Sweet Briar CollegeInformation: Services and Facilities



















Sweet Briar College - Services and Facilities

Overview - Services & Facilities - Campus Life - Extracurriculars

Address:
134 Chapel Road
Sweet Briar, VA 24595

Website: http://www.sbc.edu
Email: admissions@sbc.edu

Student Services

Basic Services Offered: nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service, health insurance
Remedial Services Offered: N/A
Counseling Services Offered: career, personal, academic, psychological, religious

Careers

Career Services Offered: on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training

Students That Enter the Job Market...

Within 6 Months of Graduation: N/A
Within 1 Year of Graduation: N/A
Within 2 Years of Graduation: N/A
Firms that Hire Most Graduates: Ernst and Young, Various school districts around the country, Peace Corps, Teaching in Korea - Korean Embassy, Teach for America, Teaching in China, CNA Corporation, SBC Admissions, New York Life, Arlington County, Virginia, US Department of State, AFLAC,

Library

Does the school have a library on campus? Yes
Is it a member of a library consortia? Yes
Number of books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents: 257,815
Number of current serial subscriptions: 42,813
Number of microforms: 461,668
Number of audiovisuals:
Number of ebooks: 49,713
Other library facilities: Sweet Briar College offers three other libraries, the Junius P. Fishburn Music Library, the Wick (closed stack) Library, and the Martin C. Shallenberger Book Arts Library. These libraries, combined with the Mary Helen Cochran Library, provide students with one of the largest private college libraries in Virginia.

Museums or other Special Academic Buildings on Campus:Students studying science use state-of-the-art equipment that enhances faculty-student collaborative research; biology equipment includes a scanning electron microscope with digital imaging system, equipment for plant and animal tissue culture, photomicrography, ultracentrifugation, electrophoresis, DNA synthesizer, and advanced video production facilities; chemistry students have access to two nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers (NMR; 400 MHz and 60 MHz), an atomic absorption spectrometer (AAS), a diode array UV/Vis spectrometer, a Fourier transform-infrared spectrometer (FT-IR), a modular LASER laboratory, a gas chromatograph/mass spectrograph (GC/MS), a high-pressure liquid chromatograph (HPLC), and a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC); Physics equipment includes a scanning tunneling microscope, an X-ray crystallography system, a 12? reflector telescope housed in an observatory, Linux workstations dedicated to radio astronomy research, a laser system (Q-switched Nd:YAG) with optical parametric oscillator, and holographic instrumentation; mathematics facilities include a calculus computer lab. Murchison Lane Auditorium in the Babcock Fine Arts Center; Pannell Art Gallery with touring exhibitions in Babcock and Benedict; Sweet Briar Museum which houses artifacts from the College's founders and history; and The Florence Elston Inn and Conference Center provides a 10,000 square foot conference facility and deluxe accommodations.

Technology

Is a computer course required? No
Is a computer required? No
Number of available computers for all students: 70
Available internet access? Yes
Available email accounts? Yes
Computers available in: computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center

Number of available wired connections available in...

The Library (not including computer labs): N/A
Classrooms: N/A
Labs: N/A
Other areas: N/A

Is there a wireless network? Yes
Where is wireless available?
Wireless simultaneous connection capacity: N/A

Recommended operating system: N/A
Percentage of hosting units owned by college for internet access: 99%
Are students permitted to have webpages? Yes
Is there online registration? Yes

Safety

Campus Safety Services Offered:24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, student patrols, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)




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