now houses the Art Department and the Anderson Art Gallery.
Hunt Hall (1936 - 25,500 ft²), formerly the Dr. Albert F. Hunt Junior High School, is located on School St. It houses the parking clerk and student ID services in the basement, and classrooms on the upper floors.
Summer Street House (1925 - 3,831 ft²), a former home near the Alumni Center and Maxwell Library, houses the Political Science Department.
Davis Alumni Center (1990 - 6,492 ft²), another former home, houses the alumni services office.
Christian Fellowship Services building, located on Shaw Rd., is another former house.
The Clement C. Maxwell Library (1971 - 172,580 ft²) is a four-story cement and brick structure located on Shaw Road with secondary entrances on Park Street. It is named for former college president Clement C. Maxwell. The facility has over 300,000 volumes, an assorted collection of music and videos, and several classrooms. The third floor Special Collections features a small museum and specialized collection of Abraham Lincoln. Located on the ground floor by the IT Support Services office is a new Starbucks coffee stand.
The Adrian Rondileau Campus Center (1970 - 161,000 ft²) was constructed over land that was once Boyden Park on Park Street. It was known as the Student Union until the retirement of then-president Adrian Rondileau. The center boasts several ballrooms and conference rooms, a large cafeteria (featuring a Dunkin' Donuts), several common areas, an open access computer lab, and a small dining room. International and Multicultural Affairs, Student Services, Student Government Association, Visitor Information, and Events all have their offices there. A semi-annex to the building is the Bridgewater State College Auditorium, which has two levels of seating and a number of classrooms and offices below it for the Communications, Theatre, and Music departments. The Beach Boys once held a live performance in the auditorium, and it was also home to the world premiere of Drakula: The Rock Opera.
The Marshall Conant Science Building (1964 - 99,700 ft²), named after one of the Normal School's early principals, is located on Park Street, and is home to the school's science departments (Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Earth Sciences and Geography. Land separating it from Pope Hall (see below) contains a small park, memorial area, and a greenhouse. Behind the science building, adjacent to the park and to athletic practice fields, is the campus power plant.
Across from the library and next to the science building is the John J. Kelly Gymnasium (1957 - 56,640 ft²). This gymnasium succeeded the Boyden Gymnasium and preceded the Tinsley Center (see below) as the main athletic building for the campus. It features both a large and small gym and a swimming pool. The bottom floor houses classrooms used primarily by the School of Education and Allied Studies. Near the gymnasium is the Catholic Center.
East Campus
The John Joseph Moakley Center for Technological Applications (1995 - 49,000 ft²) is named for the late former US Representative John Joseph Moakley. This state-of-the-art facility features multiple computer labs and a large technologically-enhanced auditorium/lecture hall. The faculty union, MSCA, occupies a small house on Burrill Avenue, across from the Moakley Center, and next to the Center is a small, abandoned building once occupied by Dunkin' Donuts.
Walter and Marie Hart Hall (1979 - 25,500 ft²) is a building located behind, and adjacent to, the Moakley Center, which houses classrooms and offices for the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science and the Department of Secondary Education.
Martha Burnell School (1979 - 70,650 ft²), located behind, and adjacent to, Hart Hall, is an elementary school run cooperatively by Bridgewater State College and the Bridgewater-Raynham Regional School District. It serves as a model school and an area for student teaching and observation to take place. It replaced the former Martha Burnell school in Harrington Hall.
East Campus Commons (2002 - 32,000 ft²) is one of the newest buildings on campus. It houses a large dining facility, the campus bookstore, and a new Dunkin' Donuts. It is located across a small courtyard from East Hall (see below), a new co-ed dorm constructed at the same time as the Commons.
The Adrian Tinsley Center (2002 - 84,000 ft²) was constructed at the same time as East Campus Commons and East Hall. It is located behind the Great Hill Student Apartments and Swenson Field, and is the new home of the college's athletic programs. The building contains a modern fitness center as well as a large partitioning gymnasium, a running track on the second floor, and several classrooms.
Also constructed at this time was the Operations Center (2003 - 30,632 ft²), located slightly downhill from Shea and Durgin Halls (see below). This facility houses the Campus Police Headquarters and the offices of carpenters, custodial services, electricians, mechanics, groundskeepers, a locksmith, painters, plumbers, recycling, and transportation.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority runs a commuter rail train station on the BSC campus. It is located on East Campus near East Hall. This is the Lakeville Line, which runs from Lakeville to Boston. Bridgewater is the only college in Massachusetts with a dedicated public rail station.
In the woods behind the MBTA station is the Observatory (1973 - 500 ft²).
Residential areas
Students living on the campus live in one of a variety of residential areas.
West Campus
Woodward Hall (1912 - 57,920 ft²) was also constructed in the early 20th century following the campus fire. It is an all-girls dormitory, the only such building on campus, housing 231 students.
Scott Hall (1960 - 41,436 ft²), located behind the Campus Center and across from the Davis Alumni Center, is a co-ed dorm housing 143 students.
Pope Hall (1960 - 36,360 ft²), located in front of the Campus Center, across from the Art Center, and next to the science building, is a co-ed dorm housing 160 students.
East Campus
Frankland W. L. Miles, Jr., Hall (1989 - 56,700 ft²) and the V. James DiNardo Hall (1989 - 56,700 ft²) are co-ed dormitories located on the East Campus, separated from the above buildings (West Campus) by a MBTA rail line (see above). They were constructed in the late 1980s and have a small center courtyard. Together they house 399 students.
East Hall (2002 - 84,000 ft²), a new co-ed dorm that houses 300 students, is located across a small courtyard from the East Campus Commons. It is the only dorm with full climate control.
Great Hill Student Apartments (1978 - 51,000 ft²), located up Great Hill from East Hall, is a series of apartment buildings for students aged twenty-one and over. It is the only location on campus where alcohol is allowed. It houses 192 students.
Shea Hall (1967 - 64,344 ft²) and Durgin Hall (1967 - 64,344 ft²) occupy a symmetrical building up Great Hill from the apartments. These buildings are home to freshmen resident students and together house 620 students. The field located directly in front of Shea/Durgin houses the Dr. Henry Rosen Memorial Tennis Courts.
IT
Bridgewater State College has aggressively upgraded its technology in the last decade (it was recognized as a wired school by Yahoo! Internet Life magazine). Nearly 100% of floorspace on campus is covered by a 802.11b wireless network. The Moakley Center is the major part of this project. Starting with the class of 2008, all freshmen students are required to have a laptop computer. The college has a special arrangement with Dell Computers for purchasing the laptops, or students may purchase their own. Support and "loaners" are provided at the Moakley Center and the Maxwell Library.