Cornell Campus Center

Located at the geographical heart of Rollins, the Cornell Campus Center serves as the hub of campus life and brings everyone together in the Rollins community.

Aside from the cafeteria, the building includes state-of-the-art conference rooms, a central campus information desk, lounge area for students, three dining rooms with lake views, an e-mail bar, a grill with programming space, the C-store, the administrative offices for Student Activities, food services and four patios.

Entering the building from the Mills side, visitors will find an e-mail bar and a lounge space to the right. The Charles and Diana Rice President's Dining Room and the Miller Lake Porch face out on the other side of the building. The building also houses the Student Activities offices. The Sandspur offices, student government offices, and WPRK Radio remain in Mills.

The cafeteria, Rose Skillman Hall, features a food service concept called marché dining, with freshly prepared food cooked at a series of stations. The lower level of the Cornell Campus Center houses Dave’s DownUnder, a coffeehouse-style gathering spot for students, in addition to a convenience store and The Grille.

Named in honor of the late wife of Thomas P. Johnson, the Jane Moore Johnson Plaza joins the Mills Memorial Building. Featuring outdoor seating, and programming space, the plaza is the home to Rita's Fountain, donated by Rita Bornstein, President Emerita of Rollins College. The fountain showcases an image of the Rollins Seal carved in relief, and level with the ground. Similar to the fountains of Downtown Disney and Celebration, the height and pattern of the jets are programmable.

The Jane Moore Johnson Plaza really unites Mills and the Campus Center, and serves as a central focus of the campus. And, given the climate, it is a very nice area for outdoor gatherings. There is comfortable furniture, access to food services and a relaxed atmosphere.

Michael Steiner's contemporary sculpture, "Barbaric," provides the centerpiece for the R. Emmett and M. Diana McTigue Sculpture Terrace. The 5 1/2 x 10 x 7 1/2-foot piece stands between the entrance of Olin Library and the Jane Moore Johnson Plaza, framed by the library's entry arch.

The smaller of the three patios, located between Mills and the Campus Center, the Ruth Lawrence DuPont Terrace, provides an intimate gathering place behind the patio off the Galloway Room and features a historic garden seat given to the college in 1935. Data ports on each of the patios allow students to plug-in their laptops into the campus network.

The Edgar A. Swindle Pool Patio, visible from the dining areas, opens out from The Grille onto the pool and Lake Virginia, and is furnished with outdoor furniture. Separated by a wrought-iron fence from the pool, a series of broad steppes cascade down from fence to pool. 

West of the pool, a wooden bridge crosses a series of retention ponds and lead down to a lakeside gazebo. The Janann Sholley Clanton Gazebo Garden provides a quiet retreat on the shores of Lake Virginia. Data ports are available from the Gazebo.