Morning Lindy,
I went to the Cuyahoga Falls cong, then Central, then the East Cong in Akron. My wife went to the Kenmore Cong. Don't know what to tell you about the Main Campus. Your right it is big. You and your daughter might go to Mitches on East Exchange Street and have a pizza and a beer and stare at the campus from there. Maybe a nice experience like that will desensitize you a bit. -:) After the endorphines kick in from the food and beer, you might walk across campus and find it rather pleasent. Also, you might visit the campus on Saturday when it is quiet to get a feel for the place. While there, you might want to visit two nearby places - the Inventer's Hall of Fame and Quaker Square.
Never went out Medina way very much. Ever see the buzzards at Hinckly? Always wanted to do that, but never did. In Akron, there are a lot of nifty things to see and good restaurants for such a grundgy old factory town. Glad to see you are an Akron U. Zit...er....I mean Zip. -:)