Salem State College
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- This article is for the state college in Salem, Massachusetts. For other uses see SSC
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| Established | 1854 |
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| Type | Public |
| Faculty | 533 |
| Undergraduates | 6,687 |
| Postgraduates | 2,567 |
| Location | Salem, Mass., USA |
| Campus | Urban, 108 acres |
| Colors | Blue and Orange |
| Website | www.salemstate.edu |
Salem State College is a four-year public institution of higher learning located in the city of Salem, Massachusetts. As of 2006, SSC had 7,296 undergraduate and 2,567 graduate/continuing education students, for a total student body enrollment of 9863. The College offers Bachelors, Masters, MBAs and Post Masters Certificates in more than 40 academic disciplines. Salem State College is the third-largest public institution of higher education in Massachusetts.
Situated on five campuses totaling 108 acres, the College has 33 buildings and continues to grow. Nearly 1,500 students live in its four residence facilities. Central Campus is also the home of an academic building that contains the Bertolon School of Business, the Music Department, and a recital hall. The College also has multiple theater venues, a hockey rink, tennis courts, two gymnasiums, a pool, a recently renovated athletic field and an aquaculture facility located at nearby Cat Cove.
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[edit] College History
The College was founded as the fourth Normal School in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 1854 by the state legislature, thanks largely to the efforts of Horace Mann. Initially a two-year, post-secondary educational school for women, the Normal School welcomed its first class of young ladies on September 13, 1854. Among the second graduating class in July of 1856 was Charlotte Forten Grimké, the College's first black graduate.
In 1921, Salem Normal School began offering a four-year course of study and awarding bachelor's degrees. In 1932, the name was changed to Salem Teachers College. In 1955, the College began to offer postgraduate studies and awarding master's degrees. Residence halls were opened in 1966, and the name was changed to the current Salem State College in 1968.
As of 2006 the college had more than 48,000 living alumni with 73 percent living in Massachusetts. In 2006, the National Association of College and University Residence Halls (NACURH) named Salem State College "National School of the Year" for the work done by the Residence Hall Association (RHA).
[edit] Tuition
As of Fall 2006:
In-State Undergraduate Day $6,544
Out-State Undergraduate Day $12,684
In-State Undergraduate Evening $180 per credit
Out-State Undergraduate Evening $215 per credit
In-State Graduate $235 per credit
[edit] Sports
Sports are housed at the Richard B. O'Keefe Center. From September 1994 to February 1997, the Marblehead/Swampscott YMCA housed their gymnastics in the multi-purpose room there. The Richard H. Rockett Arena is a public skating rink in the winter, and in the summer it is converted to an indoor tennis facility.
The Salem State College Vikings compete in the Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference in NCAA Division III. Salem State offers 17 varsity sports including baseball, basketball, cross-country, field hockey, golf, ice hockey, softball, soccer, swimming, diving, tennis, volleyball, as well as track and field.
The O'Keefe center also includes its own workout facility, the Wellness Center, which is open to all students.
[edit] Theatre and the Arts
SSC hosts many art shows, theatrical productions, and dance shows in its several art galleries, its full-scale theatre department, and its dance studios.
SSC's theatre deptarment has two theatres, the recently-updated 730 seat Mainstage Theatre and the Callan Studio Theatre in the basment of the Sullivan Building.
The theatre department produces up to six shows an academic year, including the annual repertory show "The Show Queen." They are also memebers of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) and compete regularly. Other groups that perform regularly are the Student Theatre Ensemble (STE) who produce one show each semester, a children's musical in the spring, and a summer musical. Repertory Dance Theatre (RDT) also have two dance shows a year. And the last major group that produces is Summer Theatre at Salem, a professional theatre set up that produces 3 shows every summer.
Two million dollars were recently given to the college to help build a new multimillion-dollar arts complex on Central Campus. Ground must be broken within by the end of 2007 or the donated money will be lost.
[edit] Library
The SSC Library owns over 300 thousand volumes, 29 thousand microform units, 9 thousand maps and subscribes to 692 periodicals. Memberships with other local libraries enable access to over 3.1 mllion holdings in the north-of-Boston area.
[edit] Speaker Series
The college hosts 3 speakers per year. Past speakers include Bill Clinton, George Bush Sr., Gloria Steinem, Robert Redford and Jesse Jackson. In 2007 the speakers will be baseball legend Cal Ripken Jr., 41st United State President George H.W. Bush, and novelist Tom Wolfe.
[edit] Leadership
A teacher, scholar, and an administrator, Nancy D. Harrington was born in Salem, Massachusetts. She was educated at Salem State College where she earned her Baccalaureate in Education in 1960 and her Master’s in Education in 1963. Dr. Harrington was awarded a Doctorate in Education in 1970 from Boston University.
Dr. Nancy Harrington has served as Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs/Graduate and Continuing Education at the College (1986-89) and during that same period she also assumed the responsibilities of Acting Vice President of Academic Affairs from January 1987 to August 1987.
Before being named President of the College in May of 1990, Dr. Harrington served as the Vice President of Academic Affairs. Dr. Harrington is a member of the Executive Committee, Salem Partnership; Executive Committee and Vice Chair, Business Development Committee, North Shore Chamber of Commerce; Commissioner, Essex National Heritage Commission; the Council of Presidents, State Colleges, Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
In the fall semester of 2006, Nancy D. Harrington announced her retirement.
[edit] Notable
[edit] Alumni
- Demetrius J. Atsalis, (Social Studies Cetificate), member of the Mass. House of Representatives (served 1998 - present)
- Arthur J. Broadhurst, (B.A. 1988), member of the Mass. House of Representatives (served 1998 - present)
- Michael A. Costello, (B.S. 1989), member of the Mass. House of Representatives (served 2002 - present)
- Robert F. Fennell, (B.S. 1978), member of the Mass. House of Representatives (served 1994 - present)
- Kenneth P. Scourtas, (B.S. 2000), member of the Candle Power Forums
