About Our Locations
Aurora University has two distinctive campuses: a 32-acre campus in Aurora, Illinois (just 40 miles west of Chicago) and the 200-acre George Williams College campus, 70 miles to the north, on the shores of Geneva Lake in Williams Bay, Wisconsin.
As a student on the AU campus, you’ll benefit from being:
- Along the East-West Corporate Corridor
- A short train ride to Chicago
- In the second-largest city in Illinois
- In a tree-lined residential area
The campus includes:
- Extensively renovated residence halls
- The Institute for Collaboration, which includes the School District 129 partnership school for 200 elementary school students; the Caterpillar Center for Teaching and Learning; and Crimi Auditorium and academic classrooms
- The Aurora Foundation Center for Community Enrichment, which houses Perry Theatre
- Parolini Music Center
- Alumni Hall, which includes Student Dining Hall
As a student at George Williams College, you’ll be close to five major metropolitan areas:
- Aurora, IL (about 90 minutes)
- Chicago, IL (about 2 hours)
- Madison, WI (about 80 minutes)
- Milwaukee, WI (about an hour)
- Rockford, IL (about an hour)
The campus features:
- A residential, conference and academic facility that includes the One Step Lodge and the Winston Paul Educational Center, which houses classrooms, meeting rooms, academic offices and a computer lab
- The Ferro Pavilion, a new permanent open air pavilion for the Music by the Lake summer music festival
- Beasley Campus Center, with new dining services
- Meyer Lodge, academic facility and resource center
- Lakefront lodging
- A marina
- An 18-hole golf course
- Youth lodges
Several buildings on the Aurora University campus — Davis Hall, Eckhart Hall and Wilkinson Hall — are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
