Excellent places to be, well, excellent. Knox's physical resources are top notch, and unlike students at larger universities, Knox students get hands-on access to every file or apparatus Knox has to offer. Check out the electron microscopes, a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer, Celestron telescopes in the Umbeck Science-Mathematics Center; tap into national data sets from the Inter University Consortium for Political & Social Research; pore over the Strong Collection of 18th and 19th century maps and photographs; and get your hands dirty at the 700-acre Green Oaks Field Station.

Ford Center for Fine Arts
George Davis Hall
Green Oaks Field Station
Libraries
The Umbeck Science-Mathematics Center 
Jail
Old Main
Athletics

Ford Center for Fine Arts
The Ford Center for the Fine Arts is the heart of artistic expression at Knox. Major productions are held on the 360-degree revolving stage in the 600-seat Harbach Theater. The Studio Theatre and the Kresge Recital Hall host more intimate concerts and plays. The Ford Center also has ample choral and instrumental rehearsal space and north-lit studio facilities for painting, sculpture, printmaking and other visual arts.

George Davis Hall
George Davis Hall is the headquarters for economics, political science, languages and educational studies. It also houses two specialized computer labs -- the Centel Data Analysis Laboratory and the Center for Language and Culture Studies. Also in Davis Hall: the International News Room, where students and faculty can keep track of news broadcasts from around the world. The College's student-operated radio station, WVKC 90.7-FM, occupies the fourth floor with its studios and digital production facilities.

Green Oaks Field Station
Green Oaks Field Station is a 700-acre biological research area that includes the second-oldest restored tallgrass prairie in North America. Every spring, students and faculty conduct "prairie burns" in which fields are burned to promote the growth of native plants.

Libraries
Built in 1928, the handsome Seymour Library is the soul of the campus and was ranked 15th in the nation by the Princeton Review 2002. Inside its leaded glass windows and oak paneled reading rooms, the library houses more than a quarter of a million books and subscribes to more than 700 periodicals. Its special collections include the Finley Collection of Midwest History, the Strong Collection of 18th- and 19th-century maps and photographs, and the Hughes Collection of manuscripts and first editions from Hemingway and his "Lost Generation" contemporaries.

Knox is also home to the Science & Math Library, which houses the scientific and technical collections of the college, and the Center for the Fine Arts Music Library (CFA), which has collections of compact discs, vinyl record albums, printed music scores, and a core reference collection. Listening equipment for all types of audio formats is available.

The Umbeck Science-Mathematics Center
Students and faculty can do year-round research in all the sciences at the Umbeck Science-Mathematics Center. Thanks in part to major grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Institute of Health, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the labs in Umbeck are constantly adding to an equipment list that already includes electron microscopes, an NMR, spectrometers and chromatographs, darkrooms and X-ray equipment. As a science student at Knox, you'll have access to all of it.

Math majors will get lots of hands-on time in Umbeck's Mathematica Lab, which houses a powerful server that gives optimal performance for large numbers of simultaneous users of the "Mathematica" package. The psychology department maintains excellent laboratory facilities for studies in cognition, learning and motivation, as well as special projects in conditioning and learning, sleep, psychophysiology and developmental studies. Computer science students work with a Sun 450 server, Linux lab with 20 workstations, and a "Crash and Burn" networking lab for upper-division classes

Jail
Built in 1874, the historic Knox County Jail was acquired by Knox in 1996 and converted into classrooms and office space. The 19th century cellblock was restored to its original condition as well, making it a popular attraction for campus visitors. The Jail also houses the Center for Global Studies and Underground Railroad Freedom Station.

Old Main
If Seymour Library provides the soul of the campus, its heart must be Old Main. Home to the history, English and philosophy departments, Old Main is one of the most significant pre-Civil War buildings in the Midwest, and is the last remaining site of the famous 1858 Lincoln-Douglas Debates.

Athletics
Whether you're a competitive varsity athlete or just trying to stay fit, you can take advantage of all of Knox's top-notch athletic facilities. T. Fleming Fieldhouse provides year-round, all-weather training facilities for a number of sports, including a 200-meter track with jumping, vaulting and throwing areas; four multi-purpose courts for tennis and basketball; hitting cages for softball, baseball and golf; and indoor training facilities for our baseball, softball, soccer and football players. A wall of windows provides bright, natural light in the new, two-level E. and L. Andrew Fitness Center. On the mezzanine you'll find cardio and selectorized exercise machines and a fitness studio, with free weights on the lower level. Varsity basketball and volleyball games are held in the 3,000-seat, maple-floored Memorial Gymnasium, and our swimmers and divers train and compete in Lay Natatorium. Prairie Fire baseball and softball players love Blodgett Field, our track athletes enjoy the new, purple track surrounding Trevor Field, and there's no better place to play a college football game than the natural grass amphitheater of the Knox Bowl.

In addition to being the site of Alpha Phi Omega's annual Halloween Haunted House, Auxiliary Gymnasium, built in 1903, provides training, rehearsal and performance space for the fencing and aerobics clubs and the Terpsichore Dance Collective.