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  1. Campus Tour

    Take a virtual tour to learn more about our beautiful campus

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    1. Welcome!

      Welcome to Mansfield University! Thank you for joining us on this virtual tour of campus.
       
      Mansfield University is known for its academic quality, close-knit community, and beautiful setting. Because of our small size, our students get to know their professors and peers on a personal level, building relationships that will last throughout their lives and careers.
       
      Mansfield is the kind of campus where students find their voice, and our faculty and staff equip them with the tools necessary to follow their greatest passions. Our undergraduates gain real-world experience, conduct research projects alongside faculty mentors, travel and study abroad, and develop lifelong learning skills.
       
      When students chose Mansfield University, they choose to dream big!

    2. South Hall Mall

      South Hall Mall is the center of campus where you'll find students and faculty passing through to their next class, classmates studying, your friends hanging out, and student groups offering a variety of activities. Located just outside of Manser Dining Hall, it's the perfect place to take your lunch to go and enjoy the sun and scenery.

    3. North Hall

      Built in 1874, the majestic Victorian-era North Hall has symbolized the spirit of Mansfield University for more than a century. Located in the heart of the campus, it originally housed the women's dormitory and today serves as one of the most elegant libraries in the United States. The center of the interior is highlighted by a six-story atrium that features a skylight at the top and the Mansfield University seal on the first floor.

       

      In addition to library services, North Hall is home to administrative offices, the President's office, a Virtual Reality lab, the Greek Lounge, and plenty of study and research space.

    4. Kelchner Fitness Center

      Kelchner Fitness Center is Mansfield University’s service campus recreation center.  The fitness center has 4 racquetball courts, 3 multipurpose basketball courts, a 30 foot high climbing wall, a state of the art fitness room and a separate free weight room.

       

      Fitness Center

    5. Sycamore Hall

      Thoughtful building design incorporates a living-learning opportunity, promoting student academic success. Individual floors provide group project rooms and study lounges, space utilized by academic tutors, counselors, and study sessions for individual or team projects. Ground floor access to both buildings' multipurpose rooms affords abundant opportunity for lectures, performances, exhibits, or social functions.

       

      Student Living

    6. Manser Dining Hall

      Upper Manser

      The all-you-care-to-eat restaurant on campus. Students can choose from made-to-order pasta dishes, and burritos, freshly made pizzas and our new item--noodle or grain bowls. Specials change daily to provide a variety of choices. Check out our events page for festive and themed meals. Upper Manser, located on the second floor of Manser Hall, offers a unique selection of menu options with an emphasis on quality, freshness and variety. 

      • Delicious, hot, home-style entrées
      • Freshly baked pizza
      • Pasta or burritos, to order
      • Self-serve grain or noodle bowls
      • Ice cream and freshly baked desserts
      • Homemade soups, self-serve salad bar
      • Tasty, appealing options for vegans, vegetarians and other special diets 
      • Aspretto coffee and Numi tea
      • An emphasis on buying local whenever possible
      Accepting meal plans, flex, cash and meals

      Upper Manser is available to all Students, Faculty, Staff, and Administration. So don't worry if you're not on a meal plan, you can pay by flex or cash.

       

      Lower Manser

      The Grille at Lower Manser

      We begin with wholesome ingredients and prepare them right in front of you. Your choices here are simple: Fresh lean beef, breast of chicken, or a black bean burger. We grill or charbroil, toast the bun, then pile it high with your choice of basic fresh veggies, pickles and spreads. Nothing fancy - just the way food should be served.

       

      SubConnection

      Choose the type of bread and if you want a 6 inch or 12 inch. We also have wraps. You can build your own or select one of our specials. We have a variety of meats, cheeses, veggies and dressings to choose from.

       

    7. The Hut

      The Hut is an Arts & Entertainment venue which offers live music, dance parties, live comedy, magic, theater, performing arts, trivia nights, open mic nights, movies, TV sports events, and more.

    8. Grant Science Center

      The Mansfield University Chemistry & Physics Department is housed in Grant Science Center. This newly renovated building features state-of-the-art equipment, laboratories, and classrooms. These modern facilities are used by students and faculty in a variety of experiments and research projects. The Grant Science Center also features a greenhouse and a Spitz planetarium. In addition to the usual laboratory equipment and glassware, the department has a large assortment of instrumentation available for student use.

       

      The previous building was demolished in the late 1940s and replaced by the eastern wing of the present structure. It was originally called Case Hall. In 1967, the building was formally dedicated to Herbert Grant.

       

      Additions to Grant Science Center, including the western wing, were completed in 1970. That project added a 100-seat planetarium, later named for George B. Strait. It also more than doubled the available space for science instruction.

       

    9. Butler Music Center

      Named for the composer of Mansfield's Alma Mater, the Will George Butler Center opened in 1969 to meet the special needs of the Music Department. Butler features 55 practice rooms, two large rehearsal rooms, three classrooms, a 16-station Music Mac Lab, 16-station class piano lab, 19 faculty teaching studios, and a state-of-the-art recording studio.

       

      The Music Department holds an ample supply of instruments available for student use. Instrumental and choral ensemble libraries are well-stocked with music collected for well over a century.

       

      Most indoor musical performances are held in a 550-seat theatre, which is named for Mrs. Grace Steadman, long-time chair of the music department. The marching band, meanwhile, rehearses on a field named for John Myers, long-time director of that band.

       

      State-of-the-art music technology facilities are available to all students at Mansfield, regardless of their major. Students can record, edit, transform, mix, and master their own music using industry-standard professional tools.

       

      A 16-workstation music lab provides access to software and hardware for music production, editing, mixing, notation, and more. The HD recording studio features a 24-input Pro Tools HD system with a fully automated mixing console.

       

      Music Lab

      The music lab is the main classroom for courses in music technology at Mansfield. Individual workstations give students hands-on opportunities in class and a place to work on projects during open lab hours. Each iMac workstation features a rich set of professional software for audio recording and editing, effects processing, synthesis, MIDI sequencing, music notation & arranging, and multimedia.

       

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          • the 16-station Music Mac Lab
          • the 16-station class piano lab
          • the 19 faculty teaching studios
          • the state-of-the-art recording studio

    10. Allen Hall

        Allen Hall contains art studios for painting, sculpture, computer graphics and photography, and the Communications department is served by a television studio, three instructional classrooms, two audio recording studios, and editing rooms. Rounding out the building's program are a large lecture hall that seats 150, the Loomis Art Gallery, and 21 offices.

      • Art Department
      • Communication Department

    11. Alumni Hall Student Center

    12. Straughn Auditorium

      Straughn Hall is named for William Ringgold Straughn, who holds the distinction of being the last principal of Mansfield Normal School and the first president of Mansfield State Teachers College. Built in 1931 and completely renovated in 2016, Straughn Hall is the 2nd oldest building on campus and has a rich artistic, academic and social history in the life of Mansfield University.  The hall currently serves as the performance space for campus musical theatre and opera performances.  It also is a center for a variety of campus events including convocation, guest speakers, concerts, and ceremonies, and is a favorite rental space for local arts groups and businesses.

       

      The auditorium features a classic and beautifully restored art deco-inspired design.  It has 725 seats on the main floor and 225 in the balcony.  The building has a full scenery workshop, dressing rooms, a pit orchestra, make-up room, and state of the art theatrical technology.

       

      Opera & Musical Theatre

    13. Elliott Hall

    14. Thank you!

      Thank you for learning more about Mansfield University's campus!
       
      If you can see yourself dreaming big at Mansfield, please visit Admissions to learn more.
       
      If you're ready to apply, please visit our Application page.