Navigating Babson College: A Guide to Resources and Opportunities

Babson College offers a multitude of resources and opportunities for its students, faculty, staff, and alumni. From academic support to alumni engagement and campus safety, Babson provides a comprehensive environment for learning, networking, and personal growth. This guide provides an overview of key resources and services available within the Babson community.

Academic Support and Resources

The Division of Academic Affairs provides support services for faculty members and the Faculty Senate, coordinates the student academic progress process, academic appeals, and annual commencement ceremonies. Academic life at Springfield College is governed by a series of policies and regulations that ensure consistency and permit fairness to all students. These policies are under the auspices of the Division of Academic Affairs and can be found in the Springfield College undergraduate and graduate catalogs.

Babson Library: Your Gateway to Information

In today’s rapidly changing world, Babson Library is the student’s gateway to information services. The library serves the students, faculty, and staff of Springfield College and the College’s regional campuses. The library is a repository of a rich collection of print and nonprint materials, as well as featuring high-quality digital resources. The latest information about Babson Library, its resources, and services are available on the library’s Web page at www.springfieldcollege.edu/library. The site also features access to the library’s electronic resources, its online catalog, contact information, request forms, electronic reserves, archival and special collections, and information about the library’s staff and other services. Information about library hours is available by phone at (413) 748-3315, and is also posted at the entrance to the library. The library hires many student employees each year and welcomes applications from all students. The instructional labs CR1 and CR2 in Babson Library feature overhead presentation technology; the Davis Hypermedia Lab in Visual Arts Center has high power PCs with CD sound, laser disk players, zip drives, scanners, and overhead presentation technology as well as a connection to the College cable television network with VHS and video projector playback facilities.

Learning Support Services

Learning Support Services coordinates academic accommodations and support services to students who have documented disabilities. Springfield College is committed to providing equal educational opportunity and full participation in college programs and activities for persons with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are provided for persons with documented disabilities on the basis of need.

Registrar's Office

The registrar is dedicated to supporting the College’s mission and its Humanics philosophy, and to serving the academic goals of its students. The Office of the Registrar serves as the centralized source for complete, current, and accurate academic information relevant to Springfield College. Academic policies and regulations are managed by the registrar. The office is also responsible for, but not limited to, certifying students’ degree completions; preparing class schedules; coordinating student course enrollment; providing official student transcripts, degree and enrollment verifications; and compiling and maintaining grade reports and records.

Campus Services and Amenities

Dining Services

The College operates a complete dining and snack service available for cash and meal plan customers. Undergraduate students living in a non-apartment style residence hall must have, at minimum, the 14 Meal Plan. Various options are available with a weekly meal allowance (to be used at the Fresh Food Company), and a declining balance of Dining Dollars (which may be used at any of the dining facilities on campus). Cheney Hall: The Fresh Food Company provides “all you care to eat” dining for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Union Station: On the lower level of the Richard B. Dunkin’ Donuts: On the lower level of the Richard B. Flynn Campus Union offers a full-service Dunkin’ Donuts experience. Provisions On Demand (PODs): On the main level of the Richard B. Flynn Campus Union, PODs offers almost everything typically available in any convenience store.

SC Bookstore

Textbooks, clothing, gifts, residence hall supplies, gift cards, and other essentials are available at the SC Bookstore located on the lower level of the Richard B. Flynn Campus Union.

Business Office

The Business Office at Springfield College manages tuition, housing fees, meal and dining plans, student health insurance, and payment plans. Location: Richard B.

Fostering a Diverse and Inclusive Community

International Center

The mission of the International Center at Springfield College is to foster the international character of the institution by promoting, supporting and developing a wide range of international and intercultural opportunities for all members of the Springfield College community. The International Center provides support services for international students at Springfield College. Students are provided with an orientation program, opportunities to actively participate in the International Student Organization, and peer and faculty advisors. As an integral component of our undergraduate curriculum, Springfield College offers students opportunities to study abroad. Students may elect to attend one of our partner universities or to arrange study at another institution. Each partner university for study abroad is unique and offers Springfield College students an opportunity to select courses that may satisfy major, minor, electives, or courses that will fulfill the General Education curriculum at Springfield College. Students who wish to participate in a semester of study abroad at a partner university must have an overall GPA of 3.0, full-time undergraduate enrollment, and an excellent citizenship record.

Office of Multicultural Affairs

The Office of Multicultural Affairs serves as the advocacy center for all students, regardless of race or ethnicity. Through the involvement of the African-, Latino/a-, Asian-, and Native-American alumni/ea and off-campus community agencies, a comprehensive network of support is offered which provides meaningful and enriching experience to all students at the College and to underrepresented students, in particular. In addition, the Center promotes and encourages racial and ethnic programs on campus in an effort to promote cultural pluralism.

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Alumni Engagement

Named in memory of the late William Cruickshank Jr. '49, H'99, volunteer extraordinaire, make sure Alumni Hall is your first stop when you visit campus, and we will roll out the "green carpet" for you. Let us know you’re coming and we would be happy to set up a campus tour with one of our College Advancement Ambassadors. The Babson Executive Conference Center located in the Herring Family Entrepreneurial Leadership Village provides alumni with a place to work outside of an office or local coffee shop. Did you purchase a commemorative brick? The next time you're on campus, make it your mission to find your brick! Snap a picture and share it with us. Can’t make it to Wellesley but still want a taste of Babson? Located at 100 High Street, the classroom and convening spaces are in-city complements to the main residential Babson campus in Wellesley, extending the ways in which our community can both strengthen and leverage the entrepreneurial ecosystem that is flourishing in the city of Boston. Our drop-in coworking space provides alumni with a place to network, brainstorm, and collaborate right in the heart of the financial district.

Campus Safety and Security

The Department of Public Safety is comprised of campus police officers and security guards whose primary responsibility is to protect life and property, and to prevent and detect crime. The department is charged with the enforcement of federal, state, and municipal laws and ordinances, as well as College rules and regulations. The office is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. An escort service is provided upon request to any on-campus location or College-owned housing. Call boxes are located at the rear of Abbey Hall and in Lot 10 between the Physical Education Complex and the Linkletter Natatorium. These phones connect with the Department of Public Safety by opening the cover and pushing the “emergency” button. There is a blue box at the entrance to Lot 2 on Wilbraham Avenue; simply opening the door activates this box. There are blue emergency call boxes with blue lights above them. One is located on Portsmouth Street, near Lot 5 and another is attached to the field shed at Blake Track. Pushing the “emergency” button activates these. There are two emergency poles located on the campus. One is near Lot 1 and Babson Library. The other is located at 45 Island Pond Road on the south side of the Brennan Center. While it is the goal of the Department of Public Safety to provide a safe and secure environment for the campus community, there can be no guarantee of a community free of crime. Students in violation of the Student Code of Conduct may be adjudicated both through the internal judicial proceeding and through a legal proceeding with public safety. If a student is arrested by the Department of Public Safety or by another law enforcement department, then it is expected that the student will attend the appropriate legal proceedings.

Opportunities for Service and Leadership

AmeriCorps

AmeriCorps is a network of local, state, and national service programs that connects more than 85,000 Americans each year in intensive service to meet our country’s critical needs in education, public safety, health, and the environment. AmeriCorps members can serve part-time, completing 900 hours as an academic coach, literacy tutor, or school counselor, or full-time, completing 1,700 hours as an academic support specialist. Members are selected and placed based on previous experience, academic program, and applicable skills. AmeriCorps members receive a living allowance and, upon completion of the program, an Education Award that can be used for future tuition or to pay back qualified student loans. Applications and more information are available at springfieldcollege.edu/americorps. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Department of Education, the Funder Collaborative for Reading Success, and the Irene E. and George A.

YMCA Relations

Springfield College and the YMCA enjoy a relationship that began in 1885 when graduates from the School for Christian Workers went on to serve in YMCAs. Today, Springfield College remains true to its heritage, and many Springfield College graduates choose to work for the YMCA. The Office of YMCA Relations offers the YMCA professional studies program to uniquely prepare students for careers in the YMCA. Leadership and Professional Development: The focus of the YMCA Club is leadership/professional development, community service, and wellness programs.

Athletics Program

The athletics program is an integrated part of the College’s total curriculum. Athletics interacts with academics-they are co-curricular, not extracurricular. Unlike at many institutions, coaches at Springfield College do more than coach. As faculty members and academic advisors, they also teach in the classroom and their “classrooms” extend to the playing fields and beyond. The influence of this great teaching/coaching tradition has had a powerful impact: approximately 200 of the College’s graduates hold intercollegiate head coaching positions.

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