About Salem State

Office of the President

If this is your first visit to Salem State’s website, welcome! No matter your interest, I’m confident you’ll find the information you need within its pages.

If you think you might like to become a part of our vibrant and diverse community of learners as a student or faculty member, I encourage you to browse not only through our undergraduate and graduate academic programs, but through our athletics, residence life, arts, and community engagement pages. By so doing, you’ll get a more complete picture of what campus life and learning is all about at Salem State.

If you’re the parent of a student—or the parent of a potential student—you’ll find all the information you need on what matters most to parents: financial aid, the admission process, housing, and academic services, among others.

If you’re an alumnus/a or friend of the college, you’ll find within this website all the tools you require to remain connected and involved, not only with the college, but with others whose passion for Salem State mirrors your own. Take a trip abroad with our alumni association, hear nationally and internationally renowned speakers through our Salem State College Series, indulge an interest by taking a course, or make a pledge to support our students and programs through a donation.

Your interest in Salem State has brought you to our website. Please take the time to explore it further. I invite you to learn more about our community, and the ways we are making differences in the lives of our students, in the future of regional business through work force development and in the quality of our neighborhoods through civic engagement initiatives. 

Visit our campus if you can. When you do, we believe you’ll begin to understand what generations of students, alumni, faculty, and staff have come to appreciate about Salem State: it is a place that welcomes learners, doers and scholars. It is a place that welcomes those who wish to make a difference in the world. We hope someday to welcome you.

Sincerely,

Patricia Maguire Meservey
President