BRUNSWICK – Southern New Hampshire University, a private, co-ed college that offered classes at the Brunswick Naval Air Station for 35 years, has opened a new facility in Brunswick.
Located at 10 Tibbetts Drive at Cook’s Corner, the two-story, 15,000-square-foot building includes classroom space, computer lab, student lounge, study room, auditorium and faculty work area. It offers wireless technology, allowing students to connect to the Internet from a wireless laptop anywhere inside the facility.
For the last 35 years, Southern New Hampshire University’s Division of Continuing Education has offered undergraduate and graduate degree programs at the Brunswick Naval Air Station. The Brunswick Center was located on base but was open to both military personnel and civilians.
Security concerns in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks changed all that. Civilians suddenly weren’t allowed on base to go to school.
Southern New Hampshire University kept its offices at the naval air station but was forced to move its classes to Brunswick High School.
The public school was gracious and helpful, said Brunswick Center Director Lucy Moon, but it was difficult to cultivate a campus atmosphere without a campus.
The new building at Tibbets Drive was built with the college in mind. It provides classroom, meeting and office space for the center’s 550 students, with room for expansion. It is located a half mile from the naval air station, allowing military personnel to walk to class.
The college will maintain space at the Brunswick Naval Air Station, offering weekly lunchtime classes to military personnel. But most classes will be held in the new building.
The school offers certificates, undergraduate and graduate degrees, including bachelor’s degrees in psychology, English and business administration and master’s degrees in organizational leadership and business education.
About 66 percent of the Brunswick Center’s undergraduates are in the military. About 33 percent of its graduate students are in the military.
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