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  St. Joe's Sports Dome
  The facility is located on Westview Drive, off Huron River Drive, at the northeast corner of Rynearson Stadium. The building allows EMU's collegiate athletic teams and the Ypsilanti community to continue playing and practicing despite inclement weather. The facility is available to EMU's collegiate teams as well as intramural, club teams, and local sports leagues. The facility is 410 feet long, 210 feet wide, and stands 75 feet tall. Also included are a welcome center and convertible space that can be configured for a football field, an international soccer field, or four youth soccer fields.
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  Starkweather Hall
  The Student Christian Association (SCA) was organized in 1853, the same year EMU opened. Over the next forty years, the SCA continued to grow and by 1892, its members were looking for a building of their own. The students asked local philanthropist Mary Anne Starkweather for financial assistance. Mrs. Starkweather had planned to donate $10,000 to the Michigan State Normal School (MSNS) for a new science facility in her will; however, following the appeal of the SCA, she offered to provide the funds to erect a building for them. The MSNS was the first teachers college in the United States to have a building designated for religious activities. Starkweather Hall, as it came to be known, was fully outfitted for the students. The first floor contained rooms for receptions or dining, a dressing room, a library, and a few classrooms. These rooms were separated by rolling partitions that could be opened to enlarge the space. A kitchen was also installed so that students could cook meals for the dining area. Upstairs, plans called for a large assembly room and a keeper's room rented to a student who looked after the building. All of the hardware was custom made for the building. Today original doorknobs remain in certain parts of the building, bearing the in initials of the Student Christian Association (SCA). The building housed the Honors College until December 2015. Starkweather is the oldest remaining on-campus and is currently (2024) not utilized by EMU in any capacity.
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  Strong Hall
  Strong Hall was planned to replace Sherzer as the home of science on campus. With rapidly expanding enrollment in the post-World War II period, the college needed more classroom space and better science equipment. The new science building was constructed for $1,500,000 on the site of the old powerhouse. When the building was opened in 1957, only half of the original plan had yet been implemented. The lecture and laboratory wing, which stands today, contained nine labs each for chemistry and physics plus ten additional labs for faculty research. Five large lecture halls, offices, and nine classrooms completed the building. The plan called for a planetarium wing and a classroom wing to be built at a later date. Strong Hall's design placed most of the classrooms and laboratories in the central core of the building. Rooms in the central core did not have windows were all artificially lighted and air-conditioned. The core was designed to maintain uniform environmental conditions regardless of Michigan's changing weather conditions. Regardless of the intentions of this windowless design, the building was known as the campus eyesore and most people felt as though the building was cramped, stuffy, and generally unwelcoming. As a result, between 2017 and 2019 Strong Hall received a much needed $40 million renovation that emphasized natural lighting and open inviting spaces. This was the largest renovation project in EMUs history, as the building had hardly been touched since it was originally constructed. Today Strong Hall is the home of the Geography and Geology Department.
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  Student Center
  Since November 6, 2006, the Student Center has been the hub of activity at EMU. In April 2007, it was voted the "Best Place to Hang between Classes" by Eastern Echo readers. The building offers meeting, conference and banquet spaces; an auditorium; eatery; bookstore; bank; wireless internet access; a 24/7 computer lab; two art galleries and houses offices for student government and student life.
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  Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology Research Facility
  After almost fifty years of service, the greenhouse at Hover Laboratory had become too old and antiquated for further use, leading the university to build a new one. Changes in design and location of the proper contract caused repeated delays in the building. At last, plans called for a 1,158 square foot building comprised of three separate, climate controlled, rooms. Funding for the greenhouse was provided in part by a $365,565 grant from the National Science Foundation. EMU pledged an additional $222,000. The rest of the money came from donations and fundraisers assisted by the University's development office. The three major rooms in the greenhouse each serve a different purpose. The first is called the Research Room, where plants are grown for research, classes, and sales purposes. The second room, the Propagation Room, is where various types of plants are sold with prices ranging from $1-$20. The third room, the Conservatory, is where the majority of the plants are houses, and students are able to come in to relax and study. The Conservatory was originally designed as a plant library for professors to borrow plants for use in labs and lectures.
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  University House
  The University House, built in 2001; serves as the President's residence and as a location for events pertaining to university functions. The multi-functional facility featured 6,500 square feet for entertaining and 3,500 square feet for residential living. The construction cost for the University House was $6 million, which caused controversy as it was $1.6 million over-budget. The controversy led to the termination of President Kirkpatrick, who, along with his wife Pamela, made many detailed decisions that inflated the cost of the home. The Kirkpatrick's also charged $34,465 worth of home-furnishings to university credit cards, in addition to their change orders which exceeded $130,000.
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  Village Apartments
  The Village provides quality, affordable, housing for Eastern Michigan University's growing student population while creating a unique environment that supports the demands of the academic community. A total of 276 beds were added with the project. Each of the six housing units is three stories in height, with four apartments per floor. Each apartment unit houses four students, with two bathrooms, a kitchenette, and study space. The layout was developed to help students adapt to independent living, while at the same time promoting group interaction. The Community Building provides a central location for large gatherings, including a lounge and auxiliary study space.
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  Walton Residence Hall
  This residence hall was originally constructed in 1968, and was renovated in 2023 to include central A/C, updated bathrooms, and study and lounge areas.
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  Warner Gymnasium & Physical Education Building
  Warner is located within the Olds/Robb Rec/IM complex, and is largely utilized as office and classroom space for the Physical Education Department. Until 2017, Warner was the home of the EMU Gymnastics program, and the Eagles used the facility for practice and meets, including the 2002 and 2008 Michigan Classic. The Eagles took home third place honors both years, recording a team score of 192.650 in 2002, and a 192.625 in 2008. Warner Gymnasium was also the annual home of the Eagle Invitational, which the Eagles have won every year since 2006.
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  Welch Hall
  Welch Hall, named after the first president of the school, Adonijah S. Welch, was constructed in 1896 to serve as the new training school building on the Michigan State Normal School (MSNS) campus. The building held classroom space for grades K-8, offices, and an assembly room that could accommodate 400 children. After the MSNS reached collegiate status in 1899, attendance greatly increased, resulting in east and west wings being added to Welch in 1900, and a north-west wing being added in 1909, to create more classroom space for the growing student population. The training school moved to the Roosevelt building when it was constructed in the 1920s, and for the next forty years Welch Hall served as the home for many different academic departments. In the 1960s, Welch was converted into office space and it began being used as the main administrative building on-campus, which is still the purpose it serves today. Welch was nearly demolished in the 1980s, as decades of poor maintenance caused the building to significantly deteriorate. Dr. Andrew Nazzarro, the man who established the Historic Preservation program at EMU 1979, started the “Don’t Squelch Welch” button campaign to promote support to save the building. This campaign was a success, because in 1985 a $2.5 million federal grant was awarded to EMU to renovate Welch Hall and ensure that the building could continue to serve the EMU community.
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  Westview Apartments
  Westview is located about two miles west of campus next to Rynearson Stadium and the George Gervin GameAbove Center where many University athletic events take place. The original structure was built in the townhouse style, and offered 71 one-bedroom units and 71 two-bedroom units. The original Westview apartments were demolished in the summer of 2022 as apart of the "Welcome Home" initiative to improve on-campus housing. The new Westview opened for new residence Fall 2024. In addition to offering one and two-bedroom apartments like the old building, the new Westview also has studio and four-bedroom apartments available for students.
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  Windgate Arts Complex
  Dedicated on September 12, 2024, the Windgate Arts Complex is a 23,000 sqft. complex designed to house EMU's 3D Media Arts programs. The facility includes state-of-the-art studios for ceramics, sculpture, furniture design, and digital fabrication. Funding for the complex was made possible by a $3.4 million gift from the Windgate Foundation. The new Windgate Arts Complex, completed in just 15 months, represents EMU’s forward-thinking approach to art education, providing a collaborative environment for students to develop their skills across multiple disciplines.