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| Former names | Dean Academy (1865–1941) Dean Junior College (1941–1994) |
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| Motto | Forti et Fideli Nihil Difficile |
| Type | Private college |
| Established | 1865; 159 years ago (1865) |
| Founder | Oliver Dean |
| Academic affiliations | NECHE |
| Endowment | Over $70 million |
| President | Mark Boyce |
| Undergraduates | 1,200 |
| Location | Franklin, Massachusetts, United States |
| Campus | Suburban, 100 acres (40 ha) |
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| Nickname | Bulldogs |
| Sporting affiliations | NCAA Division III — GNAC |
| Mascot | Boomer |
| Website | www.dean.edu |
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| Dean College Historic District | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| U.S. Historic district | |
 Ray Mansion, Dean College Admissions Building | |
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| Coordinates | 42°5′7″N 71°23′56″W / 42.08528°N 71.39889°W / 42.08528; -71.39889 |
| Built | 1870 |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival, Stick/Eastlake, Queen Anne |
| NRHP reference No. | 75000285 |
| Added to NRHP | April 23, 1975 |
Dean College is a private college in Franklin, Massachusetts. It offers bachelor's degrees, associate degrees, and certificates.
History
Dean College was founded by Oliver Dean as a co-educational academy, Dean Academy, in 1865. He gave the school approximately nine acres of land and donated $125,000 towards its construction. The first class at Dean Academy was on October 1, 1866, with 44 students attending at the local Universalist Church.
The main building of the Academy, Dean Hall, was completed in 1868. During the summer of 1872, it was destroyed by a fire, but reconstruction began and finished on June 7, 1874.
The school's name changed twice more, Dean Junior College in May 1941 and then Dean College in May 1994. The school's academic mascot is a bulldog named Boomer.
Campus
The 100-acre (0.40 km) campus includes Dean Hall, the college's oldest structure which houses classrooms, radio station Power 88 WGAO, offices, athletics offices, basketball/volleyball gymnasium, the Center for Student Administrative Services (CSAS), Campus Safety, video production studios/classrooms, the president's office and board room, and two floors of student residences. In 2011, Dean College unveiled a new campus center.
Dean has completed over $60 million in campus improvements over the past 10 years, including Dorothy and Glendon Horne '31 Hall, Green Family Library Learning Commons, Morton Family Learning Center, athletic field updates (press box, scoreboards, dugouts), Grant Field renovation, and the Rooney Shaw Center for Innovation in Teaching.
There are 13 different residence halls on campus, including furnished condominiums in downtown Franklin, suite-style living, all-female residence halls, all-male residence halls and co-ed residence halls.
Dean College offers bachelor's degree and associate degree programs within four schools: School of the Arts, Dean R. Sanders '47 School of Business, Joan Phelps Palladino School of Dance, and School of Liberal Arts. Dean also offers part-time continuing studies options to serve students who wish to pursue their education on a part-time basis. Part-time students may also enroll in certificate programs.
Athletics
The school has 16 athletic teams, known as Bulldogs. They participate in Division III of the NCAA in the following sports:
- Baseball
- Men's Basketball
- Women's Basketball
- Men's Cross Country
- Women's Cross Country
- Women's Field Hockey
- Football
- Men's Golf
- Women's Golf
- Men's Lacrosse
- Women's Lacrosse
- Men's Soccer
- Women's Soccer
- Softball
- Men's Volleyball
- Women's Volleyball
Upon transition into the NCAA, they accepted membership for all sports into the Great Northeast Athletic Conference except for football.
They accepted membership into the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference. Dean College students also participate in intramural sports.
Notable alumni
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- Richard Belzer, actor, stand-up comedian, and author
- Broderick Crawford, Academy Award-winning actor
- Jack Cronin, professional football player
- Greg Dickerson, sportscaster
- Zachary Dixon, professional football player
- Sage Francis, hip hop recording artist and spoken word poet
- Eddie Grant, lawyer, professional baseball player, U.S. soldier during World War I, and namesake of Grant Field at Dean College
- William D. Green, business executive
- Walt Handelsman, editorial cartoonist
- Gabby Hartnett, professional baseball player
- Doc Hazelton, professional baseball player and college coach
- Eric Holtz, basketball coach
- James Gordon Irving, natural-history illustrator
- Emilie Baker Loring, romance novelist
- Andrae Murphy, American football player and coach
- Kodo Nishimura, Japanese Buddhist monk, and makeup artist
- Baran Süzer, Turkish businessman
- Thomas Paolino, politician
- Lucky Whitehead, professional football player
- Francis H. Woodward, politician
- Maury Youmans, professional football player
- Joe Swan, Guitarist
See also
References
- "Facts and Figures". Dean College. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
- "Dean College Announces Departure of President Kenn Elmore". May 2, 2024.
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- "HOME ABOUT HISTORY & MISSION HISTORY & MISSION". dean.edu. Dean College. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- "Dean College Dedicates Its New Campus Center". Dean College News. Dean College. Archived from the original on January 23, 2012.
- "Facts and Figures". Dean College. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
- "Official Athletics Site of the Dean College Bulldogs". Dean College Bulldogs. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
- Dave Schwartz, www.dabelly.com/. "Sage Francis in DaBelly Magazine". Dabelly.com. Archived from the original on September 21, 2016. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
- O'Boyle, Francis Joseph (2000). "Biography: Doc Hazelton". SABR.org. Phoenix, AZ: Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
External links
Media related to Dean College at Wikimedia Commons
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