University of Hartford - Campus

Campus

The main campus, located on Bloomfield Avenue, is 350 acres (140 ha). Some of the most prominent features and buildings of the main campus include:

• The Village Lawn

Situated between the residential apartments. It plays host to university-sponsored spring fling events including food and entertainment. Past entertainment has included: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Vanilla Ice, Gym Class Heroes, T-Pain, The Black Eyed Peas, Ying Yang Twins, Method Man, Common, and Cypress Hill.

• Gengras Student Union

Houses the student government; the university post office; student organizations, including the student newspaper The Informer and the Student Television Network (STN); Bank of America; a cafeteria; a convenience store; and the Gengras food court, featuring Einstein Bros. Bagels and Extreme Pita.

• The Harry Jack Gray Center

Centrally located on campus, the Harry Jack Gray Center houses the Mortensen Library and the Allen Memorial Library. Also located within the building are the Joseloff Gallery, the university bookstore, the School of Communications, the Visual Communication Design Department, the Department of Architecture, WWUH (91.3 MHz FM) radio station, the Gray Conference Center, and the 1877 Club restaurant. It was the former home of the Museum of American Political Life, which housed the second largest collection of political memorabilia in the United States after the Smithsonian. The museum was closed in 2003 and the space now houses the Department of Architecture.

• Alfred C. Fuller Music Center

The main Hartt School Complex, The center is composed of Millard Auditorium, Paranov Hall- a four story building, and O'Connell Hall- a one story extension of to the first floor of Paronov Hall. Originally Abrahms hall was included in the Fuller Complex

• Beatrice Fox Auerbach Hall

One of the largest academic buildings, it is home to the Barney School of Business as well as the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies.

• Hillyer Hall

Houses Hillyer College, the Auerbach Auditorium, the Esphyr Slobodkina Urquhart Children's Reading Room, and most classes in the College of Arts and Sciences.

• Integrated Science, Engineering, and Technology Complex (ISET)

This complex houses the College of Engineering, Technology, and Architecture, also known as CETA. It consists of three buildings, including United Technologies Hall, Charles A. Dana Hall, which is the largest building of the complex, and a 37,000 sq ft (3,400 m2) building housing biology and chemistry facilities.

• The University of Hartford Magnet School

Public magnet elementary school located on the University of Hartford campus. Many education majors complete fieldwork/practicum/student teaching at this school.

• The University High School of Science and Engineering

Public magnet high school, formerly located on the University's Albany Avenue campus, is now located on east side of campus. The University High School was established in 2004 as a partnership of the Hartford Public Schools, the University of Hartford, and the Capitol Region Education Council. It is based on the early college initiative mode: University High School students will be able to earn college credits while they attend high school. The high school enrolls two hundred students, seventy percent of whom are from Hartford. The other thirty percent come from towns in central Connecticut. Students are selected through a lottery from a pool of applicants, as required by the state of Connecticut.

• Mort and Irma Handel Performing Arts Center

The performing arts center is located at the corner of Albany Avenue and Westbourne Parkway in Hartford. The 55,000-square-foot (5,100 m2) state-of-the-art facility is the instructional home for collegiate and Community Division students at The Hartt School. The center was completed and dedicated in 2008. It contains five dance studios, four theatre rehearsal studios, three vocal studios, and two black box theatres as well as faculty offices, a community room, bank, and cafe.

• University Commons

A residential dining hall, it is in the center of the freshmen living area. Located in the ground floor is the Hawk's Nest, which offers food as well as pool, and several large-screen TVs. The Hawk's Nest hosts Friday-night music performances, which include local and national acts, as well as student performances.

• The University Residences

There are four different styles of on-campus housing. All provide students with access to the university's T-3 Broadband Internet network, cable television, and telephones.

• Six residential suite-style complexes, each capable of housing 312 students. All complexes feature study lounges, laundry facilities, and activity rooms.

• Regent's Park consists of suite-style independent living for juniors and seniors. It is a large building of four wings containing suites typically outfitted with a living room and partial kitchen. There are four wings: north, south, east, and west.

• The Village Apartments, consisting of seven quads (four grouping of apartments forming a rectangular area), are an independent-living apartment area for upperclassmen. Each apartment has a kitchen and can house two to six students.

• Park River Apartments consist of apartment-style independent living for third- or fourth-year students. Each unit is a full apartment complete with a full-size bathroom and a kitchen (including a full-size refrigerator, dishwasher, sink, cabinets, etc).

• Hawk Hall houses 204 freshmen and eight resident assistants. Hawk Hall features Residential Learning Communities (RLC), which are grouped by wings on each floors. Some RLC themes (past and present) include Women in Science, Engineering, and Technology (WISET), Wellness, Leadership, Destinations, Environmental Awareness, the Adult Journey, Honors: Making a Difference in The World, Community Service and Hawk Spirit. The five-story residence hall has lounges with floor-to-ceiling windows. The first floor includes a spacious lounge that has a flat-screen TV, two SMART classrooms, and a kitchen.

• Konover Campus Center

Includes a market, coffee shop, an outside deck, and an indoor eating area.

• The Sports Center

This large, modern structure contains the Chase Family Arena, the Reich Family Pavilion, Hawk Cafe, the Student Health Center, the campus gym, and the Mary Baker Stanley Pool. The Hartford University Department of Athletics sponsors men's intercollegiate baseball, basketball, cross country, lacrosse, soccer, golf, tennis, and track & field along with women's intercollegiate softball, basketball, cross country, soccer, tennis, lacrosse, track & field, and volleyball.

• Asylum Avenue Campus

Located 2 miles (3 km) west of downtown Hartford. Once home to the Hartford College for Women, it now includes academic classrooms and graduate student campus housing in fourteen townhouses and Johnson House. It also contains its own cafeteria, computer lab, and studio space.