Worcester State College | Undergraduate Admissions | Worcester, MA

Worcester State College is located on 58 acres of rolling, wooded land facing Chandler Street on the residential west side of Worcester. The campus is within a short drive of Boston, Providence and other cities as well as big mountain skiing and pristine ocean beaches. It combines urban convenience with a suburban setting. The College is convenient to the Boston and Worcester airports and to Interstate Highways 90 (Massachusetts Turnpike), 190, 290, 395 and 495. The campus is served by buses of the Worcester Regional Transit Authority and by the shuttle bus service of the Worcester Consortium for Higher Education. Your tour features:

• Administration Building
• Sullivan Academic Center
• Kalyan K.Ghosh Science & Technology Center
• Learning Resource Center
• Gymasium Building
• Student Center
• Residence Halls
• Outdoor Facilities

Administration Building

With its distinctive red-brick and white-column architecture, this is the College’s landmark building. Constructed in 1932, the Administration Building houses the Office of the President, the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Admission Office, the Office of Alumni and Development, the Office of the Bursar, the offices of Personnel, Affirmative Action, and Finance, faculty offices, classrooms and laboratories, and an auditorium equipped for theatrical productions.

Sullivan Academic Center

Currently undergoing a multi-million dollar renovation that will transform it into one of the state’s premiere learning facilities, this three-story building was named for Eugene A. Sullivan, College President from 1947 to 1970. The Sullivan Academic Center contains faculty and academic department offices, the Eager Amphitheater, and numerous state-of-the-art classrooms. Attached is the Worcester State College Sullivan Auditorium, the largest proscenium theatre in Worcester. Also located in the Sullivan Academic Center is the Learning Assistance Center, and the offices of the Registrar, Financial Aid, Academic Services / Freshman Studies, and International Students.

Kalyan K. Ghosh Science and Technology Center

Considered by many to be the crown jewel of the state college system’s science learning facilities, the Science and Technology Building opened in Fall 2000. Filled with state-of-the-art technology, this four-story building houses the following academic departments: Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Computer Science, Geography and Earth Science, Geology, Health Science, Natural Science, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, and Physical Sciences. The Center also contains thirty science, therapy and computer labs; offices for faculty and staff; conference and seminar rooms; student discussion areas; a 200-seat Multimedia classroom, and an 80-seat general use computer lab.

Learning Resources Center

With its unique circular design, the Learning Resources Center (LRC) houses the Library, a comfortable place for study and research with more than 142,000 volumes and approximately 1,000 current periodicals. A CD-ROM network provides ready access to several resources electronically and a new library system will soon offer easy catalog and Internet searching capabilities. The Library is a member of Worcester Area Cooperating Libraries (WACL), a joint effort of 15 academic, public, and special libraries formed to facilitate the sharing of resources and provide advanced techniques in library and information science. A book delivery shuttle service operates daily during the academic year and weekly during the summer to facilitate interlibrary loans to students, faculty and staff.

The LRC also encompasses modern telecommunications and electronic learning facilities. Among these is the Academic Computing Center with open access microcomputers and several laboratories with both Windows-based and Macintosh computers. The campus-wide computer network provides Internet connections to the outside world from the computer labs. Also in the LRC are television studios and a production facility, photographic laboratories, and the student-operated radio station WSCW. The offices for library staff, Instructional Technology and Learning Resources, Information Technologies and Networking Services, Facilities, Publications and Printing Services, and the Communications and Urban Studies academic departments are all located in this building along with seminar rooms, classrooms, and lecture halls.

Gymnasium

The Gymnasium building contains indoor athletic and recreational facilities, including the Oscar Larsson Fitness Center. It also houses the Education and Art academic departments and the offices for Health Services, Athletics and Recreation, and the Division of Graduate and Continuing Education.

Student Center

The hub of campus life is this three-story, atrium-style building. Inside is the cafeteria, snack bar, student lounges, and rooms for games, music, and television viewing. Also inside is the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs, offices for student organizations, Multicultural Affairs, Counseling Services, Disability Services, Career Services and all other Student Development personnel. There is also an auditorium, a bookstore, a student-run print center, meeting rooms, and a performance and exhibit area.

Residence Halls

The big news is the completion of a new six-story, 350-bed residence hall in the fall of 2004 that will bring the total number of undergraduate resident students to 1,050. Existing residence halls include Dowden Hall, a traditional five-story residential building which includes rooms for single and double occupancy, common rooms and lounges, and an electronic door access security system. Chandler Village is an unusual and distinctive cluster of residential townhouses consisting of apartments in interconnected buildings. These apartments accommodate four, eight, 12, or 14 persons and include furnished common living and kitchen areas. Chandler Village is currently undergoing extensive renovations.

Outdoor Facilities

The College has the advantage of naturally attractive surroundings. Among its outdoor facilities are an artificial turf athletic field and an eight-lane synthetic track, baseball and softball diamonds, field hockey, and tennis courts.