Navigating Indiana University: A Guide to Campus Maps and Key Locations

Indiana University (IU) boasts a rich history and a sprawling campus system. This article serves as a comprehensive guide to navigating the IU South Bend campus, highlighting key buildings, their functions, and how to find your way around. Whether you're a prospective student, a current student, or a visitor, this information will help you explore the campus with ease.

Utilizing Campus Maps

When arriving on campus, the interactive campus map is an invaluable tool to help you get around.

Key Locations at IU South Bend

Administration Building and University Center

Address: 1700 Mishawaka Avenue
Parking: Available in lots along 20th Street or Esther Street.
Functions: This building houses essential administrative offices, including admissions, financial aid, and academic advising. It also contains the Titan Success Center, Hammes Bookstore, a campus grill, veteran services, career services, and parking services. The Judd Leighton School of Business and Economics is also located here.

Education & Arts Building

Address: 1002 Esther Street
Functions: The Education & Arts Building is home to the School of Education, dental education offices, classrooms, and a clinic. It also features art studios, rehearsal rooms, an art gallery, and a 126-seat auditorium. Students can obtain their Crimson Cards at the University Information Technology Services (UITS) office located in this building.

Fine Arts Building

Address: 1717 Ruskin Street
Functions: This building provides studio and classroom space for artists, photographers, and printmakers. It also houses offices and a slide archives.

Franklin D. Schurz Library

Address: 1750 Hildreth Street
Functions: The Schurz Library is a central hub for academic resources. It houses the Ace Tutoring Center, study areas, and a commuter lounge. With nearly 600,000 volumes and subscriptions to over 2,000 periodicals, the library offers extensive research materials. It also includes over 350,000 pieces of microfilm and microfiche and more than 25,000 audio and video items. The library is part of the Indiana University Libraries system.

Northside Hall

Address: 1825 Northside Boulevard
Functions: Northside Hall is home to the Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts, where students pursue studies in communications, music, theatre and dance, and the visual arts. The building also houses biology and chemistry labs, classrooms, and offices for faculty in the natural and mathematical sciences, nursing, radiography, and telecommunications.

Parkside Hall

Address: 1733 Northside Boulevard
Functions: Parkside Hall is home to the Dwyer Healthcare Simulation Center, featuring 20,000 square feet of advanced technology for nursing, radiography, and medical imaging programs.

River Crossing Campus Housing

Functions: Completed in 2008, River Crossing Campus Residences provides housing for 400 students. The units include one, two, and four-bedroom options with full kitchens and cable television.

Vera Z. Dwyer Hall

Address: 1960 Northside Blvd.
Functions: Overlooking the St. Joseph River, Vera Z. Dwyer Hall houses the Clinical Laboratory Sciences program and the HealthLinc Medical Clinic.

Student Activities Center

Address: 941 20th Street
Functions: The Student Activities Center (SAC) is the center of student life at IU South Bend. The 100,000 square-foot facility includes basketball, volleyball, and racquetball courts, a walking track, a fitness and wellness center, a café, a student lounge, and student life offices. It hosts the men’s and women’s basketball teams and the women’s volleyball team.

Wiekamp Hall

Address: 1800 Mishawaka Avenue
Functions: Wiekamp Hall contains computer labs, a language lab, 16 classrooms, faculty offices, and a 150-seat lecture hall. It houses the administrative offices for the College of Arts and Sciences.

Civil Rights Heritage Center

Address: 1040 W Washington St, South Bend (Off-Campus)
Functions: The Civil Rights Heritage Center is located in a former segregated swimming pool facility. It serves as an active learning center with event and exhibit space, and a lending library.

Elkhart Center

Address: 125 E Franklin St, Elkhart, IN
Functions: The Elkhart Center houses the Elkhart Speech-Language Clinic, the School of Rehabilitation Sciences, and advanced health sciences Masters programs in occupational therapy and speech language pathology.

Additional Resources at Indiana University Bloomington

Herman B Wells Library Map Collection

The Herman B Wells Library at Indiana University Bloomington houses an extensive map collection.

Collection Details: The collection includes maps from nearly every country in the world, dating from the 19th Century to the present. It is a circulating research collection with strengths in maps of the Midwestern United States, Russia, Eastern Europe, and the African Continent. The collection also includes internet memes, maps from film and television, board game maps, and pictorial maps.
Location: Located on the 2nd floor of the East Tower in the Wells Library. Available to view by appointment only.

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