A Visitor Ls Guide to the Chestnut Hill Campus

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RESERVOIR APARTMENTS VISITOR PARKING RESERVOIR BUS STOP APARTMENTS BLUE LIGHT EMERGENCY PHONE WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE PATH ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACE ELEVATOR ACCESS Please note that maroon indicators simulate the route of our won by alumnus Doug TO THE BOSTON COLLEGE “T” STOP DINING TO THE BOSTONON COLLEGE THE MBTA "T" STOPGREEN LINE CAMPANELLA WAY standard campus tour. Flutie ’85. Adjacent to CAMPANELLA WAY MBTA GREEN LINE the Yawkey Athletics ST. THOMAS MORE RD. A DEVLIN HALL Center, Conte Forum Nestled among the buildings of Middle Campus, Devlin Hall is home to the Boston L COMMONWEALTHCOMMONWEALTH AVE. AVE. CORCORAN is the location of the Office of College basketball and CORCORANCOMMONS COMMONS Undergraduate Admission, which hockey teams as well ROBSHAM ROBSHAMTHEATER MAIN hosts thousands of visitors for as the BC Bands pro- THEATER GATEMAIN Eagle Eye Campus Visits through- gram. It hosts many large-scale campus events, including the GATE M out the year. It is also home to annual Pops on the Heights concert, featuring the Boston Pops

the art, art history, film, and Orchestra, and ALC Showdown, the student dance showcase. CONNELL LOWER earth and environmental sci- RECREATION I CAMPUS CENTER ences departments. The O MERKERT CHEMISTRY NORTHNORTH CENTER COMMONWEALTH University’s largest academic BURNSBURNS ST.ST. MARY’S MARY’S AVENUE GARAGEGARAGE lecture hall is in Devlin Hall. At the far end of Middle Campus, LIBRARYLIBRARY SOUTH between Conte Forum and Beacon H SOUTH FLYNN STUDENT RECREATIONUNDER COMPLEX K CONSTRUCTION B HIGGINS HALL Street, is the Merkert Chemistry BAPSTBAPST LIBRARYLIBRARY J As you exit the front door of Devlin Hall, Center, a nationally noted facility for MALONEYMALONEY turn right on the main path and turn right research and teaching. It is the only CHESTNUT HILL DR. around the corner of Devlin. Ahead is a bronze building on campus dedicated to a MIDDLE MIDDLE YAWKEY PINE TREE O’NEILL statue of St. Ignatius of Loyola (1491–1556) by single department. CAMPUSCAMPUS N ATHLETICS CENTER PRESERVE LIBRARY YAWKEY ATHLETICS Pablo Eduardo. Boston College’s intellectual G O’NEILL CENTER P CAMPION HALL AND MCGUINN HALL LIBRARY GABELLI and spiritual traditions are rooted in the life PLAZA and teachings of the founder of the Society of Along Beacon Street to the west of the Merkert Chemistry GASSON NORTH GASSON HIGGINSHIGGINS Jesus (Jesuit) order. On your left is Higgins Center is Campion Hall. Originally built to house the female under- STAIRCASESTAIRCASE CHESTNUT HILL A RESERVOIR Hall, home of the biology and physics depart- graduates of Boston College, now it is home to the Lynch School of B CHESTNUT HILL DR. OLD COLONYOLD COLONY RD. RD. ments. Adjacent to Higgins Hall (and currently under construc- Education and Human DEVLIN C DEVLIN CONTE ALUMNIALUMNI BEACONBEACON tion) is the future home of the Schiller Institute for Integrated Development, named for Peter HIGGINS FORUM STADIUMSTADIUM STREETSTREET F HIGGINS GARAGEGARAGE

Science and Society. For more information, visit bc.edu/schiller. ’65 and Carolyn A. Lynch, long- MAYFLOWER RD. MAYFLOWER RD. LYONS time supporters of the COLLEGE RD. COLLEGE RD. C C FULTON HALL AND LYONS HALL HAMMOND ST. University. The building is also SCIENCE HAMMOND ST. STOKESSTOKES As you walk through the campus, you will notice the Gasson the site of the Campus School, NORTHNORTH BUILDING QUINCYQUINCY RD. RD. UNDER Quad. Two key buildings on the a special education day school FULTONFULTON CONSTRUCTION CHEVERUS E GABELLI CUSHING GABELLI Gasson Quad are Fulton Hall, for students ages 3–21, where PLAZAPLAZA home to the Carroll School of FENWICK many Boston College students UPPERUPPER SOUTHSOUTH FITZPATRICK CAMPUSCAMPUS Management, and Lyons Hall, volunteer. Further west along O STOKESSTOKES P MCGUINN which houses the Office of Student Beacon Street is McGuinn Hall, SOUTHSOUTH BEACON ST. MERKERT CAMPION Services, the Welch Dining Room, home to the political science, Q CAMPION CHEMISTRY CENTER XAVIER MCGUINN and the foreign language and psychology, and sociology departmentsO’CONNELL as wellGONZAGA as to the Graduate CARNEYCARNEY music departments. There are School of Social Work. It contains a 260-seat auditorium that serves D TUDOR RD. TUDOR RD. VISITOR PARKING soundproof practice rooms for as both a lecture hall and venue for social events. CHESTNUT HILL RD. LOYOLA MCELROY VISITOR PARKINGBUS STOP student musicians on the top floor. COMMONS KOSTKA COMMONS BUS STOP BLUE LIGHT EMERGENCY PHONE Q CARNEY HALL BLUE LIGHT EMERGENCY PHONE MEDEIROS UPPER BEACONBEACON ST. ST. ACACIA RD. WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE PATH CLAVER WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE PATH D MCELROY COMMONS ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE West of McGuinn, CarneySHAW Hall is home to theCAMPUS Office of Student STONE AVE. STONE AVE. ACCESSIBLE ENTRANCE ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACE At the far corner of Middle Campus, between Stokes and Involvement, which encompasses most registered student organiza- ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACE ELEVATOR ACCESSELEVATOR ACCESS Carney Halls, is McElroy Commons. This is a hub of student tions, including the Undergraduate Government of Boston College. HAMMOND ST. LAWRENCE AVE. HAMMOND ST. LAWRENCE AVE. DINING DINING

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activity with the Boston College Bookstore and the offices of many organizations, including Campus Ministry; the Heights, a student-run newspaper; and the University radio station. The Eagle’s Nest, located on the second level, and Carney’s, on the third, are two main dining facilities.

E STOKES HALL Upon opening in 2013, Stokes Hall received an award from the Institute of Classical Architecture. Today, Stokes Hall contains 36 state- of-the-art classrooms for teaching science and the humanities. It is home to the classical studies, English, history, philosophy, and theology departments as well as to the Academic Advising Center. The Chocolate Bar coffee shop is located on the ground floor by the doorway to an outdoor amphi- theater and garden—a popular spot for study and socializing.

F GASSON QUAD Gasson Quad is the epicenter of campus and a popular area for students to participate in everything from political activism to relaxing with friends.

G GASSON HALL Built in 1913 in the English Collegiate Gothic style, this iconic building is named for Thomas I. Gasson, S.J., 13th president of Boston College, under whose lead- ership the University moved from Boston’s South End to its cur- rent location. Gasson Hall was the first building at the new site. Today, the offices of the dean of theMorrissey College of Arts and Sciences and the Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences graduate programs are in Gasson Hall. The building’s first-floor rotunda has a statue of St. Michael the Archangel overcoming Lucifer. It adjoins the large wood-paneled Irish Room, once the University’s assembly hall, now used for a variety of social functions, concerts, lectures, and other programs. Inside the Gothic bell tower are four bells, each named for a prominent Jesuit. H BAPST LIBRARY J O’NEILL LIBRARY On the north side of Gasson Hall is a gilded bronze statue Heading back toward Gasson Hall, to the left you will see an of the Boston College Eagle. Further along tree-lined Linden Lane open plaza with O’Neill Library on the far side. This is Boston is Bapst Library on the College’s main research library, named for Thomas P. (“Tip”) left, regarded as one of O’Neill ’36, a beloved Massachusetts congressman and speaker the country’s most of the House of Representa- beautiful campus tives. The library is open 24 libraries. Named after hours on weekdays during Boston College’s sec- the school year and houses ond president, Bapst 2.3 million volumes on its Library was the Univer- five floors. It also houses the sity’s main library for Connors Family Learning nearly 60 years. Today, Center, which provides it is used as a study instructional support for space and supports teaching and research for art, architecture, faculty and graduate stu- museum studies, and photography. The main reading room, dents, services to students Gargan Hall, has 14 alcoves of gorgeous stained glass windows with learning disabilities, and tutoring for all Boston College stu- that display scenes from a variety of stories from Christian and dents. If you follow the library stairs or take the elevator down to Celtic history to William Shakespeare. The building also holds the the ground floor, you will arrive toward the rear entrance into University’s special collections, rare books, and archives in the Maloney Hall, home to the Connell School of Nursing. John J. Burns Library. On the grounds beyond Bapst is a This completes the general tour of our Chestnut Hill Campus. sacred labyrinth honoring We hope you enjoy the beautiful grounds of our campus and thank the lives of the Boston you for taking the time to visit Boston College. If time allows, you College alumni lost on 9/11 may want to visit these additional spots. as well as the main gate of Boston College leading to Commonwealth Avenue. The K MALONEY HALL gate stands at the 21-mile On the east side of O’Neill Library, perched on the steep hill marker of the Boston Mara- separating Middle and thon. There is also a multi- Lower Campuses, faith chapel located down Maloney Hall is home the hill from the main gate at 66 Commonwealth Avenue, where to the Connell School Protestant, Jewish, and Islamic services are held. of Nursing. It also houses the Disability I ST. MARY’S HALL Services Office, the Across Linden Lane is St. Mary’s Hall, the primary residence economics and math- of Boston College’s Jesuit community, ematics departments, which at 52 members is one of the the Office of the Dean largest in the world. In the north of Students, the section of St. Mary’s Hall is the Boston College Police beautiful St. Mary’s Chapel. The Department, the Office of Residential Life, the Thea Bowman south wing holds the communica- AHANA and Intercultural Center, and the Women’s Center. The tion and computer science ground floor of Maloney is the site of the Hillside Café and a departments as well as the Woods satellite location of the Boston College Bookstore, which is very College of Advancing Studies. popular with students, faculty, and staff. L ROBSHAM THEATER ARTS CENTER AND CORCORAN COMMONS From the ground floor of Maloney Hall, turn left on Campanella Way toward the Robsham Theater Arts Center. With seating for nearly 600, this is the University’s largest performance venue and frequently features student theater, dance, and musical perfor- mances. Many public lectures are held in Robsham and it includes a smaller black box theater, scenery and costume shops, and a green room. Next to the theater is Corcoran Commons, which holds the largest dining hall on campus and several conference spaces. It is a great place for students to socialize and enjoy a variety of food stations. To the east of Corcoran Commons are additional residence halls, including the St. Thomas More Apartments—the location of University Health Services—and a T station, which offers convenient public trans- portation to downtown Boston.

M MARGOT CONNELL RECREATION CENTER Opened in July 2019, this 244,000-square-foot, four-story struc- ture is our newest building. It features numerous amenities, including a fitness center, rock climbing wall, jogging track, aquatic center, basketball and tennis courts, and multipurpose rooms for spin, yoga, fitness classes, and more.

N ALUMNI STADIUM, YAWKEY ATHLETICS CENTER, AND CONTE FORUM Looking across Campanella Way from the Margot Connell Recreation Center, you will see Alumni Stadium. It has 44,500 seats, and on game days you will witness a sea of fans in their maroon and gold shirts cheering on our beloved Eagles. The stadium also hosts commencement exercises and intramural sports. Next to Alumni Stadium is the Yawkey Athletics Center, which showcases the 1984 Heisman Trophy,