Athens Campus FAQs

Please visit the below links for a list of reservable classrooms, meetings, and event spaces on the Athens campus, as well as seating capacity and technology availability.  

Event Room Specifications

About Athens Campus

About Heritage Hall

Heritage Hall: Heritage Hall, the $65 million academic home for our Athens campus, opened in 2021. The new facility offers open and collaborative workspaces for faculty, staff, and students.

Noise: Students have access to Heritage Hall facilities to study 24/7. We ask that all events with amplified sound please notify our event staff so we can provide the appropriate notifications to faculty, staff, and students in our facilities.  

Vendor Drop-Off/Pick-Up: If you are ordering items that need to be delivered to the building, please coordinate a drop-off/pick-up time with your event staff.  

General parking to the public opens in dark green and purple lots (see parking map below) after 5 p.m. and on weekends. If you need parking accommodations for guests during business hours, please work with Ohio University Parking and Transportation Services to rent a designated parking lot or purchase daily visitor permits for your guests.  

Athens Campus Parking Map

Heritage Hall Parking Map

OHIO Catering offers an array of services to meet your needs. Whether planning and executing a full scale, high profile event, or helping create a memorable experience on a student budget, Catering Services will work with you to make a lasting impression. Please email catering@ohio.edu or call the Catering Office at (740) 593-4035 to discuss the details for your event. 

Ohio University Catering

All events that plan to serve or sell alcohol must get written permission from the Heritage College and follow Ohio University’s alcohol policy (including obtaining the appropriate permits).  

Ohio University Alcohol Policy

Athens offers a wide range of overnight accommodations. Please see the list of places to stay from the Athens County Visitors Bureau below. 

Visit Athens County

Trash/Recycling bins:  

• A limited number of trash cans are available in public spaces in HCOM Athens facilities. If serving food with disposable tableware you may need to consider renting additional trash/recycling bins.  
• Ohio University Recycle

Tables, chairs, and staging:

• Most spaces in Heritage Hall and the MEC are reservable with standard setups only with minor changes (i.e. addition of tables for catering).  
• In spaces that do not require a standard set up (i.e. Heritage Hall Atrium, MEC 141/145, MEC 154) tables, chairs and other setup items are required to be reserved by the customer.  
  • Tables, chairs, and stages can be rented through OU Moving and Surplus . 
  • Bedrock Party Rentals is a local business that rents tables, chairs, linen, dishware, lighting, dance floors and more.   

Linen:

• Table linen can be rented through OHIO Catering or Bedrock Party Rentals .  

Staffing: 

• Event staffing is not provided unless requested in advance and approved. HCOM staff are available to help with setup during business hours. If tables/chairs were rented for the event it is the responsibility of the customer to place tables/chairs back on the racks at the end of the event.  

HCOM can provide the following items upon request (pending availability) 

• 11x17 sign holders (up to 6)  
• white podium 
• cart for loading/unloading  

Please note that taping and/or fastening any signage to facility walls, doors, or windows is prohibited. When seeking to display directional signage or promote an event within the space, please provide this information in your request and staff will work to formally display these visual resources in designated signage holders. 

All items that a customer brings into the event space are required to be taken with them at the conclusion of the event.  

Ohio University Police Department is a full-service police agency that serves the campus 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. In case of an emergency, call 911 or 740-593-1911. 

Normal business hours of operation for the Heritage College, Athens facilities are 8am-5pm Monday-Friday. For events outside of regular business hours arrangements will be made for space access.  

Generally, most reserved rooms will be available at least one hour prior to the event time. With prior coordination additional accommodation for set-up times and early arrivals can be reviewed. 

University Events Calendar

• Events requested through the Student Events Form are automatically added to the events calendar. 
• External/Departmental Groups wishing to add their event to the calendar can add it at: https://calendar.ohio.edu/

Physical Flyers

Please note that taping and/or fastening any signage to facility walls, doors, or windows is prohibited. There is a designated space for flyers on the Information Station bulletin board, which is located on the Heritage Hall 2nd floor near the restrooms.

Athens Newsletter

If you want to submit information for the weekly Athens Newsletter . Weekly submissions are due by Wednesday at 5 p.m. Questions about the Athens Weekly Newsletter can be directed to Christina Baumann . 

Heritage Hall Atrium Displays

Guidelines for submission: 

• Events can be advertised a maximum of three weeks in advance
• PPT slides will be taken down following the event
• Only one slide per event will be accepted
• At least 32-point font is required for readability
• We reserve the right to edit all slides
• Submissions will be reviewed on a weekly basis
• Confirmation emails will be sent within one week of submission

Click here to upload a PowerPoint slide for consideration.