programs within four schools: School of the Arts, Dean R. Sanders '47 School of Business, Joan Phelps Palladino School of Dance, and School of Liberal Arts. Dean also offers part-time continuing studies options to serve students who wish to pursue their education on a part-time basis. Part-time students may also enroll in certificate programs. Athletics Dean College offers 16 athletic teams. The teams are known as the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs participate in Division III of the NCAA in the following sports: Upon transition into the NCAA they accepted membership for all sports into the Great Northeast Athletic Conference except for football which accepted membership into the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference. Dean College also offers intramural sports. Notable alumni Richard Belzer, actor, stand-up comedian, and author Broderick Crawford, Academy Award-winning actor Jack Cronin, professional football player Greg Dickerson, sportscaster Zachary Dixon, professional football player Sage Francis, hip hop recording artist and spoken word poet Austin Barclay Fletcher, founder of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy Eddie Grant, lawyer, professional baseball player, U.S. soldier during World War I, and namesake of Grant Field at Dean College Sid Goldstein and Stanley Goldstein, founders of CVS Pharmacy William D. Green, business executive Walt Handelsman, editorial cartoonist Gabby Hartnett, professional baseball player Doc Hazelton, professional baseball player and college coach Eric Holtz, basketball coach James Gordon Irving, natural-history illustrator Emilie Baker Loring, romance novelist Kodo Nishimura, Japanese Buddhist monk, and makeup artist Baran Süzer, Turkish businessman Thomas Paolino, politician Lucky Whitehead, professional football player Francis H. Woodward, politician Maury Youmans, professional football player See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Norfolk County, Massachusetts References External links Official website Official Athletics website Educational institutions established in 1865 Historic districts in Norfolk County, Massachusetts Two-year colleges in the United States Private universities and colleges in Massachusetts Universities and colleges in Norfolk County, Massachusetts National Register of Historic Places in Norfolk County, Massachusetts Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts NJCAA athletics 1865 establishments in Massachusetts