Wheaton College Campus

Claire talks a bit about intramural sports at Wheaton College - something anyone of any skill can join! At Wheaton, they have dodgeball, indoor soccer, outdoor soccer, sand volleyball, volleyball, basketball, kickball, ultimate frisbee, softball, and others! Intramural sports (IMs) are a great way to meet new people and have some fun outdoors and indoors!

Everyone on campus walks through the quad at least once a day. The quad is the backyard of Blanchard and stretches to Beamer. People walk through the quad on the way to and from chapel and classes. The large walkway allows people to bike, walk, or skateboard along the path.

Blanchard Hall was the original building on campus and was named after the first president, Jonathan Blanchard. It houses many of the humanities departments.

Perry the Mastodon was discovered in the 1960s a few blocks from campus. Students helped excavate and set up the Mastodon in the years following the discovery. Now Perry proudly sits in the Meyer Science Center where students pass him every day.

Claire takes you around the SRC, Wheaton's Gym! The SRC has a little bit of everything, including basketball gyms, a rock wall, fitness room, dance room, indoor track, pool, diving boards, and a hot tub! If you take classes in Applied Health Sciences or if you take Wellness, your classes will be in the upper level of the SRC! It's a great place to workout and they even have Zumba groups and yoga classes you can take for free!

Wheaton is 40 minutes from Chicago, which is very windy and cold in the winter, meaning there are some gusty days on campus. The weather in the fall semester is nicer than the spring semester. If you want to study abroad, study abroad in the spring instead of the fall so you miss out on the bad weather!

Anastasia is a senior on campus and she tells you about her experience at Wheaton.

The Billy Graham Center (BGC) was named after Billy Graham, an alum of Wheaton and a famous evangelist. There is a museum in the BGC dedicated to evangelistic work. Billy Graham once said, "This museum will point us to the past so we can learn from those who have gone before. It will cause us to rejoice in the present to see what God is doing today. And it will challenge us for the future to know Christ and to make Him known to the ends of the earth." - Billy Graham

Kaylee sits in lower beamer, a popular hangout spot on campus, as she explains some of her favorite parts of campus and shares about her major and life at Wheaton.

Sarah and Colling snuck into a lab so Collin can explain how labs in the Meyer Science Center are conducted and laid out.

Claire talks a bit about intramural sports at Wheaton College - something anyone of any skill can join! At Wheaton, they have dodgeball, indoor soccer, outdoor soccer, sand volleyball, volleyball, basketball, kickball, ultimate frisbee, softball, and others! Intramural sports (IMs) are a great way to meet new people and have some fun outdoors and indoors!

Sarah explains the campus community and covenant before saying goodbye.

Blanchard Hall was the original building on campus and was named after the first president, Jonathan Blanchard. It houses many of the humanities departments.

Classes at Wheaton have between 5-80 students at a time. Major classes tend to me smaller while gen eds are much larder. In this classroom there are roughly 30 students per class.

Blanchard Lawn is in the middle of campus and acts as a private park in the middle of campus. Students hang out there in the warm months of the school year. Blanchard lawn overlooks the Billy Graham Center, Blanchard Hall, the Stadium, and Beamer.

Buswell library is a three-story library just off the quad. Along with the Wheaton Public Library (WPL), located 4 blocks from campus, you can borrow most of your books for classes if you don't want to buy them. The WPL loans books out for two weeks to a month, Buswell library lends books out for up to a semester.