Becker College
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| Type | Private |
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| Established | 1784 |
| President | Robert E. Johnson, Ph.D. |
| Undergraduates | 2,189 |
| Location | Worcester and Leicester, Massachusetts |
| Campus | Urban and Classic New England |
| Colors | Blue |
| Athletics | Hawks (8 men's teams/ 9 women's teams) |
| Affiliations | AAC&U, NAICU, NEASC, AICUM, NECC, ECFC, Commonwealth Coast Conference, NEWLA, HECCMA, HEVGA, IACBE |
| Website | www.becker.edu |
Becker College is a college in central Massachusetts, United States, with campuses in Worcester and Leicester. Becker College traces its history from the union of two Massachusetts educational institutions—one founded in 1784 and the other in 1887. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate degree programs including nursing programs, a veterinary science program, and video game design and development programs. The college's fall 2016 enrollment was 2,189. Becker College has more than 21,000 alumni.
On May 28, 2015, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Becker College signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus to establish the Yunus Social Business Centre @ Becker College. The Centre is established in partnership with the Seven Hills Foundation. According to Yunus Centre and Grameen Healthcare Trust Executive Director Lamiya Morshed, Becker is one of a handful of higher education institutions in the world—and the first in the United States—to establish an officially sanctioned Yunus Social Business Centre. The College's Centre will focus on identifying real-world social problems, creating innovative, self-sustaining solutions to transform lives and communities.
In April 2011, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts designated Becker as the home of the Massachusetts Digital Games Institute (MassDiGI). The Massachusetts Digital Games Institute (MassDiGI) is a statewide center, designated by the Commonwealth, for academic cooperation, entrepreneurship, and economic development across the Massachusetts digital and video games ecosystem.
The institution comprises two separate campuses located six miles apart, each with its own residence halls, library, dining hall and academic facilities.
Becker's Leicester campus was home to Leicester Academy, founded in 1784. The campus is situated within the town common, which in the 18th century, consisted of a tavern, a meetinghouse and the first home built in Leicester, now known as the May House.
Colonel Ebenezer Crafts of Sturbridge and Jacob Davis of Charlton saw a need to provide schooling for children of modest families who lived in Central Massachusetts. The state legislature was petitioned, funds were raised and, in 1784, Leicester Academy was founded. The charter was signed by Governor John Hancock, and Samuel Adams, President of the Massachusetts State Senate; major benefactors included Moses Gill, a future lieutenant governor. It was the third academy in the nation, following the establishment of Governor Dummer Academy at Byfield in 1782 and Phillips Academy at Andover in 1780.
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