Emmanuel College (Massachusetts)

Emmanuel College

Latin: Collegii Emmanuel Bostoniensis
Motto	עמנואל (Immanuel)
Motto in English	"God with us"
Type	Private
Established	1919
Affiliation	Catholic (Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur)
Endowment	$96.5 million
President	Janet Eisner
Academic staff	77 full-time
Administrative staff	92 full-time
Students	2,500
Undergraduates	2,198
Postgraduates	290
Location	Boston, Massachusetts,  United States Coordinates: 42°20′27.41″N 71°6′11.52″W / 42.3409472°N 71.1032000°W / 42.3409472; -71.1032000
Campus	Urban
Colors
Nickname	Saints
Mascot	Halo the Saint Bernard
Affiliations	Colleges of the Fenway
Website	www.emmanuel.edu

Emmanuel College (EC) is a coeducational Roman Catholic liberal arts college located in Boston, Massachusetts. The college was founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur as the first women's Catholic college in New England.John F. Kennedy served on the college's advisory board from 1946 until his death in 1963. In 2001, the College officially became a coeducational institution.

It is a member of the Colleges of the Fenway consortium.

In the early years, Emmanuel was a day college preparing women for professional fields such as education, nursing and social work. Despite being commuters, students were involved in numerous co-curricular activities including student publications and athletics. The 1920s, 1930s and 1940s saw growth not only in the student population, academic programs and activities, but also in the physical campus, with additional land purchases on Brookline Avenue and Avenue Louis Pasteur. In 1949, the College completed the construction of Alumnae Hall; this science center, the first building constructed on campus after the original Administration Building, signified Emmanuel's strength in the sciences, which continues today.

During the building boom of the 1950s and 1960s, Emmanuel became a residential college. New buildings included Marian Hall (residential, dining and student center), St. James Hall, Julie Hall, St. Ann Hall, Loretto Hall and St. Joseph Hall. The Cardinal Cushing Library was also dedicated in 1965. By 1968, residential students outnumbered commuters for the first time.

Over the years, the College has responded to shifting demographics in higher education and the world at large with an innovative and entrepreneurial spirit. In the 1970s, Emmanuel began to offer degree completion programs to adult learners and, in 1990, the College expanded its programs to include flexible accelerated formats, with programs in business and nursing offered at satellite centers.

The trustees of the college were incorporated by the state in 1921. In 2000, cash-strapped and with fewer than 500 students enrolled, Emmanuel College faced an uncertain future. Led by longtime President Sister Janet Eisner, the college signed an agreement with Merck Pharmaceuticals to lease a portion of its campus for a new research laboratory, for 75 years and approximately $50 million. The agreement makes Emmanuel the only college in the country with a pharmaceutical lab on campus.