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Paul Smith’s ľ¹Ï´«Ã½ Fun FactsÌý

• Home to the only sawmill in the US that is completely run and operated by students with faculty supervision.

• 50+ professors have expertise in fields ranging from Antarctic field research to running kitchens in four-star resorts.

• Paul Smith’s son, Phelps Smith, wrote in his will before he passed that the former hotel be turned into an institution and forever be known as Paul Smith’s ľ¹Ï´«Ã½ of Arts and Science.

• Paul Smith’s ľ¹Ï´«Ã½ was originally the first wilderness resort in the Adirondacks.

• You can canoe/kayak from campus to the Statue of Liberty.Ìý

• Paul Smith’s ľ¹Ï´«Ã½ is the only 4-year college in the Adirondacks.Ìý

• Paul Smith’s Hotel was visited by former presidents Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge and celebrity P.T. Barnum.Ìý

• Our Woodsmen’s team has been featured on Disney+ and National Geographic.Ìý

• In January 2023, Paul Smith’s ľ¹Ï´«Ã½ housed 500 athletes for the 2023 FISU World University Games in Lake Placid. The event hosted 2,500 athletes from more than 600 universities in 50 countries.Ìý

• Paul Smith’s ľ¹Ï´«Ã½ has 14,200 acres of land, the same size as Manhattan.

• The forestry cabin was constructed by students.Ìý

• The Leaning Pine was chopped down by two students whose axes were not sharp enough and received a bad grade. The tree was their way to retaliate.Ìý

• Essex and Franklin dorms were built for housing for the 1980 Winter Olympics. Ìý

• We still have the original stagecoach from when the college was a resort in the 19th century.

• We have our own sugar bush with more than 2,000 taps that students tap during the Maple Class.

• We have two draft horses—Dana and Dodge.

• Our forestry department has a partnership with Davey Tree Services.

• Our woodsmen’s team is sponsored by Stihl.