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Student Parking Lot? Yes
Freshmen Allowed to Park? Yes
Approximate Parking Permit Cost Free
Common Parking Tickets
  • Failure to register vehicle or display decal: $20
  • No parking zone: $10
  • Parking in a fire zone: $10
  • Parking in a restricted area: $10

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

Since all students are allowed to bring cars to campus, parking can sometimes be tight. The nearest parking lot to the quad is also the farthest from any of the dorms, so your choice of parking space is a give-and-take situation. Thankfully, anywhere you need to get to from any parking lot is within a five-minute walk. The absolute best parking spaces are in faculty lots, but student parking is only available there after 5 p.m. Just make sure you can wake up early enough to beat the tow truck destined for your car in the morning. Otherwise, the parking lot adjacent to the Shirk Center is always open and is next to a fairly busy street, so your belongings are safe.

Considering the number of students on campus and the relative proximity of campus buildings, there is a perfect amount of parking spaces available to students. The biggest parking traps are the neighborhood streets because most are no-parking zones. If you managed to park somewhere on the street that seems too good to be true, it probably is. Bloomington police will slap a bright orange sticker on your car window, and the next day your car will become the property of Brown’s Towing. Brown’s is a considerable distance from campus and can be difficult to locate for out-of-town students. To prevent this from happening, students should only park in University-designated lots.

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Parking at Illinois Wesleyan University

bod417

'14

Biology

1.9
C-

Below Average Parking

Parking is available for students in a few locations. Most desired parking is reserved for faculty and if a student parks in that lot, they are subject to fines and towing. The parking that is available is few and far between and it seems like a constant struggle to find an open parking spot.

Jul 24, 2011

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Parking at Illinois Wesleyan University

DylanM

'13

International Studies

0.8
D-

Parking

parking sucks! If you live in a dorm you are pretty much screwed most of the time. If you live in a frat you have good parking relative to the amount of guys with cars, and soriorities aren't terrible.

Oct 20, 2010

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Parking at Illinois Wesleyan University

annony

'13

Arts

5.0
A+

Parking Is No Problem

We are so spoiled with parking that we complain when we have to park a row away from where we wanted. There are plenty of lots and street spaces. No matter where you park on campus, it isn't too far away from where you want to be. Parking is free and available to all students.

Jun 20, 2010

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Getting a Parking Permit

Simply register your vehicle with Security in order to obtain a parking permit. The sticker allows parking in any lot on campus within posted hours. All students are permitted to have a car on campus, and many do. Campus is small enough that you can get by without one, but it makes it difficult to visit a lot of the town.

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Best Places to Find a Parking Spot:
The faculty lots are fair game after 5 p.m. They are closer to dorms and academic buildings, but fill up fast. A little-known parking secret exists in one of the faculty lots. There are about five parking spaces designated for visitors. Forego the parking permit, and park in these spaces indefinitely! They are as close as you can get, within reason.

Good Luck Getting a Parking Spot Here:
Anywhere on the street. Once cars are parallel parked on the street, they are practically immobilized.

Parking ServicesWhat's This?

Security Office
110 E. Graham St.
(309) 556-1111
www.iwu.edu/security/SecurityParking.shtml

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