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Athletics and Fitness
Hamline University offers intercollegiate and intramural athletics as well as individual fitness opportunities. From team sports to individual activities, Hamline gives students the opportunity to have fun, get exercise, and form friendships outside of the residence hall and classroom.
The Lloyd W.D. Walker Fieldhouse is the main home for gymnastics meets and training facilities, Walker contains three courts for basketball, tennis, and volleyball as well as a strength and fitness training center. Students can also use the building’s racquetball court, jogging track and swimming pool. Hutton Arena, located adjacent to Walker, is also available for use when it is not in service as the home for the volleyball and basketball teams.
Built in 2004, the Klas Center offers an improved athletic stadium, as well as learning, gathering and meeting spaces. The facility includes a synthetic playing surface for year-round usability and a state-of-the-art nine-lane track. Klas Field is the home for the football, lacrosse, and track and field teams.
Paterson Field, just east of Klas, is the home field for some field events as well as the soccer and softball teams. Hamline ice hockey teams practice and compete at the TRIA Rink in Treasure Island Center in Downtown St. Paul. Completed in January 2018, the TRIA Rink is also home to the Minnesota Whitecaps of the MWHL, Minnesota PWHL and is the practice facility for the NHL’s Minnesota Wild. The Hamline baseball team practices and competes at CHS Field. CHS Field is also home to the St. Paul Saints.
A member of NCAA Division III, Hamline Athletics belongs to the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) and the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (Women’s Lacrosse and Gymnastics). Hamline sponsors 22 sports (Men: baseball, basketball, cross country, football, ice hockey, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, and indoor / outdoor track and field. Women: basketball, cross country, fastpitch softball, gymnastics, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor / outdoor track and field, and volleyball.)
In recent years, baseball, cross country, and ice hockey teams have won MIAC titles; track and field has produced several MIAC champions; the women’s lacrosse team has won the MWLC title; the women’s hockey team became the first MIAC team ever to advance to a title game with a second place finish at the 2019 NCAA Division III Frozen Four; lacrosse has appeared in NCAA tournaments and individual Pipers have been crowned national champions in track and field and gymnastics. In addition, several Pipers have earned All-American and Academic All-American honors.
Campus Buildings
The campus in Saint Paul covers 45 attractive acres with a combination of new and old buildings set with gardens and restful areas. The central symbolic landmark of Hamline’s campus is Old Main, built in 1884 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Anderson Center
The Carol Young Anderson and Dennis L. Anderson Center is a prominent symbol of the university and dramatically expands its capacity to accommodate and serve its community. The Anderson Center houses event and meeting venues, a meditation room, a fireplace and lounge areas, campus dining, campus life offices, a Starbucks coffee shop, a convenience store, an outdoor terrace, and underground parking. The building meets LEED silver standards and features a green roof, solar panels, high performance glass and lighting, site-harvested wood, and recycled building materials.
Bush Library
Much more than a building housing books, the Bush Library and Archives is a center for academic support and a hub of activity. The research and academic support staff located in the building work collaboratively to optimize collections, technologies, expertise, and spaces that support student learning and intellectual exploration.
The library provides quiet study spaces, group study spaces, and various forms of collaborative technologies to facilitate students working on group projects.
Librarians provide assistance to students via drop in research service and by appointment. Research expertise is also available virtually, 24 hours a day/ 7 days a week through chat service. Librarians visit classes to help students get started with their research assignments and to help students navigate the vast world of print and digital information.
A wealth of online and print resources are available to students; many of these resources are available within the building and remotely via the Internet. Other resources are provided through a consortium of Minneapolis/St. Paul academic libraries, or through an extended network of interlibrary loan arrangements with libraries throughout North America.
In addition, students can access the services of the Writing and Communication Center, the Center for Academic Success and Achievement, Information Technology Services (ITS) Central Services Desk, and tutoring services.
Drew Fine Arts Complex
Soeffker Art Gallery - The Soeffker Gallery is an educational resource for Hamline University students, faculty, staff and the general public. The gallery space showcases a wide range of exhibitions including the Visiting Artist Program, D+SA faculty biennials, the annual D+SA senior capstone, alumni triennials and rotating exhibitions highlighting works from the Hamline University Permanent Art Collection. Exhibitions serve to initiate discussions about art, culture, community and larger societal issues, promoting creative discovery and civic engagement. The gallery also offers professional development opportunities for work-study students interested in curating, installation, and professional art collection management.
Anne Simley Theatre - Students of all majors may participate as actors, dancers, designers, and choreographers in campus performances or as a part of the production crews. The 300-seat Simley Theatre is one of the best-equipped college stages in Minnesota. Our facilities include a large scene shop with equipment for both steel and wood construction, the costume shop stores hundreds of period costumes used in performances, and our control booth houses state of the art lighting and sound equipment. In addition to theatre work, students can audition for the Hamline Dance Ensemble. This group performs one fully staged production each year. There are two well equipped dance/rehearsal studio spaces. Members of the Ensemble participate in the regional American College Dance Association conference, and we submit both faculty and student choreography for adjudication. Periodically, the Department also takes interested students to the United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT) national conference. The Department provides annual portfolio and audition reviews for major and minor students to help prepare them for transition to the industry.
Sundin Music Hall - There are few small halls in the region that have the acoustics of Sundin Music Hall. It is a prime destination for many of the area’s most talented and accomplished musicians as a performance space. It is the home of the University’s Music Department and serves as the rehearsal and concert space for the Hamline Orchestra, the Hamline Wind Ensemble, the A Capella Choir, and solo and chamber music performances by students. It is an intimate venue, seating 325 people at capacity - there is not a bad seat in the house. Sundin is home to two seven-foot Steinway pianos and hosts a concert series for members of the Hamline community to enjoy.
Annual Events and Convocations
During the course of each year, Hamline hosts a wide range of events, bringing in well-known speakers to address specific themes and issues. Many of these events are held during the weekly convocation hours on Tuesday and Thursday mornings, during which no classes are scheduled, to enable students to attend these special programs.
Some of the events include:
- Commitment to Community Lecture Series
- Mahle Lecture in Progressive Christian Thought
- Hamline University Symposium on the Humanities
- Hanna Lecture in Philosophy
- Howard W. Alkire Symposium in International Business and Economics
- International Roundtable Series
- Kay Malmstrom Lecture in Physics
- Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Series
- Seminar in Contemporary Religious Thought
- 3M/Ronald A. Mitsch Lecture in Chemistry
Inter-College Cross-Registration (ACTC)
Hamline University participates in a consortium of five Twin Cities private liberal arts colleges (Hamline, Macalester, St. Catherine, and St. Thomas in Saint Paul, and Augsburg in Minneapolis) called the Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities (ACTC). The ACTC combines the community atmosphere of a small liberal arts college with the wide range of opportunities of a large university. The purpose of the consortium is to employ the strengths of each college to the best advantage of all. Cross-registration is available without additional cost to the student, provided the coursework is relevant to a Hamline degree. Information is available at www.hamline.edu/actc.
Student Congress
Hamline Undergraduate Student Congress (HUSC) is the undergraduate student governing body. Any Hamline undergraduate student may speak on issues before Congress, whether or not one is an elected representative. HUSC’s responsibilities include allocating student activities fees to fund student organizations, appointing student representatives to the standing committees of the university to ensure student input into matters of campus governance, serving as the official “voice” of undergraduate students on issues of campus-wide importance, and passing legislation referred to it by student groups, the faculty, or an administrative body.
Student Organizations
More than 70 registered undergraduate student organizations sponsor hundreds of events and activities on campus each year. Membership, events and activities are open to all Hamline undergraduate students. The Student Activities & Leadership Development office supports and works with student organizations and all organizations are student-run and exercise a great deal of autonomy. The full student organization directory, as well as information on how to start a new organization, is available at https://www.hamline.edu/life-at-hamline/student-activities.
Student Publications
Three publications offer students hands-on experience in journalism and photography. Hamline students publish The Fulcrum art and literature journal; Untold Magazine; and The Oracle, the campus newspaper.
Study Away with Hamline
Hamline encourages students to pursue study away, a popular and transformative experience that helps students become “compassionate citizens of the world.” The Global Engagement Center (GEC), has a variety of programs that can fit any major, any schedule, and any budget. Deadlines typically are the semester before your study away program starts. More information can be found on the GEC’s Study Away website.
Hamline offers faculty-led programs during May term. They will be listed on the GEC website sometime during Fall Semester. May term courses led by Hamline faculty are open to students from all disciplines and take place in various locations around the world.
For those interested in a full semester long and highly immersive program, there are many exchange program options with some of our institutional partnerships with Program Providers, including:
- ISEP
- ISA (International Studies Abroad)
- CIEE (Council on International Education)
- AIFS
- SIT (School for International Training)
This is not an exhaustive list, so students should check out the website search function to discover various program options. Students applying for semester-long or May term and summer study away programs should be in good academic standing with a minimum GPA of 2.5. Applications for study away are managed by the Global Engagement Center’s online application.
Deadlines
- Academic year - April 1
- Fall Semester - April 1
- Spring Semester - November 1
- Summer Program Provider - March 1
- May term / Summer Faculty-led - December 15
Students are encouraged to discuss when is the right time for them to study away by talking to the GEC and their faculty advisors. For seniors, extra consideration should be taken; students should discuss with their academic advisors the impact of study abroad on program completion. They should also discuss with theGEC timing of transcripts post program and potential delay to their graduation date.
One of Hamline’s newest programs is SPAN@ HAMLINE. The program at Hamline University includes preparatory coursework, summertime research abroad, followed by the completion of a substantive research paper or project. Throughout these three phases of the program, students receive hands-on mentorship from faculty and have access to professionals and overseas resources to more fully answer a research question. While abroad, students pursue interviews with experts on their selected topics.
SPAN@Hamline seeks to attract independent-minded, self-driven students. With SPAN @ Hamline, participants prepare for research abroad by enrolling in an in-depth research methods course and destination specific orientations prior to departure. At the end of the fall semester (following the summer abroad), students will write a substantive research paper or produce a hybrid project that has been reviewed by the faculty leader.
For more information about the SPAN@Hamline Program, visit the Student SPAN webpage.
All study away programs must be approved by the GEC so that credits earned abroad transfer back to Hamline and count toward graduation requirements. Students wishing to have Hamline Plan designations attached to courses they’ve taken abroad should contact the Registration and Records office for approval. Certain programs allow students to use their Hamline scholarships or financial aid to help finance their programs.
Wesley Center
The Wesley Center Office of the University Chaplain, along with the Multi-Faith Alliance (MFA) student groups hold weekly gatherings while classes are in session for all Pipers – Holy Communion (Christian); Kabbalat Shabbat (Jewish); Jummah Prayers (Muslim); Meditation (spiritual).
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