Your Campus

Whether you work here, study here, or live here (or any combination of the three!), Smith’s campus and its resources play a significant role in your life. From dining menus to housing accommodations, from clubs and organizations to community-building initiatives, there’s something for everyone who helps make Smith, Smith.

Are You a New Student? Find resources and information specifically tailored for you.

Welcome Home.

Living on campus? Find out all you need to know about staying happy and healthy at Smith.

Community-Minded

Students, staff, and faculty come to Smith from all over—with them, they bring a vast array of life experiences, spiritual and religious beliefs, and cultural ideologies. With such a diverse population, there are countless opportunities to expand our community and learn from one another. The Office of Equity and Inclusion, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, and the Center for Religious and Spiritual Life help foster this sense of community on campus, encouraging each and every member to flourish and celebrate their individual identities.

What We’re All About
Group of students having tea and snacks

Accessibility at Smith

Formerly the Office of Disability Services, the Accessibility Resource Center (ARC) helps facilitate accommodations and equal access for students on campus with disabilities. Here to ensure each student can participate fully in every aspect of life at Smith, the ARC is dedicated to working for you and with you.

Learn About the Accessibility Resource Center

Moving the World Forward

It takes a community to enact change in the world, and Smith’s campus community is no exception. Students, faculty and staff members together are at the forefront of important environmental, sociological, and intellectual advancements on our campus and elsewhere. See what we’ve been up to.

Mark Your Calendars

It’s no secret that we all have busy lives, but it’s important to schedule in some fun and connection, too. Check out these ongoing chances to come together as a community throughout the month.

First Tuesdays

Next Event: December 3

Sponsored by the Office of the President, join your colleagues and peers in the Julia McWilliams Child ’34 Campus Center on the first Tuesday of every month from 8:30–9:30 a.m. for coffee, donuts, and a chance to catch up on happenings around the campus. Bring a friend from your own department or house, or meet a new one.

Second Thursdays

Next Event: December 12

Why should Tuesdays get all the fun? New for 2024, Second Thursdays is another chance to make connections. Take 15 minutes to come together as a community to dance, do deep breathing, tai chi, or even play Simon Says with President Sarah. Each event takes place on Chapin lawn from 8:45–9 a.m. Start your day off right!

The Arts, Elevated

At Smith, the arts have a long history of helping students figure out where they belong, cultivate and foster community, think creatively, and plan fulfilling careers in a number of exciting, dynamic fields.

SmithArts—and the Office for the Arts—aims to highlight opportunities to engage with art and artists on campus, through events, installations, performances, and more.

Learn More About SmithArts

Give Back, Plate by Plate

Planning an event on campus and think you’ll have extra food left over? Want to get involved in donating daily dining hall leftovers? Contact the Smith Food Rescue Network to see about helping members of the Northampton community who may be in need. Donations—totaling more than 22,000 pounds since the program’s inception in 2022—most often go to Manna Kitchen, but the Rescue Network may have other local locations in mind for your food.

Reach Out
Making selections from a buffet table

Your Campus, Literally

Spanning 147 acres, Smith’s campus is renowned for for its landscapes and views during any season. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted—the man who planned Central Park—the winding paths take you past student houses, academic buildings, and of course, Paradise Pond.

Students sitting on the lawn in front of Seelye Hall.

In nice weather, it’s not uncommon for professors to take their classes outside.
Two students sitting in front of Paradise Pond in the fall.

Everyone’s favorite spot on campus, Paradise Pond, looks spectacular in the summer or the fall.
Ford Hall

Ford Hall, built in 2009, is home to the Picker Engineering Program and is a LEED Gold certified green building.
Park Annex in the spring

Park Annex, one of Smith’s 41 self-governing house communities, was acquired by the college in 1920. Houses at Smith range in capacity from 10 to over 100 students.
College Hall as seen from the road, in the snow.

College Hall, pictured here in the winter, is where the administrative decisions of the college are made. Out front are the iconic Grécourt Gates, which students traditionally pass through for the first time upon graduating.
Lyman Conservatory and heron statue.

Did you know Smith’s entire campus is an arboretum? Lyman Conservatory, pictured here, is a core part of the Botanic Garden of Smith College, and is over 100 years old.

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