Housing
What is an RA and what is their role?
RA: Resident Advisor
- Full time returning student who plan floor activives
- assists with roommate problems or individual issues
- ensures University policies are followed
Roger Adams Lab
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Highlight neighborhood set up of campus
Natural History Building
- Built in 1892
- Department of Earth Science, Environmental Change, Geography, and Atmospheric Sciences
- Rock Museum on second floor
Lincoln Hall
Home to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
(LAS: Biggest college at U of I)
Foellinger Auditorium
- Seats around 1,300 people
- Mention Quad Cam: view the Quad online 24/7
University Dining
- Free flow: Eat in any of the four university dining halls
- Weekly menu rotation
- Dining hall hours slightly vary by location
Breakfast: 7-10am
Lunch: 10:30 - 2:30pm
Dinner: 4:30 - 8:00pm
Carle College of Medicine
- developed in 2018
- World's first engineering based medical school
Mammoth
- Funding came from the Art in Architecture Program
- 2nd mammoth to claim the NHB as it's home
Lincoln's Sculpture
- 1928
- Rumor has it that rubbing his nose before exams brings good luck
Libraries at Illinois
- 20 departmental libraries
- check out up to 99 books are resources at a time
- open till 2:30AM on weekdays
- open till 9:00PM on weekends
University Meal Plans
12 / 15
10 / 45
All Classic Meals
All Dining Dollars
Morrill / Burrill Pathway
- Home to the Life Sciences Departments
- Mostly classrooms and lab space
- Joined by skywalks and tunnels (exclusive to life science buildings)
Harker Hall
- Oldest building on campus!
- Built in 1877, renovated in 1991
- Much of the original woodwork in the building was made by Illinois students in the campus woodshed
How long should you be in a Lincoln classroom for?
5 - 7 minutes
(Can be longer if tour group is interactive and asking lots of questions)
Morrow Plots
-Oldest experimental field in the western hemisphere
- most valuable corn field in the world
- students are rumored to risk expulsion if they are caught in the Morrow Plots
What are the key differences between University Housing and PCH?
- Larger rooms
- All have AC
- Private dining halls
- 25% of entering freshman live in PCH
What year was the Union built?
- Dedicated in 1941
- Expanded in 1962
The Main Quad
- 35,000 undergrad, 20,000 grad and professional students
- Quad Day, Spring Jam, movie nights, iHelp
What do you talk about in classroom?
- Class Sizes
- Advising
- Office Hours
- General Education Requirements
Carl Woese Institute for Genomic Biology
- Research project funded by Bill Gates: developing improvements for photosynthesis
- U of I is the #1 recipient in receiving funding for the National Science Foundation
- Good opportunity to talk about research
What Residence Hall amenities should you talk about?
- Laundry
- Fitness Areas
- Community Kitchens
- Learning commons / Lounges
How many people approximately pass through the Union every day?
11,000 !
Quad Day
- Learn how to get involved on campus
- Every Sunday during welcome week before classes start the following Monday
- Expand on what RSO's are
Class Size Specifics
- 80% of classes are 50 students or fewer
- 18:1 student to faculty ratio
- Classes are capped at 750 students
- Every large lecture will have a discussion/lab section
- Every professor is required to have office hours once a week
Beiver Hall
- Home to the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition and Human Development and Family Studies
- 2 student run businesses: Bevier Cafe and Spice Box