Tour Script Pt 3

Stop 9: Continue walking east with Altria on your left and cross into Monroe Park at the corner of Laurel and Main.

• Altria Theater

• Main Street Parking deck

• Gladding residence center

• Monroe Park

• School of engineering

• School of business

Altria Theater

1. VCU rents it out for various events (RAM CAMP, Convocation/ White Coat Ceremony, etc.)

   1. Numerous concerts and performances throughout the year with the potential for student discount

Main Street Parking Deck

First year students are unable to bring a car on campus if they live in on-campus housing

Gladding Residence Center

1. Freshman residence hall

2. Suite style and traditional style

3. Houses over 1,500 students Co-ed

4. Laundry on every EVEN floor and kitchen on every ODD floor 

   1. Students do not pay for laundry

Monroe Park

1. Owned by city and maintained by VCU

2. Wi-Fi capabilities

3. Events throughout the year including VCU’s Intercultural Festival and Welcome Week activities

4. Student hangout space (Quidditch practice, larping, outside studying)

School of Engineering

1. West and East Hall

2. Includes state-of-the-art lecture halls

3. Over 60 research and teaching labs

School of Business

1. Snead Hall

2. Features traditional classroom space and faculty offices, a capital markets center and trading room,  tiered case study classrooms, and team-building breakout rooms. Offers their own set of tours of their facility Monday-Friday at 1:15pm

Stop 11: Walk down Monroe Park, towards the cathedral, and stop when you can clearly see at the stairs of Rhoads, and Brandt Hall.

• Rhoads hall

• Brandt Hall

• West Grace honors college ONLY IF ASKED ABOUT

Rhoads Hall

1. 18 stories

2. Traditional-style facility

3. Co-ed by floor

4. Double or triple bedrooms

5. Laundry facilities on each floor

6. Minifridge located in all rooms

Brandt Hall

1. 17 stories

2. Suite-style facility with common area

3. 2 bedrooms, 1 bath (4 people)

4. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths (8 people)

5. Co-ed by suite

6. Laundry facilities on first floor

7. Mini fridge located in all rooms

West Grace Honors College **ONLY IF ASKED ABOUT**

1. Apply before freshman year as a high school student

2. Apply as a current VCU student (between 12 and 53 hours of college credit)

3. Must have and maintain a 3.5 VCU GPA

4. Need an essay and letter of recommendation

5. Sign up for classes before all other students

6. Smaller class sizes

7. Advisors with smaller advisee pool

8. Reduced cost printing

Stop 12: Cross Laurel Street to be on the left side of the Cathedral. Walk back towards the library and continue to Franklin Street. End tour at new VCU letters on Franklin.

• Ask if there are any more questions

• Tell them that if they need to speak to an Admissions Counselor they can go into Ritter-Hickok

• Give them directions to WC and ask if anyone needs directions anywhere else

• Tell your group that you can escort anybody back to the W.C. who is walking back at that time

• Thank the group for their time

• Give the group an opportunity to take pictures with the letters.