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Facilities

Quick Stats

Service & Maintenance Staff 143
Campus Size 330 acres
Student Centers
  • Jackson Campus Center
  • Johnson Student Union
Campus Library? Yes
Main Libraries Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library
Popular Places to Chill
  • Courtyard Café
  • The Dive
  • The hot tub in Lund
Bar on Campus None
Bowling on Campus None
Coffeehouse on Campus The Courtyard Café
Movie Theater on Campus Wallenburg Auditorium on Friday and Saturday nights. Movies are free to students and are typically new releases that are in flux between theaters and rental.

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

After suffering a massive F5 tornado in 1998, most of the campus was leveled and had to be rebuilt, pre-empting campus conversations as being either “pre-tornado” or “post-tornado.” Though the tornado devastated the campus, it gave the College a reason to become more technologically advanced and to improve facilities that had been wearing down. As a result, many of the buildings are about a decade old and are equipped with new amenities, such as the College’s dining area. The Lund Center did an overhaul of the workout facilities, which had previously been laughable. Students are now able to work out in a state-of-the-art gym with dozens of cardio machines, weights, and even TVs to pass the time.

The Campus Center and Student Union and the library (connected via skyway) seem to be the central hubs of action on campus. Though not utilized to its full capacity, the Dive, which used to be the old swimming pool, has space for students to play foosball, watch TV on leather couches, and congregate with study groups. Academic buildings are sufficient, though certainly not glamorous. Study areas need the most improvement, with few quiet spots outside of the library. Library study rooms are also sparse, and those that are open cater to small groups, offering cell-like rooms with no windows. The library is often a busy place, with students studying, meeting for group projects, or to taking quick naps between classes. The first and second floors are where students meet one another, while the third floor is the “quiet zone” (and a bit eerie sometimes).

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Facilities at Gustavus Adolphus College

jenfox

'12

Political Science and Government

3.8
B+

Beautiful Campus

Gustavus prides itself on the beauty of campus. Our facilities all vary in age and quality. The older buildings have trouble supporting the technological needs of students today, but overall are wonderful learning environments. Our new academic building, Beck Hall, is exceptional. Building are being renovated as it becomes possible.

Oct 16, 2011

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Facilities at Gustavus Adolphus College

gacperc

'09

Music Teacher Education

5.0
A+

The Food Is GREAT

The food at Gustavus is great. There is the cafe for coffee and other foods typical of a coffee house and then the main cafeteria. The caf is a la carte so you can get as much or as little as you want and pay accordingly. Plus, since you're not paying by the meal, you can stop in as often as you want. There are a ton of options and they encourage you to mix and match to make your own creations. I ate there every day 3 of 4 years and still enjoy the food. Also, it is open all day every day so you don't have to be there at specific meal times.

Oct 07, 2011

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Facilities at Gustavus Adolphus College

rmosca11

'15

English

5.0
A+

Great and Great Looking

Gustavus has so many resource centers centralized on campus so that everyone can have access to them virtually whenever they need them. Beck Hall was recently finished and has set the standard for college architecture. Many of the buildings on campus have old roots with a very modern twist. There are three floors of the library, each accomodating a different noise level preference. This makes it so much easier to find a study space that works for you. The caf is open until 11 and the food is amazing! The Lund Ceneter (gym) is also open late to ensure you don't gain the "freshmen fifteen."

Oct 07, 2011

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Favorite Things To Do

Dance up a storm on Friday nights in the Dive, relax on the leather couches and play foosball in the Dive, grab coffee with a friend at the Courtyard Café, take a yoga class at Lund.

Students often become creative with ways to spend their spare time, but popular hangout spots are the Dive, “whoring” in the Market Place to chat with as many people as possible, catching lo-fi musicians on evenings in the Courtyard Café, playing racquetball and hot-tubbing in Lund, catching a free varsity sporting event, or involving themselves in one of the multitude of extracurricular clubs and organizations.

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