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Most students would agree that the facilities are good enough, with Internet access and a decent choice when it comes to food. Some dorms are considerably nicer than others, but most would say that all dorms are adequate. The Jacobs Fitness Center is a popular spot and offers two floors of cardio machines and weight equipment, a swimming pool, and numerous basketball courts.
Facilities at AU may not be thrilling, but they are always clean and modernized. Students are far more active outside the confines of campus and in the city around them, which contributes to AU’s less-animated campus life compared to other universities.
jlok93
'15
Business Administration and Management
Beautiful
I love going on walks whenever I get too stressed out. The campus is great, filled with trees, gardens, buildings are beautiful. Some buildings are very old but they are making several renovations to the buildings and dorms.
Jan 31, 2012
Torimcq
Mass Communications and Media
Athletic Centers
Athletics are not really a big thing at American University, and it is very evident.
Oct 26, 2011
alivilla
'14
International Studies
Aesthetics
THe facilities at AU are pretty good. THere is a great new school of international service building and most other buildings are really nice, the quad in the center of the school is really pretty. The campus is a national arboretum so there are always pretty flowers and trees.
Jun 24, 2011
AU is a registered arboretum, meaning the campus is a botanical garden dedicated to specimen trees. The campus also has five green roofs, including one on the Media Production Center. There is also a farmers' market, green modes of transportation (bikes, electric buggies), and plenty of other sustainability amenities.
Political speakers are popular on campus, and various clubs host impressive guests almost weekly. Recent speakers have included President Barack Obama, Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, Bolivian President Evo Morales, and congressman Ron Paul. When students aren’t attending the numerous political events, they hang out on the quad for cookouts or Frisbee games, work out in the Bender Fitness Center, watch AU’s Division I basketball team, and play intramural sports on the fields.
Students can see shows and recitals at the Katzen Arts Center and the Greenberg Theatre, or watch movies, TV shows, and concerts in the Tavern. Bender Arena hosts sports games, including Division I basketball, while the Kennedy Political Union brings a large number of prominent speakers to campus.
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