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  1. The Introductory Tour

    Take the traditional undergraduate tour

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    1. Admission/Financial Aid

      You can find all your favorite admission counselors in the Office of Admission, located at the southwest corner of campus. When you arrive for your personalized campus visit, this will be your starting point. Your admission counselor will talk you through the application process, your interests at Monmouth, and answer any other questions you may have.

      On the lower level you will find the Office of Financial Aid. The staff in financial aid will help you understand how to make a Monmouth education possible. 

    2. Center for Science and Business

      The Center for Science and Business, or CSB, is our newest building on campus and was opened for classes in the Fall of 2013. This means that the science labs, computer labs, and classrooms are state-of-the-art. The P.O.D. (Provisions on Demand) is located on the lower level and offers coffee & snacks throughout the day. There are also plenty of lounge areas to study and relax. 

      Although it is a large building, it is pretty easy to navigate: the 1st floor is P's (Psychology, Physics), the 2nd floor is B's (Business, Biology), and the 3rd floor is C's (Computer Science, Chemistry). The CSB has something for everyone, whether you are going to class, conducting research, grabbing a quick bite to eat, or studying with friends. 

    3. Huff Athletic Center

      Opened in 2003, the 155-thousand square foot, $22 million Huff Athletic Center is the hub of student recreation on campus. Its two levels combine into one sensational sports, recreation, and fitness center. Students will come throughout the day to Trotter Fitness Complex and "get buff in the Huff" or to the fieldhouse to participate in one of the countless intramurals offered at Monmouth. 

      Of course, it is also home to many Fighting Scots athletic teams, including basketball, volleyball, indoor track & field, swimming & diving, and water polo.Whether you come here to exercise or support your favorite team, The Huff is the perfect place for you to blow off some steam. 

    4. Bowers Hall

      A modern, state-of-the-art residence hall designed primarily for upperclass students, Bowers Hall features comfortable suite-style living. Equipped with air-conditioning and elevators, the coed facility’s suites each include two rooms, a furnished living room and a bathroom. The hall offers beautifully furnished lounges on each floor.

    5. Peterson Hall

      Monmouth's newest residence hall, Peterson Hall hosts up to 87 students. Centrally air-conditioned, it is a coed living facility with separate triple/double rooms and single rooms for each gender. Student rooms are arranged in pairs and share a bathroom. Modern loft style furniture, which can also be bunked, is provided. In addition to beautifully decorated lounges, a game room and kitchen, Peterson Hall features a 15-person large-screen theater for viewing movies and live televised events. Laundry facilities are located in the lower level.

    6. Pattee Hall

      A modern residence hall for men and women, Pattee Hall features three floors of suite-style living arranged by quads for each gender. Four students share a bathroom. Comfortable lounges are located on each floor. Laundry facilities are located in the lower level.

    7. Mellinger Center

      This centrally-located academic building has several resources available for MC students. The Mellinger Teaching & Learning Center serves as the English department's home, containing the offices of many of its faculty members. Students have 24-hour access to Mellinger's lower level computer lab, which is perfect for working on an essay at 3 in the morning (trust us, it happens sometimes). Mellinger also offers an awesome service to help you with these essays: The Writing Center. Here, hand-selected current students offer peer-review on any paper you write and ultimately help you develop your writing skills. Make sure to visit the Writing Center at least once during your time at Monmouth!

    8. Hewes Library

      The Hewes Library has three levels, each with plenty of space to study (either privately or in groups). The lower level also has a computer lab, an electronic, a small Native American artifacts exhibit, and many older documents. 

      Students love to grab some coffee & bagels at Einstein Bros. Bagels on the main level. There is indoor and outdoor seating, so it's a great spot to take a break from your busy day. The main level also has the Information Systems office, which is a free service to use if you are having any problems with your laptop or any software you're using for a class. 

      The upper level has two art galleries that display pieces from students & the community; it also has plenty of space to study and relax. 

    9. April Zorn Memorial Stadium

      The Fighting Scots began enjoying a new stadium in 2008. A new synthetic field was laid with extensive drainage systems along with all new stadium infrastructure and seating including press boxes with three broadcast booths, a VIP suite, and private work areas for coaches and game management officials. Anti-sky-glow night-time lighting and a new video scoreboard, which features game graphics and instant replay, were added in 2010.

      The track and field teams have produced at least one All-American every year since 1984 and have won 57 Midwest Conference Indoor and Outdoor team titles since 2000. The eight-lane all-weather 400-meter track plus separate hammer and javelin throw areas are among the recent facilities enhancements.

      Men’s and women’s varsity Lacrosse will be added to the spring agenda for the stadium in 2017.

      With a seating capacity of 2,600, fans needn’t worry about finding a seat to view the action. Many fans bring lawn chairs to watch the action from the picnic terraces which bookend the stadium seating.

    10. Liedman Hall

      A women’s residence hall with two towers, Liedman Hall offers double rooms as well as quads, in which four students share a common study area. A bi-level lounge connects its two wings. Laundry facilities are located in the basement.

    11. Cleland Hall

      A men’s residence opened in 1966, Cleland Hall was designed with a cluster-unit plan that provides residents with extra privacy. Arranged in wings, each floor has a lounge and modern furnishings. Large windows and spacious closets complement each room. Most student rooms are double occupancy, with some single rooms also available. Student rooms are furnished with loftable beds, study desks with chairs and dressers. Laundry facilities are located in the basement.

    12. Winbigler Hall

      Winbigler Hall is an underclassman men's residence hall located next to four other underclassman dorms. Most rooms are double-occupancy, although some singles are available, and each floor has its own lounge. The laundry facilities are located on the basement level. 

    13. Grier Hall

      Completed in 1940, Grier Hall is an elegant Georgian-style residence hall, accommodating approximately 100 women. A comfortable sunken lounge, paneled in handsome knotty pine, is its most distinctive feature. A kitchen adjoins the lounge, and a television lounge is located opposite. Student rooms open into spacious hallways. Most rooms are double occupancy with some single rooms available. Rooms are furnished with closets for each student, bunkable beds, mattress, study desks with chairs, and dressers. A laundry facility is located in the basement.

    14. T.H. McMichael Hall/Bookstore

      Located on the south-east side of the campus, McMichael Hall can accommodate over 100 women. Most rooms are double occupancy. There are a few single rooms in the hall. Each student room has two windows. Floors in the entire hall are carpeted. There is a closet for each student and each room is furnished with bunkable beds, mattress, study desks with chairs, and dressers. Rooms also have an internet connection for two and a shared telephone jack. “McMike” features high ceilings, a lounge on every floor and a personal sink in each room.

      College Book Store
      The college book store is located in the lower level of McMichael Hall. This book store offers campus apparel, course books, and memorabilia.

    15. Stockdale Center

      If you're looking for a sit-down meal, the Stockdale Student Center is the way to go. It is centrally located, so it's easy to get there from any part of campus. Head up the stairs to the main dining hall or walk downstairs to Scotland Yard, a food-court style dining option. The campus convenience store, Scots Market, is also available downstairs for snacks & other small items you need during the day. Scots Market and Scotland Yard are great places to use the Flex Dollars on your student ID. 

      Stockdale is also the hub for student involvement on campus, including offices for the Association for Student Activity Programming (ASAP), the Courier (student newspaper), and many other organizations. If you have an idea for a new student club, come to the Office for Student Involvement and the staff will help you get it up and running.

    16. Wells Theatre

      Wells Theatre is a modern theatre space, complete with computerized lighting control, a counterweight fly system, large scenic and costume studios, a design studio, and computerized front-of-house operations.

      In Wells, you will have the opportunity to watch theatre productions and listen to guest speakers. This space is coupled with the Fusion Theatre in downtown Monmouth, which puts on theatre productions for members of the campus community, as well as members of the Monmouth community. 

    17. McMichael Academic Hall

      Right next door to Wallace Hall is McMichael Academic Hall. If you choose to study Art, Theatre, or Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, you will spend a great deal of time in this building. McMike houses typical classrooms, faculty offices, and spacious art studios for painting, ceramics, and metal work. 

    18. Wallace Hall

      One of the College's most iconic buildings, Wallace is a main academic hall on campus. It houses the departments of Sociology, Anthropology, Educational Studies, Classics, History, and Communication. Inside Wallace, you will find general classrooms, a computerized classroom, and a multimedia production lab. Wallace even showcases a professional studio for our student-run TV channel, MCTV, and a student-run FM radio station, 105.9 WPFS. 

      Wallace Hall is also a very special place for students because its front lawn is the stage for matriculation and graduation ceremonies. As a freshman, you and your new classmates are welcomed to Monmouth through the matriculation ceremony, where you meet faculty and staff who will shape your four years here. When those four years come to a close, you will gather in the same place for commencement exercises with classmates & professors who have become lifelong friends. It all comes full circle here.

    19. Poling Hall

      Poling Hall is home to the Business Office, the Office of Residence Life & Housing, the Registrar's Office, Counseling Services, and the Office of Campus Safety. Whether you need to pick up a paycheck for a campus job, change your class schedule, seek academic services, or change housing assignments, the staff in Poling will help you out.

      As a student, you can reap the benefits of the Wackerle Career and Leadership Center, also located in Poling. Wackerle helps students with career aptitude tests, mock formal dinners, mock interviews, and resume building. 

    20. Dahl Chapel and Auditorium

      The 600-seat Dahl Chapel is the site of chapel services, musical performances, and presentations from distinguished guest speakers. As a first-year student, you will have Convocation here once a month with the rest of your freshman classmates as part of your Introduction to Liberal Arts course. You will have the opportunity to listen to one of these guest speakers discuss the topics you are covering in class. It's a great way to bring the whole class to one location to spend time together. The Association for Student Activity Programming (ASAP) utilizes Dahl Chapel to host talented comedians, magicians, and movie nights. The space is also used for fraternity and sorority events. You will never have to worry about a dull weekend on campus.

    21. Weeks House

      The Weeks House contains seminar space and offices for the department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, as well as the office of the chaplain. Throughout the year, meetings of both depth and meaning are open to you in the first-floor lounge. This includes the weekly Meaning of Life Lunch along with other meetings by student groups with a wide variety of interests. 

    22. Austin Hall

      The wide variety of music at Monmouth includes jazz, a capella, orchestra, chamber orchestra, chorale, concert band, marching band and gospel to name just a few. Some groups are open to all students while others require extensive auditions.

      Austin Hall houses the offices of the music faculty and music classrooms. It also contains several practice rooms with Yamaha and other pianos, as well as a small computer lab and a piano lab, where students may create their own music.

    23. Founders Village

      Located on the east edge of campus, Founders Village is composed of four individual buildings, each containing six air-conditioned apartments, providing an apartment-style living opportunity for 84 upperclassmen students. Each apartment contains a furnished living room, a kitchen and a dining area, a bathroom and two bedrooms. A laundry facility is located in the basement of each building.

    24. Campus Garden

      The Monmouth College Educational Garden provides opportunities for students to incorporate a deep understanding of topics including sustainable agriculture into their academic and/or extra-curricular activities.

      Located three blocks east and two blocks north, the Market Farm is an additional facility that naturally grows niche crops such as strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, apples, pears, peaches, greenhouse micro-greens in winter, honey, and a few popular annuals like sweet potatoes and pumpkins. Its objective is to market such crops locally via restaurants, farmers’ markets, and co-op stores as a demonstration of profitable returns on a small plot that can deliver economic viability and ecological benefits.

    25. LeSuer Nature Preserve

      Designed as an educational and recreational area, as well as to preserve and restore habitats for native species, this 16.5-acre nature preserve is within an easy 10-minute walk of campus. Rolling hills, bisected by a large stream, offer upland grassland, forest, riparian, and aquatic habitats for study. Restoration of the entire area to pre-settlement conditions (including 5 acres of native tall grass prairie) provides abundant opportunities for student research. Water quality monitoring and aquatic ecology studies are also possible in the stream.

    26. Peacock Memorial Park

      Opened in the spring of 2000, this facility hosts men’s and women’s soccer in the fall and baseball in the spring.

      The soccer complex is one of the top collegiate grass fields in the Midwest. The two natural turf fields are maintained to exceptionally high standards and lie atop a professional-quality “amended soil” base that has the look and feel of a fairway. Dressing rooms are available for both soccer and baseball.

      One of the best Division III baseball fields in all of the Midwest, Glasgow Field’s high-capacity drainage system makes rainouts nearly unheard of. Fans can either view the game from the infield bleachers, or bring a blanket and picnic on the outfield berm. Fans often bring a grill and hold cookouts during Scots home games, making for a fun atmosphere.

      With field dimensions of 330’ down the lines, 360’ in the power alleys and 385’ to center, it takes a good poke to knock a pitch out of the park.

      The field’s amenities include a dual-tunnel batting cage, full-size bullpens down each line, large brick dugouts, a press box and permanent restroom facilities.