Newbury College

Newbury College
Motto	Floruit Floreat (Let it Flourish)
Established	1962
Type	Private
President	Hannah M. McCarthy
Location	Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
Campus	Suburban, 10 acres
Colors	Green and Gold
Athletics	NCAA Division III
Sports	Baseball, Basketball (M,W), Cross Country (M,W), Golf (M), Soccer (M,W), Softball, Tennis (M,W), Volleyball, M,W)
Mascot	Nigel the Nighthawk
Affiliations	New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), Commission on Institutions of Higher Education (CIHE), Council for Interior Design
Website	www.newbury.edu

Newbury College is a coeducational undergraduate college in Brookline, Massachusetts that offers a career-focused education grounded in the liberal arts. Newbury contains three schools: Arts, Science and Design; Business and Management; and the Roger A. Saunders School of Hotel and Restaurant Management. The college offers associate's and bachelor's degrees to approximately 1,000 students and is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC).

History

Newbury was founded in 1962 on Newbury Street in Boston's Back Bay. It was originally founded as the Newbury School of Business by entrepreneur and educator Edward J. Tassinari. Tassanari's goal at the time was to help supply local Boston businesses with competent and educated employees.

In the 1960s, as the college began to expand, it acquired dormitories on Commonwealth Avenue. In 1968, Newbury moved to Boylston Street, to the former location of Bentley College. Shortly thereafter, in 1971, the school changed its status from a school of business to a junior college. It then began granting associate's degrees and officially changed its name to Newbury Junior College.

As the college continued to grow, it began to acquire other schools that were on the verge of collapse, including Holliston Junior College and Graham Junior College. The most notable of these schools was the Boston branch of a 110-year-old business school, Bryant and Stratton College, which Newbury acquired in 1975.

Newbury was soon the largest private two-year college in the country, and became an innovator of campus extensions and continuing education. In 1973, the school became one of the first colleges in the region to establish satellite campuses. At one point in the 1990s, the college had a total of 15 campus extension sites throughout Eastern Massachusetts. These were located in Arlington, Attleboro, Boston, Braintree/Weymouth, Brookline, Dorchester, Framingham, Hopedale/Milford, Lowell, Lynn, New Bedford, Norwood, Revere, Taunton, and Wakefield.

In 1982, the college acquired the upper campus of the former Cardinal Cushing College and began moving the school to Brookline. As the college began physically expanding and acquiring buildings in the surrounding area, the satellite campuses began to consolidate into one centralized and more traditional college campus.

The school changed its name to Newbury College in 1985, and in 1994 officially became a baccalaureate college. Newbury College now offers both associate's and bachelor's degrees in over 30 majors on its Brookline campus.

Campus

View of the Brookline Campus

Newbury is situated 3.5 miles (5.6 km) from downtown Boston on Fisher Hill, much of which is the upper campus of the former Cardinal Cushing College. The 10-acre campus consists of eight buildings. Many of the buildings were once private residences. The campus is located half a mile from the Reservoir MBTA station on the Green Line's D train and the Cleveland Circle MBTA station on the Green Line's C train, which provide service into downtown Boston. A shuttle runs regularly between the campus and the Reservoir station.

Academics

Newbury College is accredited by the Commission on Institution of Higher Education (CIHE) of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) and offers associate's and bachelor's degrees in over 30 career-orientated majors. It contains three schools: Arts, Science and Design; Business and Management; and the Roger A. Saunders School of Hotel and Restaurant Management. Students can double major or major and minor across schools, and an interdisciplinary program is also available for students who wish to create their own specialized majors. Newbury mentors students so that they become professionally competent, ethically aware, socially responsible, and prepared for lifelong learning.

Degree Offerings

The School of Arts, Science, & Design

The School of Business & Management

The Roger A. Saunders School of Hotel & Restaurant Management

Student life

Of the 1,000 students who attend Newbury, about 50% reside at the college, 40% come from out-of-state (3% international), and 48% are AHANA (African, Hispanic, Asian, Native American).

Organizations

Newbury College has an active Class Council for every year, as well as many other activities that take place both on and off campus. There are social justice, career-oriented, and multicultural organizations such as Communication Club, Gay-Straight Alliance, Innkeepers Club, International Student Organization, Multicultural Student Union, Newbury Voices, Student Athletic Advisory Council, a Commuter Council, and a Resident Hall Council.

Newbury students are also very active in community service. The school offers many opportunities for this kind of work, including mentoring, helping the homeless, and caring for animals.

Athletics

Newbury College is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division III (NCAA Division III) athletics. The Newbury Nighthawks compete in baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, volleyball as members of the Eastern College Athletic Conference and the North Atlantic Conference. Newbury is also a member of the North East Collegiate Volleyball Association.

External links

• Official website