Campus Buildings

Sports and Activity Center

The Sports & Activity Center includes an indoor track and space for competition, practices and training in the Frank J. Petretti Fieldhouse. The Wellness Center and Ranger Power Center in Carmelo D. Tenuta Hall include state-of the- art fitness equipment. The Alfred S. and Bernice DeSimone Gymnasium has a seating capacity of approximately 2,500 and is used for athletic events and commencement. The Sports & Activity Center also features an eight-lane swimming pool. Outdoor facilities include an all-weather 400-meter track, the soccer fields, tennis courts, the Red Oberbruner Baseball Field, and the Case Softball Complex. The Wayne E. Dannehl National Cross Country Course, considered the finest natural course in the nation, is the site of many championship events.

Wyllie Hall

The building is named for the late Irvin G. Wyllie, the university’s founding chancellor, who guided the new university through construction and its early years. Its striking three-story atrium design has attracted national acclaim. Main Place, a multi-level area in the atrium, features study and meeting areas and an entrance to the Library. Key administrative offices, including the Chancellor’s Office, overlook this atrium. In addition to the Library, Wyllie Hall houses the Advising Center; the Career and Volunteer Center; the Registrar’s, Cashier’s, and Financial Aid offices; the Office of Educational Support Services; the Office of Multicultural Student Affairs; the Tutoring Center.

The Library

A center for study and research by students, faculty, staff, alumni and the general public, the Library is primarily a teaching library, recognized for its program of instruction in the use of a wealth of library resources and services. The library provides an attractive, user-centered environment with comfortable seating and designated areas for group and quiet study. The Library offers a carefully selected print collection to support the teaching and research needs of the university. In addition, the Library invests heavily in electronic resources including a shared online catalog with the other UW campuses, an impressive collection of databases, full text electronic journals and electronic books. The Library also actively participates in resource sharing with many regional and national libraries to provide materials beyond its collection. Special library collections include rare books, periodicals, first editions, art books, collections of works by noted local authors including Irving Wallace and David Kherdian, and a collection of 18th- and 19th-century British and American plays collected by the late H.O. Teisberg.

Administered by the Library, the University Archives and Area Research Center on the D2 level houses an array of historical documents. University archives include all non-current UW-Parkside records of administrative, legal, financial or historical importance. The Area Research Center operates in conjunction with the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and is part of a network of 14 centers in the state. Included are historic research materials relating to Racine and Kenosha counties, government records, naturalization records, and a manuscript collection featuring private records, correspondence and papers from a variety of prominent people, organizations and businesses. Major microfilm collections include the federal and state censuses of Wisconsin from 1820 to 1910 and pre-1907 vital records from Kenosha and Racine counties.
Managed by Campus Technology Services and located on the D1 level of Wyllie Hall with access through the Library is the Help Desk and the largest of the general access computer labs, featuring Windows and Macintosh systems. Duplicating Services and University Graphics also are on the D2 level. Duplicating Services provides large quantity printing and photocopying for academic and administrative departments. University Graphics provides graphic-design assistance and offers digital color printing and photocopying for students, faculty and staff.

Communication Arts

The Communication Arts Building features art studios, music practice rooms, language laboratories including the Darshan Dhaliwal Modern Languages Laboratory, classrooms, the Communication Arts Theatre and the Art Gallery. A scene shop and the studio theater adjoin the main theater.

Media Services, a department within Campus Technology Services, is on the lower level of Communication Arts. Media Services is responsible for audio, visual and computer equipment checkout for classroom use, and installing and maintaining equipment permanently located in lecture halls and classrooms.

Media Services also houses and supports a distance education and satellite conference room.

Campus Technology Services, providing both academic and administrative computer services, is also located here.

Greenquist Hall

Greenquist Hall houses faculty offices, laboratories and classrooms. Computer capabilities and state-of-the-art science equipment provide students with relevant, hands-on learning opportunities. The building is named for Kenneth L. Greenquist, former Racine attorney and political and civic leader who, at the time of his death in 1968, served as president of the UW System Board of Regents.

Molinaro Hall

Molinaro Hall provides offices for the School of Business and Technology and a number of liberal arts faculty, as well as laboratories and classrooms. This building is named for the late George Molinaro, longtime Kenosha civic leader and state representative who introduced the 1965 legislation to establish the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.

Parkside Student Center

The Parkside Student Center is our newest building on campus. It is the home of a variety of services including the University Bookstore, Educators Credit Union, Campus Concierge and Dining Services. In addition, the University Activities office, Student Involvement Center and Student Life office is located in the facility.

Tallent Hall

Named for the late Bernard Tallent, dean of the former UW Center in Kenosha, Tallent Hall houses Business Services, the UW-Parkside Police and Public Safety Department, the Center for Community Partnerships, and the UW-Parkside/UW-Milwaukee Consortial Nursing Program.

Student Health and Counseling Center

The Student Health and Counseling Center provides primary health care and wellness education to all registered students. The center is staffed and managed by a nurse practitioner with a physician and a psychiatrist scheduled on site one day a week. Licensed professional counselors who also hold AODA certification provide personal counseling to students by appointment. The center is located in the building adjacent to Tallent Hall.
(262) 595-2366 • Keyword: Student Health

Child Care Center

Located on the eastern portion of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside campus, the Child Care Center (CCC) offers quality child care for UW-Parkside students, staff/faculty, and the surrounding community. Serving children ages 4 weeks through 5 years, the Center prides itself in having a caring and nurturing environment that incorporates a child-centered educational curriculum. Through play and structured lessons, children attending the Child Care Center engage in developmentally appropriate learning and skill building activities that prepare them for a successful transition to Kindergarten.
(262) 595-2227 • Keyword: Child Care