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Facilities

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Service & Maintenance Staff 357
Campus Size 337 acres
Student Centers Donald C. Moyer Student Union (MSU)
Campus Library? Yes
Main Libraries
  • Architecture Studies Library
  • Curriculum Materials (Education) Library
  • Lied Library
  • Music Library
Popular Places to Chill
  • CBC Plaza
  • The grassy areas on campus
  • Lied Library
  • Pida Plaza
Bar on Campus None
Bowling on Campus None
Coffeehouse on Campus
  • Book ‘n Bean in Lied Library
  • Café á la Carte in the Frank and Estella Beam Building
  • Starbucks in the Moyer Student Union
Movie Theater on Campus There is a theater in the Student Union (MSU) that plays movies just before they're released to DVD. Showings are free and held one Friday a month at 7 p.m., and include water and popcorn. Just keep an eye out for the fliers.

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

UNLV is a fairly new school compared to other more established universities, and it shows. A few of UNLV’s buildings look like they were built when the school was founded in 1957, but rather than adding character, they look worse for wear. Grant Hall, which was built in 1959, is especially pathetic. The good news is that a lot of money has been put into renewal efforts. School officials are slowly updating amenities such as furniture and technology, to freshen up the campus. The new student union, Recreation and Wellness Center, and updated Lied Library are all hits with the students. UNLV’s master plan has a list of future renovation projects and additions, which includes five much-anticipated parking garages already in construction.

UNLV’s main campus is landlocked. It makes the administration more efficient in its planning, but it also means there cannot be any drastic increases in campus size. The dental school is located away from campus, and UNLV officials are planning to expand the main campus to the north side of the Las Vegas Valley, but by the time that’s built, you’ll have long since graduated.
 

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Facilities at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

Nevalyn

'16

Nursing

4.6
A

Libraries

Very friendly staff.

Has many available computers and books.

A great place to study.

Feb 14, 2012

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qutiemo

'12

Biology and Biological Sciences

5.0
A+

Things to Do and Places to See

The UNLV campus is equipt with two beautiful gyms, baseball field, tennis courts, and many fields used for numerous recreational activities. My favorite place to go is our enormous five-story library which houses a cafe, private study rooms, tons of computer stations, and all the books you will ever need. It is great place to relax, study and catch up with friends.

Jan 08, 2012

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nicayabut

'14

Nursing

3.1
B-

Campus Overall

the campus overall is pretty average, nothing extraordinary but it is decent. The library is a great place to have a study group and has a really cool area were it is really quiet.The student union is good, there is an area where you can play ping-pong, or pool with and there are also popular fast food here.

Jan 05, 2012

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Favorite Things To Do

As a rule, most students don’t hang out on campus. Those who do go to the MSU where students like to play pool, table tennis, and arcade games, hang out on the numerous couches and at Starbucks, or attend a lecture in the theatre. Students also like to work out or enjoy a smoothie at the Recreation and Wellness Center. Also, there's an event every month at the SU called Rebels After Dark. Bands and comedians are invited to perform, and students come to watch, play videogames together, make crafts, eat, and socialize.

Escape the heat inside the MSU, watch sporting events, go to concerts and other events in the Thomas & Mack Center, write for UNLV’s newspaper (The Rebel Yell) or other UNLV publications, submit literature or artwork to UNLV’s creative magazine (Vagus Nerve), play tennis, work out in the gym, swim, join a team, play games in the game room, watch lecturers brought to campus by the Barbara Greenspun Lecture Series and the Barrick Lecture Series, or go to see perfomers at the Charles Vanda Master Series.

Did You Know?

In 1964, Elvis Presley and Ann-Margaret danced in the university’s original gym in a famous scene from the film Viva Las Vegas.

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