Closely supervised by faculty, many Simmons students perfect their skills, exercise their creativity, and discover new knowledge through thesis research. Our students regularly present their research findings at conferences and co-publish their work with their faculty mentors. These projects require motivation, self-discipline, and innovatove thinking, all valuable skills to take into the workplace. The Amazing Expanding Classroom Simmons professors use their connections to bring Boston's bountiful resources into the classroom and to extend the classroom into Boston. They share their own work experience with students, and periodically invite professionals from different fields into class, infusing a healthy dose of reality into lively discussion and debate.
Students see world-class plays performed live.
They wade into the the sea to observe marine life, and venture through the cobbled streets of Boston's North End to stand in the very house where Paul Revere lived. At Simmons, the classroom boundaries stretch throughout Greater Boston and beyond. Each year a selected number of Simmons seniors spend a few days working with some of the College's most successful graduates. Interested students go through an application process, including a personal interview. Those students chosen for the program travel to some of the most dynamic work environments in the country, and learn first hand the daily demands faced by professional women.