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Tours

1. Campus Overview Tour

   This curated tour explores the locations that will be key to your academic experience and social life on the La Verne Campus.

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   1. Welcome!

      Founded in 1891, the University of La Verne is a private, nonprofit university located on 66 acres in the heart of charming downtown La Verne, California.

      This tour highlights many of the buildings and landmarks that will be central to your university experience once we return to on-campus learning. It includes the academic buildings where you will engage with classmates and professors in riveting discussions, the centers where you will receive the specialized support you need to succeed, and the outdoor spaces that will serve as the backdrop of social events and the beginning of lifelong friendships.

      Outside of class, students can explore the mountains, beaches, amusement parks, entertainment hotspots, cultural landmarks, diverse neighborhoods, and other recreational spaces of nearby Los Angeles.

      Once you have completed this tour, check our other tours highlighting on-campus housing and athletics facilities.

   2. Sara and Michael Abraham Campus Center

      The Sara and Michael Abraham Campus Center is a three-story building that serves as a popular gathering place for students, faculty, and staff, and is one of the main hotspots on campus.

      The first floor is home to the Office of Student Life, the main resource for student life on campus and a central hub for our student organizations, including ASULV, CAB, Greek Life, and clubs. Just around the corner is Leo’s Den, a student lounge where students can hang out and play games in between classes. Before returning to class, students can stop by Barbara’s Place, a quick food dining option that also features a fully-functioning Starbucks.

      The second floor is home to the Office of Undergraduate Admission, your main resource during the admissions process. Other student support services share this space, including the Academic Success Center, which offers free peer tutoring, the Career Center, and the Office of First Gen and Peer Mentoring. This floor also has a few classrooms as well as a computer lab for student use.

      The third floor consists of a collection of ballrooms that host a variety of community activities, from academic events and conferences to speakers and social events.

   3. Dailey Theatre

      Built in 1974, Dailey Theatre is home to the theatre department. The 200-seat performance venue was built in a U-shape so that every seat is a good seat. Participation in the productions is not limited to theatre majors – anybody can audition! The Dailey Theatre has a easily transformable stage and seating arrangement, which allows for an array of production options. The theatre department puts on two major productions each year, and the venue is also used for staged readings, live music events, senior project productions, and more.

      The adjacent Jane Dibbell Cabaret theatre is a classroom and rehearsal space for the theatre department. This is also where your performance scholarship audition will take place if you're a theatre major.

   4. Miller Hall

      Miller Hall is the oldest building on campus. In its earliest years, it was a residence hall. Now its small classrooms are the backdrop of thought-provoking class discussion for courses in the humanities, foreign languages, religion and philosophy, and legal studies departments.

   5. Randall Lewis Center for Well-Being and Research

      The Randall Lewis Center for Well-Being and Research is our brand new health and wellness center, which provides the campus community with resources for physical, emotional, and mental health. The fitness center offers cardiovascular equipment, weight machines, locker rooms, exercise studios, and a calendar full of activities ranging from yoga to financial health workshops. The high-tech fitness equipment can connect to mobile devices so that students can track their fitness data. A research assessment laboratory allows science students to conduct research on health in the community.

   6. Founders Hall

      Founders Hall, a classroom and administrative building, is one of the oldest buildings on campus. It is home to classes for general education, history, political science, music, rhetoric and communication studies, and computer sciences. It is also the location of offices for faculty and campus administration, including the Office of the President and the Office of the Provost. This is also the site of the Ann and Steve Morgan Auditorium, a concert hall that hosts guest speakers and performers alike.

   7. The Rock

      The Rock, located in the garden just outside Founders Hall, is a campus landmark and home to one of our favorite traditions. Student groups reserve times to paint the rock as an old-school way to advertise special events, programs, milestones, or important dates. The Rock gets painted four to six times per week, so it's grown quite a bit over the decades (look for evidence of its growth in old yearbooks).

   8. Mainiero Science and Education Building

      Mainiero Science and Education Building is the red brick building attached to Founder’s Hall. Inside, you will find the La Fetra Auditorium lecture hall, offices and classrooms for our science departments, and scientific laboratories containing updated equipment. Throughout the building you will also spot exhibits on natural history, comparative anatomy, dendrochronology, and conchology.

   9. Ludwick Center for Spirituality, Cultural Understanding, and Community Engagement

      The Ludwick Center for Spirituality, Cultural Understanding, and Community Engagement is the spiritual heart of the university community. It is an interfaith gathering place for La Verne students, faculty, and friends to reflect, meditate, and engage in dialogue. The center promotes religious and cultural tolerance and brings together many essential services under one roof, including the Office of Diversity and Inclusivity, the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, Center for Multicultural Services, Office of Civic and Community Engagement, and the Office of International Services and Engagement.

   10. Hoover Hall

       Known as the "ology" building, Hoover Hall is home to classrooms and offices for our behavioral and social science departments, including psychology, anthropology, criminology, and sociology.

   11. Sneaky Park

       Sneaky Park is an open space and gathering place for barbecues, club fairs, career fairs, and so much more. It is also the resting spot for the statue of our mascot, Leo the Leopard. Tradition states that students should rub his right paw on the first day of school and then return on graduation to rub his left paw.

   12. College of Business and Public Management

       One of La Verne's most popular majors, business administration, is housed within the College of Business and Public Management. Our undergraduate business program offers a unique experience with the Integrated Business Program, which challenges student teams to develop real companies. All profits from the businesses go to local charities, so it's a great way to get hands-on learning experience while helping out the community.

   13. Wilson Library

       The four-story Wilson Library is loaded with state-of-the-art technology designed to serve students. The resources here amount to more than 6 million volumes and 300,000 periodicals. The library also offers academic technological support, computers, copiers and printers for student use, and archives and special collections for research.

       The library includes a Makerspace filled with resources and equipment for students to test out and use on their projects, such as 3D printers, virtual reality goggles, laser cutters, and more.

       Two stories of the library have private study cubicles as well as group study rooms that can be reserved (they say the higher you go, the quieter it gets). The offices for Study Abroad and the Global Ideas Honors Program are located on the second floor.

   14. Hanawalt House

       Built in 1908, Hanawalt House is a meeting place, reception site, and office space in the historic heart of campus. Completely restored after a 2004 fire, the building is currently home to the Office of Alumni Engagement. It also houses a piece of the original Lordsburg Hotel from the university's earliest days.

   15. Barkley Building and Annex

       The Barkley Building and Annex are home to classrooms for the LaFetra College of Education. Program specialties include child and adolescent development, elementary and secondary teaching, special education, educational counseling, school psychology, and educational leadership.

   16. Arts and Communications Building

       The Arts and Communications Building is the home base for all arts and communications majors. The building features a Mac computer lab, lecture and conference style classrooms, and houses the office for Campus Times, our student newspaper, as well as studios for the campus radio station (107.9 LEO-FM) and the community news television station (LVTV-3). The loft-like upper floor hosts an expansive studio space for our art classes and the Tall Wall Gallery space, where students display their work.

   17. The Spot

       Located on the first floor of Citrus Hall is our new dining hall, The Spot, which is run by Bon Appetit Management Company. The Spot has multiple food stations, including a wood-fired pizza oven, a grill, hot food options, a breakfast station, a soup and salad bar, and even a frozen yogurt machine. The chefs are accommodating to food allergies and homesickness – if there is a recipe you want them to try, submit it and if they can produce it on a large scale, it can be made for all students to enjoy. The large open dining hall offers a variety of booth, counter, and table seating options so that you can eat solo while studying or share a meal with friends.