Springfield College

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Springfield College
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Established: 1885
Type: Private College
Endowment: $43,192,753
President: Richard B. Flynn Ed.D
Undergraduates: 3,621
Postgraduates: 1,441
Location: Springfield (Main Campus), Massachusetts, USA
Website: www.springfieldcollege.edu

Springfield College is a college located in Springfield, Massachusetts. It is located upon Watershops Pond, approximately two miles from downtown. There are two main sections to the campus, though not connected, and eleven sites around the United States that offer courses, especially in the School of Human Services (SHS Campus locations include: Houston, San Diego, Tampa, Boston, Manchester, St. Johnsbury, Charleston, Milwaukee, Los Angeles, Wilmington) . Springfield College was first located on the second floor of the Armory Hill YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts as the International Young Men's Christian Training School. Just a few years after opening its doors to the first eighteen students in 1885, Springfield College could boast an international reputation as a pioneer in teaching and scholarship related to physical education, sports medicine, physical therapy, physiology of exercise, biomechanics, wellness, the training of YMCA executives, and many other fields. Today, Springfield College's undergraduate and graduate student body numbers more than 5,000.

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Springfield College originated as a training school for YMCA professionals. Springfield College's 36,000 alumni work in 60 nations. Alumni have served in various capacities, such as a university president in China, initiators of the Olympic movement in Eastern European countries, and educational leaders in Central and South America. They have started shelters for the homeless in rural Vermont, and have changed the field of sports medicine.

The mission of Springfield College is to educate students in spirit, mind, and body for leadership in service to humanity by building upon a foundation of Humanics and academic excellence. Founded in 1885, Springfield College is a private, coeducational institution that emphasizes the education of leaders for the allied health sciences, human and social services, sports movement activities, and the arts and sciences. Undergraduate and graduate programs reflect its distinctive Humanics philosophy—education of the whole person in spirit, mind, and body for leadership in service to others.

It is world renowned as the "Birthplace of Basketball", a game created by alumnus and faculty member James Naismith in 1891; and as the alma mater of William G. Morgan, inventor of the game of volleyball; as well as for its long-standing and close relationship with the YMCA.

Stagg Field serves as the College's main athletic field. The baseball team plays at Berry-Allen Field.

In 2006 and 2007, the school hosted the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Final Four.

The Springfield College Women's Basketball team of 2004-2005, made school history, making the Elite Eight of the NCAA Division 3 basketball tournament.

Women's basketball, coached by Noami Graves, has won several conference tournament championships, including the previous season of 2006.

Springfield College graduates Rusty Jones G '86 and Jon Torine '95 participated in Super Bowl XLI as the Head Strength and Conditioning coaches of the Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts, respectively.

Springfield College Is the Birthplace of Basketball, Physical Education, Adapted Physical Education and Health Teachers, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physician's, Physician Assistants, Movement Sciences, Physiology of Exercise, Biomechanics, YMCA executives, Sports Medicine, and Humanics. They host a national Humanics Day every year with both the basketball team and the future physical educators, physical therapists, physicians, and YMCA executives.

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[edit] Knowledge Corridor

Springfield College is a part of the Hartford, Connecticut, Springfield, Massachusetts regional alliance for economic and cultural partnership known as New England's Knowledge Corridor.[1]

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