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Westminster Hall
The main administrative office building, Westminster Hall was built in 1911 and renovated in 1973-74. Located in this building are five classrooms, faculty offices, the Offices of Academic Affairs (Dean of Faculty and Vice President, Associate Dean of Faculty, Registrar, Director of Institutional Research), the Dean of Student Life, the Office of Business Affairs, the Learning Opportunities Center, the Student Counseling and Health Services Center, the Office of International and Off-Campus Programs, the College Chaplain, and the L.M. and Virginia Atchinson Computer Center. |
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Coulter Science Center
Extensively renovated and expanded, this building showcases some of the highlights in Wallace Coulter’s illustrious career. The building houses the 200-seat Schuessler Humphreys Amphitheater; classrooms; laboratory facilities for biology, chemistry, environmental studies, psychology and physics and faculty offices for these disciplines as well as mathematical sciences.
The Departments of Chemistry and Physics share a Fourier transform infrared Spectrophotometer, visible grating spectrometer and a Perkin-Elmer infrared spectrophotometer for research in atomic and molecular spectroscopy. These and other instruments, including a helium-neon laser, are located in the optics and spectroscopy laboratory. The biology laboratories have been equipped with new microscopes and models. |
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Newnham Hall (formerly the Hall of Science)
Named for the late Eugene Newnham ’32, this building is the oldest on campus. Built in 1901, the structure has been extensively remodeled and affords space for general classrooms and faculty offices in foreign languages, sociology, anthropology, classics. and the Office of Career Planning and Placement. |
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Washington West House
Named for a native of St. Louis whose estate provided funds for construction as a presidential residence in 1906-07, this building was remodeled to accommodate the Offices of the President, College Relations and Alumni and Parent Relations. |
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Westminster Alumni Center
Purchased in 1991 and remodeled in 2000, this building accommodates the Office of Development. An Alumni Lounge is available in the building for meetings and a place to relax while visiting campus. On display are two Swope Chapel Windows and a tribute to the Westminster men who served in WWII. |
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Reeves Memorial Library
Reeves Memorial Library houses an excellent collection of book, periodical and electronic resources. The library also provides access to nearly 14 million volumes of the 50 Missouri colleges and universities that participate in a statewide library consortium called MOBIUS. The MOBIUS catalog can be searched over the Internet even when the library is closed. Patrons can place their own requests for items they want. Materials sent through the MOBIUS delivery system arrive within two or three days. The Reeves Library on-site collection exceeds 100,000 volumes. These materials are listed in Arthur, an online catalog, which includes the holdings of five local academic libraries and is a part of the MOBIUS system. In addition to books, the library subscribes to 400 periodicals in paper and provides access to the full-text of articles from more than 3,000 periodicals through online databases. The collection also includes multimedia materials--informational and music compact discs, videotapes and slides.
The Hazel Wing of Reeves Library houses two multimedia classrooms and four campus computer labs including the Multimedia Language and Learning Lab. This wing provides enhanced computing and multimedia facilities for students and staff, including scanning, video-editing and satellite downlink capabilities. Computer labs in the Hazel Wing are available for extended hours after the library closes. |
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Hunter Activity Center
Opened for use in the fall of 1989, the Hunter Activity Center is a 29,000 square-foot facility, providing athletic, recreational and social space. There is a gymnasium with a suspended jogging track, a racquetball court, a cardiovascular work-out, a weight room, shower and dressing room facilities, the Johnson College Inn, a television lounge, a game room, a music room, the Student Government Association Office, the student publications office and dark room, student mailboxes, the Hermann Lounge, conference rooms and the Office of the Director of Student Activities and Leadership Development. |
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Westminster Gymnasium
Built in 1928, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark in 1969 (the building was the site of Sir Winston Churchill’s speech in 1946), the gymnasium accommodates basketball, volleyball and swimming. Locker rooms are located on the ground floor. |
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Wetterau Center for Field Sports
Completed in the fall of 1996, Wetterau Center houses a weight room as well as offices, home and visitor dressing rooms and an athletic training room for varsity athletics. |
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Elizabeth T. Champ Auditorium
This structure, built in 1966, seats 1,400 persons for concerts, lectures, dramatic productions, movies and other college events such as Commencement. The lower level houses the bookstore, an audio-visual classroom and the Office of Enrollment Services. |
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Kent and Judith Mueller Student Center
Completed in the spring of 2001, this building is a 8,500 square foot facility and houses a maximum capacity of approximately 300. This facility was constructed to handle a wide variety of student activities, including social events, small theatre productions, dances, baseball and softball practice. |
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