Original Campus Tour

The forwards campus tour is as follows:


 * Main Building, including a brief introduction of guide
 * Campus Stats: About one sq. mile from Chestnut to Powelton, 30th to 34th
 * Total 17,000 students on 3 campuses; 12,000 undergraduates.
 * Waterboy Statue: Question of the Day
 * Ryder Clock: Question of the Day
 * Current offices include: President, Provost, SRC, Admissions, Financial Aid, Comptroller


 * Crossing at 32nd and Chestnut


 * Creese Student Center
 * Question of the Day: Began construction in 1963 after an elevator shaft collapsed in the old student center and destroyed the complex.
 * Information Desk: Info, laptop rentals, SEPTA tokens, SmartCard purchases, daily events
 * Behrakis Grand Hall: speakers, Blood Drive
 * Dragon Card Office: ID gains access to library, health center, residence, DAC, shuttle
 * Creese Cafe-- salads, sandwiches, smoothies


 * Mandell Theatre
 * The Drexel Players -- all aspects of theatre performance
 * Acting, directing, design, costumes, lighting, sets, sound, publicity, box office
 * 6-10 productions a year, at least 1/term
 * Theatre, Musical Theatre, Jazz Band, Gospel Choir, Choir, Dance Ensemble
 * 424 seat capacity
 * Underneath is Mad Dragon Recording Label: the only college recording label


 * MacAlister Hall
 * Writing Center
 * WKDU 91.7 FM, entirely student run radio station
 * CAB Office -- Campus Activities Board
 * Friday night flicks
 * Comedy week: Jaime Kennedy, Dane Cook
 * Phillies tickets


 * Handschumacher Dining Center
 * Glass Atrium leads to the dining hall
 * Newly renovated $3.7 million
 * Mandatory meal plan for freshmen -- unlimited access to dining hall, $200 flex
 * Commuters/Upperclassmen have 3 options: 5/week, 9/week, unlimited meal plans


 * Crossing at 33rd and Chestnut


 * Newman Center
 * Religious resources at Drexel for all faiths
 * Game room
 * Meeting room in the basement


 * Walk up 33rd St


 * W. W. Hagerty Library
 * Houses over 1.3 million books, preriodicals, microfilms, government docs., movies and software
 * Interloan with Penn
 * Access PA network
 * Electronic learning center
 * Study rooms
 * College of Study specific librarians


 * Walk up to the DAC


 * Daskalakis Athletic Center
 * Athletic Center
 * 3 Full size Basketball Courts
 * Olympic-sized Swimming Pool and Diving Well
 * Activity Rooms
 * Free Weight Room, and Wellness Center
 * Squash Courts
 * Need your Drexel Card to enter
 * Locker Rooms, Equipment rental window
 * Teams, Division I, Colonial Athletic Assoc., Intramural and Club Sports
 * Planned to have a 3-story addition added which will include an indoor track and a rock wall.


 * Lancaster Walk
 * Welcome Days
 * New Law Building and School
 * Over $13 million construction
 * Inaugural class of 185
 * 34th Street is Drexel's western boundary
 * 7/11 is the highest grossing on the eastern coast


 * Residence Hall


 * Academic Building
 * "One of the best kept secrets"-- Academic Bistro on top floor
 * Le Bec Fin, the only 5-star restaurant in Philadelphia donated furnature and fixture to provide the Bistro with a grand ambiance


 * Buckley Field/Buckley Green
 * 2005 returfed with state-of-the-art Sprinturf
 * Intramural and Club Sports
 * Beach Volleyball courts-- the only ones in Philadelphia


 * Rush Building
 * Used to be a hospital and there is a morgue in the basement


 * Armory
 * One of the largest and oldest armories in the commonwealth, housed the 1st regiment
 * Currently the home of the ROTC program
 * 2010 planned conversion into a 5,000 seat basketball arena much like the palestra


 * Dragon Shuttle Bus Stop
 * Three routes: Gold, Blue, and Dragon which serve University City and Center City Hahnemann
 * Run in 15 minute intervals.
 * Drexel students also have access to Penn Transit


 * Nesbitt Hall
 * Houses Westphal College of Media, Arts, and Design


 * Mario the Dragon
 * Named after an Alum of 1945 who never missed a basketball game
 * We are the Drexel Dragons, but we used to be the Drexel Engineers and the Drexelites
 * Question of the Day: Great place to meet people, since it's an easily visible landmark


 * Pearlstein Business Learning Center
 * $15 million facility, opened September 2003
 * Wall Street Ticker
 * Wireless Classrooms, including lecture and board room style
 * Faculty
 * Active in their field of study
 * Accessible - Required office hours, Contact information


 * Matheson Hall


 * Paul Peck Alumni Center
 * Previously Centennial Bank, built in 1876 and designed by Philadelphia architectural legend Frank Furness
 * Has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 1971.


 * Bossone Research Center
 * Lunch truck lane -- Philly culture
 * $37 million research center
 * Houses College of Engineering, Biomed engineering, Science and Helath systesm, Drexel Research resources center, Nanotechnology Institute, and Center for Telecommunications and Information Assurance


 * Return to the Main Building followed by the Information Session