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Administrative offices are located in a
number of buildings, including Munger Hall, Phillips Administration,
Stockham, and the Norton Campus Center. The offices of the
President, Academic Affairs, Business Affairs, Interim and
Contract Learning, Finance, and Human Resources are located
in Munger. The offices of Admission, Financial Aid, and Academic
Records and Research are located in Philips Administration.
Located near the center of the campus, this
building houses the N.E. Miles Library, seminar rooms, an
auditorium with video and computer projection facilities,
a media center, and an electronic classroom. The recently
remodeled and renovated Learning Center/Library utilizes up-to-date
technology to meet the information needs of students and faculty
and to support the intellectual life of the campus. In addition
to open stacks and reading areas, the varied individual and
group facilities for study and research create an excellent
environment for study.
Library services are available seven days
a week, permitting ample opportunity for use of the varied
resources available. Professional librarians offer personalized
assistance to augment the physical facilities and the print
and electronic resources of the Learning Center/Library. Please
consult one of the library staff any time assistance is needed.
Located just south of the College Theatre,
the Kennedy Art Center is home of the visual arts program
at Birmingham Southern College. This facility provides well
lighted, spacious classroom-studios for painting, sculpture,
drawing, printmaking, and photography. Also included are a
projection-lecture room, the Azar Seminar Room, and the 1,500
square foot Durbin Gallery. The recent Azar Art Studios addition
to the facility has resulted in a 100% increase in studio
space as well as major exterior remodeling.
Between the Rush Learning Center and the
Kennedy Art Building stands the theatre building. The large
theatre, with its split revolve lift stage, offers opportunities
for a variety of set designs. Theatre One, located below,
provides an intimate “black box” environment for
smaller productions. Also housed in the building are makeup
rooms, dressing rooms, classrooms, and faculty offices.
The music building houses classrooms, practice
rooms, teaching studios, ensemble rehearsal rooms, and a 285-seat
recital hall. The building contains a fully-equipped electronic/computer
music studio; pipe organs by Möller, Schantz, Ruhland,
and Casavant; Steinway grands in the teaching studios; additional
concert grand Steinways; Disklaviers; and a Yamaha upright
or grand piano in each of the practice rooms. The state-of-the-art
Taylor Recording and Computer Analysis Studio, funded by a
gift from Crawford and MarleneTaylor, provides computerized
feedback for voice students in rehearsal as well as high-quality
studio and recital-hall recording facilities.
Replacing Ramsay Hall, which was one of
the original College buildings, the Harbert complex, funded
by a major gift in honor of the alumna and longtime supporter
of the College, houses the Divisions of Behavioral and Social
Sciences, Business and Graduate Programs, and Education. The
facility includes a computer classroom, a computer laboratory,
and education laboratory, a 98 seat auditorium, and a conference
center.
The Humanities Center, formerly the Phillips Science building, experienced a $4.3 million renovation, which was completed in January of 2003. The Humanities Center accommodates the academic needs of the College’s Division of Humanities. The building was transformed into a vibrant Humanities teaching, learning, and research center incorporating the modern learning environment and state-of-the-art technology required of today’s Humanities curriculum and needed by our graduates as they enter diverse career fields or advanced educational pursuits. The facility houses the academic programs of Classics, English, History, Modern Foreign Languages, Philosophy, and Religion, as well as the Academic Resource Center, which includes the Writing Center, Speech Center, Language Lab, and a computer lab.
This facility on the hillside south of the
dorm quad houses campus-wide server facilities and three computer
laboratories containing fifty-eight personal computers. In
addition, the Olin Center houses classrooms, faculty offices,
the mathematics laboratory, and a multimedia auditorium.
Close to the Olin Center, this facility
houses a Spitz A 3P star projector used in academic courses
and in special public programs open to organized groups and
school children.
Birmingham-Southern College dedicated a new 100,000 square-foot, $24 million undergraduate science teaching and research facility on May 9, 2002. The state-of-the-art Elton B. Stephens Science Center houses the most current technology in classrooms, laboratories, and support areas for biology, chemistry, physics, psychology, and environmental science. There are more than 1,100 data port connections, and computer-assisted instruction is available in the classrooms, which also are wired for computer use and include retractable projection screens. The classrooms also include multi-tiered blackboards. A nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer is housed in the Science Center for use with investigative, problem-based laboratories, and independent research in the chemistry program.
Designed in consultation with the science faculty, the facility was planned around the College's science mission to foster collaborative, hands-on learning between students and faculty, interdisciplinary connections, and undergraduate research opportunities.
Each faculty member occupies one of the twenty-five offices, as well as one of the twenty-five research laboratories that provide more opportunities to work collaboratively with students on research projects and for students to participate in “doing” science. The center also houses nineteen teaching laboratories, a computer lab, three lecture halls, three classrooms, two seminar rooms, and a greenhouse, among other areas.
Located between the Olin Center and the
Meyer Planetarium, this round structure, highlighted by a
central altar and vivid stained glass windows, serves as the
center of religious life on campus. Services are held weekly
in the Chapel and reflect the diversity of the Christian tradition.
Service projects, Bible studies, small group discussions,
and retreats are all a part of religious life at the College,
which encourages the development of a mature faith and an
understanding of the varieties of religious experience.
This complex, located next to the Rush Learning
Center on the north side of campus, houses the headquarters
of the North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church.
It also houses the Bill Battle Coliseum, which can seat up
to 2,000.
In the middle of campus, between the residence
halls and Academic Quad-rangle and across the Alumni Plaza
from the Rush Learning Center, stands the Norton Campus Center,
named in recognition of the funding provided by the Norton
family. This facility is more than twice the size of the previous
Snavely Student Center and provides dining facilities for
everyday and special events, an expanded bookstore and post
office, student lounge areas, and offices for Student Affairs,
Student Government, Service-Learning, Leadership Studies,
the Black Student Union, student publications, Residence Life,
Counseling and Health Services, and the Career Library. The
Norton Campus Center also houses a 200-seat, state-of-the-art
theatre, the multi-function Bruno Great Hall, various meeting
rooms, a computer laboratory, the President’s Dining
Room, and the Executive Dining Room.
Located in the center of the Academic Quad-rangle,
the Edwards Bell Tower contains four tower clock movements
as well as four large bronze bells and a complete carillon
instrument with 61 bell range, all controlled by a touch screen
computer system. It is named in honor of Trustee Bill Edwards
and his wife Julia.
The College recognizes the importance of computers in assisting college-level learning. Students in all disciplines at the College use computers extensively for writing, research, and presentation development purposes. Eight facilities present in the Olin, Harbert, Stephens Science Center, Humanities, and Rush Learning Center buildings provide general purpose access to computers. In addition, all residence halls have a computer lab. Media development facilities are present in Munger, Harbert, Olin, Kennedy, Stephens Science Center, Humanities, and the Rush Learning Center. Music composition and typesetting facilities are present in Hill. Science labs have a wide variety of computer controlled instrumentation and department specific computer labs as well. All facilities and systems have access to networked laser printers, the Internet, and shared access file storage. All classrooms are equipped with a computer and a ceiling mounted video/data projector for instructional use. Each residence hall, sorority house, and fraternity house offers network access in addition to the computer lab present in each dormitory.
In addition to on-campus facilities, a full-time Internet connection allows access to external resources such as the World Wide Web, library card catalogs for the College and other institutions, a wide variety of research databases, and electronic mail. Each student is provided with an e-mail account by the College
A member of the National Collegiate Athletic
Association (NCAA), the College will compete as a full member
of the NCAA Division I in 2003. The College recognizes that
physical activity is important for everyone's health and not
just for intercollegiate athletics. The College sponsors intercollegiate
teams in cross country, baseball, basketball, golf, rifle,
soccer, softball, tennis, and volleyball as well as a full
range of intramural sports for both men and women.
Athletic facilities include the Bill
Battle Coliseum, site of home basketball contests and the
women's basketball and women's soccer offices; the Scrushy
Striplin Baseball Field; and The Gymnasium, which houses the
men's basketball and men's soccer offices as well as strength
training facilities for student athletes. Also, 12 lighted
tennis courts and a softball complex were completed during
the summer of 2000. The Larry D. Striplin Physical Fitness
and Recreation Building, completed in 1998 and intended for
student use, is home to two basketball/volleyball courts,
a suspended indoor running track, a combination weight and
cardiovascular workout room, two racquetball courts, a swimming
pool, and an aerobics room, as well as locker rooms and offices.
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