The Jacobson Center for Writing, Teaching and Learning provides all students tutorial services and help in writing, mathematics and study skills. The center can be particularly useful for those whose first language is not English.

The Quantitative Learning Center offers tutoring, workshops, and class study sessions in support of students doing quantitative work across the curriculum.

The International Students Organization (ISO) is an active cultural group that holds weekly meetings for friendship and support. The ISO sponsors films, lectures, trips, dances and special events. Each fall, ISO presents a cultural extravaganza for the entire campus community, showcasing food from many nations and encouraging students with international citizenships to share their traditions.

The college offers kosher and halal meals as a dining option. Open for lunch and dinner Monday through Friday and one meal on Sunday, the kosher-halal kitchen serves kosher meals along with traditional fare. The dining room is pork-free and meals with red meat are supplemented by halal meat that meets the highest standards of Muslim dietary laws.

Religious services in the Jewish, Buddhist, Protestant and Catholic traditions are held weekly at Smith. Hindu and Muslim student organizations also sponsor gatherings on campus and in nearby towns for worship and special religious festivals.

If you ever long for a familiar taste of home, try one of Northampton’s many ethnic restaurants. Italian, Mexican, Japanese, Indian, Chinese, Thai, Tibetan, Caribbean and Korean restaurants are all easily accessible from Smith by free bus or on foot. And Northampton’s cinemas show films from around the world.