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A
large, grassy area in the center of campus. It is perfect for students
to hang out and enjoy the outdoors.
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Bobbitt Visual Arts Center, built in 1965, houses the Department
of Art and Art History, and includes the Elsie E. Munro, '26, Art
Gallery and one smaller gallery. It is named for long-time visual
arts professor Vernon L. Bobbitt. The Center has studios for painting,
sculpture, printmaking and other media. An adjacent ceramics facility
was built in 1973.
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Admission Office
is located at the Bonta Admission Center, 100 N. Hannah St., one
block south of Michigan Avenue. The Admission Office is open weekdays,
Saturday mornings and by special appointment. The building is
named for long-time dean of admissions Frank Bonta, '49.
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Kresge
Hall houses classrooms, laboratories and research spaces, primarily
for the study of biology and chemistry. Also included is the Ludington
Greenhouse. Added to the science complex in 2005, the four-story
facility is named for College trustee Bruce A. Kresge, '53, and
was made possible, in part, by a $4.5-million grant from the Kresge
Foundation.
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The 53-foot
Stoffer Clock tower is the gift of Albion industrialist Stoffer,
a 1974 graduate and College trustee.
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Norris
Center is a central lecture facility of the four-building science
complex and is named for Dr. Louis W. Norris, president of the College,
1960-70. Built in 1969 and completely renovated in 2006, it contains
the 340-seat Towsley Lecture Hall, the Mitchell Museum, classrooms
and the Dow Analytical Science Laboratory.
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Albion
College
Albion
College is a private liberal arts college located in Albion,
Michigan. Related to the United Methodist Church, it was founded
in 1835 and was the first private college in Michigan to have
a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. It has a student population of
about 1700. The school's sports teams are called the Britons
and the school colors are purple and gold. They participate
in NCAA's Division III and the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic
Association (MIAA). Albion College is a member of the Great
Lakes Colleges Association and the Michigan Campus Compact,
an organization dedicated to encouraging student volunteerism.
As of 2009, Albion College was ranked 97 in US News and World
Report's "Top 100" List of Liberal Arts Colleges,
and 96th in Forbes magazine's list of "America's Best
College Buys."
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