The Elmhurst Experience
Memorial Hall houses the highly respected Deicke Center for Nursing Education. Built in 1921, the classic building began life as the College library.
R.A. Faganel Hall, the physical education center, is home to the kinesiology department and includes a biomechanics testing laboratory.
The Mill Theatre presents a full season of productions each year, including a festival of plays directed by students.
The Tyrrell Fitness Center has more than 6,000 square feet of weight training and physical fitness equipment.
Goebel Hall houses the admission o≈ce, the bookstore and the academic advising o≈ce. It’s a one-stop shop with everything you need to make enrollment easy.
The Bates Observatory makes the heavens infinitely accessible to students. You can see not just the rings of Saturn but also the splits between the rings.
The Accelerator ArtSpace is unique: a student-run art gallery equipped with an enormous proton accelerator. It’s a cool-looking remnant of the 1950s, when the same space served as a physics lab.
Kranz Forum, on the eastern edge of campus, is a popular site for classes on sunny days. A bronze monument to the renowned theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, Class of 1910, presides.
The Frick Center is the college union. It includes the Founders Lounge; the Bluejays’ Roost, a snack bar and entertainment center; and the Brune Patio, an outdoor dining terrace.
Alumni Circle features a pretty landscape of flowers, benches and brick pavers around a fountain. It is a popular meeting spot for students and faculty.
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