Student Life
No. 74-92
Our campus is a college student’s natural habitat.
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Irion Hall, home of the music department, features fine rehearsal and performance spaces and Buik Recital Hall, a cozy spot for concerts and recitals.
The Grounds are a lesson in themselves. The 48-acre campus is an o≈cial arboretum—an outdoor museum of trees—with more than 700 diΩerent plant species.
Daniels Hall is open to students 24 hours a day. It’s home to pc, Mac, mainframe, graphics, robotics, and cartography laboratories. It even has a weather station.
Hammerschmidt Chapel anchors the west end of the College Mall. It hosts frequent concerts, our annual Jazz Festival, and a terrific program of speakers and performers.
Circle Hall is a state-of-theart academic building. Among other things, it’s home to the Center for Professional Excellence.
Old Main, built in 1878, is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. The inscriptions outside are in German. Inside you’ll find studios of the art department.
The Gretsch Music Recording Studio, a digital facility with 24 tracks, is one of the most sophisticated college studios in the Midwest.
The Speech-LanguageHearing Clinic is an excellent facility where student clinicians practice their skills and treat actual patients from the surrounding community.
The Schaible Science Center has specialized laboratories and equipment, and is the home of Illinois Hall, a technologically sophisticated lecture facility.