College and Campus

CAMPUS LIFE

The College is located in a newly constructed campus on seven acres in one of the safest, most vibrant and attractive Jewish neighborhoods in New York City, Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. The central vision behind the design, planning and construction of the campus is to create an environment most conducive to realizing the College's goal of academic and Jewish excellence in a personalized environment.

Academic Center

The main academic building on the campus is a four-story 73,000 square foot L-shaped building designed specifically to meet the needs of a high-quality academic center.

The academic center includes twelve state-of-the-art laboratories for biology, chemistry, physics, and computer science, to support strong College programs in the sciences, and sixteen classrooms and seminar rooms. There is a beautiful 4,500 square foot Beis Medrash/Study Hall, a 7,000 square foot library, student and faculty lounges, extensive faculty and administrative offices, and a cafeteria and dining area which seats 250. All rooms are above-ground, with ample windows, and the main walls of the library and Beis Medrash Study Hall are see-through glass, which contributes to an open, airy, and spacious feel for the entire facility.

In addition to the indoor student lounge, a beautifully designed outdoor terrace of over 4,000 square feet is designated for student activities as well.

Dormitory Facilities

Consistent with the overall goals of the College, its dormitory facilities are designed to help foster small communities of learners, and close personal relatinships among students. The dormitories are also designed to promote a comfortable, spacious home-like feel to campus living, in contrast to the stark institutional environment so common on many university campuses.

The dormitories consist of nine newly contructed attached townhouses, each of which contains three spacious apartments with multiple bedrooms, including kitchens, dining rooms and living rooms, and balconies. Students live in beautiful new townhouse apartments, with all the amenities of apartment living, rather than in impersonal, large buildings with many dormitory rooms on each floor.

While the College cafeteria will provide meals through a meal plan, students may also cook for themselves in their own kitchens, or visit one of the many neighborhood restaurants.

Campus Grounds

Most of the seven acres of campus area are dedicated to creating the kind of atmosphere reminiscent of fine college campuses in rural, college towns.

Immediately behind the academic center and dormitories is a spacious, 8,000 square foot college quadrangle. The quadrangle consists of beautifully paved and grassy areas, ample seating and carefully landscaped plantings. Students can walk here, sit and study, congregate, talk with their professors, or just relax.

Past the quadrangle are the College's athletic facilities. These include a baseball diamond, soccer field, two regulation size basketball courts and a tennis court.

A parking lot for 100 vehicles, plus ample on-street parking and dormitory driveways and garages, completes the picture.

STUDENT LIFE

Numerous honor societies, student clubs, publications and volunteer activities already exist at various Touro campuses. The Lander College community will join in these ventures, based in Manhattan and Brooklyn, as well as create their own. The location and facilities of the College make possible ample opportunities for extra-curricular activities and intramural athletics.

KEW GARDENS HILLS

The College is located in Kew Gardens Hills, one of New York's most desirable neighborhoods. Kew Gardens Hills is safe, suburban in its appearance, and yet easily accessible by public transportation to Manhattan's vast cultural, educational and Jewish resources and social opportunities. Thus the College's students get the best of both worlds.

At least as important as the attractiveness and safety of Kew Gardens Hills is its Jewish vitality. As one of New York City's most vibrant Jewish neighborhoods with thousands of Jewish families, it is amply provided with synagogues, bookstores, study halls, lectures and educational programs, and kosher eateries.