"MCLA’s location provided me with endless opportunities to gain professional experience in the arts. I had a lot of fun working as a tour guide at MASS MoCA and in the education department at the Berkshire Museum, which allowed me to figure out what kinds of jobs I would like and to meet a lot of interesting arts professionals along the way. MCLA’s small size helped me develop close working relationships with my favorite professors who always took time to advise me on academic and professional concerns. I really felt like they were with me all the way."
Monica Henry ’07 Education Coordinator, Clark Art Institute
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts is undertaking the restoration and rejuvenation of its oldest original building -- Murdock Hall. This landmark building has the most historic significance of any structure on campus. Its construction began in 1894 as the North Adams Normal School, it has been home to thousands of faculty, administrators and students over the years. Murdock holds a myriad of treasured memories for many of our alumni. Since it was originally the only building on campus, it has served virtually every college function, and included a large number of classrooms and offices. It eventually came to be used primarily as an office building with only a few classrooms. Today it is also home to the College TV and radio station, as well as the Beacon student newspaper. This rejuvenation project will restore the building to its original purpose -- that of an academic building housing state-of-the-art classrooms, reading rooms and meeting spaces -- while preserving the treasured historic nature of the structure.
