Jane P. Batten Student Center (Virginia — Local services in Virginia Beach

The Jane P. Batten Student Center is located on the campus of Virginia Wesleyan College in Norfolk, VA. It opened in 1992 at a cost of 18.6 million dollars with it's main purpose to provide a house for the men and women basketball teams. However, the building is much more than a gymnasium that serves as the location for VWC basketball, and volleyball. It's 137,000 square feet is the nucleus for most student recreation activity on campus.

Let me go over a few of the things that are housed in this beautiful building. Men and Women Basketball and Volleyball with an elevated track above. A second gym with hoops, but serves almost any activity including archery, fencing among others. A dance studio, a student study area, a student cafeteria, and many athletic offices and several classrooms at the second level. There is also the schools only book store that sells everything Marlins and of...

A nice and clean facility with ample parking available. Today was our second visit to this sports facility and it was evident that it has been well maintained and catered for and seemed livelier than...

We were part of an Expo here for a weekend. Using the restrooms, they were old and somewhat rusty. This school could use a serious upgrade overall; still, a nice...