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Old Main
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Old Main is the hub for most of our important administrative offices on campus. On the first floor, you can get assistance from Cashiers, Registrars, Financial Aid, Graduate Studies and Veteran Affairs Offices. If you need help with your schedule, you can visit the Academic Advising Office on the second floor along with the Admissions and Enrollment Services Offices. Lastly, on the third floor, you can find our Information Technology and Innovation Office as well as Alumni Relations.
Litchfield Residence Hall
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Welcome to Litchfield Hall, one of our three freshman residence halls, along with Newbury and Fairfield, here on Midtown. These three halls offer double occupancy style rooms with communal bathrooms that are shared with your section or floor. Each of these halls have common areas on each floor containing lounges with TVs, fun games, and study spaces. Litchfield even has a court yard in the middle with lounge chairs and tables! In each building, you have a Resident Director, Resident Assistants, and an Academic Resource Mentor who collectively help run your building by making sure everyone is safe and having a fun and successful semester!
Science Building
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The Science Building is home to all of our science-based programs and the Weather Center where our Meteorology students broadcast weather reports for the WCSU community. This building contains our largest lecture hall at WCSU, which can hold up to 150 students, as well as a secluded rooftop terrace where you can enjoy views of campus while studying.
All WCSU students are required to take a lab science course prior to graduation, but there are plenty of classes designed for non-science majors. For those interested in pursuing a post-graduate health degree, we have Pre-Health advisors for Biology and Chemistry to help with your academic plan through our various Pre-Health Pathways Program.
Higgins Hall
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Higgins Hall is home to our Macricostas School of Arts and Sciences, our largest school of study on campus with 13 departments, 18 undergraduate majors and 5 graduate majors. Higgins Hall also is home to our Math Emporium and Math-Tutoring Center, which offer tutoring for students in various levels of math classes we offer here at WCSU. Throughout this building you will see both open and secluded study lounges as well as our new broadcast studio where students learn the ins and outs about how to execute both in front of the camera, and behind the scenes.
Ruth A Haas Library
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The Ruth A. Haas Library offers a wide variety of academic resources for our students and is a great place to study. On the first floor of the library, there is a fan-favorite spot, Einstein's Bros. Bagels! They have everything from smoothies to breakfast sandwiches to coffee and more. Once you grab your Einstein's you can head over to the Cyber Café to use the computers and printers. Back at the front desk, we have librarians who can help you with research and navigating our extensive databases. You can also sign out one of the group or individual studies rooms for a group project, or to get a more private space to work. Western is also part of the interlibrary loan system, so if you're looking for a book that we don't have, you can have it sent to us from another Connecticut library.
On the second floor, you'll find our Tutoring Resource Center where you can make an appointment with a Peer Tutor or Academic Coach for help in any of your classes. As you go up to the third floor you can find the Writing Center, where you can go to get help at any point in the writing process from topics to form and even with citations!
Midtown Academic Quad
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As you can see, we have many academic buildings with a range of offerings to help you succeed here at Western Connecticut State University. Our average small class size of 25 students helps you get to know your professors and peers. You can also get help from any of your professors via their office hours as full time faculty are required to have at least 5 hours per week.
In between all the time spent learning and studying, we also offer fun clubs and activities for our students to participate in. During the beginning of the fall and spring semesters, WCSU organizes the Club's Carnival, which takes place here on our Academic Quad. Our 75+ clubs and organizations come out, set up a table, and engage with our entire student body in order for you to find a club that interests you. We have everything from the Adventure Club and our Program Activity Council to major specific clubs and more. We also have Greek life with 3 Fraternities and 4 Sororities so there is something for everyone! Whether you're running into a friend between classes or finding a cool club to join, the Quad it is a great place to take in all WCSU has to offer.
White Hall
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White Hall is another academic building on campus and is home to our School of Professional Studies, which house our Nursing, Social Work, Health Promotion, and Education programs. Here at WCSU, our Nursing program is one of most popular, and for good reason. Not only are we a short walk to Danbury Hospital, but our program has 4 brand new nursing labs, 6 specific lab spaces with Simulation Manikins, both high fidelity simulators and low fidelity simulators. In addition to being an academic building, White Hall s also where our Student Access Ability Services office is located, for those students who might require additional assistance.
Midtown Student Center
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The Student Center is the main place for all student involvement. The first floor has the Bookstore, Information Desk, Student Center Theater, and Student Center restaurant. Our Bookstore has the best WCSU apparel to help you show off your school pride as well as all the school supplies and textbooks you'll ever need. The Information Desk is where you can buy tickets for the various trips to see a Broadway show or the next cool sporting event hosted by our program's actives council. The Student Center Theater is a place where both clubs and outside organizations will hold events for students and community members alike to come and join.
The second floor has a ton of offices for the various clubs we have on campus, but there's also a game room with a pool and ping-pong table for students to break away and unwind. In addition to that, the second floor also has the hub for our newspaper, radio station, and Counseling Center.
Midtown Student Center Restaurant
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Once you enter the Student Center Restaurant, your nose takes over and you can smell the variety of foods they have to offer. When you swipe into the touchless cashier station, you can eat as much as you want for as long as you want to stay! Freshman students are required to have the ultimate meal plan, which is 21 meal swipes a week, and you'll be happy you have it. There are so many options to choose from with a served entrée line station with home-style-cooked meals and kiosks where you can order from the grill station or salad and sandwich station. An action station is available, which is a meal that's made right in front of you, and of course there is fresh baked desserts! If you are looking for more of a grab and go meal, below the restaurant we have a Micro Market that has snacks and grab and go meals for students on the run where meal swipes, flex points, and connect cash are all accepted. Whether you feel like a cheeseburger with fries or an omelet with bacon, you can always find something yummy at the Midtown Student Center Restaurant.
Kathwari Honors House
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The Kathwari Honors House is a place where our honors students can learn and collaborate with their fellow members. This house includes classrooms, a kitchen, a 24-hour computer lab, and quiet study lounges. All incoming freshman who apply to WCSU before February 1st are considered for the program. If you are not offered admission into our Kathwari Honors Program Freshman, you can apply to the program once you establish yourself on campus here at Western. Some benefits of the program include priority class registration, the opportunity to apply for honors housing, and the ability to take interesting classes outside of your field of study that will expand your horizons beyond your major!
Shuttle Stop
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Once you're ready to leave Midtown and head to Westside, you can hop on the shuttle for a quick 15-minute trip. Upon request, the shuttle can also stop at the train and bus stations in town. And, if you are in need of a shopping trip, our shuttle service stops at the Danbury Fair mall on the weekends to let you enjoy some retail therapy!
Westside Campus Center
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The Westside Campus Center is similar to the Student Center on Midtown as it has a wide variety of resources for WCSU students. Starting with the top floors, there are tons of open lounges and study spaces for students, but this is also where our Career Success Center is located. Within those doors, our students can connect with a Career Counselor to seek help revamping their cover letters and résumés, engage in mock interviews, and more! On the main level, we have our large ballrooms that are used for a variety of student and faculty led events such as our Program Activity Counsel's Bingo Night or one of the Admissions Office's weekend tours. On the bottom floor, we have the Westside Marketplace, The Daily Grind and an awesome game room. Once you walk through the game room door, your eyes will be glued to the wall of TVs and soon you'll be sinking into one of the comfy gamer chairs. Once you work up an appetite, walk back out the door to our Westside Marketplace, which works a little differently from the Midtown Student Center Restaurant. Here on Westside, the Marketplace has four different stations to choose from, each having a unique type of food. The stations' themes are sandwiches and wraps, Italian, the grill, and cultural food. A meal swipe at this Marketplace gets you an entrée, side, and a drink. Also located adjacent to the Marketplace is the Daily Grind, where they proudly serve Starbucks coffee and late-night meals and snacks after the Marketplace closes.
Visual and Performing Arts Center
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Our Visual and Performing Arts Center is one of our most impressive buildings at Western Connecticut State University. Costing 98.3 million dollars to construct, this architecturally gorgeous center is home to our Art, Theater, and Music Departments. It is ranked as the number 8 college performing arts center in the country, and number 1 in Connecticut.
Some of the highlights of this building include the Veronica Hagman Concert Hall, which is used for our musical concerts, the Mainstage theatre, where our students put on three shows per semester, the black-box theater, used for smaller scale shows and one acts, and a state-of-the-art art gallery. There are also many rehearsal studios, private practice rooms, a two-story scene shop, a full costume shop, chorus dressing rooms, and more. Many of the faculty who work with our music students have been on Broadway and bring with them their incredible background and experience to campus by infusing it into their coursework.
Westside Classroom Building
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The Westside Classroom Building is home to our Ancell School of Business, which includes majors such as Justice and Law Administration, Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing, Accounting, Finance, and, one of our newest programs, Cybersecurity. Also located in this building is our Robert Young Library and the Ancell Learning Commons. The Robert Young Library has books and resources specific to business students while the Ancell Learning Commons provides tutoring and assistance. This building also contains The Fishbowl, which is our unique way of describing this open think tank of a study space for students to relax and work in, while in between classes.
Western Athletic Complex
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The Western Athletic Complex, or WAC for short, is our main athletic stadium. Here at Western Connecticut State University we have 18 men's and women's Division 3 programs. We also have a variety of club sports such as men's and women's rugby, men's ice hockey, dance team, and cheerleading. Our athletic teams compete predominantly in the Little East Conference, but our football program is a member of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference. Specifically, the teams that call the WAC home are football, men's and women's lacrosse, field hockey, and men's and women's soccer. We also have eight tennis courts, both baseball and softball diamonds, and our own, on-campus cross-country trail.
William A. O'Neill Athletic and Convocation Center
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The William A. O'Neill Athletic and Convocation Center houses a college size swimming pool, weight room for our athletes, and four basketball courts. It's home to our Volleyball and Basketball teams as they play their games here during the fall and winter. The O'Neill Center is also used for large events such as our annual Open House ran by the Admissions Office, our career fair organized by the Career Success Center, and concerts and special guests to campus!
Pinney Residence Hall
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Pinney Hall is one of the three residence halls located on Westside, with the others being Centennial and Grasso. These three halls are suite style living, primarily for sophomore through senior students. Centennial has two bedrooms, a living space, kitchenette, and a private bathroom while Grasso has two bedrooms, living room, full kitchen, and a private bathroom. Here in Pinney Hall, the option with the most space, students have three bedrooms, a living room, full kitchen, two private bathrooms, and a balcony. In each of these halls, there are also laundry services and common areas for students to socialize in.
Westside Fitness Zone
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The Westside Fitness Zone, located in our Pinney Residence Hall, is open to all WCSU students through a separate outdoor entrance. Upon entering the fitness zone, you must present your student ID, and then you are free use whatever equipment you'd like. Our Recreation Department staffs the gym, hosts fitness classes, and is one of the key contributors to overall wellness on campus. The Group Exercise classes offered include yoga, Zumba, and more! The WCSU Recreation Department also partners with organizations on campus such as our Programs Activities Council to coordinate Run or Dye, a color run through Westside, Grit n Wit, a mental and physical obstacle course, and many other fun events!
Thank You for Visiting!
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We hope you enjoyed our virtual tour and were able to learn all about what Western Connecticut State University has to offer! Thank you for visiting and we hope to see you on campus soon!
