The Student Life Building (SLB)

The University of Akron Wayne College partnered with area businesses to plan a facility that not only meets the demands of a growing student population, but also provides a place for the community to gather and host events. In the fall of 2009, the Student Life Building (SLB) was proudly unveiled, providing additional learning, meeting and office space for the school’s growing population.

Building features include:

• • The Zip Station--a student dining, recreation and gathering area with flat-screen televisions, pool tables and a foosball table
  • Outdoor patio area
  • Barnes & Noble Bookstore
  • Game Room
  • Additional classrooms 
  • First National Bank Lecture Hall (84 seats)
  • The Stanley and Flo Gault Training Room, computer lab, testing center, and office space for the Wayne College Office of Continuing Education & Workforce Development
  • J.M. Smucker Multipurpose Room (6,100 square feet)

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Rental Information

The J.M. Smucker Multipurpose Room is available for use by business and community groups. To reserve the J.M. Smucker Multipurpose Room for your event, please contact Amy Haynes, at 330-684-8932 or by email at hamy@uakron.edu.

Amenities

• • Two large multi-media screens
  • Wifi – Wireless internet
  • Customizable stage up to 28’ x 28’

Room Information

The J.M. Smucker Multipurpose Room can be configured in six different arrangements to accommodate up to 870 guests.  It is available during normal Wayne College operation hours. For up-to-date campus building hours visit our hours page. The facility is closed on all national holidays and when the College is otherwise closed.

Rates and Reservations

Charges range from $100- $400, depending on size requirements.  Room rental includes the use of up to 20 tables and 120 chairs.  To make reservations, a minimum of four weeks’ notice is preferred, but exceptions may be made. For more information, please contact Amy Haynes, at 330-684-8932 or by email at hamy@uakron.edu.

Special rates are available to not-for-profit groups.

Food and Beverage Service

Arrangements can be made through Village Catering, the College’s on-site caterer, or through another provider of choice.

Parking

Parking campus-wide is free of charge. 

Community Partnership

The University of Akron Wayne College Campus is thankful to the many contributors who made the Student Life Building possible. 

Student Life Building Supporters:

• • Auble Funeral Home
  • Barnes & Noble
  • The Daily Record
  • F.J. Design
  • First National Bank
  • John Kaylor Memorial Fund – a component of the Wayne County Community Foundation
  • The Kiwanis Club of Wooster
  • Laura B. Frick Charitable Trust
  • Lettergraphics Sign Company
  • Marathon Oil Company, Inc.
  • Mennonite Mutual Insurance Co.
  • The Noble Foundation
  • Orrville Printing
  • The Quality Castings Company
  • Smith Dairy Products Company
  • The J.M. Smucker Company
  • TechniGraphics, Inc.
  • United Titanium, Inc.
  • VIP Travel of Wooster
  • Wachovia Foundation
  • Wadsworth Wal-Mart
  • Wayne College Alumni Association
  • Wayne Mutual Insurance Company
  • Wayne – National City Foundation at National City Bank
  • Wayne Savings Community Bank
  • Wenger Excavating, Inc.
  • The Will-Burt Company
  • Will-Burt Charitable Fund – a component of the Wayne County Community Foundation
  • The Wooster Brush Company & The Donald J. Foss Memorial Employees’ Trust
  • Mindy Yambor – The Charles Ritter Co.
  • Tom Andes
  • Wendy Barlow
  • Alfred and Norma Beck
  • Alan Boettger
  • Judith Bridger
  • Susan A. Buchwalter
  • James and Donna Dale Davis – in memory of W.A. Rupp
  • Dan and Jan Deckler
  • Kevin and Charline Engle
  • Annette Fejes *
  • Dean Fejes *
  • Teresa Flickinger
  • Carolyn and Roger Freelon
  • Stan and Flo Gault
  • Barbara and James Geisey
  • David and Nancy Handwerk
  • Marcella Hawkins
  • Bill “Train Wreck” Hostetler
  • Susanna Horn
  • Bob and Ann Hunt
  • Joyce Ingold *
  • Jim Jelinek *
  • Debra Johanyak
  • Jack and Kathy Kristofco
  • John and Judy Kropf
  • John and Michaeline Kulton
  • Amelia Laing
  • Maureen Lerch
  • Tami Lowe
  • Amy and Michael Mast
  • David Milkovich
  • Darcy B. Pajak
  • Denise and Craig Parker
  • Charles Pfeifer
  • Paulette M. Popovich
  • Shelly Rider
  • Grace Schantz
  • Stephen Schmidt
  • Marilyn J. Sechrist – in memory of Sterling Sechrist
  • Jane Shilling
  • Monica and Forrest Smith
  • Darrell and Brenda Smucker
  • Karl and Carol Stroh
  • Cindy Summers
  • Marchelle L. Suppan
  • Helene and Edwin Thall
  • Denise and Charles Uitto
  • Brenda Vogley
  • Adil Wadia
  • Nan Whitsel
  • Douglas Woods
  • Mildred Workman

*denotes gift given in memory of Mr. & Mrs. Julius Fejes

Barnet-Hoover Farmhouse

The Barnet-Hoover Farmhouse, the oldest two-story house in the Orrville area, sits in its original location, which is now on the campus of The University of Akron Wayne College. You can't see the farmhouse from Smucker Road; it is behind the John E. Boyer Gymnasium.

200th Anniversary Celebration in 2018

Originally built in 1818, the college renovated the structure in 2005 to make it a usable part of the campus community. The farmhouse now has central heat, air conditioning and running water. It can be used as a small classroom or as a meeting space for area businesses and nonprofit organizations.

There was a barn on the property where the main building of Wayne College now sits. As part of the property's 1970 purchase agreement, pieces of the barn had to be incorporated into the college's building. The beams from the barn were used in the walkway cover at the main entrance, and the wooden plank bulletin boards throughout the building also are made from barn wood.

The ponds behind the house were added in 1956 when Maynard Blatter owned the property. Blatter named the three ponds after his three young daughters - Sandy, Shirley and Becky.

The first biologist at Wayne College, Scott D. Hagen, was especially fond of using the ponds for collecting specimens for his microbiology and principles of biology courses. Upon his passing in 1984, the ponds were designated the Scott Hagen Aquatic Area.

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