Campus Facilities

Academic and AdministrativeBuildings
The Brown Library
Residences
The Sterling Farm
Outdoor and Recreational Facilities
Kitchen and Dining Hall
Center for Northern Studies

Dunbar Hall
Dunbar Hall is home to the dining hall, kitchen, Career Resource Center, computer lab, and lounge.“The Barn”, the main student lounge for the College, is located on the first floor of Dunbar Hall and is accessible 24 hours a day and seven days a week. Originally a carriage barn for the inn that occupied Kane Hall for decades, the Barn offers a rustic, cozy space for students to gather. It is heated with a clean-burning wood-pellet stove. A TV and VCR, a piano, board games, and puzzles are available for student entertainment. A weekly coffeehouse on Sunday evenings fills the Barn with song, skits, and other performance endeavors. During the semester students, faculty, and staff meet in the Barn for Community Meeting each week.

The Career Resource Center (CRC) is located on the second floor of Dunbar Hall and contains resources for students planning off-campus semesters as well as exploring post-graduate opportunities. The CRC staff maintains office hours, and students are encouraged to make appointments or drop in. Resources in the CRC and the adjoining computer lab are accessible 24 hours a day and seven days a week for student use.

The Sterling College Kitchen and dining hall are also located in Dunbar Hall.

Kane Hall This building was an inn for decades before being converted into the main administration building for the College. Built in 1840, what is presently known as Kane Hall has enjoyed previous lives as Orleans House, Pikes Hotel, and the Hearthside.
Currently, Kane Hall is home to Admissions, Financial Aid, the Registrar’s Office, and several faculty offices.

Logging Shop
The Logging Shop, home to Sterling's fine chainsaw and two-person crosscut saw collection, is primarily used for classes, trail building projects, and service-learning.

Mager Hall Built in 1810, this building was one of the original homes on the Common. A display in the foyer of Mager Hall tells the history of the building and its former inhabitants through pictures and artifacts. Mager Hall is home to two classrooms (the Aldo Leopold and Rachel Carson Rooms), an Audio/Visual
Room, the Writing Center, and the Trustees Room, which boasts a vaulted ceiling. It also serves as administrative space for the President of the College, the Alumni Relations and Development Office, and the Business Office. Formerly known as Johnson House, Mager Hall was renovated and re-opened in the fall of 2001. Many of the original characteristics were preserved in spite of the renovations and some building materials were recycled and reused in various rooms throughout the building.
	The Writing Center at Sterling College, on the first floor of Mager Hall, offers one-on-one tutoring for all Sterling students seeking help with writing. By providing an environment for students to work on their writing with trained tutors the Writing Center aims to empower students with strategies that will teach them to write successfully for academic and workplace audiences. The Writing Center also offers resources such as style manuals, grammar handbooks, handouts on the writing process, and focused exercises that students can use in or outside of the Writing Center.

Paradise Hall
A comprehensive woodworking shop with power and hand-tools is available, primarily for classes such as A Reverence for Wood and Forgotten Arts.

Simpson Hall
Simpson Hall contains several classrooms, a science lab, the Environmental Science Computer Lab, the Sustainable Sterling Office, the Counseling Center, the Dean of Students Office, a darkroom, a Bouldering Wall, a fitness room, and the garden shed. The darkroom, equipped with enlargers and film processing equipment, is primarily used for photography courses, but may be used by students if they are trained in darkroom use. The indoor bouldering wall is a multi-faced wall, which provides an all-weather recreational activity. Free weights, a treadmill, and an indoor rowing machine are available in the fitness room.