Meeting spaces
Deering Common Community Center: The lounge/great room is a spacious room with comfortable chairs and couches, and a view of the ocean. The lounge is adjoined by the Deering porch overlooking Frenchman Bay. The leadership room, group-study room, and meditation rooms are on the second-floor, and perfect for small meetings or workshops.
Thomas S. Gates, Jr. Community Center: Regularly used for lectures, theatrical productions, music and dance performances, and large meetings or workshops. The hall has a stage with optional podium, ample seating on the main floor and balcony, a lighting and sound booth (AV services can be arranged through COA), and digital projector with screen. Classroom capacity—79; lecture capacity—211.
McCormick Lecture Hall: There is tiered seating with a digital projector and screen, audio, whiteboards, and chalkboards. Lecture capacity—55.
Katherine W. Davis Residence Village: The Eliot Study Space is a bright and versatile room with dry erase boards, couches, window seats and space for ample classroom or lecture-style seating. The Cushman Media Center is a large, comfortable lounge with couches and technology to accommodate media needs.
The Turrets: The Leslie C. Brewer Great Hall is used for social gatherings with the adjoining seaside porch. The Gower Room This ground-floor classroom has access to the Turrets porch overlooking Frenchman Bay. There is a digital projector with screen, overhead projector, audio speakers, and whiteboards. Classroom capacity—26; lecture capacity—69. The Putnam Room A wood paneled, ground-floor classroom has access to the Turrets porch overlooking Frenchman Bay. There is a digital overhead projector with screen, audio speakers, and chalkboards. Classroom capacity—20; lecture capacity—53.
Housing
COA’s on-campus residences are a mix of former seaside estates and newer houses built by the college to encourage community living and meet high environmental standards.
Learn more about our six on-campus housing options.
Dining
Our kitchen staff is accustomed to working with a variety of dietary restrictions and allergies, easily accommodating our visiting diners. Vegetarian and vegan options are standard, and the meat and seafood we serve is humanely raised and sustainably sourced.
“Last summer, an anesthesiologist from Boston, a tech teacher from LA, a graphic artist from Manhattan, a high-ranking UN official and a former nurse from Milwaukee were just five of the 50 participants who came together at the College of the Atlantic in August for a week-long jazz immersion workshop. “It’s an opportunity for adults to pursue their passion and nurture their soul in settings as inspiring as our faculty,” says SMJ Executive Director, Alice Schiller. SMJ is directed by virtuoso bassist Nilson Matta who has recorded and toured with Yo Yo Ma, Joe Henderson, Joao Bosco. “It’s about FUN, camaraderie, sharing our passion for the music.”