amherst school district

Amherst got its named after the British commandant Lord Jeffrey Amherst. Amherst school district is a famous educational area comprising among others the University of Massachusetts and Amherst College. The University of Massachusetts is the largest educational institution in Amherst school district. Amherst school district also incorporates Hampshire College, which is situated in the south area and has been performing its activity since 1970. The educational community of Amherst school district is as well proud of the prominent institutions for women, such as Smith and Mount Holyoke Colleges, located in the close proximity to the town of Amherst.

University of Massachusetts is the largest educational institution in Amherst school district system and comprises five campuses of joint education at Amherst, Boston, Worcester, Lowell and Dartmouth. The main campus is located on the territory of 1,400 acres and the number of its buildings exceeds 160. University of Massachusetts Amherst offers an ample selection of learning opportunities in the frames of numerous schools, colleges and faculties.

University suggests lots of bachelor, master, and doctoral programs. University of Massachusetts possesses a multi-story library and specialized stations for oceanic and farming investigations. The university is inseparable part of Amherst school district association that performs didactic exchange with Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith colleges situated in close proximity to Amherst. Among the researchers of University of Massachusetts are the Nobel Prize Laureates for Physics Joseph Taylor and Russell Hulse who were the first to discover the binary pulsar.

Amherst College is one of the oldest private liberal-arts Colleges for men and women in the structure of Amherst school district. The history of this famous College began in 1821. Among the founders of Amherst College was Noah Webster and initially College prepared poor local inhabitants the religious purposes. However, at present Amherst School District College proposes numerous didactic programs covering such matters as humanities, social and natural sciences, and many others. The students are also free to devote their third or fourth year of study to autonomous investigations. Amherst College is proud of the Robert Frost Library, the Art Museum and the Museum of Natural History. The number of students studying in Amherst College exceeds 1,600. Since 1975, initially strictly men's college, Amherst has begun admitting women.

Amherst school district is also proud of Mount Holyoke College. Mount Holyoke College is located in South Hadley and is the oldest and, as a matter of fact, one of the first higher educational institution for women in the United States. The College was founded by Mary Lyon in 1837 as Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. The set of courses is grounded on the liberal arts and sciences. At present the number of students approaches to 2,000 women in the college. The range of disciplines includes social sciences, humanities, natural sciences and mathematics.

The Master of Arts degree is established in four spheres of knowledge. The College comprises the Center for Foreign Languages, Child Study Center, and several Museums. The Art Museum of the Mount Holyoke College is one of the oldest and most outstanding collegiate art museums in the country. Frances Perkins was among most renowned students of Mount Holyoke College. She became the first woman to perform cabinet duties in American governmental structures. Among other remarkable students of Mount Holyoke College were the poet Emily Dickinson and the astronomer Helen Hogg-Priestly.

Amherst school district includes the Liberal Arts Smith College for women. Appertaining to Seven Sisters school system, Smith College is one of the largest private colleges for women in the country. The number of students now approaches to 3,000. Sophia Smith bequeathed her riches to found the College in 1871, which now bears her name. Students improve their knowledge in various spheres such as social and natural sciences, history, literature, foreign languages, the arts, philosophy, and mathematics. Smith College offers master and doctoral degree opportunities. Master's degrees embrace biological sciences, education, music, playwriting, and Italian. Smith College is a part of Amherst school district consortium offering numerous undergraduate and graduate programs on cooperative basis. Talented and trained students may also study and deepen their knowledge in such countries as Germany, France, Italy, and Switzerland. Smith College is also famous for its sports achievements. Among remarkable personalities who graduated from Smith College are writers Margaret Mitchell and Sylvia Plath, environmentalist Nancy Newhall, biologist and anatomist Florence Rena Sabin.