Buildings and Accommodations
Presentation College is a multi-winged complex at the center of the Aberdeen campus. The Main building houses administrative offices, a student lounge, College Library, the Chapel, Café, Java City coffee shop, videoconferencing meeting rooms, IT help desk, and the academic divisions. Videoconferencing classrooms are located on the second and third floors.
A second education building is located southeast of the main building. The Southeast building includes the Division of Nursing's learning laboratory, lecture hall, and classrooms, along with four other videoconferencing classrooms. In Fall 2017, the new Avera Simulation Center was created to provide students with the opportunity to participate in realistic clinical training. The simulation center comprises five rooms built to replicate hospital rooms. The rooms include a critical care/emergency room, an obstetric delivery room, a pediatric room, a surgical suite, and medical/surgical patient rooms.
Students may gather for relaxation or recreation in the main building lounge on the lower level. Located near the coffee shop, Library, and café, the newly designed space includes gaming stations, a pool table, and TVs. Students also enjoy spending time in the student center located just north of the student suites and the common areas in the east suites.
The Strode Activity Center provides opportunities for student events, exercise, wellness, competition, and recreation. It also serves as the official home of Presentation College Saints women's and men's basketball and women's volleyball teams. Features of the activity center include NCAA-regulation basketball and volleyball courts, air conditioning, fixed seating for 1,200, sound system, and acoustics. The Wellness Center was completed in 2013 as an addition to the Strode Activity Center and is equipped with exercise and training equipment. The Wellness Center is also home for the Athletic Training program.
The women's and men's soccer teams practice and play on a natural grass field north of the Strode Center. The football team practices on a full-size artificial surface field located north of the east suites. The artificial surface is also used by the Saints softball and baseball teams as an on-campus practice area.
Presentation College’s Winter Dome was completed in 2014. The Dome, which covers the existing football practice field, provides an additional 108,000 square feet of usable space during the winter months. PC uses the Dome for practices, games, and recreational events. It is also utilized for community and regional sporting events.
Presentation College features resident student suites. The suite-style housing offers an enhanced on-campus student life experience by providing independent living opportunities and modern surroundings for resident students. Three residence units, housing a total of 140 students, and a student center are at the northwest corner of the campus. In 2013, Presentation College completed construction of housing suites with a capacity of 158 students. Located just south of the football practice field, the apartment-style suites are each equipped with four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a common living area, and a kitchenette. In addition, each floor has a common living area space with a full kitchen and multiple study rooms as well as other amenities.
It is the policy of Presentation College not to discriminate against students because of a disability with regard to enrollment, accommodations in the classroom and student suites, and telecommunication services. Ramps and lifts have been put in place to allow differently abled individuals access to the buildings. Elevators and accessible reserved parking spaces have been designated at each of the entrances, and a number of the student suites have been built to accommodate different accessibility needs.