Centrally located on the East Mall near San Jacinto Street, Patton Hall (RLP) is at the heart of campus life. With its opening in January 2013, Patton Hall set a new standard for planning, design
The building's six floors feature light-filled offices and meeting rooms, classrooms equipped with the latest technology and open areas both inside and out for students, faculty and visitors to mingle, study or relax.
This level features smart classrooms that are among the best general-purpose classrooms on campus. With the press of a button, the system lowers window shades and display screens for instructional presentations. Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services installed these smart classrooms with special attention to acoustics, sightlines, writing surfaces, seating
The ground floor also features an ROTC fitness room and labs for Geography and the Environment.
For the first time, the College of Liberal Arts has its own conference center for symposiums, distinguished lectures
Liberal Arts undergraduates have a home of their own in the Martin Dies Student Center. Available only to liberal arts students, this spacious lounge opens onto the east deck and offers views of the Waller Creek Greenbelt. Additionally, the
Two of the university’s most distinguished honors programs—Liberal Arts Honors and Plan II—are now located side by side in suites above the main entrance that
The floor also houses Native American and Indigenous Studies, the Humanities Program and the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies. This level also features collaborative faculty spaces in the Population Research Center that are specifically designed to facilitate interaction and collaboration among team members. Faculty and post-doctorate researchers in similar research fields are joined together in these common spaces that feature shared worktables and audio/visual systems.
The Department of Geography and the Environment, the Department of Sociology and the Urban Ethnography Lab occupy the third floor of Patton Hall.
The floor also features a lounge with floor-to-ceiling glass walls for a quiet work environment.
Patton Hall's fourth floor is home to the Department of Linguistics and the Child Language Lab.
The fourth floor also features a glassed-in lounge located by the entrance to the Skybridge, which connects Patton Hall with the Department of Anthropology and the Humanities Institute, located on the top floors of the Student Activity Center.
The ROTC suite highlights four branches of the military: Army, Navy, Air Force
The center also features alcoves in the public area dedicated to each branch and a Missing in Action (MIA) and Prisoner of War (POW) brick wall—salvaged from Russell A. Steindam Hall—with signatures from POWs.