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Learning Environment
West Virginia Wesleyan College offers exceptional technological and physical facilities to create an environment ideally suited for teaching and learning. The elegant steeple and classic Georgian design of Wesley Chapel set the architectural style of the campus, while IBM ThinkPad computers issued to students and faculty form the keystone of a comprehensive technology infrastructure.
As a participant in the IBM ThinkPad University program, the College provides a notebook computer for each entering student. Computer users receive support through regularly scheduled training sessions and through a central computer Help Desk. A high-speed network which utilizes an ATM backbone and switched Ethernet technology to link all buildings on campus, provides connectivity to the Internet. Computer users may connect to the network from any residence hall room, classroom, laboratory, faculty office, meeting room, or other social space.
The oldest of Wesleyan's 32 buildings is Agnes Howard Hall, built in 1895 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is one of ten residence halls on campus. Among the College's newest facilities are the French A. See Dining Center completed in 1995, and the Benedum Campus Center, renovated in 1997. Together with the Chapel and Religious Center, the Physical Education Center, and other special facilities, these buildings set in the park-like atmosphere of the campus offer students an attractive place to live and work.
Key academic buildings of the College include Christopher Hall of Science, home of Wesleyan's outstanding programs in biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering physics, environmental science, mathematics, physics, and psychology. Modern, well-equipped laboratories complement the building's planetarium, herbarium, and greenhouse. Christopher Hall also houses the Computer Center, with IBM Pentium PC labs as well as Digital Alphaservers to support instructional and administrative computing and high-speed printing.
The Loar Memorial Building provides classrooms, practice rooms, and private studios for vocal and instrumental faculty in the Department of Music. Its recital hall seats audiences of 165 for performances and serves as rehearsal space for the department's many ensembles. Its memorial lounge provides an attractive setting for formal gatherings. In keeping with Wesleyan's commitment to educational technology, Loar Memorial Building has a computer music lab integrating personal computers with instrumental keyboards for music composition, sequencing, analysis, and performance in an interactive group setting.
The Annie Merner Pfeiffer Library provides digital, multimedia, and print information resources in support of the college curriculum and lifelong learning. Library information, including the catalog, electronic books and journals, databases, and reference resources, is available on the Wesleyan computer network. The campus collection of over 150,000 volumes, 700 subscriptions, and 10,000 media materials is extended by electronic access to bibliographic, text, and image files. In addition to its information resources, the Library provides media viewing facilities, a computer lab, areas for group study, wireless network connectivity throughout the building, and a quiet place for reading and reflection.
Together, the technological and physical facilities at West Virginia Wesleyan College provide an outstanding setting for college life. They are a significant resource for a college program that prides itself on its excellent educational offerings, its outstanding faculty, and its wide variety of cultural, social, and athletic events. |
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