OWU Admission Office Tour Route Study Guide

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering key campus locations, tour stop requirements, academic and residential facilities, and campus history from the OWU Admission Office Tour Route Study Guide.

Test Tour

The practical examination where a trainee delivers a campus tour to a daily visit candidate while observed by a supervisor; it requires $3$ prior shadow tours, must run between $50$ and $70\,\text{minutes}$, and requires a minimum score of $82$ out of $102\,\text{points}$ ($\approx 80\%$) to pass.

OWU Connection

A mandatory core requirement for all students built on the four pillars of 'Think Big, Do Good, Go Global, Get Real,' satisfied through large-scale practical experiences such as internships, study abroad, travel learning courses (TLCs), Theory to Practice Grants (TPGs), or research/SSRP.

Career Connection

A specialized branch of the OWU Connection divided into specific career sectors with staff advisors who assist students with landing internships, finding jobs, preparing graduate school applications, and planning career pathways.

Gray Chapel

A major auditorium located in University Hall housing the largest organ of its kind in the United States; it serves as the primary venue for musical ensembles (choir, band, orchestra), Mock Convention, and university inaugurations.

Merrick Hall

An interdisciplinary campus academic building that hosts conversation-based courses from all academic departments, houses Boba and Starbucks dining options, and serves as the staging location for first-year Convocation on its porch.

Summer Bridge Program

An early-arrival transition program organized by the DEI office alongside OMSA, enabling incoming students to reside in campus residence halls and take preparatory courses led by DEI staff before the academic year starts.

Elliott Hall

The oldest building at OWU, built in $1833$ as a luxury sulfur spring hotel, purchased with community donations, and physically relocated on logs and horses in $1891$; it now houses History, Politics and Government, SOAN, Pre-Law, WGS, and Black World Studies.

Sturges Hall

An external architectural replica of Elliott Hall that accommodates the academic departments of English, Philosophy, Religion, and Creative Writing.

GRP Electric Solar Project

A campus sustainability initiative installing over $10{,}000$ solar panels across parking lots and ground mounts near the tennis courts, intended to reduce the campus electric carbon footprint by $82\%$ while providing pollinator habitats and engineering internships.

Science Center (SCSC)

The primary STEM complex featuring research laboratories for academic and external use, an atrium for the Science Symposium, Boar's Head dining, an average class size of $18$, and an overall student-to-faculty ratio of approximately $12:1$.

Meek Aquatic Center

The campus facility where the varsity Swim and Dive teams practice and host competitions, which also provides designated open free swim hours for the general student body.

Branch Rickey Arena

The varsity athletic arena used for basketball, volleyball, and wrestling; it honors the OWU alumnus and baseball executive who broke Major League Baseball's racial barrier by signing Jackie Robinson.

Gordon Field House

An indoor sports facility connecting Branch Rickey Arena to Edwards Gymnasium that features an indoor track and field, batting cages, tennis courts, racquetball courts, and a golf simulator.

Delaware Entrepreneurial Center (DEC)

A business development resource center open to both city of Delaware residents and OWU students, tailored to help individuals access resources and mentorship needed to launch new enterprises.

The Woltemade Center

An academic institute based in Corns that coordinates specialized business programs, off-campus excursions, and internship placements for students studying business, accounting, economics, finance, and marketing.

The JAY

The primary outdoor pedestrian walkway funded by James A. Young that links the residential and academic campuses, historically resolving campus cohesion when the university became co-educational, and host to the semesterly 'Day on the JAY'.

John F. Milligan Library

A $\$50\text{ million}$ donor-funded facility scheduled to open in late Fall $2027$, planned to combine traditional library resources, study rooms, performing arts spaces, and fine arts classrooms.

Palmer Center

A support office located in Ham-Wil (scheduled to relocate to the new library) providing student guidance, events, and tailored resources to help first-generation college students build community and navigate higher education.

SAGAN Academic Resource Center (SAGAN ARC)

A comprehensive student support hub in HWCC housing the campus writing center and coordinating free walk-in or appointment-based peer tutoring across general and department-specific subjects.

Office of Multicultural Student Affairs (OMSA)

An institutional office housing the Multicultural Center, LGBTQI+ Spectrum Center, and Women's & Gender Resource Center, focused on programming, leadership development, and multicultural student advocacy.

The Table at Ham-Wil

The central weekday dining facility on campus, featuring the early-morning Marketplace, expanded dining seating, a campus dietician, and an All-Good Station formulated completely free of the top $9$ food allergens.

Peale Chapel

The dedicated interfaith campus space led by Chaplain Chad Johns, providing spiritual resources across diverse denominations and offering free transportation to off-campus places of worship.

BibliU

A digital course materials platform providing students instant access to required electronic textbooks on the first day of class at discounted rates, accompanied by an opt-out mechanism for hard copies.

Small Living Units (SLUs)

Special-interest thematic residential houses whose members must maintain good academic standing, hold weekly house meetings, and deliver an annual house-wide service or educational project connected to their theme.

Bradford Milligan Hall

Apartment-style residential housing for seniors offering $4$, $6$, or $8$-person suites with private single bedrooms, living rooms, two bathrooms, and full kitchens paired with optional grocery-focused meal plans.

1842

A fully donor-funded recreation and dining venue named after the year of OWU's establishment, providing pub-style cuisine, drinks of age, billiards tables, and bowling lanes for campus community members.

Esports Arena

A collegiate competitive gaming space catering to over $60$ students across $10$ teams, providing $2\text{ am}$ varsity access, paid coaching for high-level rosters, and competitive scholarships between $\$2\text{k}$ and $\$8\text{k}$ annually.

Stuyvesant Hall

A campus residence hall featuring air-conditioned Jack-and-Jill suites comprised of two double bedrooms joined together by an internal, shared bathroom.

Camp Oh-Woo

A group of three transitional orientation programs for matriculating students centered on teaching OWU lore and traditions, cultivating peer relationships, and easing the transition into university life.