Colleges of Distinction 2010 - 2011 Guide. Tyson Schritter

location on Boston’s historic South Shore provides ample opportunity for students to utilize the resources of America’s most prestigious research universities, while institutional relationships with religious and academic organizations allow for globally focused and culturally enriching possibilities for students to engage the world around them.

      Students find they have some highly attractive options to explore right here in metropolitan Boston: ENC students have worked for The Historical Society at Boston University, have conducted physics research at Harvard, and earned competitive internships with biotechnology firms like Genzyme in Cambridge. Those who want to engage the world outside the Boston area can spend a semester of student exchange in southern California, participate in marine biology fieldwork at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute on Cape Cod, and conduct research at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. Students seeking to explore life on a global scale have undertaken similarly impressive endeavours, attending the University of Oxford’s Wycliffe Hall, going on international choir tours to the Fiji and the Hawaiian Islands, and pursuing university studies in the subtropical Fujian Province of southeast China.

      Called to do more than research and study, students at Eastern Nazarene College also serve their communities through a variety of ministries and humanitarian efforts. Students for Social Justice at ENC seeks to address the injustices and inequities of society. Eastern Nazarene students have been praised for their efforts to restore and conserve ecologically significant areas of the South Shore. Open Hand Open Heart is a student-led ministry whose members spend their weekends providing food, clothing, and blankets for the homeless of Boston. Students have also worked at the CURE Children’s Hospital in Uganda with children who suffer from AIDS, and research is often paired with service, such as competitive internships at local biotech firms that focus their scientific work on finding a cure for cancer.

       GREAT TEACHING

      Professors at the College are highly experienced and well credentialed; they hold degrees from top-ranked universities, receive national recognition for their academic achievements, interact with their students on a personal basis, and are professionally active in Boston and beyond….

       Accomplished faculty, innovative courses, and a small college setting

      The College not only hosts world-renowned scholars and nationwide conferences, but many top authors and intellectuals are on the faculty at ENC, specializing in everything from analytical chemistry to American history. Professors at Eastern Nazarene College also represent over half the institutions of the Ivy League, from Harvard to Penn, as well as other top graduate universities in the United States, from Rice to MIT. In addition to a highly experienced and extremely well credentialed faculty, the College’s size is one of its greatest assets: a low student-to-teacher ratio and small class sizes, combined with a teaching focus, facilitate discussion among peers and allow professors to engage their students more effectively.

      Building on the presence of a truly excellent college faculty in a small college setting, Eastern Nazarene further challenges students with a distinctive curriculum grounded firmly in both the liberal arts and Christian values. Students are encouraged to explore the tensions and possibilities that exist between Christian faith, Western culture, and global community. The Cultural Perspectives Sequence, as it is called, has been praised by Christian scholars, and the John Templeton foundation has cited ENC as character-building institution. The curriculum provides for a truly educational experience in practical study with its Praxis program, as well, which supports students in finding and completing internships in business, media, government, ministry, and other off-campus learning opportunities.

      ENC also supports a challenging academic environment with unparalleled research opportunities for students. In addition to the rigor of the liberal arts core and the major college departments at Eastern Nazarene College, the Honors Scholar Society was formed in 1936, and provides several opportunities for research and intellectual engagement outside of the general curriculum, as well as making special language, study abroad, and increased academic requirements of its members. These students take advantage of ENC’s close connections with the Research Experiences for Undergraduates program at Harvard University, with The Historical Society at Boston University, and various other academic and research organizations across the U.S.

      Academic Programs Majors, minors, and concentrations in: accounting, Biblical languages, Biblical literature, biochemistry, biology, business, chemistry, chemistry & business, child & adolescent developmental psychology, Christian ministry, clinical & research psychology, communication arts, computer engineering, computer science, contemporary music & recording, criminal justice, criminal justice & social relations psychology, early childhood education, electrical engineering, elementary education, engineering, English, environmental science, environmental studies, forensic science, general science, government, health science, history, history education, instrumental music performance, journalism, liberal arts, literature, management, marketing, mathematics, middle school education, missions, movement arts, music & business, music & communication arts, music business, music composition, music education, music history, music ministry, music performance, music recording, music theory, philosophy, physical education, physics, pre-dentistry, pre-law, pre-medicine, pre-nursing, pre-occupational therapy, pre-pharmacy, pre-physical therapy, pre-veterinary science, religion, secondary education, social relations psychology, social welfare, social work, sociology, special education, sports management, theatre arts, theology & philosophy, visual arts, vocal music performance, writing, and youth ministry.

       VIBRANT COMMUNITIES

      Eastern Nazarene College is an ideally located, small, New England liberal arts college; tucked away in a seaside suburban neighbourhood, the College is perfectly situated less than a mile from the Boston area’s largest beach, half a mile from the nearest Boston subway station, and less than two miles from Boston proper….

       A bay, a beach, Boston, and beyond

      Eastern Nazarene is part of a residential suburban neighbourhood in the seaside city of Quincy, ranked as the second-safest city in Massachusetts and one of Business Week’s best places to raise children. The College campus is also perfectly situated just two miles south of Boston — six miles south of downtown and half a mile from the nearest subway stop — and a quarter-mile from the largest of the Boston Harbor beaches. Rich in over three centuries of American history and known as “the City of Presidents”, Quincy has been home to two presidents of the United States, one president of the Continental Congress, presidents and faculty at Harvard, and numerous mayors of Boston.

      The student population at ENC represents over 30 states, over 30 countries, and over 30 Christian denominations. Over a quarter of the student body represents ethnic minorities, making ENC the one of the most ethnically diverse Christian colleges in the United States. Chapel services take place twice a week, and stretch both the mind and the heart when speakers challenge the entire Eastern Nazarene College community – students, faculty, and staff – to consider varying Christian perspectives on everything from Christian lifestyle and multiculturalism to creation care and social justice issues.

      The College fields eleven NCAA varsity teams and hosts several other club sports, sponsors numerous musical ensembles and concert series year-round, welcomes all students to participate in its celebrated theatrical productions, and invites renowned scholars from universities all over the world – from Harvard and Brown to Exeter and Oxford – to participate in ENC’s outstanding lecture series. Eastern Nazarene hosts everything from national theology conferences to local sporting events, and its perfect park-like setting less than half a mile from Quincy Bay makes it a great place to read a book under a tree or spend a day down at the beach.

      Students who explore beyond the campus in Wollaston Park find themselves taking a ferry from the Fore River in Quincy to Long Wharf in Boston, touring America’s most beloved ballpark, riding on America’s first subway, strolling through America’s oldest public park, attending the Boston Film Festival or a concert at Jordan Hall, shopping along Newbury Street, eating at restaurants in Quincy Market or the North End, and walking the historic Freedom Trail. Not only are all the academic opportunities