L. A. Pittenger Student Center (Muncie, Indiana)

 hotel, post office, Starbucks, dining hall, 1952_construction, student center / student union, 1994 construction, Taco Bell, 1959_construction, 2010_construction

Pittenger Student Center includes Tally Food Court, a barbershop, bowling alley, reading and study lounges, meeting rooms, Cardinal Ballroom, the Marshall E. Rinker Center for International Studies, a post office, and a 24-room hotel.

The L. A. Pittenger Student Center was built in stages between 1950 and 1961. Walter Scholer of Lafayette, Indiana, was the architect for this Collegiate Gothic-style building.

The original center, now at the east end of the building, cost approximately $1.25 million to build. Most of this money was raised through donations from students, alumni, and faculty, staff, and community members; no state funds were appropriated for the project. Pittenger was rededicated in 2010 after a $15 million makeover.