Campus Resources

In support of its commitment to connected learning, Lasell provides a number of on-campus resources that foster the linkage of classroom learning with practical experience.

Brennan Library,  x2244
The Brennan Library's collection consists of approximately 55,000 titles, over 106 databases and 201 print magazine subscriptions. Lasell shares an on-line catalog with the 41 members of the Minuteman Library Network, with a total of 5.9 million items. The reference staff helps students find materials in the library and provides access to additional resources elsewhere. Reference service is available at scheduled hours Sunday through Friday.

Library Hours: Monday - Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Saturday Noon - 5:00 p.m. Sunday 3:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

Campus Center
Designed to provide a spectacular focal point for the campus community -- it is the College's fifth new building in five years. It opened in September of 2004. The new facility strengthens the sense of community we have on the Lasell campus.. Students can sit by the fireplace and relax, enjoy the company of friends over a cup of gourmet coffee, or listen to a live musical performance during 'open mike night'. The state-of-the-art facility provides the campus community with a host of options for gathering, working, studying, enjoying live performances, and dining.

Center for Community-Based Learning
Plummer House, x2156
The Lasell College Center Community-Based Learning provides support and opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to engage in community service in order to deepen academic learning; promote values of citizenship; provide practical, project-focused experience; and develop initiatives that make a direct and lasting contribution to local communities and society. In particular, the Center works with students and faculty to design and implement community service-learning projects as an integral component of the connected learning concept at Lasell College.

Students and faculty participate in a wide range of service programs including: tutoring programs in public schools, fundraising for shelters serving victims of domestic violence, volunteering for tax return assistance, working with organizations providing internet service for urban communities, and repairing low income homes in Appalachia.

Donahue Institute for Values and Public Life
Plummer House, x2104
Lasell College's Donahue Institute for Values and Public Life mission is to foster awareness of the importance of a civil society and to create sensitivity to the moral dimensions of choices individuals make. To this end, the Donahue Institute sponsors forums and workshops that not only augment but also extend beyond classroom experience. This is accomplished through hosting speakers, conducting conferences, and showing films intended to extend and deepen students' knowledge of social issues.

Center for Academic Advising and First Year Programs
Wolfe 205, x2148
Room 105 in the Wolfe Classroom Building is the first-year programs and advising resource center for students and faculty. The Center also provides meeting space for students to meet with staff and advisors, as well as a workspace for the student advising peer mentors. Workshops and other activities related to advising and first year experience are held in the Center.

Holway Child Study Centers
The Barn 617-243-2287 and Rockwell 617-243-2355)
The Barn and the Rockwell Nursery School are both NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children) accredited institutions and jointly comprise Lasell's Holway Child Study Centers, laboratory schools for the College's Early Childhood and Elementary Education Program.

Center for Academic Achievement
Lasell College recognizes the individuality of each student's learning profile. Consequently, the Center for Academic Achievement (AAC) offers academic support services to assist students in building stronger foundation skills and in developing their interests and potentials.

International Programs/Study Abroad

Yamawaki Cultural Center
Since 1990, the Yamawaki Art and Cultural Center has been an important vehicle for supporting student involvement in the fine and performing arts as well as for sponsoring fine arts exhibits for the Lasell and broader community. The Center is designed to support the educational and extracurricular programs of Lasell College and Lasell Village through artistic and cultural activities designed for all members and friends of the broadest College community. In recent years, the Center has supported arts exhibits and shows, including student and faculty art shows. The Center is also home to the Newton Country Players, which rehearses and performs at the Yamawaki.