Venues & Rates

Located next to the PE Center, Big Cat Stadium features synthetic turf, collapsible field goals, full lighting for night games, a concession stand, an announcer’s booth with a high quality public address system, and convenient parking. The grandstand seats up to 1,000 people, and bleachers add another 400 seats.

The Cougar Sports Center houses basketball and volleyball courts, a weight room, and the competition and diving pools. The gymnasium has served as a large group gathering space for conferences, reunions, and an indoor concert and entertainment venue. The facility may be rented for tournaments, camps, and special events when not used for University of Minnesota Morris academic and athletic purposes.

The Regional Fitness Center is a non-profit organization located on the campus of the University of Minnesota Morris. We provide a welcoming atmosphere to help you reach your fitness and wellness goals.

Regional Fitness Center

Regional Fitness Center Services

• Personal training
• Group fitness classes
• Aquatic and gym recreation
• Full-service workout room
• Competition and recreation pools

The George C. Fosgate Black Box Theatre is a perfect space for more experimental and intimate theatre. It has flexible seating for up to 175 people. This space is used for both performances and classes. Located in Humanities Fine Arts.

Seating Capacity: 175

A medium-sized classroom with fixed auditorium seating for 60 located in the lower level of Humanities Fine Arts.  It is ideal for lectures with presentations and displays.

Seating Capacity: 60

Located in Imholte Hall on the campus mall, the Imholte Hall Auditorium features classroom-style seating for 90 people and full media capability. It is used mainly for classes, lectures and presentations.  Imholte Hall is one of the campus buildings listing on the National Registry of Historic Places as part of the West Central School of Agriculture (WCSA) and Experiment Station Historic District. The renovated building reflects campus heritage in the rich, dark woods, art, and display cases featuring WCSA artifacts.

Seating Capacity: 90

Located in Humanities Fine Arts, The Raymond J. Lammers Proscenium Theatre was designed by Ralph Rapson, famed for his design of the original Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis. It seats 346 people and features a large stage with a light and sound booth, 31-set fly system, orchestra pit, trap door, side stages, and a spiral staircase going up to a "Juliet balcony." This space is used for both performances and classes.  (built in 1973)

Seating Capacity: 346

The Science Auditorium, located in the Science and Math Building, features fixed auditorium seating with tablet chairs.  The room has full media capacity including full-wall white board, computer projection, and P.A.

Seating Capacity: 290

Located in the lower level of the Science and Math Building with convenient access to the Student Center tunnel, this medium-sized classroom auditorium features fixed table seating and computer projection.

Seating Capacity: 80

Located in the Student Center, Oyate Hall is a beautiful ballroom facility that overlooks the campus mall. With a seating capacity of 250, it is perfect for wedding receptions, dances or meetings. Oyate Hall features hardwood floors, full-length windows, vaulted ceiling, and a fireplace with lounge chairs and sofas.

Oyate Hall can be divided into three separate meeting rooms—Alumni Room, Cougar Room, University Room—each with the flexibility to be setup in a variety of configurations such as audience-style seating, display tables, classroom, dining, and boardroom.

The Alumni Room seats from 20 to 30 people with the flexibility for setup in a variety of configurations such as audience-style seating, display tables, classroom, dining, and boardroom

The University Room seats from 50 to 100 people with the flexibility to be setup in a variety of configurations such as audience-style seating, display tables, classroom, dining, and boardroom.

The Cougar Room seats from 30 to 60 people with the flexibility for setup in a variety of configurations such as audience-style seating, display tables, classroom, dining, and boardroom.

The Edward J. & Helen Jane Morrison Gallery is centrally located in the main floor in the Humanities Fine Arts Building. Ranked as among the best of galleries on small liberal arts campuses in the United States, the Morrison Gallery is a showplace for five to six exhibits scheduled during fall and spring semesters. The artwork features professional artists from all parts of the nation as well as Canada who work in various media of painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, and mixed media installation projects. During April and early May, two  exhibits showcase the work of Morris studio arts students.

Explore the Edward J & Helen Jane Morrison Gallery

The Science Atrium, located in Science and Math Building, is a lovely gathering place with high ceilings and skylights. With a capacity of 50-70 people, the space works well for a display area or small receptions.

Open to the public, Turtle Mountain Cafe (TMC) features seating up to 135 people in booths, square tables, and round tables that may be configured in a number of ways. The space is especially suited to receptions, acoustic concerts, and smaller programs and presentations.

• Menu
• Hours

Seating Capacity: 48

A medium-sized classroom with fixed auditorium seating for 60 located in the lower level of Humanities Fine Arts.  It is ideal for lectures with presentations and displays.

Seating Capacity: 60

A variety of campus classrooms in various sizes are available for rent when not being used for academic purposes.  The classrooms in John Q. Imholte Hall feature moveable bench tables with chairs for flexible set-ups. All classrooms in Imholte Hall, as well as other campus buildings, are equipped with "smart" touch-pad technology for easy computer and DVD projection.

Seating Capacity: 40

The Science Auditorium, located in the Science and Math Building, features fixed auditorium seating with tablet chairs.  The room has full media capacity including full-wall white board, computer projection, and P.A.

Seating Capacity: 290

Located in the lower level of the Science and Math Building with convenient access to the Student Center tunnel, this medium-sized classroom auditorium features fixed table seating and computer projection.

Seating Capacity: 80

Seating Capacity: 44

Available Technology

• 25 Macintosh computers
• 1 Macintosh Instructor/Presentation station
• Projector

Seating Capacity: 47

Available Technology

• 47 Windows Computers
• Projector 
• Papercut Printing

Seating Capacity: 44

Available Technology

• 25 Macintosh computers
• 1 Macintosh Instructor/Presentation station
• Projector

Seating Capacity: 48

Seating Capacity: 16

Available Technology

Whiteboard

The Humanities Conference Room is located in Humanities. The boardroom style meeting room seats up to 16 people.

Seating Capacity: 16

Available Technology

• Whiteboard

Seating Capacity: 15

Seating Capacity: 12

Located in the Rodney A. Briggs Library, the McGinnis is a lovely room that features art, poetry collections, and large windows with a view of the campus’s cherry trees. It is setup with chairs and table seating for up to 15 people, but can be reconfigured for audience-style seating of larger groups.

Explore the McGinnis Room

Seating Capacity: 15

Available Technology

• Power Podiumn

Seating Capacity: 30

Seating Capacity: 25

Seating Capacity: 16

Located in the campus’s beautifully renovated Science and Math Building, the Science Conference Room 1 features boardroom style seating for up to 10 people.

Seating Capacity: 10

Located in the campus’s beautifully renovated Science and Math Building, the Science Conference Room 2 features boardroom style seating for up to 12 people.

Seating Capacity: 12

Located in the lower level of the Student Center, the Student Activities Conference Room provides large windows and boardroom seating for up to 10 people.

Seating Capacity: 10

Seating Capacity: 16

Seating Capacity: 30

Seating Capacity: 12

The large green area in the center of campus serves as an outdoor space for formal events such as commencement and weddings to informal concerts, social gathering and recreation.

A large green area located behind the Education and Science and Math buildings.  Suited for picnics, casual gatherings and recreation.

Located behind the Science and Math Building, the “Hidden Garden" features a bubbling pond and natural landscaping.  It is an ideal site for an intimate outdoor reception.

Green area linking Clayton A. Gay Hall, David C. Johnson Independence Hall,  and the Dining Hall. Ideal for informal gathering spot in the summer; in the winter it is transformed into a skating pond.

• Double Mobius Strip