Asbury Hall (1962) — Named in honor of Bishop Francis Asbury, the father of The United Methodist Church in America, who made the circuit through the upper Susquehanna District in 1812, the year Lycoming (then the Williamsport Academy) opened its doors. Asbury Hall houses freshman students in a co-educational environment.

Crever Hall (1962) — Honors Lycoming’s founder and first financial agent, the Rev. Benjamin H. Crever, who helped persuade the Baltimore Conference to purchase the school from the Williamsport Town Council in 1848.

East Hall (1962) — Houses five chapters of Lycoming’s fraternities and sororities. The self-contained units contain student rooms and a chapter room.

Forrest Hall (1968) — Honors Dr. and Mrs. Fletcher Bliss Forrest and Anna Forrest Burfeindt ’30, the parents and sister of Katherine Forrest Mathers ’28, whose generosity established the memorial.

Rich Hall (1948) — Honors the Rich family of Woolrich, Pennsylvania. It houses health services, dining services office, security, residence life, and buildings and grounds. Rich is an all female hall.

Skeath Hall (1965) — The largest residence hall honors the late J. Milton Skeath, professor of psychology and four-time Dean of the College from 1921 to 1967. It houses freshmen in a co-educational environment.

Wesley Hall (1956) — Honors John Wesley, the founder of Methodism. This building houses a number of Greek organizations, as well as independent students.

Williams Hall (1965) — Honors Mary Ellen Whitehead Williams, mother of Joseph A. Williams, of St. Marys, Pennsylvania, whose bequest established the memorial.

Academic Center (1968) — The most architecturally impressive complex on campus, the Center is composed of four buildings: the John G. Snowden Memorial Library, Wendle Hall, the Mary L. Welch Theatre and Laboratories, and the faculty office building.

John G. Snowden Memorial Library (1968) www.lycoming.edu/library/ Named after the late state senator John G. Snowden, the library supports the classroom and research needs of the college community. An active instruction program promotes the use of print materials, web accessed academic information resources, and other information technologies. The collection includes more than 180,000 volumes, approximately 1000 periodical titles, and a strong reference collection suitable to an undergraduate education. The Snowden Memorial Library also serves as a partial depository for U.S. government publications and houses the Lycoming College Archives and the archives of the Central Pennsylvania Conference of the United Methodist Church.

Art Gallery (1980) — Located in the northwest corner of the first floor of the John G. Snowden Memorial Library, the gallery contains exhibits year-round, including shows of student work.

Office of Communications Technology/Computer Center (1969) — www.lycoming.edu/it/ Lycoming College provides at least one computer network access point in each classroom, office, and for each student on campus. Students have access to a variety of on- campus and worldwide resources through the network.
The College maintains five public use computer labs, four labs populated with Windows-based computers, and one lab with a mix of Windows and Macintosh computers.
The Windows labs utilize several popular software packages, such as Office 2000 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, FrontPage 2000), Internet Explorer, and SPSS. The Graphics Lab utilizes Microsoft Office, PageMaker, Photoshop, Quark XPress, Illustrator, FrontPage 2000, and Macromedia Director and DreamWeaver. Laser printing and Zip drives are available in all labs, with scanning available in the Graphics Lab.

Lycoming College maintains a site on the World Wide Web where our URL is www.lycoming.edu. Any student who is enrolled at Lycoming receives an e-mail account as well as a network account with disk space for a personal Web site and common files. These are backed up daily. Most academic departments maintain home pages and resources under the Lycoming College home page(s). Many faculty post departmental home pages and communicate with their students by e-mail.

Any student living in a residence hall can become part of the Residential Networking Program, ResNet. They then have direct access to the Lycoming network and the Internet. Students need properly configured computers to give them access to e-mail and the World Wide Web from their rooms.

An IBM RS6000 running Unix provides access to a variety of different software packages to students in the Mathematical and Computer Sciences.

ResNet (1995) - Any student who has a computer is encouraged to bring it to campus. To join the Residential Networking Program, ResNet, a student must have a computer that meets a minimal set of standards and he/she must compete the Residential Networking Access Account Application, contracting for the complete set of Internet Services. The access account fee is $15.00 per month. Applications are available on the Web at www.lycoming.edu/acad/resapp.htm, in the Residence Life Office, the Telecommunications Office, or in the Office of Communications Technology. For full instructions you can also go to www.lycoming.edu/acad/resnet.htm.

Video Conference Facility (1995) - The College maintains a specially equipped video- conference facility that provides access to courses, lectures and resources that would otherwise be unavailable. Lycoming is part of a consortium of schools that uses this technology to enhance educational opportunities.

Computer Graphics Lab (1993) — This computer lab features state-of-the-art Macintosh and Windows NT graphic stations equipped with animation, photographic imaging, and paint and draw programs for both fine arts and commercial design students, along with desktop publishing and a number of other programs for general use. The programs are updated annually.

Nursing Skills Laboratory (1983) — Located in the lower level of the Academic Center, it is a replica of a modern hospital ward, complete with 10 simulated work stations, a nurses’ station, an intensive care unit and all the medical equipment used by nurses.

Wendle Hall (1968) — Named after the George Wendle family, a College benefactor, this building contains 21 classrooms, the psychology laboratories, four computer lab-oratories with 75 terminals available for use, and spacious Pennington Lounge, an informal meeting place for students and faculty.

Mary L. Welch Theatre and Laboratories (1968) — The 204-seat thrust-stage theatre, formerly known as the Arena Theatre until 2000, theatre is one of the finest in the region. It includes projection facilities, scene and costume shops, a make-up room, and a multiple-use area known as the Down Stage, where one-act experimental plays are performed. The language, business, mathematics, and physics laboratories are situated on the upper floors. The Detwiler Planetarium is located on the ground floor.

Faculty Office Building (1968) — Contains faculty offices, seminar rooms, and a 735-seat lecture hall.

Fine Arts Center (1923, renovated 1983) — Contains studios, sculpture foundry, woodshop, printmaking shop, classrooms, lecture hall, offices.

Academic Resource Center — Located on the top floor of the Fine Arts Center, it is operated by a professional staff and peer tutors during the academic year. The Center offers workshops, tutoring, and counseling.

Photography Laboratory (1984) — Located in the lower level of the Fine Arts Center, it is fully equipped for both black and white and color photography.

Communication Center (1987) — The focal point of the facility is a fully equipped broadcast quality television studio and control room. The building also houses an editing room, a classrooms, faculty offices, the FM radio station and the student newspaper office.

Heim Biology and Chemistry Building (1990) — The $10 million Heim Building is one of the finest undergraduate science facilities in the East. The three-level structure totals more than 63,000 square feet and contains state-of-the-art biology and chemistry laboratories, lecture halls, seminar rooms, a science reading area and a greenhouse as well as classrooms and faculty offices.

Clarke Building & Chapel (1939) — Lycoming’s landmark honors Martha B. Clarke, a benefactor. The building contains Clarke Chapel, St. John Neumann Chapel, the United Campus Ministry Center, a recital hall, music classrooms, practice studios, an electronic music studio and faculty offices.

Most facilities at Lycoming College are accessible to those with limited mobility. In addition, the College will make special accommodations whenever necessary to meet the needs of any of its students.