Learning Facilities

Springfield College boasts top-notch facilities that combine function with artistry, while maintaining the historic beauty of the campus. Check out some of our featured learning spaces below. To learn more about all of our facilities, visit our interactive map or virtual tour.

Art, Design, and Performance Facilities

The Department of Visual and Performing Arts at Springfield College offers students classes and personal mentoring from professional artists, internships for all majors, beautiful studios, and state-of-the-art technology.

Health Sciences Center

The Springfield College Health Sciences Center facilitates, expands on, and celebrates interprofessional education. Already, the Center is building on the success of the School of Health Sciences and ensures its standing as the leading choice for the finest students, faculty, and staff.

Inside the four floors of the 86,000-square-foot building, simulation, anatomy, pediatrics lab, and makerspace environments enhance interdisciplinary collaboration as does expanded meeting space. All of these environments bring together groups of students, faculty, and community members who are engaging in experiences, such as grand rounds, health care think tanks, and continuing education seminars.

Athletic training students have a discussion about a client in the athletic training facility.

An athletic training student assesses a client's leg as other students look on

Two athletic training students perform treatment on a student-athlete's arm in the Athletic Training Facility

Two athletic training students provide treatment on the feet of a student-athlete.

Three athletic training students consult with a client in the athletic training facility

An athletic training student performs treatment on a client's back int he athletic training facility

Athletic training faculty and students in the athletic training facilities at Springfield College on December 6, 2022.

Springfield College Athletic Training Clinic rehab room student demonstration

Athletic Training and Rehabilitation Facility

The athletic training and rehabilitation facility provide students and faculty with interactive and experiential learning environments, as well as dedicated research space for the study of all aspects of wellness and human performance. The athletic training room offers student-athletes access to athletic health care at the highest level.

A student performs testing on another student who is riding a stationery bike.

Student and faculty adjust the computer tracking system as a participant runs on the treadmill.

A Bod Pod is used to measure a person’s weight and volume to determine body density and calculate one’s percentage of body fat — BodPod

Velotron Cycle Ergometer in use during a cardiac performance test inside the Springfield College Human Performance Lab — Velotron Cycle Ergometer

Hands using Delsys EMG system — Delsys EMG System

Students using Delsys EMG system — Delsys EMG System

PortaLite MKII Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS)

Female student jumping during Force Plate Testing — Force Plate Testing

Springfield College exercise physiology graduate student Christopher Mette, left, and Professor of Exercise Science Samuel A.E. Headley work with diagnostic ultrasound machine — Diagnostic Ultrasound

Human Performance Center

The Human Performance Center at Springfield College provides an exciting space for students and faculty to conduct research, explore innovation, conduct fitness and health testing, and make a difference in wellness and performance, among many other areas.

Strength and Conditioning Facility

Our Strength and Conditioning Facility provides students with a top-notch environment to enhance their educational experience. Apply your knowledge from the classroom with equipment that will prepare you for your career.

Soccer field aerial view at Springfield College — Athletic Fields

Tennis courts at Springfield College — Tennis Courts

six-lane, 50-meter pool, with two one-meter and two three-meter diving board — Linkletter Natatorium

six-lane running track, four multipurpose courts — Field House

PE students in blake arena — Blake Arena

Aerial shot of the athletic fields at Springfield College — Athletic Fields

Springfield College students participate in an Adapted Physical Education class in Dana Gymnasium on February 14, 2024. — Dana Gymnasium

Springfield College students dance during a ballet class in one of the college’s dance studios on November 12, 2024. — Dance Studio

Springfield College students, faculty and staff participate in Outdoor Pursuits at East Campus on Tuesday, May 14, 2024. — East Campus

Physical Education Facilities

Unlike many competitors, we have a diverse array of gymnasiums and facilities that are used for teaching and learning. In all of these spaces, students engage in hands-on experience through in-class instruction and peer teaching. Gaining experience in a variety of environments is crucial as students prepare for practicum and careers in physical education and athletics.

East Campus

The numbers say it all for this active part of Springfield College: 57 acres of forest ecosystem, 30 high and low elements on our challenge course, one mile of shoreline on Watershops Pond, as well as numerous adventure-based programs and curriculum offered here. From restful retreats to team-building challenges, thousands of students, faculty, staff, and members of the community have taken advantage of all the East Campus has to offer. On the property is our 4,400-square-foot East Campus Outdoor Learning Center; a large kitchen, several meeting spaces, and seven fireplaces provide for any number of options for use.

Weiser Hall

Creativity flows in this building, which houses the Department of Literature, Writing, and Journalism where students focus on writing from the classics to sports journalism. Faculty offices and classrooms fill up the three floors.

Harold C. Smith Learning Commons

The former Babson Library has been transformed into a state-of-the-art, academic center of the campus. Students, faculty, staff, and members of the local community can use the variety of spaces for study and research on all four floors of the building. The services offered are vast—from the Academic Success Center, to Information Technology Services, to the always helpful Library Services staff. The Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship staff provides faculty with a wide array of workshops and trainings to enhance their pedagogy and leadership skills.

Locklin Hall

Locklin is home to faculty offices and classrooms for several different academic programs, including health sciences, business management, counseling, human services, and psychology. The lower level of this building is where the campus post office and print shop are located.

Schoo-Bemis Science Center

Students interested in careers in math, physics, and computer science do much of their learning in classrooms and laboratories in this building.

Fuller Arts Center/Appleton Auditorium

From student-led plays to musical shows to films to academic lectures and award presentations, this facility is a versatile space for entertaining and educational events year round. It features a 300-seat auditorium with a computerized stage lighting system, sound system, and acoustical wall panels.

Child Development Center

Located at 715 Wilbraham Road, just a mile from the main campus, the center staff of teachers offer cutting-edge curriculum and a stimulating environment for toddler through preK students to learn, grow, and thrive.

William Blizard Gallery

The William Blizard Gallery is the primary art gallery of Springfield College. It is dedicated to showcasing the work of undergraduate and graduate students in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts as well as professional artists from the local community and beyond. The Gallery aims to be a creative community space which supports experimental work in the arts and fosters dialogue and programming in arts and culture.