theater and two recital halls. It opened in 2004, and was named for former school president Rev. Philip A. Smith O.P., and located at the southeastern corner of campus, on the former site of tennis courts and a former parking lot. The building is the anchor of the new Lower Campus quad. Ruane Center for the Humanities - Home of the History and English departments, the School of Arts and Sciences, the Liberal Arts Honors Program, and the Center for the Study of Humanities, this building serves as the instructional home of PC's signature Development of Western Civilization program and houses multiple lecture halls and small seminar rooms. PC's newest building, it opened in 2013, and was named for PC's former Board of Trustees Chairman Michael A. Ruane and his wife Elizabeth. It his located on the College’s main campus between the Phillips Memorial Library and the Albertus Magnus-Sowa-Hickey science complex. It is connected to Phillips Library by an enclosed walkway. Ryan Center for Business Studies - home of the Providence College School of Business, opened January 2017. Residential halls and apartments There are eight traditional dormitories on campus: Aquinas Hall - Named for Saint Thomas Aquinas, and opened in 1939, Aquinas is the oldest remaining residential dormitory on campus. The building houses a large study hall and, formerly, the campus's main chapel and cafeteria. The building is the centerpiece of the residential quad, and is now co-ed (after being a female-only dorm since 1971, the first year women were admitted). The chapel was recently remodeled into the Center for Catholic and Dominican Studies. McDermott Hall and Meagher Hall- These two twinned dormitories are located west of Aquinas Hall on either side of the residential quad, and were built in 1965. Meagher (pronounced "Marr") is the northern of the two dorms, and was named for the Rev. James Raymond Meagher, O.P., Dominican provincial from 1913–1930, one of the key people in the founding of the college, and is now an all-female dorm after being male for many years. McDermott is the southern of the two dorms, located on the site of the original Guzman Hall (see below), and was named for the Rev. Terrence Stephen McDermott, O.P., Meagher's successor as provincial, and is an all-male dorm. McVinney Hall - Located to the north of Meagher Hall, the ten-story McVinney Hall opened in 1970 and sits atop Smith Hill, affording residents