Nance-Boyer Hall
The oldest building on campus, Nance-Boyer looks completely
different today than it did sixty years ago.
The original section of Nance-Boyer was constructed in 1929 with a
distinct Southwestern look which can still be seen on the middle east
entrance.
![[Picture of East Entrance]](/uploads/zU/U1/zUU1N4ZkiTm9Rk9HCLm5tA/nance_boyer2.jpg)
John L. Coffey was president of Cameron, then known as an agriculture
college, and named the building after James C. Nance and Dave Boyer, Speaker of
the House and Senator of the 17th District respectively.
The original section consisted of the three stories
in the middle and is easily identified
by the tile flooring: black tile which boxes in several squares of white tiles.
The newer additions have completely white tile and are only two stories tall.
In 1953, the original auditorium on the north end was torn down and a 16,000 square foot music auditorium replaced it.
In 1971, this 540 seat auditorium was gutted out, split into two floors and converted into offices which now house
the English Department, Languages and Communications Department, and the
Education Department.
In fact, Nance-Boyer has been home to many of the departments on campus at
one time or another. After leaving Howell Hall, the School of Business
occupied Nance-Boyer before moving to its present local. The Department of Health and Physical Education moved from Nance-Boyer to South Shepler and the Department of Psychology and Human Ecology moved into its place. The Art Department called Nance-Boyer home before it received its own building. Even the administrative
offices spent some time in Nance-Boyer.
Presently located in Nance-Boyer:
- Academic Resource Lab - 2nd Floor, Rm 2068 (middle)
- Collegian Newspaper - 2nd Floor, Rm. 2060 (middle)
- Department of Criminal Justice and Sociology - 2nd Floor, Rm. 2075
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Department of Education - 1st Floor, Rm. 1012 (north end)
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Department of English and Foreign Languages - 2nd Floor, Rm. 2014 (north end)
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Deparment of Psychology and Human Ecology - 1st Floor, Rm. 1053 (middle)
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Foreign Language/ESL Center - 2nd Floor, Rm. 2005 (north end)
- Reading Center - 1st Floor, Rm. 1008 (north end)
- School of Education and Behavioral Sciences
- Wichita Magazine - 2nd Floor, Rm. 2067 (middle)
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Writing Center - 2nd Floor, Rm. 2034 (northwest end)