Boise State is Idaho’s metropolitan research university

The university offers more than 190 fields of interest. Undergraduate, graduate and technical programs are available in seven colleges: Arts and Sciences, Business and Economics, Education, Engineering, Graduate Studies, Health Sciences, and Social Sciences and Public Affairs. Students can also study abroad and participate in one of the largest internship programs in the Northwest.

Campus life offers adventure and activity. More than 200 student organizations, new residence halls along the Boise River Greenbelt and a state-of-the-art Student Recreation Center provide opportunities for both individual development and fun. More than one million visitors come to campus annually for Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning speakers, Bronco football, Martin Luther King Jr. Human Rights Celebration and other events.

Boise State University is Idaho’s metropolitan research university, located in the state’s main population center and capital city, a hub of government, business, the arts, health care, industry and technology. The campus is the home of 11 Idaho Professor of the Year honorees since 1990, the national award-winning Talking Broncos student debate and speech team and the two-time Tostitos Fiesta Bowl champion Bronco football team. Boise State has the fastest growing research program in Idaho and is the largest university in the state, with an enrollment of about 19,000 students.

The university offers more than 165 fields of interest. Undergraduate, graduate and technical programs are available in seven colleges: Arts and Sciences, Business and Economics, Education, Engineering, Graduate Studies, Health Sciences, and Social Sciences and Public Affairs. Students also can study abroad, participate in one of the largest internship programs in the Northwest, and work with professors on biomedical research to fight cancer, arthritis and Alzheimer’s disease, among others.

Campus life offers adventure and activity. More than 200 student organizations, beautiful residence halls along the Boise River Greenbelt and a state-of-the-art Student Recreation Center provide opportunities for both individual development and fun. More than one million visitors come to campus annually for Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning speakers, Bronco football, the Martin Luther King Jr. Human Rights Celebration and other events. Boise State is located less than an hour from skiing, whitewater rafting and a host of other outdoor recreational opportunities.

General

• Emerging metropolitan research university of distinction, achieving its vision through academic excellence, public engagement, a vibrant culture and exceptional research
• Reflecting the character of Idaho’s capital city – a center of business, government, technology, health care and the arts
• Largest university in Idaho with about 19,000 students
• More than 70,000 alumni live across the United States and beyond
• Ranked among the nation’s and West’s “top up-and-coming schools” in the 2009 U.S. News and World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” issue

Academics

• Undergraduate, graduate and technical programs in seven colleges with more than 165 fields of interest
• Four doctoral programs — electrical and computer engineering, geosciences, geophysics and education
• Idaho’s first Executive MBA program, accredited by AACSB International, the gold standard for accreditation
• Students and alumni include two Rhodes Scholars, a Truman Scholar, a Mitchell Scholar, four Goldwater Scholars, a USA Today Academic All-American, several NCAA Academic All-Americans, several NCAA post-graduate scholars, and many Fulbright scholars and professors
• Customized education with Internet-based courses and classes available in Canyon County, Mountain Home, Twin Falls and Gowen Field
• Study abroad opportunities offered in more than 50 countries
• Formal international partnerships with the University of Cagliari in Italy, University of Calgary in Canada, Asia University in Tokyo, the Basque government in Spain, and more than 35 other institutions
• College of Engineering undergraduate programs ranked 15th in the nation among comprehensive public universities in the 2009 U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” issue
• College of Business and Economics is among 4 percent of business schools in the world and 20 percent in the nation with AACSB international accreditation
• Largest undergraduate nursing program in the state
• Only university in the United States to offer a master of science degree in raptor biology
• AfterWork program allows working adults to complete bachelor’s degrees in nine areas of study through a combination of evening, weekend and online classes without exiting their career tracks
• Innovative “Investigate Boise” course, held in a downtown storefront, incorporates community leaders, tours and investigation in a field school for urban affairs
• Academic partnership with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory provides students and faculty access to unprecedented resources in the development of microelectronics

Faculty

• Communication professor Heidi Reeder was named the 2007 Idaho Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation, marking the 11th time since 1990 that a Boise State professor had won this award
• Assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering Wan Kuang was honored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in 2009 with a $400,000 CAREER grant, NSF’s most prestigious award for early career faculty
• Adjunct English professor Alan Heathcock was named the 2009 Carol Houck Smith Scholar at the national Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, the oldest writer’s conference in the country
• In 2010, Boise State faculty had two articles published in Science, the acclaimed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Dean of the College of Engineering Cheryl Schrader received the 2008 Hewlett-Packard/Harriett B. Rigas Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Education Society for positively impacting engineering education.
• Provide expert commentary for New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, New Scientist, The Economist, CNN and Newsweek

Students

• Student Construction Management Association has twice been named top chapter in the nation by the Associated General Contractors of America
• Team of engineering students earned second place in the 2009 international SAE Aero Design West competition
• Student teams have twice participated in NASA’s Microgravity University, which challenges undergraduates to design, fabricate, fly and evaluate a reduced gravity experiment
• Student research team was honored as a runner-up in the 2009 Lunar Outpost Student Design Competition sponsored by the Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems (PISCES) in Hawaii
• Three College of Engineering students and a recent graduate/staff member were selected to participate in NASA’s 2010 Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholars (LARSS) Program
• Criminal justice students in Boise State’s Alpha Phi Sigma Honor Society took home more awards than any other student chapter at the 2010 Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences and Alpha Phi Sigma Honor Society conferences
• Chemistry student Bryan Martin presented his research in Washington, D.C., during the Council on Undergraduate Research’s annual “Posters on the Hill”
• Faculty regularly work side-by-side with undergraduate students on research
• A student/faculty ratio of 21:1
• Students have recently won national awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, Kappa Sigma, American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the National Environmental Health Association
• One of the largest internship programs in the Northwest with 1,300 job placements annually
• More than $103 million in financial aid awarded to about 13,000 students for 2008-2009
• Talking Broncos debate and speech team won the 2005 national championship and is a perennial contender for the title

Research

• Received $37 million for sponsored research projects for fiscal year 2009
• An interdisciplinary group received $940,000 in federal funding for West Nile virus vaccine research
• The Center for Health Policy researches the challenges of recruiting and retaining family medicine physicians in rural areas of Idaho
• Fastest growing biomolecular research program in Idaho supports researchers studying Alzheimer’s disease, breast cancer, artificial cartilage, chemotherapeutic drugs and other areas
• Part of two Federal Aviation Administration research centers with other universities such as MIT, Stanford, Harvard and Cal Berkeley
• More than 50 centers and institutes on campus work for the common good of Idaho and beyond, including the Center for Health Policy, Idaho Council on Economic Education and Andrus Center for Public Policy
• Recipient of $16.1 million grant along with sister institutions in Idaho from the National Institutes of Health to establish the Network for Biomedical Research Excellence
• Conduct funded research in Asia, Europe, Greenland, South and Central America, and many other locations worldwide
• Recipient of a $4.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to establish a National Geothermal Data System
• Research team awarded a $630,000 grant to develop a novel propulsion system for NASA
• Biology faculty Kristen Mitchell awarded $400,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to study liver regeneration.
• Biology professor Cheryl Jorcyk received a $720,000 American Cancer Society grant for breast cancer research
• Engineering faculty Amy Moll has garnered an impressive $18.5 million in research awards since joining the Boise State faculty in 2000
• Five grants awarded in fiscal year 2009 exceeded $1 million, including grants from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Centers for three-dimensional technology in advanced sensor systems; the Department of Defense for reconfigurable electronics and non-volatile memory research; and the Department of Defense for molecular barcodes in the DNA Safeguard Project.
• Engineering faculty Maria Mitkova awarded nearly $1 million by the U.S. Department of Energy to study the unique properties of chalcogenide glass to create a sophisticated radiation sensor
• Boise State currently holds seven U.S. patents and has filed for about two-dozen more, well above the 2009 national average for the number of invention disclosures and patent applications.

Campus Life

• Seven residence halls and five apartments, including eight Ivy League-modeled residential colleges and living/learning communities for students and faculty
• Vibrant campus life with more than 200 student organizations
• Award-winning $12 million Student Recreation Center with one of the largest collegiate climbing gyms in the United States (7,200-square-foot rock wall)
• Intercollegiate athletics features 18 sports, including a nationally recognized football program that competes on the blue turf of Bronco Stadium
• Host a variety of events each year, including Homecoming, Pow Wow, Earth Week, Martin Luther King Jr. Human Rights Celebration, International Food, Song and Dance Festival, and more
• More than 1.1 million people annually attend campus cultural, athletic and entertainment events

Facilities

• 175-acre main campus situated less than a mile from Boise’s bustling downtown
• Main academic facilities include Albertsons Library, Engineering Complex, Norco Building, Communication Building, Kinesiology Building and Annex, Liberal Arts Building, Math/Geosciences Building, Business Building, Education Building, Science/Nursing Building, Interactive Learning Center, Public Affairs and Arts West Building and the Multipurpose Classroom Building
• Micron Business and Economics Building, at the corner of University Drive and Capitol Boulevard, to break ground in 2010 and open in fall 2012
• Five-story, 90,000-square-foot Center for Environmental Science and Economic Development (CESED) Building to open in 2011
• In last three years, opened or started construction on seven major new buildings encompassing a half a million square feet of classroom, laboratory, office, event and common areas
• Entertainment and athletic facilities include Bronco Stadium (33,500 capacity), Taco Bell Arena (12,400), Morrison Center Main Hall (2,000) and Centennial Amphitheatre (800)
• Student Union venues are the Grace Jordan Ballroom (1,000), J.R. and Esther Simplot Grand Ballroom (700) and Special Events Center (435) in addition to the Boise State Bookstore and Bronco Shop
• Additional education centers at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Gowen Field, Twin Falls and Nampa’s Columbia High School

Community

• Guest speakers on campus have included illustrious figures such as Seymour Hersh, Al Gore, Mary Robinson, Kurt Vonnegut, Lech Walesa, Walter Mondale, Gloria Steinem, Danny Glover, E.O. Wilson, Peter Jennings, Ralph Nader, George McGovern, Cornel West, Barack Obama and John Wooden
• Annual Gene Harris Jazz Festival brings world-famous jazz artists to Boise
• Hosts Martin Luther King Jr. Human Rights Celebration every January
• Connected to Idaho community, serving more than 30,000 people annually in workshops, short courses, apprenticeship training and other non-credit programs
• Osher Lifelong Learning Institute partners with faculty and community organizations to offer its aged 50 and older members unique insight and experiences
• Largest Service-Learning program in the state has engaged more than 12,000 students in giving an excess of 285,000 hours of service to community organizations
• Unique partnerships with dance troupes Trey McIntyre Project and Idaho Dance Theatre bring quality performances to campus while offering educational opportunities to dancers
• In 2009, the Idaho Small Business Development Center, housed at Boise State, helped clients create 135 new jobs and save 838 others

City of Boise

• “Welcome to Boise, Idaho, the last great place in the American West – where housing remains affordable, Western culture still thrives, and access to the nation’s wildest state begins within city limits.” — National Geographic Adventure magazine, September 2006
• “Sitting at the junction of the arid plateau of the high desert and the western foothills of the Rocky Mountains, the capital of Idaho offers all the outdoor advantages of more ballyhooed Western towns but with less, well, ballyhoo.” – The New York Times, July 2006
• “The secret to living large affordably – do it in a small city like Boise…Despite its diminutive size, I conclude, this city has star quality.” — National Geographic Traveler magazine, March 2006
• “A rejuvenated downtown and a budding arts community mean that after a day of rafting…you don’t have to turn in once the sun fades.” — The New York Times, July 2006
• Top 10 places for outdoor activities — Sperling’s Best Places, October 2005
• No. 8 for best places to live — Money magazine, July 2006
• No. 4 for best walking cities in the U.S. — Prevention magazine, April 2006
• No. 1 for best places for business and careers — Forbes magazine, 2005
• No. 2 for best places for job growth — Inc. magazine, 2005
• No. 1 for best places to live and bike — Bike magazine, 2003

Noteworthy Alumni

• Hollywood director and Boise State’s first Rhodes Scholar Michael Hoffman (’79) — his movies include “Restoration” (which won two Oscars), “One Fine Day,” and “The Last Station”
• Micron Technology CEO and chair Steve Appleton (’82) — joined Boise-based Micron after graduation from Boise State and helped shape it into one of the world’s top suppliers of memory chips and image sensors
• Civic and political leader Bethine Church (’43), widow of the late U.S. Sen. Frank Church
• Actor Earl Boen (’61) — appeared in television shows and more than 50 feature films, including “Terminator,” “The Man With Two Brains,” “9 to 5” and “Nutty Professor II”
• Former Nevada Governor Mike O’Callaghan (’50) — served as governor from 1971-78 and then as an executive and columnist for the Las Vegas Sun newspaper (O’Callaghan passed away in 2004)
• NBA players Chris Childs (’89), Toronto Raptors, New York Knicks and New Jersey Nets, and Gus Johnson (’62), Baltimore Bullets (Johnson passed away in 1987)
• Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter (’64) and his wife, First Lady Lori Easley Otter (’92)
• Football Hall of Famers Randy Trautman (’82), Calgary Stampeders (College Football Hall of Fame), andDave Wilcox (’62), San Francisco 49ers (Pro Football Hall of Fame)

Athletics

TACO BELL ARENA
Capacity: 12,380   Opened: 1982

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"Home Sweet Home" for Boise State basketball is Taco Bell Arena. Recognized as one of the finest basketball arenas in the West, Taco Bell Arena has become one the toughest places for Bronco opponents to pick up a win.

Built in the spring of 1982 at a cost of $17.5 million, Taco Bell Arena (formerly known as The Pavilion) seats 12,380 people. In the last 20 years, Taco Bell Arena crowds have witnessed exciting college basketball from Boise State, as well as some of the top ranked teams in the country.

Taco Bell Arena hosted first and second round games for the NCAA Men’s Division I National Tournament on seven different occasions (1983, 1989, 1992, 1995,1998, 2001, and 2005). From victories by top-ranked Virginia and Ralph Sampson, to UCLA and Tyus Edney’s improbable 4.8 second coast-to-coast lay up to beat Missouri in 1995, to Hampton’s shocking upset of second-seeded Iowa State in 2001, Boise has become one of the most popular and respected NCAA regional sites.

In March of 2002, Taco Bell Arena hosted the NCAA Women’s West Regional Finals. Taco Bell Arena also hosted another major women’s collegiate championship in April of 2000 with the NCAA Women’s National Gymnastics Championships. Taco Bell Arena also hosted three conference championship tournaments while Boise State was a member of the Big Sky Conference. In 1994, Boise State won three straight tourney games on its home floor to win the Big Sky crown and advance to the NCAA Tournament for the third time in seven years.

In 20 years of action in the Taco Bell Arena, Bronco basketball teams have averaged just under 12 wins a season and have picked up victories better than 75 percent of the time.

In 14 of those 20 seasons, Boise State has won no fewer than 10 games a season at home, including a perfect 13-0 mark in 1997-98. That marked the first time a Bronco team won every home game at Taco Bell Arena.

In Boise State’s last four seasons as a member of the Big West Conference, the Broncos led the league in attendance. During the 2000-01 season, the Broncos averaged 8, 448 fans per game to rank 57th nationally. In 1999-2000 Boise State averaged 7,657 fans per game to rank 67th nationally, while in 1998-99, Boise State averaged 7,988 fans per game to not only lead the league but rank 59th in the country. In 1997-98, a Big West best 7,040 fans per game turned out at Taco Bell Arena to rank the team 70th in the nation.

Between the Bronco basketball team and fans, Taco Bell Arena comes to life, making life hard on opponents and providing a "Home Sweet Home" for Boise State.

TACO BELL ARENA FACTS

• Ground Breaking: February 1980
• First Men’s Basketball Game in Taco Bell Arena:  November 29, 1982 (vs. Michigan State)
• Total seating capacity: 12,380
• Men’s Basketball All-time attendance record: 12,649 (vs. Idaho, March 5, 1993)
• Women’s Basketball All-time attendance record: 11,558 (#21 Boise State vs. #20 Montana, January 29, 1994)
• All-time Taco Bell Arena attendance record: 12,897 (Neil Diamond concert, November 6, 1996)
• Men’s Basketball All-time Record, through 2006-2007 season: 282-100 (.738)
• Women’s Basketball All-time Record, through 2006-2007 season: 200-108 (.649)
• Street level 17,472 sq. ft. exhibition area accommodating 110 booths (10′x10′) with direct access from two loading bays
• 9,600 sq. ft. auxiliary gymnasium (80′x120′) for additional exhibition, staging or meeting space
• Deluxe green room, VIP blue room, two road offices and five performer dressing rooms
• World class rigging grid for record breaking load in and load out
• State of the art video board (Bronco Vision) over center court

NCAA 1st and 2nd Rounds in 2005

Packed House to See the Broncos in 2007

Bronco Stadium
"The Blue"
Capacity: 32,000    Opened: 1970

Athletics

Appleton Tennis Center

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RELEASE: 09/21/2006

Jackson Indoor Track

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Boas Tennis/Soccer Complex

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RELEASE: 09/21/2006

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Bronco Gym

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RELEASE: 09/21/2006

Mtn. Cove Softball Facility

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RELEASE: 07/13/2010

Swimming & Diving Facilities

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RELEASE: 08/26/2010

West YMCA

Caven-Williams Sports Complex

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RELEASE: 08/06/2006

SIZE: 78,000 square feet
SEATING: 3,500 (banquet configuration); 2,500 (lecture configuration)
EXHIBIT BOOTHS: 250 10×10 Booths (limited electricity)

FLOOR: Green Field Turf artificial grass
CONCESSIONS: One concessions room
VENDOR STATIONS: Yes, located on south wall
CEILING: 70′ Clear
PUBLIC ADDRESS: Yes
AUDIO/VIDEO: Yes
TICKET AREA: One ticket booth on site and BSU Athletic Ticket Office nearby
HVAC: Yes
DOORS: Three 12′x16′ drive-in doors (street level)
RESTROOMS: Two

Keith & Catherine Stein Band Hall

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RELEASE: 09/20/2006

Football Complex

Lobby

Team Meeting Room

Hallway

Computer Lab

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Today, it is known as Gonzaga University, a private, four-year institution of higher education. More than 105 buildings dot the 131-acre campus overlooking the Spokane River. Students include both women and men, who can enroll in a multitude of undergraduate or graduate programs. Enrollment for the 2007-08 academic year was 6,923 students.

A constant throughout the years is Gonzaga’s educational philosophy, based on the centuries-old Ignatian model of educating the whole person – mind, body and spirit. At Gonzaga, students discover how to integrate science and art, faith and reason, action and contemplation. "Cura personalis," or care for the individual, is our guiding theme.

Mission Statement

Gonzaga University belongs to a long and distinguished tradition of humanistic, Catholic, and Jesuit education. We, the trustees and regents, faculty, administration and staff of Gonzaga, are committed to preserving and developing that tradition and communicating it to our students and alumni.
As humanistic, we recognize the essential role of human creativity, intelligence, and initiative in the construction of society and culture.
As Catholic, we affirm the heritage which has developed through two thousand years of Christian living, theological reflection, and authentic interpretation.
As Jesuit, we are inspired by the vision of Christ at work in the world, transforming it by His love, and calling men and women to work with Him in loving service of the human community.
All these elements of our tradition come together within the sphere of free intellectual inquiry characteristic of a university. At Gonzaga, this inquiry is primarily focused on Western culture, within which our tradition has developed.
We also believe that a knowledge of traditions and cultures different from our own draws us closer to the human family of which we are a part and makes us more aware of both the possibilities and limitations of our own heritage. Therefore, in addition to our primary emphasis on Western culture, we seek to provide for our students some opportunity to become familiar with a variety of human cultures.

In the light of our own tradition and the variety of human societies, we seek to understand the world we live in. It is a world of great technological progress, scientific complexity and competing ideologies. It offers great possibilities for cooperation and interdependence, but at the same time presents us with the fact of widespread poverty, hunger, injustice, and the prospect of degeneration and destruction.We seek to provide for our students some understanding of contemporary civilization; and we invite them to reflect with us on the problems and possibilities of a scientific age, the ideological differences that separate the peoples of the world, and the rights and responsibilities that come from commitment to a free society. In this way we hope to prepare our students for an enlightened dedication to the Christian ideals of justice and peace.
Our students cannot assimilate the tradition of which Gonzaga is a part nor the variety of human culture, nor can they understand the problems of the world, without the development and discipline of their imagination, intelligence, and moral judgment. Consequently, we are committed at Gonzaga to developing these faculties. And since what is assimilated needs to be communicated if it is to make a difference, we also seek to develop in our students the skills of effective writing and speaking.

We believe that our students, while they are developing general knowledge and skills during their years at Gonzaga, should also attain more specialized competence in at least one discipline or profession.
We hope that the integration of liberal humanistic learning and skills with a specialized competence will enable our graduates to enter creatively, intelligently, and with deep moral conviction into a variety of endeavors, and provide leadership in the arts, the professions, business, and public service.
Through its academic and student life programs, the Gonzaga community encourages its students to develop certain personal qualities: self-knowledge, self-acceptance, a restless curiosity, a desire for truth, a mature concern for others, and a thirst for justice.
Many of our students will find the basis for these qualities in a dynamic Christian faith. Gonzaga tries to provide opportunities for these students to express their faith in a deepening life of prayer, participation in liturgical worship and fidelity to the teachings of the Gospel. Other students will proceed from a non-Christian religious background or from secular philosophic and moral principles.
We hope that all our graduates will live creative, productive, and moral lives, seeking to fulfill their own aspirations and at the same time, actively supporting the aspirations of others by a generous sharing of their gifts.

History of Gonzaga University

Gonzaga University owes its founding and early formation to Sicilian-born Fr. Joseph Cataldo, S..J. (1837-1928). Chronically frail in health and seemingly unfit for the rigors of missionary life, Cataldo is a figure that continues to amaze and inspire researchers. He first joined his Italian Jesuit confreres in the Turin Province’s "Montium Saxorum" Mission in 1865, established himself at St. Michael’s Mission among the Upper Spokanes, and quickly became a dominant force in the area. Cataldo was appointed General Superior of the Rocky Mountain Mission in 1877, then comprising eight Residences and thirty-eight active members scattered throughout Washington, Idaho, Montana and Oregon.
The impetus to build a college was born of competition with Protestants for access to various tribes through Congressionally allocated and subsidized mission schools. Cataldo recognized the need for local formation of Jesuits to staff those schools and the central location of Spokane Falls for that purpose. A half-section of railroad land was purchased for a campus in 1881, and by 1886 the venture had both a building and a capable first superior, Fr. James Rebmann. Gonzaga College began its first academic year September 17, 1887 with a Mass of the Holy Spirit, a tradition that continues today. Its Jesuit community totaled seventeen members, nearly a 1:1 ratio with its first student body. For admission, applicants "must know how to read and write, and not be under ten years of age;" in addition to preparatory subjects, an upper level course of studies was also offered. An early decision to enroll only white students indicated that though rooted in the missionary cause, Gonzaga’s role was to be at least one step removed from it.

Enrollment rose quickly, helped by the Jesuits’ sponsorship of a surrounding Catholic lay community through their legal arm, the Pioneer Educational Society. Day students were first allowed in 1889, and a new frame church and boarding facilities, complete with electricity, were constructed three years later. After weathering the Depression of 1893, Gonzaga’s cautious, steady leaders, Frs. Leopold Van Gorp and Paul Arthuis, turned to the task of building a more permanent residence and school. First, Gonzaga was incorporated and legally empowered to grant degrees. Next, requiring two years to complete, a four-story brick structure was ready for use in 1899. Meanwhile they had relocated the church to centralize the new campus; the old school was also moved closer, and the Northwest Jesuit Scholasticate was transferred there from St. Ignatius Mission, Montana.
In their new building at the century-turn, Gonzaga’s faculty and staff of 24 stood ready to greet 244 registered students. Both a Classical and a Commercial Course of Studies were offered. The former was subdivided into a Collegiate Department, with Classes in Philosophy, Rhetoric, Poetry and Humanities, and an Academic Department, with First, Second and Third Academic Classes. The Commercial Course, divided into three levels, stressed essential business management skills; it also included a Preparatory Department, with two levels, whose purpose was the instruction of grammar to younger pupils. Extracurricular time could be devoted to a variety of sodalities, a military cadet corps, the band, choir or symphony, debate or dramatic societies, baseball, and though unsanctioned, football. By its fourteenth commencement in 1901, Gonzaga had conferred a total of two Masters and thirty-one Baccalaureate degrees.
The next two decades witnessed steady growth and development. In 1903-4 the main building was doubled in size, adding a swimming pool and gymnasium to students’ extracurricular repertoire; in response to a fatal typhoid outbreak, two years later Goller Hall was built, a combined infirmary and Jesuit residence. The original frame church was converted to a theater and relocated again to make clear space for a towering twin-spired St. Aloysius Church, dedicated in 1911. Fr. Arthuis’ next great building project was a new Jesuit Scholasticate, Mt. St. Michael’s, completed in 1916 and located atop a prominence twelve miles northeast of the campus. New construction ceased during the WWI years, though modest improvements were made to the physics, chemistry and biology facilities. Less visible changes had been happening too, which indicate an increasingly serious academic climate and consolidated student body. In 1910 the quarterly Gonzaga Magazine first appeared, offering students a new outlet for creative expression. The state legislature awarded Gonzaga legal status as University in 1912, the same year its School of Law opened under the capable direction of Dean Ed Cannon. And not only were the scholastics removed to Mt. St. Michael’s, but two nearby parochial elementary schools were now absorbing the younger grades.
In retrospect the 1920s seem a boisterous decade at Gonzaga. Football, reinstated in 1907, was now a community passion, and though neither dominant nor ever fully integrated into regional collegiate conference participation, its teams at least became legendary. The spectacles required a stadium, capable of seating twelve thousand boosters; the much loved and abused DeSmet Hall men’s residence was also added in 1925. Reflecting the spirit of the times, a School of Economics and Business Education was opened in 1921. A campus weekly, The Bulletin was added two years later, temporarily displacing the more reflective Magazine, which when revived in 1926 was renamed Gonzaga Quarterly. Also reflecting a national trend toward more standardized educational criteria, education classes appeared in the curriculum as early as 1920. Summer intensive courses for teachers began in 1924, and the Board of Trustees established a School of Education in 1928, the special care of Dean Maurice Flaherty, S.J., for its first twenty-five years.
Like the rest of the country, the 1930s and early 1940s were lean years for Gonzaga, and but for the determined leadership of President Leo Robinson, S.J., and a key contribution in 1939, the University might not have survived. Virtually no new buildings were added, though a Graduate School was organized in 1931, the Library modernized in 1933, and a School of Engineering established in 1934, in response to demand created by New Deal-sponsored projects. In 1940 the student body numbered 1200, of whom 500 were either scholastics, nursing or law students. But campus life changed dramatically during the WWII years. A disastrous fire swept through the Law Library and science labs three days after Pearl Harbor. Many Jesuit faculty members departed to become chaplains, and women assumed a more prominent presence. From 1941 to 1945, Dean James McGivern saw his Engineering enrollment drop from 175 to 31 students. The ever popular but expensive football program was finally dropped in 1942. Meanwhile during the same years, nearly 3250 men passed through Gonzaga as part of the U.S. Navy’s V5 and V12 training programs.
Due to the G.I. Bill, Gonzaga rebounded during the postwar years, especially the School of Engineering, which was presented with a handsome new building in 1949. Other developments included adding Journalism to the School of Business, a ROTC program, and a radio station. For the first time in its history, Gonzaga’s 1948 freshman class included coeds, who would read and soon revise the school’s "Credo of the Gonzaga Man." In five years their numbers required the construction of a women’s dormitory, soon followed by the "COG," a new Student Union Building. Gonzaga Prep High School was also completed in 1954, which meant that these students were no longer a part of campus life. An Accelerated Teacher Training program was added to the School of Education in 1956, and the following year, a new men’s dormitory. The Crosby Library was also dedicated in 1957, an effort initiated nine years earlier by Gonzaga’s most famous alumnus, Bing Crosby, then at the height of his career. Finally, another more subtle change was happening throughout the 1950s. At the opening of the decade, Jesuits comprised 45% of the 110 faculty members, excluding the Schools of Law and Nursing; fifteen years later that total had nearly doubled while the relative presence of Jesuits had dropped to 31%.
The energy animating the Second Vatican Council seems to have touched Gonzaga too, for the 1960s opened with a burst of activity. The spirit of the old Gonzaga Quarterly, discontinued since 1937, found new expression in Reflection, which has continued to the present. Two new programs were added, a Masters in Business in 1962 and the Florence (Italy) Study Abroad the next year, and the first issue of the Gonzaga Law Review appeared in 1966, all of which have remained as prominent, popular features of the University. By 1966 there had been a spree of new construction too, no less than seven dormitories, a building for Chemistry and Biology, and the Kennedy Athletic Center, as well as the acquisition of a nearby structure for the Law School. Gonzaga’s Jesuit Residence also was replaced in 1964. The following year marked the beginning of a fifteen-year odyssey for historian Fr. Wilfred Schoenberg, S.J., as director of the Museum of Native American Culture (MONAC). Eventually located on the campus periphery, the original museum building now serves as a multi-purpose Conference Center.
In 1974 the Trustees inaugurated Gonzaga’s twenty-third president, Fr. Bernard Coughlin, S.J., thus ushering in a critical era of steady growth matched with fiscal stability. He began with an endowment of $6 million and an annual budget of $9.6 million; at his retirement twenty one years later in 1995, the former stood at $50 million and the latter at $71 million, balanced for all but the first two years of his tenure. Meanwhile the student body had increased from about 3000 to 5000 enrollees. Two new programs were formed in 1975, a School of Professional Studies and CREDO, a popular sabbatical curriculum in Religious Studies. In 1978 a baccalaureate in Nursing was added, and a doctorate in Educational Leadership the following year. Existing programs acquired professional accreditation: the Law School in 1977, Nursing in 1983, Engineering in 1985, and Business in 1990. In the process a new School of Business was constructed, and Engineering, as well as the Athletic Center, were expanded. More recently Gonzaga has added a $20 million state-of-the-art library, a building for the School of Education, and a Fine Art Center and Museum. Currently new Chemistry and Law School facilities are being planned. A final event of note, nearly hidden in the heart of the Coughlin era, was the centennial-year formation of the Council for Partnership in Mission. Charged with creating a new statement of institutional mission, the Council is now actively encouraging its integration into all aspects of university life, thus crafting a vision for Gonzaga’s second century, in which cooperation between its Jesuit and lay members will need to be redefined anew.

Academics

The academic heart of Gonzaga’s liberal arts tradition lies in its core curriculum,

which integrates philosophy, theology, history, mathematics, literature and the natural and social sciences. A common thread throughout all of these disciplines is the value of the written word; students at Gonzaga carry out extensive writing projects throughout all of their courses of study.

Gonzaga offers seven undergraduate degrees in 43 majors, 26 master’s degrees, one Ph.D. and one Juris Doctor through the School of Law. The average undergraduate class size is 23 and the student-to-faculty ratio is 12:1. Gonzaga also offers study abroad programs in 15 countries, including our longest-running and most popular program,Gonzaga-in-Florence.

Admissions

Thank you for your interest in becoming part of the Gonzaga University experience. Our students are a diverse group of individuals representing every U.S. state and dozens of countries worldwide. We offer competitive financial aid packages with more than 90 percent of the student body receiving some form of financial aid. We encourage you to contact us to learn how we can help you.

Whether you’re interested in attending Gonzaga as a full-time student who’s just graduated from high school, a working professional looking for evening classes or would like to attend Gonzaga virtually, we can help you. Contact our Admissions office to learn more or to answer any questions you may have about the application process.
From art to zoology, undergraduate to graduate, Spokane to Florence, Gonzaga offers rigorous, accredited academic programs to help you achieve your professional aspirations. Apply today and start living your own Gonzaga experience.

Athletics

It all started on Thanksgiving Day, 1892.

A new sport – then often referred to as American rugby – was played for the first time on the Gonzaga campus in front of 500 fans. The sport soon became known as football and Gonzaga was able to compete until 1942, when there were not enough male students to field a team due to their service in World War II.

Today, Gonzaga offers athletic opportunities on many levels: intramural, club and NCAA Division I. More than 60 percent of the GU student body participates in some form of intramural activity, while our student-athletes compete as part of the West Coast Conference in volleyball, soccer, cross-country, basketball, baseball, rowing, tennis, golf and track.

The prevalent Gonzaga spirit, blended with hard work and dedication in athletic endeavors, yields success both on the field of play and in the classroom.

GONZAGA Athletic Facilities

McCarthey Athletic Center (Basketball)
After 35 years competing in the powerful atmosphere of the Kennel in the Charlotte Y. Martin Centre, Gonzaga Basketball shot over to the newly built, $25 million McCarthey Athletic Center. Completed in November 2004, the McCarthey Athletic Center houses the men’s and women’s basketball games, locker rooms, practice facility, and coaching offices. This new arena includes six concessions, 12 large bathrooms, 2 family restrooms, 6 luxury suites, a Club Room, 4 visiting team locker rooms, additional athletic administration offices, and practice facilities for the Gonzaga men’s and women’s crew teams. In addition to hosting basketball events, the McCarthey Athletic Center has the ability to host non-athletic events such as concerts, tournaments, banquets, meetings, and receptions.

Charlotte Y. Martin Centre (Volleyball)
The Martin Centre provides the Gonzaga community with more than 121,000 square feet of indoor recreational space. The complex includes a fieldhouse with eight racquetball/handball courts, indoor jogging track (1/11th of a mile), and three basketball/volleyball courts. The Pavilion also includes the Rudolf Fitness Center, a 25yd pool, an athlete weight room, training room, two basketball courts, a dance studio, locker rooms, and the Offices for the Athletic Department. This building is home for the Varsity volleyball team and hosts many outside events

Gonzaga Soccer Field
Men’s and Women’s soccer practices and plays all their home matches on this field. Set next to Lake Arthur and the popular Centennial Trail, this field has great scenery and lots of room to play. Gonzaga’s new home beginning in 2008, the Gonzaga Soccer Field in now one of the best on the West Coast. Construction on the multi-million dollar soccer stadium started in early February of 2008, and anyone who has visited the Rudolf Fitness Center knows and has seen firsthand as the project has gone from muddy mess to a pile of dirt to a green field of dreams. The first phase of the stadium was completed in late Aug. of 2009. Phase I included both the main playing and practice fields, the plaza, press box, main ticket booth, berms and site landscaping. Phases II, III and IV will round out work on the soccer stadium in¬cluding the completion of the main grandstands, locker rooms, concessions, restrooms and lastly the installa¬tion of the stadium lights.

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Patterson Baseball Complex
and Washington Trust Field
Gonzaga’s new home beginning in 2007, Patterson Baseball Complex and Washington Trust Field returned baseball to the Bulldog campus for the first time since 2003. The first game in the new, state-of-the-art lighted facility, was March 15, 2007, the first night game was played April 17, 2007, and the dedication game was played April 20, 2007. The complex is named after the family of Michael Patterson, current chairman of the Board of Trustees, while Pete Stanton and Washington Trust Bank in Spokane was also a major contributor to the project.

A.M. Corner Practice Facility
Mark Albin and Ty McGee of A.M. Landshaper saw a need at Gonzaga and met it. Shortly after finishing the field construction of the Gonzaga Soccer Field in the summer of 2008, Albin and McGee decided to turn their time and talent toward creating a golf practice facility for the men’s and women’s golf teams complete with a target green, putting green and sand bunker. The new facility, which is adjacent to the Gonzaga soccer practice field, is an enormous help to the golf programs as they did not have their own on-campus facility in the past and normally travel to various local course for practice.

Gonzaga Boathouse
The Gonzaga University boathouse is located on the Spokane River nearly 4 miles from the Gonzaga campus. The boathouse serves as the primary home for Gonzaga rowing and stores all rowing shells. Gonzaga practices and races during the fall season at the boathouse which sits near the Upriver Dam and provides a scenic end to the 5,000 meter river course. The boathouse also provides three docks for crews to enter the water and an extensive outdoor stretching area. During the spring race season Gonzaga competes at the 2,000 meter Silver Lake course. Gonzaga also has an indoor rowing facility located on the lower level of the McCarthey Athletic Center.

Kermit R. Rudolf Fitness Center
In addition to athletic life, the Martin Centre complex also includes the newly finished Kermit R. Rudolf Fitness Center, which opened in the Spring of 2003. The fitness center includes two levels, housing fitness and strength training zones. The area is also equipped with 14 televisions on separate broadcasting channels so patrons can select which channel to watch. The new area also contains a 25-yard indoor pool with six lanes for lap swimming. The former fieldhouse has been incorporated into the fitness center providing an indoor running track, three basketball/volleyball courts, four racquetball courts, and two aerobic rooms. Ample locker room space has also been built into the center for patrons to use.

Josh Burrows Athletic Training Center
In Josh Burrows had a vision and Gonzaga University had a need. The two culminated into what you see before you today, the Josh Burrows Performance Athletic Center. His vision was to provide Gonzaga University and its student-athletes the winning edge in sports science, emphasizing state-of-the-art sports training methods. That vision has now become a reality. A 1979 graduate of Gonzaga University and longtime Spokane resident, Josh has always been interested in dynamic sports training. He has spent countless hours researching and identifying improved means of increasing athletic performance, some of it through his own athletic training. With the dedication of the Josh Burrows Performance Center, "JB", as he is affectionately known by the student-athletes, will be remembered as the "father of fitness" within the Bulldogs Athletics Family, as student-athletes for years to come will reap the rewards of his vision.

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A focus on learning through service and emphasis on broadening experiences help Valpo students develop into thoughtful leaders who work to make the world a better place.

Valparaiso University enrolls about 4,000 students from most states and more than 50 countries, constituting an international, interconnected community. Valpo offers five colleges for undergraduates — the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Engineering, College of Business Administration, College of Nursing, and Christ College (honors college) — as well asgraduate studies and a law school.

Valparaiso University is an independent Lutheran institution that provides an encouraging environment for spiritual exploration by all.

The modern Harre Union (opened in 2009) and Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources (2004), and the historic Chapel of the Resurrection form the heart of campus.

Our athletics teams compete at the Division I level. Valpo’s proudest sports moment is advancing to the Sweet 16 in the 1998 men’s basketball NCAA tournament.

We’re located in Valparaiso, Indiana, a city of 31,000 people, in Northwest Indiana just an hour east of Chicago.

There’s much more to Valpo than can be described here. Explore the website, and to truly get to know us, plan a visit to campus soon.

Why Valpo?

Valpo Athletics

ARC

In 1978-1979, a Valparaiso University student survey circulated which identified an overwhelming student-felt need for improved recreational facilities on campus. This was the birth of the Athletics-Recreation Center (ARC). This survey was followed in 1979 by a comprehensive University-wide study by the Council on University Priorities and Planning.

Subsequently, a program of needs was developed by a campus committee. The Valpo Board of Directors then designated the ARC as a priority capital component of Valparaiso University, thus a national comprehensive effort to raise $50 million in support of the University. Ground was broken for the ARC on April 23, 1983.

The $7.25 million Athletics-Recreation Center added 84,000 square feet of new construction to the existing facility, thereby providing at one site a complex of over 142,000 square feet for physical education, athletics, and recreational activities.

The new building was designed with primary emphasis on supplementing the already existing recreational areas. It contains: seven playing floors for basketball and volleyball; a free play area for recreational basketball, volleyball, and other activities; a nine-lap per mile running track; six racquetball/handball courts; classrooms and lounges; and a coed training room.

The ARC arena currently has 5,000 seats and will accommodate 6,000. The arena is complemented by an attractive entrance, lobbies, ticket offices, and permanent display cases.

Since the original completion of the ARC, renovation of the existing facility has provided upgraded facilities for all Valpo students and faculty, including a new weight room, classrooms, locker rooms, and staff offices.

A new cardiovascular room for students was constructed during 2005, and the Mosak Performance Center was created as a weight room facility for varsity athletes.

On Sunday afternoon, December 9, 1984, Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish visited Valparaiso and provided the opposition for the ARC’s dedication game in men’s basketball. The ARC was also the site of Valpo’s dramatic upset of then 19th-ranked Notre Dame in 1988, played in front of 4,913 overjoyed fans.

The 1984-1985 season also marked the beginning for the women’s basketball team to compete in the ARC. The volleyball team then began play during the 1985 season.

Last season brought a record number of games to the ARC, as the Crusaders hosted 17 games at their home facility, including first-round Horizon League Championship action. Valpo also set a new single-game attendance record at the ARC, as 5,432 fans packed the stands for the Crusaders’ February 5 game against Butler.

The ARC has hosted several postseason sporting events, including the Mid-Continent Conference Tournament for both men’s and women’s basketball as well as volleyball.

The Crusaders have enjoyed a significant home-court advantage at the ARC, with a men’s basketball all-time record of 216-96 (.692) at home since it was built prior to the 1984-85 season. Valpo has finished above .500 in each of the last 16 seasons in its home games.

The women’s basketball program has also won more than 65% of its games all-time at the ARC while volleyball has won nearly 60% of its home contests all-time.

Brown Field

Brown Field has been home to the Valparaiso University football team since 1919, when the program was founded.

The Crusaders won their first game ever at Brown Field 26-0 against the Chicago YMCA on October 11, 1919.

With a seating capacity of 5,000, Brown Field is the perfect location to watch a football game on a Saturday afternoon. When the men’s soccer team was founded in 1983, Brown Field also played host to a handful of matches during the early years of that program as well.

Prior to the 2008 season, a new artificial surface was installed at Brown Field as part of numerous renovations. Valparaiso University is still in a fund-raising campaign known as FITT (Football, Intramurals, Track and Tennis) to provide funds for renovation to the stadium. The first phase of the multimillion dollar project included the installation of the ProGrass, as well as moving the grandstands and adding handicap accessibility.

The ProGrass50 Blend is a blend that consists of 100% polyetheylene fibers, that are 50% mono-filament and 50% parallel silt, that are tufted into a woven primary backing. The secondary backing consists of an application of heat-activated urethane to permanently lock in fibers. The turf has the appearance of a natural grass field.

A new 37-foot high scoreboard was erected in the northeast corner of the stadium, and with it, a new video board for graphics. New play clocks and goalposts were also included in the renovations.

Future improvements to Brown Field include the installation of game lights as well as adding a competition track around the playing surface.

For the first 87 years of the Brown Field’s existence, the playing surface was natural grass. The stadium will host its 400th home contest for the Crusaders during the 2008 campaign.

With the addition of the ProGrass, Brown Field can serve as Valpo’s practice field as well. The field was also lined for soccer, allowing it to be used as a multipurpose facility. The Valparaiso University recreational sports department will also utilize Brown Field, as will other varsity athletic teams for practices

Eastgate Field

Eastgate Field has been home to Valparaiso Crusader soccer since 1983, when the men’s program was founded. During the early years of the program, the Crusaders played their home matches at both Eastgate and Brown Field on the university’s campus, while also playing on the baseball field for several matches. By the early 1990s, Valpo moved all of its home contests to Eastgate Field. In 1993, when the Valpo women’s program was founded, the two teams began to share the facility.

Many renovations have taken place over the last decade at the complex. In 1999, a new scoreboard was added at Eastgate. Toward the end of the 2000 season, team shelters were added along with an official’s dugout.

More additions took place prior to the 2001 season as a new set of bleachers was added to the complex, giving the field a seating capacity of 500. In addition, a fully-enclosed press box was added at the top of the bleachers, featuring an area for television and radio broadcasts to originate from Eastgate Field. The roof of the press box is covered, serving as a camera deck.

In addition to the press facility upgrades, a concession stand was also added behind the bleachers. All of the renovations in 2001 were made possible by a generous gift to the school. Most recently, new team shelters were built on the east side of the field prior to the 2007 campaign, resulting in unobstructed sight lines for spectators.

The Crusader men’s team set a new standard for excellence defending its home field in 2006, winning five matches at Eastgate, the most since moving all of its home matches to the facility. In addition, the Crusaders finished at or above .500 at home for the first time in 11 seasons. In 2007, they again finished at .500 at Eastgate Field, posting a 2-2-1 record, including a tie against then-nationally ranked Michigan State. They also averaged 359 fans per match over their five home matches, the highest average home attendance in Crusader men’s soccer history.

Beginning in the 2004 season, Eastgate Field became a huge homefield advantage for the women’s soccer team. The Crusaders have posted a 30-10-2 mark over the past fives seasons, including a school-best seven wins during the 2005 championship season. The home record win total of seven victories was then matched during the 2007 season.

Eastgate Field has played host to the Mid-Continent Conference Men’s Soccer Tournament twice during its existence. The first championship was held in 1997, with the event staged at Eastgate Field again one year later. In 2008, the women’s program hosted their first postseason match at Eastgate Field, hosting a first round match in the Horizon League Championships.

Emory G. Bauer Field

Emory G. Bauer Field has been home to the Valparaiso University baseball team since the 1970 season.

Constructed out at the Eastgate Athletic Fields, major renovations to the facility have taken place beginning in 2001.

A state-of-the-art clubhouse was constructed along the first base line featuring offices for the coaches and staff of the Crusader program. Two locker rooms, equipped with showers, allow for both the varsity and reserve programs to be housed together. The complex also features a training room and indoor hitting cages. A team room featuring a kitchen, television, and a variety of games, allows for the players and staff to feel at home.

Valpo Softball Field

After spending its first 21 seasons playing off-campus at Kirchoff Park, the Valparaiso softball team moved on campus in 2003 as the Crusaders began play at the Valparaiso University Softball Field.

Dedication of the field took place on April 5, 2003, with the first action taking place the next day when the Crusaders battled Southern Utah. Valpo dropped its first game on the new field 4-3, but recorded its first win a few days later against IUPUI, 4-2 on April 11.

In their second season at the Valparaiso University Softball Field, the Crusaders rolled off a nine-game winning streak from March 31 to April 24, helping them to a 10-5 home mark. Valpo matched the 10-win total at home in 2006.

The 2007 season saw the Crusaders finish above .500 for the second time in the five years of the field, as they closed with an 8-6 record. Included among the eight wins was one of the most thrilling games in Valpo softball history, as the Crusaders won a slugfest against Big Ten foe Purdue, 12-11.

The 2007 campaign also saw another Crusader first at their five-year-old facility. In the first game of a twinbill against IPFW on April 16, Stephanie Kelly and Carrie Franson combined to throw a no-hitter against the Mastodons. Valpo proceeded to set a new record for wins at the Valparaiso University Softball Field in 2008, going 11-5 over 16 home games.

The facility features a natural grass playing surface in the outfield and a dirt-skinned infield. The foul poles are 200 feet down both lines, with the centerfield fence 215 feet from home plate. A large scoreboard sits beyond the leftfield fence, and spacious dugouts line both the first and third baselines. The entire facility is enclosed with fencing.

Valpo Tennis Complex

After numerous years of playing on Brown Courts, the Valparaiso University tennis programs got a brand new home in the spring of 2006 as the Valparaiso University Tennis Complex was built. The facility, dedicated on September 30, 2006, was built as part of the FITT fund-raising campaign within the athletics department.

The Valparaiso University Tennis Complex has 12 courts, including several with lights. The courts are set up on four banks of three courts each, to help enhance the viewing of the action.

Located in the heart of campus, the Valparaiso University Tennis Complex is designed in a manner which maximizes viewing of all courts, with bleacher seating set up at the end of each bank.

When the complex was built, new wind screens, benches, and water coolers were installed on each court, adding to the amenities that surround the hard court surface.

In addition, a large storage building was built on the edge of the complex, which allows for practice equipment to be housed within the facility.

The Valparaiso University Tennis Complex was home to the 2006 and 2007 Mid-Continent Conference Women’s Tennis Championships. The courts have also hosted several conference clusters, allowing for multiple matches to be contested at the same time.

ARC Pool

The Athletics-Recreation Center pool is home to the Valparaiso University swimming and diving program. Built in 1962, the pool is located beneath Gym 2 on the ground floor of the ARC.

A six-lane, 25-yard pool, it regularly houses anywhere from two to four home meets a year for the Crusaders. There are both one and three-meter diving boards at the north end of the pool. Locker room facilities are located directly off of the pool area, with the Valpo swim teams each having their own section within each locker room.

Seating provides for a couple hundred spectators at meets, with all of the seating located on the west side of the pool.

A new Colorado Timing System was installed in 2005, allowing for times of all lanes to be visible from all portions of the pool.

The Course at Aberdeen

The Course at Aberdeen, located in Valparaiso, is one of the premier golf experiences in the Chicagoland area. Aberdeen is the only five-star golf facility ranked by Chicagoland Golf that is open to the public in Northwest Indiana. The course features tree-lined fairways and preserved wetlands among rolling countryside. Aberdeen, designed by Dr. Michael Hurdzan, is consistently recognized by Golf Digest as one of their top "Places to Play". With four sets of tees, the course plays more than 6,900 yards from the tops.

Visit The Course at Aberdeen online at www.golfataberdeen.com

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