Tulane GWA Tours

11 schools total all on Uptown campus except School of Medicine and Public Health. There are 5 schools undergrads can pick from: A.B. Freeman School of Business, School of Architecture, the School of Liberal Arts, the School of Science and Engineering, and the School of Public Health. When you apply to Tulane you apply to the overarching Undergraduate College. When you apply you are not locked into any major and as a student you may take classes within any undergraduate school.

110 acres and located about 4 miles from downtown. 3/4 mile long and about 1/2 mile wide. It takes 20 minutes to walk across campus, however the tour will be an hour and 15 minutes. The campus is divided into thirds by St. Charles, Freret, and Willow. Being so close to Loyola has created a very close relationship: students from both schools share dining halls, libraries, gyms, and classes!

6,500 full time undergraduates, 7,000 graduates, and 1,100 staff members. The current freshman class of 2017 is 1615 students. 85% of the students are out of staters, from all 50 states and over 30 countries. Tulane is the most geographically diverse school in the country.

Campus is going smoke-free and the new policy goes into effect August 1, 2014. At the moment there are designated smoking areas. We also have many green eco-friendly buildings including Dinwiddie, LBC, and Israel building. They are built with 20% less energy consumption, reduced waste, and water conservation.

Creative Med Scholars: apply during sophomore year with any major and guaranteed entrance to Tulane's Medical School without needing to take MCAT. TAP-TP: for Tulane Honors students who apply October freshman year. 3 years of undergraduate work, 1 year medical community service in New Orleans, then 3 years in medical school.

Audubon Park is right across St. Charles Avenue, it has a 1.8 mile track and an 18 hole golf course. Audubon Zoo also has numerous athletic fields. The fly or the Levee is also at the very end of the park on the Mississippi where students have BBQs and picnics often on Sundays. Magazine street has tons of boutiques and restaurants worth checking out while in town! The street car is an amazing resource for students to get downtown anytime for $1.25. It's the only moving National Historic Monument.

Tulane was founded in 1834 as the Medical College of Louisiana. In 1884, the school received a one million dollar donation from Paul Tulane who wanted to endow a university \"for the promotion and encouragement of intellectual, moral and industrial education.\" Following this endowment, the university's name was changed to Tulane University. Paul Tulane originally intended his donation for Princeton University but they declined due to his stipulation that they must change the school's name to his own. He is buried near princeton's campus with his back towards the school, facing the South and towards Tulane!

The flagship of Tulane! It is the administrative center of Tulane's uptown campus. It houses the Office of Undergraduate Admissions which is open from 8:30-5 Monday- Friday. It also has the School of Continuing Studies, Mathematics department, and some classrooms.

Department of Economics and the Murphy Institute on Political Economy. Amistad Research Center- largest collection of primary source material on American minorities.

Department of Anthropology 4th floor is home to Middle American Research Institute containing the largest collection of Mayan artifacts outside Central America. Average class size is 24 students, 70% of classes are fewer than 20 students. 11:1 student to faculty

School of Architecture which was founded in 1894 and is one of the strongest programs in the country and the first in the Deep South. 5 year program in which students graduate with a Master's. They emphasize hands on design and studio time starting in freshman year. Treme was filmed in the classrooms in this building.

Enlgish, Political Science, and African and African Diaspora Studies departments and many classrooms. Freshman writing classes are limited to 15 students each. James Carville teaches in this building for PoliSci

Largest lecture hall on campus which holds 160 students. Academic Advising Center is held here. Each student will be assigned an advisor upon entering Tulane who specializes in advising for their specific school or undecided. After students' sophomore years they declare their major and choose another faculty advisor within their chosen area of study. Tulane has excellent programs for any pre-professional track as well! 40% grad school, %30 job, %30 travel or do public service

Departments of History and Asian Studies Honors Program-top 10% of applicants TIDES

Every Friday morning at 9am the Dean of the Newcomb-Tulane College holds \"coffee talk\"

The Center of Computational Science offers classes to undergraduates in computer programming, and works very closely with other departments, such as Mathematics and Neuroscience, in their research.

Boggs houses the administrative offices and departments of the School of Science and Engineering, as well as two new computer labs, equipped with print centers, available to all students.

This building currently houses the Classical Studies, Jewish Studies, and Latin American Studies departments. The Latin American Studies program is currently ranked number one in the nation.

5th oldest ROTC unit in the nation, 3rd largest in nation offering all four branches: Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps.

Tulane's athletic programs compete in NCAA Division I athletics. We are a member of Conference USA. Tulane's nickname is \"The Green Wave\" and the mascot is \"Rip Tide,\" the Pelican. Basketball games are well-attended and very spirited, especially when broadcast on ESPN. FUN FACT: Fogelman is the smallest arena that ESPN will film in.

The facility is also used for concerts, premieres, and speakers. and chem tests!

FAQ Crawfest

The Institute offers diverse educational, leadership, scholarship, and career opportunities for all female undergraduates at Tulane.

As you can see we are currently working to improve our campus. For the past 15 years Tulane has averaged at least one new building per year - and this year it is Howard Tilton Memorial Library that is getting bigger and better! When the project is complete we will have two additional floors on top of the already exiting four floor structure. These floors will consist of study areas, additional stack space, offices, classrooms, and computer labs. The construction project has been designed to allow for the building to remain open during the school year allowing students to utilize the space that we already have. During your time on Tulane's campus please feel free to explore our library, the entrance is on Freret Street and is open from 7:30 AM until 3:45 AM.

Students do not need to be theater, dance, or music majors to participate in any of Tulane's performance groups.

Housing intends for the dorm to be mixed classes allowing all students to request this dorm regardless of the student's graduation year.

Art History and Studio Art wings. one of the finest glassblowing facilities in North America also the largest on a college campus.

This 3-story residence hall is a co-ed dorm traditionally for freshmen and sophomores. It has both single and double rooms with a hall bath as well as suites.

TEMS Tulane's on campus health center provides medical attention all day for students. In addition, doctors are on call 24 hours a day, including weekends. Specialists include Men's Health, Women's Health, Psychiatry, and Allergy. Should a student require more extensive care, they have full access to the downtown Tulane University Hospital. Mental health is just as important as physical health is on college campus, so the Tulane Health Center offers excellent psychiatric care for any student there. You can see a counselor or therapist at the student health center every week at Tulane if you need to, and it's totally free of charge for students as well.

This is a Sophomore Honors dorm (hence the nickname, SoHo). Though SoHo is supported by the Tulane Honors Program, any current first-year student with at least a 3.000 GPA can apply to live there. • It has suite style rooms - both singles and doubles - connected by a shared bathroom.

Students live in suites, with two singles or two doubles sharing a bath. The dorm is traditionally a sophomore dorm.

Butler House is our Freshmen Honors Dorm. Those invited into the Honors program are welcome to live in Butler, though it is not required, so many non-Honors students live here as well. doubles with hall style bathrooms. coed by floor

Track, an Olympic-sized indoor pool and diving area, an outdoor social pool and sun deck, 5 basketball courts, a spinning room, racquetball and squash courts, a weight room, saunas, aerobics studios, table tennis, and a refreshment bar.

TUPHES educate other students in residential halls about safe sex, alcohol, stress etc. The well is a great resource for students and works with the Health Center.

the three, four, and five bedroom apartments for Juniors and Seniors. Aron Residences combine the benefits of apartment living with the convenience of living on campus.

Goldring Woldenberg Hall II houses state of the art classrooms, computer labs, and even a $2.5 million \"trading\" center. This building has been recognized as one of the most technologically advanced academic/office buildings in the country. The students in the class manage a $1 million dollar endowment fund with the goal of outperforming the S&P 500 index.

This is the end of the tour, thanks for being such a great group! I'd be happy to stick around here for a few minutes if any of you have any questions at all or need directions. If you have time check out our dining hall or the food court in the lbc, you can get bruff passes from gibson. They are free to answer any questions there as well. Thanks for your time and if you have any comment cards, they go to gibson hall unless they are negative I can take them right here :)