Winthrop University - Campus

Campus

The University's campus is located in the city of Rock Hill, South Carolina, in one of that city's five historic districts and many of Winthrop's buildings are on the National Historic Register. The Winthrop University campus also has its own zip code of 29733.

Winthrop's campus is divided into two distinct areas: The main campus which houses the academic buildings, residence halls, library and campus center and the larger Recreational and Research Complex located approximately one mile northeast of the main campus.

Winthrop's main campus has seen extensive development during the last decade. A new $12 million Dalton Hall opened in 1999. The Courtyard at Winthrop, which features apartment style residences for students, opened in 2003. The Lois Rhame West Health, Physical Education and Wellness Center was opened in 2007 and serves as the new home of the University's physical education department and intramural sports. The most recent addition, in 2010, is the DiGiorgio Campus Center, which added a 128,000-square-foot (11,900 m2) multipurpose campus hub featuring a 225 seat movie theater, food court, campus bookstore, post office, and casual dining. The DiGiorgio Center is connected to the West Center via an open-air plaza.

In addition to hosting the University's intercollegiate athletic facilities, the Recreational and Research Complex also hosts the Piedmont Wetlands Research Project, a golf course (open to faculty, students and alumni), and a world-class disc golf course (which has been the site of the United States Disc Golf Championship since its inception in 1999).

Winthrop's campus has served as the location for numerous movies, television and other video productions, including the films Asylum and The Rage: Carrie 2. Additionally, the Winthrop Coliseum hosted numerous television tapings of various syndicated WCW and NWA television shows in the 1980s and 1990s.

Ninety (90%) percent of freshman and Forty-four (44%) percent of all undergraduate students live on-campus.