Beloit College - Student Life

Student Life

Beloit students are offered a wide variety of housing options, ranging from specific substance-free dormitories to "Special Interest" houses, such as the Art, Spanish, Outdoor Environmental Club (OEC), Interfaith options, and, on a trial basis through 2012, gender-neutral housing. Beloit has a student congress (BSC), and in the 2008 elections 275 students (approximately 20% of the student body) voted. A wide variety of student clubs bring visitors (musicians, artists, poets) to campus frequently. While Beloit adheres to Wisconsin state law, which states that the legal drinking age is 21, strict no-alcohol policies found on many other college campuses are not present at Beloit. Resident Assistants, employed by the Residential Life office, help to maintain campus safety and encourage responsible behavior.

Beloit College has a frisbee golf course contained almost entirely within the grounds of the college. This course has undergone many changes with the expansion of dormitories and additions to the grounds, such as the construction of Mauer Link, which drastically changed the course.

In April 2006, Beloit College students broke the world record for the longest game of Ultimate Frisbee by playing for over 72 hours.

The Beloit College campus is known for its diversity. In 2011, Beloit College won the Senator Paul Simon Award for campus internationalization. 48 states are represented at Beloit and Approximately 11% of the student body is from countries outside of the United States. In addition, about half of all Beloit College students study abroad in places such as China, Brazil, Germany, India, Spain and many others. Each year, any student who would like to can have the opportunity to share his/her experiences abroad through an event called International Symposium Day, which is a day when all classes are cancelled so that everyone can attend the presentations.

Two Beloit campus museums open to the public are run by college staff and students. The Logan Museum of Anthropology and the Wright Museum of Art were both founded in the late nineteenth century. The Logan Museum, accredited by the American Association of Museums, curates over 300,000 ethnographic and archaeological objects from 125 countries and over 600 cultural groups. The Wright Museum's holdings of over 8,000 objects include a large collection of original prints and Asian art. Both museums feature temporary special exhibitions year round. The Beloit College campus also houses two sculptures by artist Siah Armajani, his "Gazebo for One Anarchist: Emma Goldman 1991" and "The Beloit College Poetry Garden." The campus has numerous prehistoric Indian mounds.

Since 1998, the college has produced the annual "Mindset List," written by Professor Tom McBride, summarizing pop culture references that are allegedly meaningless to incoming college freshmen.