MAIN CAMPUS TOUR
TOUR TWO OF THREE
FROM DANE SMITH HALL TO THE DUCK POND
Last Updated: March 2007

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Take this tour for directions to:

• Anthropology
• Alumni Chapel
• Carlisle Gym
• Castetter Hall (Biology)
• Clark Hall (Chemistry)
• CERIA (Center for Environmental Research, Informatics & Art)
• CSEL (Centennial Science and Engineering Library)
• Duck Pond
• EECE
• ESC Pod
• Farris Engineering Center
• Hibben Center for Archeology Research
• Logan Hall (Psychology)
• Northrop Hall (Geology)
• Regner Hall
• Student Union Building West
• Woodward hall

When you enter the University of New Mexico, look for a sign like this to direct you to visitor parking and the Welcome Center. This sign is posted at every major vehicular entrance at UNM.

DANE SMITH HALL:
The tour begins at Dane Smith Hall (DSH) circle bus stop on Yale Blvd NE at Roma Avenue. This spot is directly north of the Duck Pond and east of DSH. Walk down the long curved ramp to the main entrance of the building and go in.

DANE SMITH HALL:
As you can likely tell, Dane Smith Hall is fairly new. This state of the art general classroom facility was opened in 1999 and includes many excellent features including: lecture halls seating over 150 students, instructional tel-video and computer classrooms, multimedia services available in every room and data ports in student study areas. This facility was named after English Professor Emeritus Dane Farnsworth Smith (1895-1968), who had a long career at UNM and had a love for teaching and research. The building also houses Dane's Deli, which is open for breakfast and lunch during the work week and UNM Digital Printing, a copying center. A CIRT computer lab for students is also located on the first floor.

Now walk from the atrium and go west to the back of the building, past the restrooms, and out the back door. Turn left and go south to Roma Avenue NE. This is the little road with parking meters on both sides of it.

SCHOLES HALL:
Historic Scholes Hall is just south of Roma Avenue. It has been the home of the University's Administrative Offices since the 1930's. Now turn right and go west along Roma toward the large one-level building on the left.

ANTHROPOLOGY:
This is the Anthropology Building (Anthro) and the home of the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology. On most Fridays, Indian Fry Bread is sold in the Anthropology courtyard, just south of the building.

Go inside Anthro using the large double doors on the north end, and take a left into ANTHRO 163, a large and heavily-used lecture hall at UNM. Now go back outside and walk east on Roma Avenue NE toward Scholes Hall. Turn right and head south on the sidewalk to the west of Scholes. Ahead of you is the Alumni Chapel.

ALUMNI CHAPEL:
The Alumni Chapel is host to a number of events throughout the year including weddings nearly every weekend. Various holiday celebrations are held here throughout the year and particularly during the month of December. Memorial services for University family members are held here as well. The Chapel was built with private funds from the UNM Alumni Association. It used for both secular and sacred events.

Continue walking west around the chapel toward the Anthropology Complex. Just to your south is the new Hibben Center for Archeology Research.

HIBBEN CENTER:
The Hibben Center is one of UNM's newer buildings. It houses classrooms, dry laboratories, a lecture hall, offices, support space and archeological storage space. Construction is expected to begin in February 2006 for the build-out of the second floor.

Now turn east and walk toward Mitchell Hall. As you reach the west end of Mitchell Hall (at the rose gardens), turn right. You are now looking at Terrace Street Mall.

CLARK HALL - CHEMISTRY:
On your left is Clark Hall, the Home of the Chemistry Department. Continue along the Terrace Street Mall path to the small glass structure set on a large concrete tile plaza. This is the entrance to the Centennial Science & Engineering Library (CSEL).

CENTENNIAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING LIBRARY:
Except for the entrance, all of CSEL is located below the plaza level. This library houses a map information center, resources for all UNM science and engineering courses, and special collections like government documents, patents and trademarks and library linkages.

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING & COMPUTER ENGINEERING: Towering over the plaza is the modern multilevel Electrical Engineering & Computer Engineering Building (EECE). The Engineering Student Programs Office (advisement for Freshman Engineers) is in this building on the first floor. All School of Engineering buildings are located in this area.

ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE COMPUTER POD:
The small, plain one-story building in the shadow of EECE is the Engineering and Science Computer Pod (ESC POD). Most students call it the escape pod. Pod is a UNM term for Computer Lab run by the Computer Information Resources Technology Department (CIRT). The ESC POD has both north and south wings with computers for students to use. As a side note, the building was built in 1917 for 32,000 dollars. In 1998 it was estimated to be worth 1.3 million, and it is currently listed on the State Register of Historic Buildings.

Now walk between EECE and the ESC POD. Directly to the south you will see a large concrete wall with doors. This is the top end of Regner Hall.

REGNER HALL:
Regner Hall is another underground building. Most Physics Department lectures are held here. From this point walk west toward the gap between Tapy Hall on the north and Farris Engineering Center on the south.

TAPY HALL:
Tapy Hall is the small, two-story home of the Civil Engineering Department. Tapy, room 201 is a popular lecture hall used by many different UNM departments. It is located in the north end of Tapy Hall.

FARRIS ENGINEERING CENTER:
Farris Engineering Center is the home of the Computer Science Department, the Office of the Dean of the School of Engineering and many other functions.

HODGIN HALL:
Now walk south past Farris to Redondo Drive South. Across the street from Farris is Hodgin Hall. Walk on over and check it out.

HODGIN HALL:
Hodgin Hall is the original University of New Mexico, built in 1892. It contained the classrooms, labs, library, assembly hall, dining hall, offices and dorm rooms. It did it all. Its functions changed as UNM grew and in 1983 it was completely renovated. It now serves as the Offices of the UNM Alumni Association, the UNM Foundation and other related functions. The entire top floor serves as a meeting hall for receptions. The building also functions as a Museum of University History and Tradition. Now leave the building and walk back to front steps of Farris.

STUDENT UNION BUILDING WEST:
On the raised plaza in front (east) of Farris is a small box of a building with lots of large windows. This is SUB West, the coffee shop for the southwestern part of UNM. SUB West serves breakfast and lunch during the work week. Just east of this building is multilevel Logan hall.

LOGAN HALL:
Logan Hall is the home of the Psychology Department. Now walk northeast from Logan, across the lawn, through a narrow parking lot, and pass between Castetter Hall (Biology) to the south and Northrop Hall (Geology) to the north.

CASTETTER HALL:
Castetter (Biology) features an attached glass plant conservatory, which is free and open to public viewing during the work week. A large pond filled with many life forms is located in the Castetter Courtyard, which is below the plaza level, and is viewed from above. Castetter Hall will undergo a major renovation in August 2007.

NORTHROP HALL:
Northrop Hall contains another heavily-used lecture hall as well as the UNM Meteoritic Museum and Geology Museum. Both are free and open to the public 9-12, 1-4 M-F. Now walk passed the large fountain set in the middle of Yale Blvd Mall NE.

CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, INFORMATICS & ART:
Directly to the NE of the Tribute to Mother Earth fountain is the newly-renovated Center for Environmental Research, Informatics & Art (CERIA). Now walk east, passed CERIA toward Woodward Hall and the Art Building.

ART BUILDING:
This is the Art Building. The Sommers Gallery is located inside in room 202. It is open Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:45 pm.

WOODWARD HALL:
This is the newly-renovated Woodward Hall, which is on the east side of CERIA. Woodward Hall is composed mainly of the UNM's largest Lecture Hall, room 101. It seats 888 people. Two smaller lecture halls for 125 people each are located on the north side of the complex. The offices of Media & Technology Services are located in the basement. They film, record and televise various UNM programs, classes, and lectures. The Student Testing Center is also located in Woodward Hall.

Now return to the fountain on Yale Mall by Northrop Hall.

CARLISLE GYM:
The building directly north of Northrop Hall is Carlisle Gym. This Historic building is on the National Register of Historic Places. It is currently used by the Dance program. Many years ago, an Olympic-size pool was installed next to Carlisle Gym, but is now buried beneath the ground.

Now walk north passed Mitchel Hall to the west and Ortega to the east. You will arrive at the Duck Pond.

DUCK POND:
Duck Pond is the end of tour 2. To get back to Dane Smith Hall Circle, just walk to the north side of the pond.

To go on TOUR THREE, click here. Tour Three goes from DSH circle to Social Sciences, Anderson School of Management, the Residence Halls, La Posada Dining Hall, and CIRT 24 hr pod.

To return to TOUR ONE, please click here.

To tour UNM Health Sciences Center, please click here.

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