welcome to the McDougal Graduate Student Center

The McDougal Center has services and facilities designed specifically for graduate students and postdocs. Created in 1997 through a generous gift from Alfred McDougal '53 and his wife Nancy Lauter, its mission extends beyond the walls of HGS throughout Yale and New Haven. The Center is a great physical space, with the neo-gothic Common Room and Blue Dog Café, meeting rooms, a children’s play area & family resource room, a computer cluster, the Resource Library, the Box Office, and offices for the GSA, McDougal staff and students Fellows.

The staff and Fellows of Career Services, Student Life and the Teaching Center organize various events and programs to foster student life and professional development throughout the Graduate School community. See the web calendars and email notes and get involved!

123 HGS • 432-BLUE • email

Center Hours-Summer 2008 (6-2 to 8-22)
8:30a-4:45 Mon, Thurs, Fri
8:30am-10pm Tues, Wed
Closed weekends

Blue Dog Cafe Hours *
Closed for Summer until Sept 2008

*reduced hours during break & recess periods

For your academic needs there are classes, libraries and labs. For everything else, there's the McDougal Center.