Campus Tour - Marist

General Information

approximately 5,500 undergraduate students

&1,000 graduate students

Greystone

Home to the Office of the President, the current president is Dr. Kevin Weinman

& one of three original buildings on campus and used to be a horse stable, among other things

President's Office

heart of the campus because he likes to have his finger on the pulse of campus and have regular interactions with students, faculty, & staff

• Weinman attends a lot of on-campus events and hosts open office hours

Library

James A Cannavino

First Floor James A. Cannavino Library 

1. Quiet floor

2. physical print collection

3. Marist Archives

Second Floor James A. Cannavino Library

1. Circulation and Reference Desks with librarians

2. Books and Beans Cafe -Starbucks & Eastdale Bagels

3. Ask a librarian service - online service (message librarians with help finding articles or books for a project)

Third Floor Library 

1. Academic Learning Center

2. Writing Center

3. Center of Multicultural Affairs

4. International Student Services

5. Weiss Language Center

3rd Floor Academic Learning Center

• offers peer tutoring for

• any class

• included with tuition

3rd Floor Writing Center

• proofreading papers

• Home of our FOCUS Program for Undeclared Students

3rd Floor Center of Multicultural Affairs

• Plans and implements

  • educational,

  • cultural

  • social programs

  • diversity to facilitate cross-cultural dialogue for the entire campus

3rd floor International Student Services

support for our international student population during their time at Marist

3rd floor - Weiss Language Center

• Supports students in their foreign language courses

• provides teaching resources

Marist Beach

• Stories!

• WIFI all around campus

• Outlets in some of the Lampposts

• Start and end their Marist Experience Here!

  • SPC Welcome Week Block Party and Fireworks

  • University hosts Undergraduate Commencement on the green

    • (Full Circle Moment)

The Hudson River

• sunsets

• 2 Boathouses Down by the River!

  • Historic Cornell Boathouse - events

  • Men’s and Women’s D1 Crew Team Boathouse

Longview Park

• Riverfront Park - part of our campus and open to Marist community 

• Popular study spot/event space when the weather gets warm

  • Story

Hancock Center

School of Computer Science and Mathematics

1. Marist-IBM Joint Study Program (full-time IBM staffer on research)

2. Home of the E-Sports Center (MAAC champions for 5 years in a row)

3. Hudson at Hancock

4. Marist Institute for Public Opinion (aka the Marist Poll)

5. Marist Abroad Programs

   1. First Year Abroad Experiences

   2. Traditional Semester Study Abroad

   3. Two Week Attachment Programs

Hancock: Hudson at Hancock:

• Roommate 

• café

• gf options snacks/cookies & coffees

• Fireplace & comfortable study space

• The patio is open when the weather gets warm

Hancock: Marist Institute for Public Opinion

Marist Poll

• Largest on-campus employer

• polls on local, state, & national issues with top media organizations

• election year: trip to NH primary

  • Great on-ground experience

  • First primary of the election

season

Hancock: General Abroad

• officially been ranked number 1 in the nation!!!

• 50% of Marist students study abroad before they graduate

  • Personal

  • Nationally, only 6% of college students study abroad

• 80+ different locations around the globe

Hancock: First Year Abroad Experiences

Florence & Dublin

Hancock: Traditional Semester Study Abroad

Campus in Florence, bunch of options, propose a new program

Hancock: Two Week Attachment Programs

Shakespeare in London, Tech and Spanish programs in DR, Edu in Hawaii, Environmental Science in Alaska/Iceland, Business in Greece, etc.

Sophomore Housing

Walking by Upper New and Foy

• Don’t need specifications

  • Townhouse 8-10 people

• Housing guaranteed for first two

  • In last 5-10 years we haven’t had a problem placing a student in on campus housing who wants to be!

• About 70% students remain on campus for all four years

Priority Points

• determine student’s housing selection time for the following year (starting in sophomore year).

• earn priority points 3 ways

  • GPA

  • Involvement outside of the classroom (clubs/sports/community service)

  • Good dicipline record

North End

• Gartland Commons

• Fitness center and studios in

  McCormick Hall

• New Track and Field at North End

• Housing 

Upper Class Housing

• 4 buildings (Ward, Lavelle, O’Shea, McCormick)

• Single Rooms in pod of 4 and a living area, kitchenette, and bathroom for the entire apartment!

North End Dining

4 options 

• Yella’s

  • sandwich company owned by a Marist alum

• Halal Shack

  • mediterranean/middle eastern concept

• York Street Market

  • deli type concept

• Chef Jet

  • Asian fusion concept

Fontaine

Home to the School of Liberal Arts

1. Honors Program

2. The Advancement Office

3. Black Box Theater

4. Mosaic

FN Honors Program

• Offered to the top 10% of the incoming class

• Heavy focus on research, civic engagement, and global citizenship

• Automatically considered for the program when you apply to Marist

FN the Advancement Office

• contact with graduates

  • alumni gatherings in various cities; fundraising & development

• Alumni back to campus for internship fairs, job fairs, Homecoming, etc.

FN Black Box

• used for classes and theater students

FN Mosaic

Student run literary and arts magazine

• one publication per semester

• writing and art

• Free (distributed around campus)

• New publication released at Fontaine Fest!

  • connect event

  • end of semester

  • Free food!

Dyson 

Home to the School of Management and the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences

1. Red Fox Financial

2. Schlobach Investment Center

3. O’Shea Lecture Hall

4. Marist Academics

5. Career Services

6. Saxby’s

7. Experiential Learning Spaces

DYN Red Fox Financial

A Division of Hudson Valley Credit Union!

• Hudson Valley Credit Union ITM for anyone - members pay no fees

• real life banking experience!

• Hands-on experience working as part of a branch (on campus job)

• 1/3 student-run credit unions on a university campus in the country

  • 1/3 student-run credit unions on a university campus in the country

• build skills/learn how a credit union works and work on projects that make an impact

DYS Schlobach Investment Center

• Student-managed investment fund

• open to juniors and seniors in school of Management programs

  • must apply, requires an interview & min. GPA

• Actually manage money

  • responsible for identifying potential stocks for inclusion in the fund’s portfolio

• number of Bloomberg terminals (software) that our students can earn their certification for

DYS O’Shea Lecture Hall

• Includes a 150-seat space for guest speakers and numerous multipurpose collaboration spaces

• No lecture style classes at Marist

In DYS Marist Academics

• Average class size is 16-24

  • no larger than 35

• 16:1 Student to Faculty Ratio

• No classes taught by graduate students or teaching assistants

  • Science labs do have TAs (there to assist prof and maintaining lab safety)

  • They do NOT teach or grade

• STORY

DYS Career Services

• Assists both current students and Alumni

• help with career choices, internships, full-time employment, and graduate school advice.

• Offers

  • Career fairs,

  • resume/LinkedIn Workshops,

  • Mock Interviews, 

  • etc.

DYS Saxby’s

Dining location on campus

• Ran by appointed student CEO who changes each semester.

• Coffees, breakfast sandwiches, grilled cheeses, and more

• Open Seven Days a Week!

• First Saxby’s in New York!

• Only location on campus where you can order in person & through Grubhub

• PERSONAL ORDER

DYS Experiential Learning Spaces

• Marketing Lab

• Psychology Labs with brain wave visualization technology,

• Mock Courtroom,

• Teaching Methods Classroom and Makerspace

Marist invests heavily in

technology in the different academic areas

• to ensure students are gaining hands-on experience,

  • using industry standard equipment

  • and technology

• SO, they are well prepared for internships and jobs in the future.

• This experience ensures that Marist students have a shorter learning curve for internships.

Lowell Thomas

Home to the School of Communication and the Arts

1. Digital Toolbox & Innovation Lab

2. Center for Social Media

3. Center for Sports Communication

4. Television Studios

LT Digital Toolbox & Innovation Lab

• For games & emerging media students to use

  • see how games are played,

  • how they work,

  • & serves as a testing space for student developed games.

LT Center for Social Media

• Learn social media analytics

• Popular internship opportunity for marketing students

• Brand watch

  • platform that they use to track social media trends

  • Used to inform marketing choices

• They run all the social media for the School of Communication and the Arts and host interns

LT Center for Sports Communication

• Brings in industry speakers throughout the year

• Centerfield - Student run sports communication publication

  • Anyone can join! (not just sports comm major)

Point out to the digital screen that shows the publication.

LT Television Studios

• MCTV (Marist Club Television) - the student-run TV station, and anyone can join!

  • 4 Branches:

    • Entertainment (SNL Type),

    • News,

    • Sports,

    • Quiz Show

  • Completely scripted, produced, and edited by students

• Studio A is more broadcast; B is more for filmmaking

• Faculty consulted with industry standard equipment to make sure students are learning on equipment they will use in their internships

Marist Chapel History

• Founded as a Catholic Institution in 1929 by the Marist Brothers

  • a Catholic Religious Order of Brothers

• We have been completely non-denominational since 1969

• Mass is still offered in the Chapel on Sunday Nights at 6:30 for students who want to practice their faith

Marist Chapel SLS

Department of Spiritual Life and Service - Our largest club on campus with two sides

• Faith Based Opportunities for Students of All Different Faiths and Background

• Weekly Community Service Program

  • students assist local school or assisted living facility

  • Earn 2 priority points for this & transportation is provided by Marist

• Story?

Marist Traditions

• Petting Groundhogs 

• Graduation jumping in river 

• Marist Tree 

• Fireworks at start of year 

• Freshman rumble

Under Pass - Getting around campus

Entering East Campus

• Campus Safety has a campus-wide shuttle system, Student

  • system with two loops (comes every 3-6 mins)

East Campus

1. Housing guaranteed for first two years however juniors and seniors opt to stay/can be accommodated in our North End Apartment Communities

2. Point out: 

   • Lower/Upper West Cedar Townhouse Communities (same configuration as Lower/Upper New)

   • Lower/Upper Fulton Townhouse Communities (eight single bedrooms)

3. Marketplace (Dining option open 11am-11pm)

4. tennis courts

5. outdoor basketball courts

Allied Health

primary home of the School of Science (environmental science programs & chemistry/physics programs = Donnelly Hall)

& 3 three of our science graduate programs

• Doctor in Physical Therapy (DPT)

• Master’s in physician assistant studies (PA)

• Master’s in athletic training graduate programs

AH Science Labs

1. Physical Therapy Skills Lab

2. Gross Anatomy Lab

3. Trauma Suites/Simulation Lab

4. Athletic Training Rooms

5. Motion Analysis Lab

6. # of general biology and anatomy lab

AH Physical Therapy Skills Lab

• Hands-on learning for our PT students

• similar to our downstairs Athletic Training labs

AH Gross Anatomy Lab

• State-of-the-art facility

• Students are using real donor bodies/cadavers.

AH Trauma Suites/Simulation Lab

• simulates real emergency room

• professors can control the mannequins to perform various medical scenarios!

AH Athletic Training Rooms

• for undergraduate Athletic Training students,

• hands-on learning in the classroom

AH Motion Analysis Lab

• 1/3 in the tri-state area

• features Watson technology

  • for a high-tech analysis of movement

• Often used for lectures and research

AH While walking though

Notice Professor's office hours

• All professors are required to maintain 3 office hours per week

Steel Plant Studios p1

home to our fashion and fine arts programs

1. Fashion and art galleries

2. MPorium

3. Steel Plant Café

4. Macs & PC labs with industry

   standard software loaded onto them

ST MPorium

• 100% student-run retail store

• Actual Class (not internship or a job)

• Class not just open to fashion merchandising students, but all students w/ necessary prerequisites

ST Steel Plant Café

• which has great avocado toast, grilled cheese, coffee, chai, and more.

• STORY

Steel Plant p2

1. Silver Needle Runway Show (SNR)

2. Measure Magazine

3. Maker Lab

4. Millstones

ST Silver Needle Runway Show

• Opportunity for senior fashion design students to show off their design collection

• Judged by a panel of fashion industry experts

• Completely organized and run by students in the fashion show production class

ST Measure Magazine

Experiential class where students create a fashion magazine

ST Maker Space

• Includes

  • body scanner

  • 3D printers

  • large-format 2D printers,

  • embroidery machines,

  • and more!

• Open to all majors, free of charge for school purposes

ST Millstones

• found during the

  Steel Plant construction process

• These stones were formally used for grinding grain

Hudson Heritage Plaza

• your favorite places

• super quick easy to walk over!

ALSO

• Activities run frequent shuttles to the Poughkeepsie Galleria

• Poughkeepsie Train Station is 5 minutes away (90-minute train ride to Grand Central)

Blue Light System

• safe campus

• Emergency call boxes and a campus-wide alert system

  • used for emergencies like criminal activity, severe weather warnings, life safety conditions

DN Department of Campus Safety

Please DO NOT say Security! It is Campus Safety!

• Open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year

• New Blue Light safety app

Donnelly Hall

• Campus safety is located in

1. Science Labs

   1. biochemistry, chemistry, and environmental science classes and laboratories

2. Student Financial Services

   1. Student aid,

   2. accounts

   3. financial literacy

   4. employment.

3. Office of Accommodations and Accessibility

   1. physically or learning in the classroom for those who need it

4. Donnelly Cafe

   1. Rossi's Sandwich

5. 24/7 computer lab within Donnelly

6. Help Desk

7. ResNet

   1. network issues & keeping everyone connected 

Tenney Stadium 

Home of Red Fox Nation

• D1 games are played here, along with a variety of intramural sports

• Athletic events are free for students

• Freshman welcome week events

  • Red Fox Rumble

  • STORY

• Also, brand new D1 Track and Field at the North End of Campus!

McCann Center

• First floor: weight room for teams (D1 and Club)

• Second-floor: general use weight room

• Indoor turf for intramurals, indoor track

• Studio space for dance, aerobics, classes, and more.

STORIES! 

Marist Athletic

23 NCAA D1 men’s and women’s varsity sports

18 club teams

• Rotating roster of intramurals sports (don’t have to be sporty)

  • compete with Marist students only

  • EX: Basketball, Soccer, Volleyball, Flag Football, and Softball

• About 50-60% of the student body partakes in either D1, club, or intramural sports

First Year Residence Areas (NOT dorm)

• Champagnat, Leo, & Sheahan Halls

• Marian Hall

• Midrise Hall

• Special Interest Living Learning Communities 

• Laundry is included in tuition, in each residence area

• Common spaces with kitchens in each residence area (no kitchen in Marian)

Champagnat, Leo, & Sheahan Halls

• Double-occupancy rooms

  • traditional style residence hall

• Communal bathroom on each wing or floor, depending on the area

• Co-ed by floor (Leo and Sheehan) or wing (Champagnat)

Try to say “Champagnat” once before calling it Champ

Marian Hall

• 3 or 4 person occupancy; larger rooms, and are not forced to accommodate three people

• Co-ed by wing

• Walk-in closet

Midrise Hall

• Suite-style living with 6 people

• bathroom in the suite; not communal bathroom like other areas

• Co-ed by suite

Special Interest Living Learning Communities

opt in communities that students can choose to be a part of

1. Honors Housing (all four years)

2. Gender Inclusive (all four years)

3. P-STEM (first year; community for STEM majors)

4. Multicultural/First Generation (first year)

How housing works 

• Residence Life Choices

  • orientation

  • housing survey

• Roommates! (2 options)

  • Pick your roommate: if you know someone from home/met online, etc.

  • Living Preferences Survey: pairs you with a random roommate based on your living preferences (how late do you stay up/ are you messy or neat, etc)

All residence areas have

• Resident Director (RD)

  • Professional staff member

  • in charge of the residence area they work in

  • will help with major issues you may be having

• Resident Assistant (RA)

  • Student

  • responsible for one floor in a residence area.

  • help with minor roommate and transitional issues,

  • host fun programs to facilitate a sense of community throughout the floor and the entire building

• Mentor

  • A First-Year-Experience staff member

  • assist in any academic transitional needs

Murray Student Center

• Red Foxes are known for a vibrant and active campus community!

• The Student Center is the central location for student activities on campus

• named after our former president and his wife.

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Music Department

• Fusco Recital Hall

  • seats nearly 200 people

  • symphonic

    hall with acoustic-friendly ceiling tile

• We offer a music minor but not a music major

  • You don’t have to have minor to take music courses

• Offer plenty of opportunities to get involved with music here at Marist

  • offer music scholarships through the music department 

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• WEPA Print stations

  • Included in tuition (Even the library)

  • WEPA = cloud-based printing solution

  • print from their own personal computers, mobile devices, or phones, on or off campus

  • all from one of our 10 kiosks across campus.

  • printing balance that is automatically replenished by Maris

SC p3 Nelly Goletti Theatre

• Hosts productions, speakers, and other performances

• MTA (Marist Theater)

  • student-run club

  • 7-10 productions a year

• Mainstage plays and musicals are held each year.

  • They also produce special shows like Festival or Me Too Monologues, where students anonymously submit their writing to be performed by other students

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Student Government Association (SGA)

• liaison between students and the University’s administration

• Communicate student body needs and concerns so action can be taken

• Results: shuttle for breaks, dining improvements

• Student Body President sits on the Board of Trustees Student Activities

Student Activities

• Communication center

  • daily, weekly, and semester activities on campus

  • facilitates on-campus programming, off-campus trips

    • Always something to do on campus!

• Advises the Student Programming Council (SPC), which organizes events such as:

  • Comedy clubs and coffeehouses

  • Ski Trips - to Hunter Mountain

  • Broadway Trips - $25 including transportation and ticket

  • Spring Concert each year - Have featured groups including Hunter Hayes, A Boogie wit da Hoodie, Big Sean, The Bleachers, The Driver Era, Saint Motel, Baby Tate & more

  • Socials such as bingo, movie nights, and trivia

• On-demand online movie system offered to student

• 90+ student clubs/organizations

Dinning Hall Entrance

• Marist Post Office.

  • Each resident student receives on-campus address that will remain theirs during their four year tenure,

unless they opt to move off campus

All mail and packages are delivered to students on the day

they are received at the Marist Post Office and students are

notified of packages via email.