Campuses

Clairmont

In 1985, Emory acquired forty-two acres nestled between Lullwater and Clairmont Avenue, adjacent to the Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The garden apartments built on this land in the 1950s were used for nearly two more decades to house graduate students. Beginning in 2000, however, Emory demolished the run-down buildings and constructed Clairmont Campus, home to some 1600 undergraduate and graduate students.

In summer, the place enjoys the relaxed atmosphere of a neighborhood swim and tennis club; in the fall, it becomes a bustling college campus.

During the warm months, the vast, sparkling blue pool is the epicenter of the Student Activity and Academic Center (SAAC), the heart of the Clairmont Campus. Residents of the surrounding Atlanta community can buy a membership to the center for access to its facilities, including the pool, gym, a full range of exercise equipment, outdoor basketball and volleyball courts, and the Grille Works cafe.

The SAAC offers a range of activities such as yoga, Pilates, and kickboxing, as well as swimming and tennis classes for all ages. The SAAC has more than 700 memberships, including families from the nearby Druid Hills and Decatur neighborhoods and alumni members.

The SAAC and the residential buildings form the center of the Clairmont Campus, also housing the second location of the Clifton School, which provides childcare for Emory community members; the Hope Lodge for cancer patients and their families; the Mason Guest House for organ transplant recipients and their families; and the Autism Research Center, the state’s most comprehensive provider of services for children and adults with autism.

Source:   Parvin, Paige P., Emory Magazine, Summer 2004