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8 Wayne State CollegeCarlson Natatorium houses a competitive-size swimming pool, rooms for dance and aerobics, locker rooms, and saunas.The building, attached to Rice auditorium, was named for Esther Dewitz Carlson, physical education instructor at the collegefrom 1925 to 1962.Conn Library provides informational and instructional resources for the College and for northeast Nebraska. The collectionincludes 221,000 volumes, 36,000 government documents, access to over 10,000 journals full text on-line, 650,000 microforms,6,500 audiovisual items, and about 700 periodicals in print. The library has seats for 550 people at tables, study carrels, loungeareas, and group study rooms. The library uses the Innovative Interfaces’ integrated library automation system, sharing anelectronic holding catalog with libraries of the other Nebraska State Colleges. Information and instructional resources areprovided to support undergraduate programs and to improve the intellectual environment of the College. Conn Library contains:print and nonprint media; state and federal documents; audio visual materials and equipment; computer labs; microforms;photocopying equipment; music scores and recordings (cassette, CD’s and DVD’s); study, conference, and classroom spaces; aspecial children’s and young adult resource library; a popular reading collection of new and current fiction and non-fiction; andmedia production facilities (overhead transparencies, posters, Ellison letters and art, laminating equipment, conversions fromcassette to CD’s, color printing, color photocopying, etc.) The library bears the name of the college’s first president, U.S. Conn(1910-1935), and was built in 1956.Connell Hall, renovated in 1999, houses the Department of History, Politics, and Geography (HPOG) and the Department ofSociology, Psychology, and Criminal Justice (SPCJ). Connell contains offices, classrooms, distance-learning rooms, technologylabs, a GIS lab, and the Social Sciences Research Center.Gardner Hall, opened in 1994, contains the offices and classrooms of business and incorporates the latest in computertechnology. It is WSC’s newest academic building and is named in honor of Daniel W. and Jeanne M. Gardner for their years ofservice and support.Hahn Administration Building houses most of the general administrative offices, the college post office, administrativecomputing center, and the network and technology services. It was named for Dean Henry H. Hahn, head of the college’seducation department and founder of the campus training school (1910-46).Humanities Building houses classrooms and faculty offices for English, modern languages, communication arts,broadcasting, and journalism. This facility also houses all of the College’s student media (the Wayne Stater newspaper, theKWSC-FM radio station, and the KWSC-TV cable television station). The College media operations are supported with acomputer laboratory, editing suite, production rooms with digital audition workstations, state-of-the-art lighting, non-linear editingsystems, and an integrated wireless newsroom system for teleprompting and closed captioning.Memorial Stadium/Cunningham Field/Bebee Plaza seats about 3,500 for football and track and field events. The newlyrenovatedstadium includes a press box, concession stand, and a new 400 meter all weather track with eight lanes. Honoring theiryears of service and support, Cunningham Field is named for Bob Cunningham, and Bebee Plaza is named for Tim and LeslieBebee.Peterson Fine Arts Center houses performance venues, the College’s exhibition space, classrooms and faculty studios forthe Department of Music and for the Department of Art and Design, a music technology laboratory, practice rooms, and rehearsalrooms for bands, choirs, strings, and percussion. The primary musical and theatrical performance venue for the College, The LiedPerformance Arts Center, is housed in this facility and includes the recently-renovated Ramsey Theatre, seating 680, a “blackboxtheatre,” scene shop, green room, design studio, and costume shop. Also housed in this facility is the College’s primaryart exhibition space, the Nordstrand Visual Arts Gallery. This gallery presents exhibits from a series of guest artists throughouteach year, serves the primary exhibition space for student and faculty shows, and serves as a major cultural resource for northeastNebraska. The building’s name honors Val Peterson, governor of Nebraska, U.S. ambassador to Denmark and Finland, founder ofthe Wayne State Foundation, journalist, teacher, and alumnus of the college.Recreation Center houses an indoor track and court areas for basketball, volleyball, and tennis; handball and racquetballcourts; a weight room; and offices.Rice Physical Activity Center houses the Department of Health, Human Performance, and Sport (HHPS), a combinationgymnasium-auditorium, classrooms, weight room, and other health, human performance and sport areas. The gymnasiumauditoriumseats about 1,500 for sport activities and 2,000 for auditorium functions. The building was named for John D. Rice,College President from 1951 to 1956.Student Center expanded and remodeled in 1995, contains a cafeteria and a food court. In addition, there are rooms formeetings and banquets, recreation rooms, the college bookstore, Student Activities Office, and Student Senate Office. Otheroffices in this building include the Dean of Students, Director of Housing, Learning Center, Counseling Center, Testing Services,Student Health, and Career Services and Cooperative Education.Studio Arts Building contains the offices and classrooms of the Art department. This structure was completely renovated in1998-99 to provide new classroom, studio, and office space.HOUSING/MEALSResidence HallsFreshman students under 20 years of age are required to live in a campus residence hall unless they (1) are married or (2) are