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The
Boston Campus
Founded
in 1898, Northeastern University is a private research university
located in the heart of Boston, and a leader in interdisciplinary
research, urban engagement, and the integration of classroom
learning with real-world experience. Our signature cooperative
education program, one of the largest and most innovative in
the world, is ranked among the best in the nation by U.S. News
& World Report. We offer a comprehensive range of undergraduate
and graduate programs leading to degrees through the doctorate
in six undergraduate colleges, eight graduate schools, and two
part-time divisions.
Suburban
Facilities
Northeastern University’s five suburban campuses provide
administrative and classroom facilities for the University programs
as well as the environment necessary for specific programs of
study that could not be accommodated in an urban area.
The Warren Center provides a practical laboratory in outdoor
education and conservation, and in camping administration, programming,
and counseling. It also offers a summer campsite for various
community and University groups and activities and is available
as a conference and workshop site.
The Marine Science and Maritime Studies Center is located in
Nahant, on Massachusetts Bay, twenty miles northeast of Boston,
and serves as a site for national, international, and University
research.
Henderson House is Northeastern University’s conference
center. Located twelve miles from Boston in suburban Weston,
Henderson House hosts a variety of round-the-clock activities
including residential seminars, workshops, short courses, and
weekend meetings.
Burlington Campus
The
Burlington Campus offers special programs for professionals
and non-credit continuing education courses. Directions and
a map to the Burlington campus are available online.
The campus is located in Burlington near the junction of Routes
l28 and 3.
Dedham Campus
The
twenty-acre Dedham Campus is located just off Route 128. This
campus provides classroom space and houses the University’s
outdoor track-and-field facility.
International
Student & Scholar Institute (ISSI)
The
ISSI coordinates services and programs for approximately 2,900
international students and scholars from more than 128 countries.
The ISSI assists students with immigration regulations and procedures,
conducts comprehensive international orientation programs each
semester, assists with international faculty and scholar issues,
helps process international admissions, and authorizes certain
types of employment. The ISSI also hosts a multitude of programs
and workshops on issues such as cultural adjustment, international
student taxation, employment options, and cross-cultural understanding.
The
ISSI celebrates a diversity through these and numerous other
activities that are aimed at fostering an appreciation of all
cultures, thus facilitating intercultural understanding among
students from the United States and those studying at Northeastern
from abroad. More information is available at www.issi.neu.edu.
The
Henderson Boathouse
The Henderson Boathouse is located on the banks of the scenic Charles
River in Brighton, Massachusetts. The five-bay, two-story facility
houses both the men’s and women’s crew teams.
University
Libraries
Northeastern University Libraries offer students access to information
integral to all academic and research activities. Discipline-specific
print, non-print, and electronic information resources are available
at multiple on-campus facilities. The libraries also offer comprehensive
instruction programs, ranging from introductory sessions to advanced
electronic database research geared to a particular topic or course.
Students may also work with a librarian to discuss specific or
specialized research needs.
The NU
Libraries include the Snell
Library, the John
D. O'Bryant African-American Institute Library, and the Marine
Science Center Library in Nahant, Massachusetts. The NU
School of Law Library is separately administered by the NU
School of Law. The collections of all these libraries are included
in Northeastern's Library Catalog, NuCat.
Snell
Library, the heart of Northeastern's academic life, holds
985,000 volumes and welcomes over one million visitors a year.
Through award-winning Reference, Instruction, Meet the Author
talks, and innovative technologies, the University Libraries play
an integral role in the intellectual life of the campus.
Library
services incorporate advanced technologies associated with information
resources and networks, including an on-line catalog and circulation
system (NuCat),
microcomputer and language laboratories, specialized equipment
for users with disabilities, a media center with satellite programming
and remote audio and video transmission capability, a CD-ROM network,
and connectivity to NUnet and the Internet, and access to the
Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe.
Northeastern
is also a member of the Boston Library Consortium, a cooperative
arrangement among major Boston-area academic and research institutions.
Students may apply for a card that grants borrowing privileges
at consortium libraries.
Many
other library services are available to students, including a
student peer-tutoring program and an extensive language facility
for students who wish to improve their speaking skills in English,
or who wish to develop their skills in another language in preparation
for working abroad. Students who wish to design and create visual
presentation materials for class or for other talks, papers, and/or
posters may use the photographic, graphic, and computer facilities
of the Media Production Laboratory in Dockser Hall. More information
about University Libraries is available at www.lib.neu.edu.
Information
Services Customer Services (ISCS)
As the front door to the entire Information
Services organization, Customer Services (ISCS) is comprised
of the newly expanded InfoCommons (Computer Help Desk, Training
Services, and Computer Labs), the Call Center/Computer Help
Line, ResNet, and other Computer Labs. For information about
appropriate use of University computing facilities and how
to access services please visit
www.help.neu.edu, email help@neu.edu or call 617.373.4357.
Graduate
Student Housing
Limited housing space for graduate students
in University apartment facilities is available on a first-come,
first-served basis. Interested students must meet eligibility
and application requirements. More information is available
at www.neu.edu/housing.
Career
Services
Career Services offers career counseling and job search assistance
to all Northeastern students and alumni. These services can
help students develop career plans, plan a career change,
create effective job search strategies, hone job interview
skills, or explore any other career-related issue. Job search
resources are available on-line through HuskyCareerLink and
AlumniCareerLink, which match candidates’ resumes to
professional positions listed by employers. Career Services
also hosts representatives from more than two hundred employers
during on-campus job fairs and recruiting events. College
liaisons are available by appointment for in-person career
consultations. More information is available at www.neu.edu/careerservices.
Campus
Recreation Facilities
Northeastern University offers a wide variety of specialized fitness
and recreation facilities. These include basketball courts, a dance
studio, indoor athletic field and running track, squash courts,
gymnastics room, weight-training rooms, a swimming pool, racquetball
courts, as well as motor performance and exercise physiology laboratories.
Matthews Arena, with seating for more than 5,000 fans, provides
home ice to Northeastern University’s varsity hockey teams
and offers ice skating and intramural sports. Facilities include:
The Badger and Rosen Squashbusters Facility, Barletta Natatorium,
Cabot Physical Education Center, the Marino Recreation Center, and
Matthews Arena.
Northeastern also maintains several
off-campus athletics and recreation locations, including crew
and rowing facilities at the Henderson Boat House, in Brighton;
and baseball, football, lacrosse, and field hockey facilities
at Edward S. Parsons Field, in Brookline. More information is
available on-line at www.campusrec.neu.edu.
The
Bernard and Jolane Solomon Track
The Bernard M. and Jolane Solomon Track, an
outdoor track-and-field facility in Dedham, has an eight lane,
Action Track 200 running surface, and an expansive area for
concurrent jumping and field events. This facility hosts dual
and championship meet competition, and is a permanent site for
Northeastern University track athletics.
Curry
Student Center
The John A. and Marcia E. Curry Student Center is a hub for community
life at Northeastern University. The building—the “living
room” of campus—is also home to a food court, information
center, bookstore, game room, student organization offices, meeting
rooms, several e-mail stations, and a late-night nightclub with
big-screen televisions and cafe. The Student Center is located
in the heart of the Northeastern campus, convenient to most academic
and administrative facilities. The building is a comprehensive
activity complex that offers a comfortable environment and services
for both off-campus and resident students. More information is
available at www.neu.edu/curry.
University
Health and Counseling Services
A comprehensive program of medical care is provided to all full-time
graduate and undergraduate students. The University maintains a
Health Services Clinic equipped to deal promptly with any medical
condition that may arise. All entering full-time students must submit
a pre-entrance physical examination form provided by the Lane Health
Center prior to registration. Failure to fulfill this requirement
can delay registration and result in a penalty fee and additional
fee for a physical examination.
For more information,
visit
http://www.northeastern.edu/uhcs/.
Center
for Counseling and Student Development
The
Center for Counseling and Student Development (CCSD), a department
within the Division of Student Affairs, strives to help students
cope more effectively with personal, emotional and situational
barriers to learning; improve students' adjustment to unavoidable
stress; integrate students into the University's academic and
social milieu; and contribute to their personal growth and development.
In order to accomplish these goals, staff assume a variety of
roles such as therapist, consultant, program planner, workshop
facilitator and trainer.
The Center is committed to meeting the needs of individuals
from diverse backgrounds including differences of culture, race,
age, gender, physical and cognitive ability, spirituality and
sexual orientation.
For
more information visit www.northeastern.edu/uhcs
or call 617.373.2772.
Disability
Resource Center
The Disability
Resource Center’s mission within Northeastern is to
enable people with disabilities, or who are deaf or hard of hearing,
to have equal access to higher education via support services
and advocacy. The center provides support services on an individual
basis. Accommodations include, but are not limited to: alternative
testing, disability-related academic advising, orientation, registration
assistance, counseling, and referral. More information is available
at www.disabilityresourcecenter.neu.edu.
English
Language Center
The English
Language Center (ELC) provides an important resource for
students at Northeastern who speak English as a second language.
Its goal is to ensure that students are proficient enough to
carry full-time studies in a degree program without language-related
problems.
The ELC offers English language instruction and support to international
students who are here to study English and then return home
to resume an academic or professional career, to prospective
applicants to Northeastern who want to improve their English
skills before applying, and to Northeastern students whose English
proficiency is not yet adequate enough for full-time academic
studies.
In addition to serving students, the ELC provides a wide range
of advice and consultation to the Northeastern community at
large. More information is available at www.spcs.neu.edu/elc.
Streaming
Video (Online Distance Learning)
Graduate Engineering courses are also offered via our Streaming
Video technology. Streaming
media is audio and video content that is digitally encoded and
transferred over a computer network or the Internet for viewing
on a multimedia-equipped PC. It is not downloaded as a file,
but rather is played as it arrives on-demand. Special software
does not need to be loaded.
For
more information please visit
www.coe.neu.edu/gse/streaming_video.html
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