Blanchard Campus Center
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The grand staircase
in the atrium of the newly renovated Blanchard Campus Center
connects the building's three levels. |
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The exterior of
Blanchard's Great Room, which offers a panoramic view of Lower
Lake |
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Blanchard's 60-foot
skylight |
The newly renovated
and expanded Blanchard Campus Center is a meeting place for the
entire Mount Holyoke community. Home to the campus store, campus
information desk, mailroom, and box office, it also harbors a variety
of offices and student organizations, including the Outing Club,
the Student Government Association, WMHC-FM Radio, Mount Holyoke
News (student newspaper), and Llamarada (yearbook).
Food and drinks are
served on two levels. Uncommon Grounds, a coffee bar on the second
level, offers hot and cold drinks, including fruit smoothies, and
freshly baked pastries and sweets, while on the first level Blanchard
Café presents a range of lunch and dinner options, including
pizza and calzones hot from a gas-fired brick oven. Blanchard Café
participates in the student board plan for lunch (11 am–3 pm)
and dinner (3 pm–1 am).
Students can gather
in Blanchard's meeting rooms or relax in the various lounge areas:
the Intercultural Lounge, the Day Students' Lounge, and the Women's
Center. On the first level is the student art gallery, a photocopier,
a game room equipped with billiards and a ping-pong table, and snack
vending machines. Dances, intimate concerts, lectures, and shows
are held in the main café area, which can also be reserved
for meetings and events through the Office of Student Programs.
Adjoining the atrium
dining space is the 5,000-square-foot Great Room, which offers a
two-story glass wall with views of Lower Lake and a range of seating
venues, both private and communal. The room was designed so that
all tables and chairs can be removed to create a space for concerts
and dances.
Campus Center Hours
The hours for the campus
center are as follows:
Monday - Thursday 7:45
am - 1 am
Friday 7:45 am - 2 am
Saturday 9 am - 2 am
Sunday 9 am - 1 am
January Term hours are announced and posted through the Office of
Student Programs in the later part of the fall semester.
Information Desk
The campus information
desk (x2045) is located on the second level of Blanchard. Information
desk staff can advise you of MHC and Five College events and activities,
as well as provide bus schedules. Desk staff also open meeting rooms
and set up equipment when necessary, as well as sign out equipment
for the game room.
The hours for the information
desk are as follows:
Monday - Thursday
8 am - 1 am
Friday 9 am - 2 am
Saturday 10 am - 2 am
Sunday 10 am 1 am
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