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Hi I'm Julz, I'm Sandra and I'm Devin.

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Welcome to Western Oregon University! 

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Our mini campus tour begins here at the 

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WOU Welcome Center on Monmouth Avenue.

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The Welcome Center opened in October 2020. 

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It's home to important services including the Admissions office, 

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where you can meet with admissions counselors

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to answer your questions about enrolling at WOU. 

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Financial Aid, where our bilingual financial aid counselors oversee

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more than $54 million in financial aid and grants each year. 

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Alumni Engagement, supporting alumni, donors and students. 

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The WOU Food Pantry, serving the entire Monmouth/Independence area. 

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The Copy Center, open to all student and employees. 

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The Welcome Center is where you can also join us

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for our regularly scheduled in-person campus tours.

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Down the street, you'll find the Richard Woodcock Education Center, 

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commonly known as RWEC. 

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This building house the College of Education and several popular majors

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in Teacher Education, Public Health and Exercise Science,  

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American Sign Language and Rehabilitation Counseling. 

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RWEC was designed with many accessible and inclusive features,

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including front doors that open automatically, 

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wider hallways, teaching and learning labs f

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for ASL and deaf research. 

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If you ever sick or in need of mental health support, the WOU

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Student Health and Counseling Center is ready to help you.

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The center is available to all WOU students 

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who take at least one credit in person.

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It houses both physical and mental health facilities,

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including group counseling and rest and relaxation rooms. 

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In the center of campus, you'll find the Werner University Center or the WUC. 

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Students come here to hang out, study or meet friends. 

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WUC is home to the Wolfstore... 

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Student government or ASWOU...

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Multicultural Student Services & Programs...

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Service Learning and Career Development...

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The Veterans Resource Center...

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Abby's House, our center for equity and gender justice...

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Stonewall Center, our LGBTQ+ resource center...

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the non-traditional student lounge...

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and the office of Student Affairs. 

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If you're looking for an event on campus, 

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such as homecoming, International Night or SOAR,

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this is where you'll find it. 

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The WUC is also home to our campus coffee shop, Caf' Allegro.

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This is the Peter Courtney Health and Wellness Center, 

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our campus recreation center. Come inside... 

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The Courtney center is a spacious exercise facility,

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featuring a 40-ft rock climbing wall, 

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two full-size basketball courts, 

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racquetball, cardio machines, free weights,

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an indoor track and aquatic center. 

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Best of all, this facility is open to all WOU students. 

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Next door is the Devolder Family Science Center, 

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a state-of-the-art facility for chemistry and biology students. 

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This building houses several anatomy and physiology labs,

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chemistry labs and a cadaver lab,

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where dissections are done by students. 

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Since this is a mini campus tour, 

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we can't show you everything WOU has to offer,

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like student housing, Hamersly Library, 

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our NCAA DII facilities, 

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the Canon Gallery of Art, 

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or the renovated Instructional Technology Center. 

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However, we're excited to tell you about the new 

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WOU Student Success Center 

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scheduled to open fall 2023.

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The center will be in the heart of campus and 

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offer student services such as academic advising, 

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tutoring, disability services, the Honors program, 

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and a space for students of color called the Freedom Center. 

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And now, here are some of our favorite places on campus. 

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There you have it...the WOU mini campus tour.

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We hope to see you on campus soon. 

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Go Wolves!

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