Elms College (College of Our Lady of the Elms)

Educational Resources

Libraries

Law research materials, federal government repository with 80,000 documents.

• Member of library consortia.
• 120,709 books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents.
• 818 current serial subscriptions.
• 3,469 microforms.
• 2,994 Audio/Visual items.

Museums & Art

Art gallery, rare book gallery with Edward Bellamy collection of rare manuscripts.

Computing

Requirements

• Students are required to take a computer course.
• Students are not required to own or lease a computer.
• Recommended computer operating system: Microsoft

Campus Resources

• 70 computers for student use in locations such as computer center/labs, residence halls, library
• 3 Internet connections in libraries.
• 15 Internet connections in classrooms.
• 50 Internet connections in Laboratories.
• 2 Internet connections elsewhere on campus.

Student accommodations

• Email accounts are available to all students.
• Internet access is available to all students.
• Student web-pages are not permitted.
• Online class registration is not available.
• 100% of college-owned hosting units are available for internet access.

Services

Basic

nonremedial tutoring

Remedial

reading, math, writing, study skills

Campus Safety

24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, lighted pathways/sidewalks, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

Campus Life

Housing

Overview

• The school offers housing for students.
• The school does not provide assistance for off-campus housing.

Types of housing available

• 10% of housing units are Singles.
• 79% of housing units are Doubles.
• 11% of housing units are Triples.
• In total, there are 3 housing buildings.

Room Accessories

• 100% of rooms are equipped with sprinkler systems.
• 100% of rooms are equipped with fire alarms.
• 100% are equipped with high-speed internet connections.

• 25% of students remain on campus over the weekends, on average.
• Alcohol is permitted on campus.
• Student activities: choral groups, literary magazine, student government, student newspaper, yearbook

Travel

• Nearest airport(s) (distance in miles): Windsor Locks, CT (Hartford) (20)
• Nearest train(s) (distance in miles): Springfield, MA (5)
• Nearest bus-station(s) (distance in miles): Springfield, MA (5)
• Public transportation serves the campus.
• All students are permitted to have cars on campus.
• 20% of students have a car on campus

Employment

• School employment is not available.
• 0% of undergrads are employed with average earnings of 0
• Freshman are not discouraged from working.

• There are 0 fraternities
• 0 fraternity houses
• There are 0 sororities
• 0 sorority houses

ROTC

• Army ROTC: Offered at cooperating institution (University of Massachusetts-Amherst)
• Airforce ROTC: Offered at cooperating institution (University of Massachusetts-Amherst)

Additional Policies

class attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code, hazing prohibited