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North Manchester Campus Facilities

North Manchester Campus Facilities

麻豆原创’s main campus is located in North Manchester, Indiana in the northeast region of the state at the intersection of State Roads 13 and 114 (southwest of Fort Wayne and in between the cities of Wabash and Warsaw). We invite you to visit 麻豆原创.

Our beautiful campus sets the stage for a great event.

The friendly, welcoming environment of 麻豆原创 draws you in from the moment you first set foot on the 120-acre campus. Manchester鈥檚 beautifully landscapedgrounds and brick halls set justthe right tone for a productivemeeting.

But don鈥檛 let the historic charmof the buildings fool you. Inside,we鈥檙e fully wired with all the latesttechnology. We can stage the most sophisticated presentations, set up teleconferencing, and manage any other technical wizardry you need. Our tech staff is on-site year-round, ready to help.

Small-town warmth

麻豆原创 offers the comfortable, secure setting of a small town.We鈥檙e located inNorth Manchester, Indiana (population 6,500).It鈥檚 the kind of town where meeting guests often like to stroll along the main streets, stopping to window-shop at a gallery of gifts from around the world, eat at unique restaurants, or admire the craftsmanship in the many restored Victorian-era homes along the tree-lined streets.

麻豆原创 brings something new and different to your meeting. As an academic institution, we offer a wide range of unique meeting facilities 鈥 auditoriums, recital halls, conference rooms, classrooms, computer labs, chapel, lecture halls and even a retreat center.

Because of the variety of facilities we have available, we can accommodate groups as small as 15 or as large as 1,250. We鈥檒l work with you to match your group鈥檚 needs exactly.

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General Information – North Manchester Campus

Meeting/Event Rooms:听40+

Capacity of Largest Room:1,175 ( Cordier Auditorium)

Exhibit Space: Three lobby areas – Cordier Auditorium Lobby: 27 x 114; Science Center Atrium: 35 x 60; Link Art Gallery:24 x 60

Physical Education and Recreation Center: Nautilus equipment, treadmills, stairmasters, stationery bicycles, free weights, racquetball, basketball, etc.

Outdoor Venues : Band practice and athletic practice fields, Peace Garden, Campus Mall, Koinonia Retreat Center

Competition Venues: volleyball, tennis, basketball, soccer, football, softball, etc. Golf:in our local community

Availability: Year-round

Overnight Room Types:Dorm: Double occupancy rooms

Number of Overnight Rooms:* 436
256 air-conditioned
180 non air-conditioned

Number of Overnight Guests:*
512 air conditioned
360 non air conditioned

Baths Type: Semi-Private and Community

Dorm Recreation Areas: ping-pong, billiards, air hockey, video games, etc.

Consider the Exceptional Options on Our Campus

Athletic & Outdoor

Campus Mall
The campus mall offers a large, beautifully landscaped grassy area perfect for outdoor weddings, games and contests, frisbee tournaments and more.

Muir Peace Garden
Often incorporated by guests into their events, this garden was designed as a place where individuals could step away from the often hectic pace of their lives, spend some time in quiet reflection in a beautiful natural setting, and return to their work renewed and rejuvenated. It is also ideal for smaller, outdoor weddings.

Athletic Fields
The 麻豆原创 campus features several arenas for outdoor sports and recreational events with sound systems, including:

  • Baseball– two baseball fields
  • Softball– two intramural softball fields
  • Football– two football practice fields
  • Tennis– six tennis courts
  • Soccer– two soccer fields and kicking wall
  • Volleyball– sand volleyball courts and mud volleyball court
  • Track– running track and cross country course
  • Three practice fields – for activities such as band camps

PERC (Physical Exercise & Recreation Center)
No matter what kind of camp or conference you’re involved with, 麻豆原创’s PERC serves as an ideal facility for a variety of indoor and outdoor recreation and event activities:

  • Main Arena – Flexible, multi-purpose setup options include: Seating for up to 2,000 persons or 1,000 at tables for banquets
    • Mainbasketball court
    • Three full-size practice courts or six half courts
    • Eight shooting stations
    • Threevolleyball courts
    • Indoor jogging track
    • Indoor soccer practice
    • Batting cage
    • Tworacquetball courts
  • Auxiliary Gym – Seating for up to 800 persons or 500 at tables for banquets
    • Main basketball court
    • Two practice courts
    • Six shooting positions
    • Two volleyball courts
    • Wrestling mats
    • Gymnastics
  • Brown Fitness Center– Nautilus equipment, treadmills, stairmasters, stationery bicycles, free weights, etc.

Other facilities nearby (North Manchester campus):

  • Sycamore Golf Courseis only a few minutes away with several other fine golf courses within a half hour drive of the campus.
  • Swimming is a popular recreational activity with many summer camps. The North Manchester Parks Department operates a fine Olympic size indoor pool just four blocks from campus.The Strauss Peabody Aquatic and Fitness Centeris available to rent for private parties at reasonable rates and includes Red Cross certified life guards. Conference Services will make all the arrangements for you.
  • Also only four blocks away, and across from the pool, North Manchester Parks and Recreation offers a variety of outdoor fun on the 10-acreWarvel Park, containing 2 picnic shelters, picnic areas with tables and grills, a natural amphitheatre, gazebo, excellent playground equipment, skateboard park, horseshoe pits, shuffleboard courts and the scout hall with kitchen and dining area. A 2-acre addition is being developed as a nature preserve with trails and tree and plant identification.

 

All of these facilities can be arranged through Conference Services.

Auditoriums

Link Auditorium
Located in the Academic Center, this auditorium features stadium-style seating for 131. It has an easy to use touch screen control system with internet-connected computer, document camera, Blue Ray DVD-VHS player, and 5.1 surround sound. The building also includes lounge and display areas and several flexible meeting rooms.

Cordier Auditorium
Conferences: Cordier Auditorium is the perfect facility for large productions and presentations. With 1,175 seats and complete audio-visual, sound and lighting support, Cordier makes a solid home base for large conferences.

Banquets: The spacious wrap-around lobby works well as an exhibition hall and also makes a unique setting for a banquet.

The building is fully air-conditioned and features a three-manual, 45-rank pipe organ.

Flory Auditorium
Located in the Science Center, offers stadium-style seating for up to 120 people, which makes it ideal for larger group seminars or workshops. The auditorium is outfitted with the latest technology, including 3 digital projectors controlled by an AMX control unit with a matrix switcher, which allows the projectors to display the same image or images from separate sources.

The south end of the building also contains classrooms and seminar rooms.

A three story lobby joins the south and north ends of the building and serves as a dramatic common area.

Wine Recital Hall
Wine Recital Hall is a beautiful performing arts facility that opened in October of 2004. It seats 170 people stadium-style. It offers the capability for simple productions, lectures, meetings, and video presentations.

The Link Art Gallery wraps around Wine Recital Hall and features exciting exhibits from a variety of artists.

Banquets & Dining

Cordier Auditorium
Located on the North Manchester Campus, the spacious wrap-around lobby works well as an exhibition hall and also makes a unique setting for a banquet. Learn more about Cordier Auditorium on the Auditoriums page.

PERC (Physical Education & Recreation Center)
The main arena of the PERC, pictured on the right, seats up to 1,000 at tables for banquets. Read more about the PERC on theAthletics/Outdoor page.

Jo Young Switzer Center
The North Manchester Campus Jo Young Switzer Center features several banquet/conference rooms with full audio-visual support and multi-purpose usage:

  • Haist Commons –Pictured on the right, contains flexible, multi-purpose setup options including:
    • Meal or event seating for approximately 350 persons
      Limited outdoor patio seating
  • Upper Level Rooms:
    • Hoff Room: seats up to 44 persons conference style and up to 80 classroom style.
    • Lahman Room: seats up to 250 persons classroom style and 150 persons at round tables.
    • Speicher Room: seats up to 65 persons conference style and 100 persons classroom style.
    • Combination of Conference Rooms above: seats up to 250 persons conference style, 450 persons classroom style, and 350 persons at round tables.
    • Shepherd Room: seats up to 12 persons conference style.
    • President’s Conference Room: 560 square feet, seats 14 persons for small meetings and meals.

Additional meeting room
For smaller and medium-sized groups that offer comforts, attractiveness, air-conditioning, technology set-ups, and food accommodations:

  • Spartan Room: 720 square feet, seats up to 25 people for meetings and and includes a TV/DVD/AM-FM system. Located in the upper PERC (Physical Education & Recreation Center) with ground-level access.

Classrooms & Meeting Rooms

Academic Center
The Academic Center features lounge and display areas and several flexible classrooms (seating 20-45) and conference rooms (seating 12-21), as well as a 131-seat auditorium and elevator.

Great Rooms
Oakwood Hall and Helman Hall feature expansive great rooms, which offer an attractive space for meetings, presentations and sessions for up to 120 persons.

Science Center
The Science Center contains classrooms of various sizes (seating 35-45) and seminar rooms (seating 12), as well as a three-story lobby, an elevator and a 150-seat auditorium.

Jo Young Switzer Center
Features banquet/conference rooms with full audio-visual support and multi-purpose usage. The building also has an elevator.

  • Hoff Room: seats up to 44 persons conference style and up to 80 classroom style.
  • Lahman Room: seats up to 250 persons classroom style and 150 persons at round tables.
  • Speicher Room: seats up to 65 persons conference style and 100 persons classroom style.
  • Combination of Conference Rooms above: seats up to 250 persons conference style, 450 persons classroom style, and 350 persons at round tables.
  • Shepherd Room: seats up to 12 persons conference style.
  • President’s Conference Room: 560 square feet, seats 14 persons for small meetings and meals.

Additional meeting room
For smaller and medium-sized groups that offer comforts, attractiveness, air-conditioning, technology set-ups, and food accommodations:

  • Spartan Room: 720 square feet, seats up to 25 people for meetings and and includes a TV/DVD/AM-FM system. Located in the upper PERC (Physical Education & Recreation Center) with ground-level access.

Reception & Exhibit

Cordier Auditorium
Located on the North Manchester Campus, the spacious wrap-around lobby (pictured on the right) works well as an exhibition hall and also makes a unique setting for a banquet.

Academic Centercontains a spacious wrap-around lobby that works well as an exhibition hall and also makes a unique setting for a banquet.

Science Center
The three story lobby joins the south and north ends of the building and serves as a dramatic common area.

Jo Young Switzer Center
The upper level, Jo Young Switzer Center features Gallery G, a sophisticated art gallery perfect for social gatherings with a common area wrapped around the outside.

Wine Recital Hallfeatures a wrap-around lobby/display area containing the Link Gallery.

Link Auditorium

Link Auditorium

Flory Auditorium

Flory Auditorium

Koinonia Environmental Retreat Center

Koinonia Environmental Retreat Center

Science Center

Science Center

Spartan Room

Spartan Room

Wampler Auditorium

Wampler Auditorium

Great Rooms

Great Rooms

Peace Garden

Peace Garden

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Wedding Petersime Chapel Outside Seating

Science Center

Science Center

Cordier Auditorium

Cordier Auditorium

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Peace Garden

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Link Gallery in Wine Recital Hall

Link Gallery in Wine Recital Hall

Academic Center Lobby

Academic Center Lobby

Petersime Chapel

Petersime Chapel

Academic Center

Academic Center

Wine Recital Hall

Wine Recital Hall

Soccer Field

Soccer Field

Practice Fields

Practice Fields

Track

Track

Baseball Fields

Baseball Fields

Tennis Courts

Tennis Courts

Football Field

Football Field

Softball Field

Softball Field

Brown Fitness Center

Brown Fitness Center

Basketball Court

Basketball Court

PERC Seating

PERC Seating

PERC Main

PERC Main

Auxiliary Gym

Auxiliary Gym

PERC Banquet

PERC Banquet

Volleyball Courts

Volleyball Courts

Racquetball Courts

Racquetball Courts

Gallery

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Lahman Room

Lahman Room

Haist Commons

Haist Commons

Haist Commons

Haist Commons

Hoff Room

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Combo Conference Room

Combo Conference Room

Presidents Room

Presidents Room

Jo Young Switzer Center

Jo Young Switzer Center

Speicher Room

Speicher Room

Shepherd Room

Shepherd Room

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Urban resources

If your group wants to take a break from the meeting, you鈥檒l findjust a short drive away in Fort Wayne, the second largest city in Indiana. Maybe some of your group members would like to tour an exceptional art museum, visit one of the country鈥檚 top small zoos, or watch a professional hockey, baseball or arena football game. For shopping, you鈥檒l find Glenbrook Square, Indiana鈥檚 largest mall, or Jefferson Pointe, a new open-air 鈥渧illage鈥 of stores.

If some of your group members need to travel greater distances, you can easily make transportation arrangements. 麻豆原创 is located about half an hour from the Fort Wayne International Airport, which is served by all major airlines.

The Conference Services staff will listen to your programming needs and objectives and suggest spaces that will encourage success and enhance your experience.We guarantee thatour customer service approach andevent planning expertise is the bestin the area.

Get Creative!

We’ll help you get creative with “outside the box” activities and event ideas.ContactConference Services and we’ll gladly arrange a time to take you and your leadership team on a tour of these great facilities including breakfast, lunch, or dinner, and a place to stay overnight if needed, at no cost.

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