Academic Resources

Simmons College offers its students a wide range of academic resources. Once you are a student at Simmons you will have access to all college resources through the Student Portal (my.simmons.edu). Listed here are just a few highlights.

Pottruck Technology Resource Center
Technology training classes and workshops are available to students throughout the year. Some past course offerings include: Photoshop, Statistical Software, Powerpoint, Dreamweaver, HTML, and Microsoft Office.

Career Services
The Career Education Center (CEC) offers a wide variety of free services and programs to help students and alumnae/i make important career decisions, including assistance with choosing a major, perfecting interviewing skills, preparing effective job search materials, and developing job search strategies. The Miller/Knopf Career Resource Library (CRL) has an extensive collection of career and graduate school information and is open to all Simmons College students and alumnae/i for their research. All students also have access to an online job and career information database.

Center for Academic Achievement
The Center for Academic Achievement’s goal is to assist all students to become independent learners. To aid all students’ progress, the Center provides appropriate resources and services to all undergraduate and graduate students. We match students with tutors, advise students with study skills and time management, and offer help to students learning English as a Second Language, as well as accommodate students with disabilities.

The Simmons Libraries
Beatley Library is the main Simmons College Library. It houses the bulk of the more than 280,000 volumes and over 2,000 periodical subscriptions owned by Simmons, as well as housing a rapidly expanding collection of media materials. A comprehensive reference collection, plus special resources in areas such as women's studies and juvenile literature, are major assets of the Beatley Library.

The Libraries also include the Simmons Archives, a specialized library for the Graduate School of Library and Information science, and special collections devoted to business and women in management housed in the School of Management.

The Trustman Art Gallery
The gallery exhibits the work of professional artists and has yearly exhibition of student work. Annual exhibitions celebrate specific months such as Women’s History Month. Each year the students enrolled in the Arts Administration capstone course organize an exhibition under the supervision of their instructor.

Simmons College Bookstore
In addition to all course related books and materials, the Bookstore carries a wide variety of merchandise and offers many services. From baseball caps and sweatshirts to fine pens and clocks, all Simmons emblematic merchandise can be purchased through the Bookstore. Traditional items such as backpacks, school supplies and dorm accessories are also available. Students can also visit the bookstore online.

Registrar and AARC
Simmons now offers online course registration through our AARC system. The registrar will aid you in course registration, transcript requests, and graduation requirements.

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