Lesley University College of Art and Design Cambridge Ma

Individual academy in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.

Lesley University

Motto	Perissem Ni Perstitissem (Latin)
Motto in English	I Would Take Perished Had I Not Persisted
Blazon	Private university
Established	1909; 113 years ago  (1909)
Accreditation	NECHE
Endowment	$186.two meg (2020)[1]
President	Janet L. Steinmayer
Provost	Jonathan Jefferson (acting)
Students	6,593 (2018-19)[ii]
Undergraduates	two,707 (2018-19)[2]
Postgraduates	3,886 (2018-19)[two]
Location	Cambridge, Massachusetts , U.S.
Campus	Urban, 15.87 acres (6.42 ha)[3]
Calendar	Semester
Colors	Green and white
Nickname	Lynx
Sporting affiliations	NCAA Division III New England Collegiate Conference
Website	www.lesley.edu
Location in Massachusetts

Lesley Academy is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education.^[4] As of 2018-19 Lesley Academy enrolled 6,593 students (2,707 undergraduate and 3,886 graduate).^[5]

History [edit]

1909–1998: Lesley School/College and the School of Applied Art/Art Institute of Boston [edit]

The Lesley School (also known every bit Lesley Normal School) was founded by Edith Lesley in 1909 at her home at 29 Everett Street, Cambridge. The school began as a private women's institution that trained kindergarten teachers. As such, information technology consort the work of Friedrich Froebel, who invented the concept of kindergarten as a complement to the care given to children by their mothers. Teacher and author Elizabeth Peabody opened Boston's offset Froebel-inspired kindergarten in 1860; more kindergartens followed. Central to the Froeblian philosophy is the idea that individuals are of import and unique, a focus that remains today at Lesley Academy.

Edith Lesley, afterward having lived in Panama and Maine and studied in Freiburg, Deutschland, moved to Boston and became involved with public schoolhouse teaching. She completed kindergarten training, took courses at Radcliffe College, and so began to plan her own kindergarten training school. She wanted a school that would "consider the individual of basic importance; to inculcate the idea of gracious living; and to foster the tradition of American democracy." [quote from "A Century of Innovation," Brown and Forinash, eds.] Now married, Lesley and her husband expanded the school by constructing an addition at the rear of their home, which today is known as Livingston Stebbins Hall.

Around 1913, the Lesley School began grooming for elementary teachers. In 1941, the Lesley School reorganized under a board of trustees; in 1944, it received authority to award baccalaureate degrees and became known every bit Lesley College. In 1954, the college began to honor graduate degrees; it subsequently added majors in the fields of teaching, counseling, homo services, global studies, fine art therapy, and direction.

The School of Practical Art was founded by Roy Davidson in 1912. The school'southward early philosophy was based upon John Ruskin's words that information technology is "in fine art that the heart, the caput, and the hand of a man come together" and Davidson's own conventionalities that "beauty comes from the use."^{[half dozen]} The schoolhouse increasingly embraced the fine arts and adult a growing liberal arts curriculum; in 1967 the schoolhouse was renamed the Art Institute of Boston to acknowledge its increased focus upon fine fine art likewise equally blueprint, illustration, and photography.

Presidents of Lesley University^[7]

Edith Lesley	1909–1938
Gertrude Malloch	1938–1943
Marguerite Franklin	1943
Trentwell Mason White	1944–1959 (died in role)
Sam Wonders	1959–1960 (interim)
Don Orton	1960–1985
Margaret A. McKenna	1985–2007
Joseph B. Moore	2007–2016[8]
Jeff A. Weiss	2016-2018
Richard Due south. Hansen	2018-2019 (interim) [9]
Janet L. Steinmayer	2019–present[10]

1998–2009: Lesley becomes coeducational, builds new dormitories [edit]

In 1998, the Art Establish of Boston and Lesley Higher merged,^[eleven] and became Lesley University in 2001.

When academy condition was gained, the original colleges became the undergraduate units of the university. Lesley College's two graduate schools rounded out the university's 4 chief academic units. In 2005, Lesley College (at that point, an all-female liberal arts higher) became coeducational.

In 2006, the university acquired Prospect Hall, a former church listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the goal of bringing the Art Constitute of Boston to Cambridge.^[12]

In 2007, Joseph B. Moore became president of Lesley. The following year, the university entered into a partnership with Episcopal Divinity School to jointly operate their Brattle Street campus and purchase several buildings. This move added dormitories, a dining hall, and classrooms, likewise as an expansion in library services and authoritative space.^[thirteen]

In 2009, the university celebrated its Centennial and embarked on its outset major construction since the 1970s. Dormitories at 1 and 3 Wendell street were added to the residential life offerings. Both buildings are LEED Gold–certified.^[14]

2010–nowadays: Lesley opens Lunder Arts Centre, expands Cambridge footprint [edit]

In 2013, construction on the Lunder Arts Center began in Porter Foursquare. The projection was built on the one-time site of the N Prospect Church, which was moved slightly to the due south and repurposed.^[xv] Also In 2013, Lesley University'southward constituent colleges, the Art Institute of Boston and Lesley College, were renamed Higher of Art and Design and Higher of Liberal Arts and Sciences, respectively; the change is reflective of the cohesion and growth of the two colleges.^[16]

In 2015, the College of Art and Design officially left Kenmore Square in Boston and joined the remainder of the university in Cambridge. This move marked the completion of the Lunder Arts Eye as well as the first time in 17 years that the university was entirely housed in Cambridge. The Lunder Arts Eye was awarded a LEED Gilded certification^[17] from the U.Southward. Green Edifice Council. Lesley also won a prestigious Preservation Award^[18] from the Cambridge Historical Commission for the restoration of the historic former Northward Prospect Church equally office o the Lunder Arts Middle project.

At the end of the 2014–15 academic year, President Joseph B. Moore announced that he would retired the post-obit year.^[8] In 2016, Jeff A. Weiss^[19] became president and resigned in 2018 due to personal wellness reasons. In 2018, Richard S. Hansen became interim president.^[20]

In July 2018, Lesley appear the purchase of the historic buildings formerly endemic past the Episcopal Divinity School (EDS), making Lesley the sole possessor of the 4.4-acre Brattle Campus.^[21] The buy included five buildings - St. John'due south Memorial Chapel, Wright Hall, Burnham Hall, Reed Hall and four Berkeley St. - and the remainder of Sherrill Hall.^[22] Since 2008, Lesley and EDS had jointly owned Sherrill Hall equally part of the schools' condominium agreement.

Academics [edit]

Home of Edith Lesley, Office of the President on the Doble Campus

Undergraduate Admissions on the Doble Campus

The historic landmark which was once the North Avenue Congregational Church and the N Prospect Congregational Church, is now Lesley University'south John and Ballad Moriarty Library, role of the Lunder Arts Middle completed in January 2015.

The university, with its component undergraduate colleges, graduate schools, and centers, offers more than twenty undergraduate majors and over 90 Developed Bachelor's, Primary'south, Certificates of Advanced Graduate Study, and PhD programs at its Cambridge and Boston campuses, besides as off-campus and online. The Lesley Center for the Adult Learner offers an developed bachelor'south degree program, including on- and off-campus courses as well equally online and hybrid courses targeted toward adult learners.

The university is made upwards of the following academic units:^[23]

• College of Art and Design
• Higher of Liberal Arts and Sciences
  • Center for the Adult Learner
• Graduate School of Education
  • Center for Reading Recovery & Literacy Collaborative
• Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences
• Threshold Program

The academy library system is made upwards of the post-obit units:^[24]

• Henry Knox Sherrill Library – Primary collections
  • Educational activity Resources Drove
  • Evelyn K. Finnegan '48 Collection for Children'southward Literature^[25]
• University Archives
• John and Carol Moriarty Library – Lunder Arts Heart
  • Art and Design Collection

Campuses [edit]

South Campus [edit]

The South Campus is in Harvard Square.^[26] It is abode to four residence halls, a dining hall, classrooms, the Sherrill Hall, and the Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences—that building is besides the birthplace of Charles Sanders Peirce.

Doble Campus [edit]

The Doble Campus is side by side to Cambridge Common.^[26] It is home to residence halls and a dining hall, classrooms, and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, equally well as Marran Theater and a variety of administrative offices. It is also home to many pupil life facilities, such as the Margaret McKenna Student Center, the Data Commons (a 24-60 minutes computer lab and written report space), and the fitness center. The campus is named for Lesley distributor and one-time chair of the Lesley Corporation, Frank C. Doble.^[27]

Porter Campus [edit]

The Porter Campus is in Porter Foursquare.^[26] It is dwelling house to the majority of the university'south classroom space, the College of Art and Design, the Lunder Arts Center, the Graduate School of Didactics, as well as Pupil Administrative and Financial Services, the university bookstore, the Moriarty Library and the majority of the university'southward art galleries.^[28]

Student life [edit]

Residential life [edit]

Residential Life at the university is for undergraduates. The program emphasizes community building, personal growth, and offers many leadership opportunities. Including: Community Advisors (Resident Assistants), Customs Council, Residence Life Advisory Board, and Summer Resident Assistants. The university offers a variety of housing options from traditional fashion dormitories to Victorian homes and suite-style apartments.

Athletics [edit]

Lesley University participates in the NCAA Division Iii's^[29] New England Collegiate Conference.^[30] Its athletic teams' nickname is the Lynx.^[31]

Athletic Teams

• Baseball
• Men'south Basketball
• Women's Basketball
• Men's Cross Land
• Women's Cross Country
• Men'southward Soccer
• Women'southward Soccer
• Softball
• Men's Tennis
• Women's Tennis
• Men'due south Track
• Women's Track
• Men's Volleyball
• Women'south Volleyball

References [edit]

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2. ^ ^{a b c} "Lesley past the Numbers | Lesley Academy".
3. ^ "2019 Lesley University Town Gown Report to City of Cambridge" (PDF). Lesley University. 2019. p. 4.
4. ^ Massachusetts Institutions – NECHE, New England Committee of Higher Education, retrieved May 26, 2021
5. ^ "Lesley by the Numbers | Lesley University". lesley.edu . Retrieved 2021-11-01 .
6. ^ Roy Davidson (1717). Prospectus, The School of Practical Art. The School of Practical Art, Boston, Massachusetts. pp. 4–v, 8–9.
7. ^ "History of Lesley University Presidents". Lesley University. 2016. Retrieved Oct 31, 2016.
8. ^ ^{a b} Krantz, Laura (4 May 2015). "Moore to Step Downward as Lesley University President Side by side Yr". The Boston Globe . Retrieved half-dozen September 2015.
9. ^ "Never a placeholder, Hansen leaves Lesley 'a better place' | Lesley Academy". lesley.edu . Retrieved 2019-08-05 .
10. ^ "Janet 50. Steinmayer named Lesley's seventh president | Lesley University". lesley.edu . Retrieved 2019-08-05 .
11. ^ "Art Institute of Boston Merging with Lesley Higher". www.tfaoi.com . Retrieved 5 September 2018.
12. ^ Scola, Jessica (2007-01-25). "Lesley plans to expand to Due north Prospect Church". Cambridge Chronicle & Tab. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-09-15 .
13. ^ "Lesley University to expand into Harvard Square". GateHouse News Service. 2008-03-07. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-06-24 – via Cambridge Chronicle & Tab.
14. ^ "Bruner/Cott Architects and Planners – Lesley University Residence Hall". brunercott.com. Archived from the original on 1 February 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
15. ^ "Lunder Fine art Center – Lesley University". lesley.edu. Archived from the original on 2015-04-sixteen. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
16. ^ "Tuition and Fees". lesley.edu . Retrieved half-dozen May 2015.
17. ^ "Lunder Arts Center at Lesley University | U.S. Dark-green Building Council". www.usgbc.org . Retrieved 2019-01-08 .
18. ^ "Restoration of North Prospect Church brings Lesley a city preservation award | Cambridge Solar day". 2015-06-17. Retrieved 2019-01-08 .
19. ^ McDonald, Danny. "Citing personal health, Lesley University president Jeff Weiss is stepping down - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com . Retrieved 2019-01-08 .
20. ^ "Richard Hansen named acting president | Lesley University". lesley.edu . Retrieved 2019-01-08 .
21. ^ Stendahl, Max (2018-07-23). "Lesley expands Cambridge footprint, buying balance of Brattle campus". Boston Business Journal . Retrieved 2019-01-08 .
22. ^ "Lesley Academy expands Brattle Street presence with purchase of celebrated Episcopal Divinity Schoolhouse buildings". Boston Real Manor Times. 2018-07-19. Retrieved 2019-01-08 .
23. ^ "The Four Schools – Lesley University". lesley.edu. Archived from the original on 2015-09-05. Retrieved vi September 2015.
24. ^ "Library Services". lesley.edu . Retrieved 6 September 2015.
25. ^ "Lesley Celebrates Dedication of The Evelyn Yard Finnegan '48 Children's Literature Collection – Lesley University". lesley.edu . Retrieved half dozen September 2015.
26. ^ ^{a b c} "Campus Map – Lesley Academy". lesley.edu . Retrieved vi May 2015.
27. ^ "Doble Campus". lesley.edu . Retrieved 6 May 2015.
28. ^ "Our Campus – Lesley University". lesley.edu . Retrieved vi September 2015.
29. ^ "Roster of Institutions". New England Clan of Schools and Colleges. Retrieved March 12, 2011. ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
30. ^ "About the NECC". New England Collegiate Conference. Retrieved March 12, 2011.
31. ^ "Lesley Athletics". Lesley University Athletic Section. Retrieved March 12, 2011.

External links [edit]

• Official website

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