Lesley University

Lesley University
Established	1909
Type	Private
Endowment	$196 million
President	Joseph B. Moore
Students	12,344
Undergraduates	1,702
Postgraduates	9,577
Location	Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Campus	urban
Colors	gold and green
Mascot	lynx
Athletics	http://athletics.lesley.edu/
Website	http://www.lesley.edu/

Lesley University is a private university with campuses in Boston and Cambridge, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Lesley College was founded by Edith Lesley in 1909 as The Lesley School, focused on early childhood education as a part of a larger international kindergarten movement established by Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel.

History

The Lesley School was a proprietary women's institution until 1941, when it reorganized under a board of trustees. The school was founded by Edith Lesley. The Lesley School received authority to award the baccalaureate degree in 1944 and became Lesley College. Lesley College received authority to award graduate degrees in 1954 and later expanded to provide majors in the fields of education, counseling, human services, global studies, art therapy, and management. In 1998, Lesley College merged with The Art Institute of Boston (AIB). Founded in 1912, AIB grants Baccalaureate and post-Baccalaureate degrees. Along with the graduate programs, these colleges emerged as Lesley University in 2001. In 2005, the university's undergraduate section, Lesley College, became co-educational.

Degree programs and accreditation

Doble Hall on the Cambridge campus.

Lesley University, with its component undergraduate colleges, graduate colleges and institutes offers more than 20 undergraduate majors and over 90 Adult Bachelor's, Master's, Certificates of Advanced Graduate Study, and Ph.D. programs at its Boston and Cambridge campuses. The university also offers M.Ed. and Ed.S. programs at more than 150 learning sites in 23 U.S. states. The university is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

Schools

• The Art Institute of Boston
• Lesley College
• School of Education
• Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences

Lesley University also has an adult bachelor's degree program, offering on- and off-campus courses and online classes targeted toward adult learners.

Student life

White Hall on the Cambridge campus.

Residence halls

Traditional

• Doble, Wolfard: These two residence halls have balconies.
• Mackenzie, Malloch: These two dorms are located above the Student Center, and contain six floors of dorms. The sixth floor of Mackenzie is substance free living.
• White: The most traditional residence hall, this residence hall consists of three floors and is located above the dining hall.
• Winthrop: Located on the Brattle campus, this hall boasts high ceilings and fireplaces in many dorms.
• Lawrence: located on the Brattle campus.
• 1 Wendell: Suite-Style apartment living

Victorian houses

• Jenkes, Kirkland, Sacramento, & Mellen: Upperclassmen and Undergraduate houses located around the main campus
• 35 Mellen: A Residence in the quad area on main campus that is currently paint-free and Quiet Living.
• 14 Wendell: Currently Scholarly Living.
• 16-18 Wendell: Recently renovated, located on main campus.
• Reed: Usually reserved for AIB freshmen, Reed House is three stories and located on the main campus.
• 3 Wendell: One of Lesley's newest dorms on main campus. Built in a victorian style, the new hall will open in September 2009.

Theme housing

• Wendell House: One half of this house, which is handicap accessible, is considered substance free. In the past, the house was nicknamed:'The Mind, Body, Spirit House.' In the upcoming year, Wendell House will be one half "substance free" while the other part become Threshold Housing.

Athletics

Lesley University is a member institution of the New England Collegiate Conference. To learn more about Lesley Athletics, please visit the website [1]

• Baseball
• Basketball
• Cross-Country (Co-Ed)
• Soccer
• Softball
• Volleyball
• Tennis

External links

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