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Paul Smith's College
Paul Smith's College is a private college in the hamlet/village of Paul Smiths, in the town of Brighton, Franklin County, New York, in the Adirondack Mountains.
Established in 1946, Paul Smith's College offers academic degrees of Associate, Bachelor of Arts, and Master of Arts. Its 14,000-acre campus is one of the largest college campuses in the world. As of 2023, approximately 600 students attend each year.
Paul Smith's College was founded through a bequest of Phelps Smith, son of Paul Smith's Hotel founder Apollos ("Paul") Smith (1825–1912). Along with the money to start the college, Phelps also left more than an additional bequest of 20,000 acres (8,100 ha) of land. Paul Smith's is located northwest of Saranac Lake, in the hamlet of Paul Smiths in the Town of Brighton, in Franklin County, New York. Although the donation of money and surrounding land for the college was made in 1937, the college would not officially open until nine years later in 1946, when the first class of 150 students entered to study forestry and resort management.
In 2015, Joan H. Mosher Weill, wife of Sanford I. "Sandy" Weill, a banker, financier, philanthropist and chairman of Citicorp bank in New York City, offered a $20 million donation on the condition that the institution change its name to Joan Weill-Paul Smith's College. Ms. Weill was a former trustee of the college. This change however would have violated Phelps Smith's founding bequest, which required that the school be "forever known" as Paul Smith's College of Arts and Sciences. Justice John T. Ellis of the New York State Supreme Court later ruled that the college could not be renamed, and the proposed donation was withdrawn.
In 2023, the college proposed a merger with the Fedcap Rehabilitation Services (Fedcap), a Manhattan-based non-profit in New York City that provides vocational education to those who have disabilities that affect their ability to find employment, but that proposal was later shelved.
In 2024, the dining hall at Paul Smith's College was renamed Morehouse Hall in honor of Stephen Warren Morehouse (1840–1882), an early employee of the Paul Smith's Hotel and American Civil War (1861–1865) veteran of the Union Army who served in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment of some of the first Black/African American soldiers.
Classroom space is primarily located at Pickett Hall, Cantwell Hall, and Freer Science Hall. Auxiliary areas include The Joan Weill Adirondack Library, the campus' sawmill, the Saunders Sports Complex, the Joan Weill Student Center and the Paul Smith's College VIC. Two on-campus restaurants, the Ganzi: Palm Training Restaurant and the A.P. Smith's Bakery, are staffed by students and open to the public.
Paul Smith's Fall 2021 acceptance rate was 75%. In the 2024 rankings for the Regional Colleges North category by U.S. News & World Report, the college was ranked 25 out of 52 schools.
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Paul Smith's College
Paul Smith's College is a private college in the hamlet/village of Paul Smiths, in the town of Brighton, Franklin County, New York, in the Adirondack Mountains.
Established in 1946, Paul Smith's College offers academic degrees of Associate, Bachelor of Arts, and Master of Arts. Its 14,000-acre campus is one of the largest college campuses in the world. As of 2023, approximately 600 students attend each year.
Paul Smith's College was founded through a bequest of Phelps Smith, son of Paul Smith's Hotel founder Apollos ("Paul") Smith (1825–1912). Along with the money to start the college, Phelps also left more than an additional bequest of 20,000 acres (8,100 ha) of land. Paul Smith's is located northwest of Saranac Lake, in the hamlet of Paul Smiths in the Town of Brighton, in Franklin County, New York. Although the donation of money and surrounding land for the college was made in 1937, the college would not officially open until nine years later in 1946, when the first class of 150 students entered to study forestry and resort management.
In 2015, Joan H. Mosher Weill, wife of Sanford I. "Sandy" Weill, a banker, financier, philanthropist and chairman of Citicorp bank in New York City, offered a $20 million donation on the condition that the institution change its name to Joan Weill-Paul Smith's College. Ms. Weill was a former trustee of the college. This change however would have violated Phelps Smith's founding bequest, which required that the school be "forever known" as Paul Smith's College of Arts and Sciences. Justice John T. Ellis of the New York State Supreme Court later ruled that the college could not be renamed, and the proposed donation was withdrawn.
In 2023, the college proposed a merger with the Fedcap Rehabilitation Services (Fedcap), a Manhattan-based non-profit in New York City that provides vocational education to those who have disabilities that affect their ability to find employment, but that proposal was later shelved.
In 2024, the dining hall at Paul Smith's College was renamed Morehouse Hall in honor of Stephen Warren Morehouse (1840–1882), an early employee of the Paul Smith's Hotel and American Civil War (1861–1865) veteran of the Union Army who served in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment of some of the first Black/African American soldiers.
Classroom space is primarily located at Pickett Hall, Cantwell Hall, and Freer Science Hall. Auxiliary areas include The Joan Weill Adirondack Library, the campus' sawmill, the Saunders Sports Complex, the Joan Weill Student Center and the Paul Smith's College VIC. Two on-campus restaurants, the Ganzi: Palm Training Restaurant and the A.P. Smith's Bakery, are staffed by students and open to the public.
Paul Smith's Fall 2021 acceptance rate was 75%. In the 2024 rankings for the Regional Colleges North category by U.S. News & World Report, the college was ranked 25 out of 52 schools.