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Facilities
| Art Galleries |
The Hayward Hills campus enjoys two exhibition spaces (the University Art Gallery and the Student Gallery) which make it possible to mount shows of varying size and significance.
The University Art Gallery is 2820 square feet of exhibition space. Located in AE 106, the Gallery has one person shows, group shows and student shows in a variety of media. An adjoining courtyard is available to display outdoor sculpture. Admission to the University Art Gallery is free. The student gallery, located in AE 274, is a more intimate space. Throughout the year, students present their works for short exhibitions. The days and hours of these shows vary and are also admission free.
| Bookstore |
The University Bookstore at California State University, East Bay is located between the Library and the University Union, across the street from Warren Hall. The Bookstore's mission is to support the educational endeavor of the University by offering access to the course materials for classes, as well as merchandise and services for the convenience of the campus community.
Course materials are on the second floor. On the first floor, the store offers CSUEB logo clothing and gifts, electronics, educationally-discounted computer software, computer supplies, school and office supplies, testing materials and study guides, general books, greeting cards, used-book buyback services, University Catalogs, art supplies, a convenience store, a full-service U.S. Post Office, dry cleaning drop off and pick up services, a Bank of America ATM, and Copy Pacific, a full service copy center.
At the Concord Campus, the Concord Café, operated by the Bookstore, offers fresh sandwiches and salads, snacks, microwave meals, beverages, Peet's coffee, school supplies, CSUEB clothing and gifts, book buyback during finals, and online order pickup.
All course materials and selected merchandise and services can be ordered at Bookstore for delivery to your address at a fee, or for campus pickup at no additional charge. The website also posts current hours and general information. Hours and general information are also available at 510-885-3507.
| Business and Economics Special Facilities |
The College of Business and Economics has an administrative Student Service Center in the Valley Business & Technology Center, VBT 129 (510-885-3323), a student public access computer lab, located in VBT 222, a well as many computer labs designated as teaching labs. In addition, there are two Student Study Commons located in VBT 339 and VBT 437.
| Computing, Communication, and Media Support |
The Division of Information Technology Services, ITS, http://www.csueastbay.edu/its/ strives to support and enrich the university experience for students, faculty and staff-an experience that is increasingly technology enabled and network based. ITS teams develop, operate and maintain the University's shared computing and networking infrastructures, major administrative and academic information systems, baseline instructional and information technologies, and the requisite technical support services. ITS provides support services to the University community via the following three primary groups:
College Technology Services (CTS) The CTS department of the Division of Information Technology Services provides instructional and computer support for the colleges and academic departments of the university. Components of this organization are also engaged in the research of new and emerging technologies that may be applicable to the instructional mission of the university. CTS is comprised of the following.
Classroom Engineering and Delivery Services (CEDS), located in LI 1105, provides support for technology resources in the University's classrooms and labs. Services include designing, installing and maintaining smart classrooms; assisting faculty with delivery of lectures by assuring the operation of presentation and computer equipment in classrooms; and providing video conference services.
College Technology Teams, with offices located in each college of the University, provide computer support to faculty and staff members in academic offices. Services include configuring and troubleshooting computers; distributing and installing licensed software applications; consulting with faculty and staff members to assist with the operation of their computers; and providing services to secure the University's computers and to protect computers from security threats. College IT teams also provide services to students by assisting them to access the University's IT resources and by operating general-purpose and specialized computer labs in support of the instructional mission of the University ( http://library.csueastbay.edu/using-the-libraries/technology/).
Media and Academic Technology Services (MATS)
The MATS department (http://matsone.csueastbay.edu/) of the Division of Information Technology Services is responsible for the support of academic technologies delivered throughout campus and through internet delivery strategies. Components of this organization are also engaged in the research of new and emerging technologies as they pertain to the instructional mission of the University. MATS is comprised of the following:
Instructional Technology Service Center, ITSC, http://matsone.csueastbay.edu/itsc/ located in the Lower Mall across from the Library in room 2800, provides support for faculty presentation needs and facilitates their use of all forms of instructional technology in the classroom, web-based and online instructional delivery. Some of the services provided by the ITSC are multimedia production, consultation with individual faculty on computer applications and presentation equipment, coordination of campus-wide technology funding initiatives, software distribution programs, online education including the campus learning management system (Blackboard), internet delivered instruction, streaming media technologies, and instructionally related digital video and television editing and production.
Adaptive Technology Service Center is engaged in researching and disseminating AT instructional techniques and technologies as they relate to pedagogical and instructional content creation, delivery and learning activities and the support of student adaptive technology. This center provides two distinct assistive technology support teams, one dedicated to the support of faculty working to make their materials accessible and one, in close cooperation with the Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC), in the support of students needing accommodations who have been referred to them by the SDRC.
Student Technology Service Center, STSC, http://www.csueastbay.edu/ics/walab/main.htm based in the Library Information Commons, provides and maintains a large number of drop-in student accessed computers and services based in the Information Commons and throughout the library, a Student Help Desk, a large scheduled lab, a laptop loaner program for financially eligible students and a wireless laptop checkout service for use by students throughout the Library.
User Support Services (USS)
The USS department of the Division of Information Technology Services provides desktop support and consulting to the administrative offices on campus.
In addition, USS is charged with campus-wide training for staff and administrators in selected university-specific enterprise computer applications. See the training website for more information at http://www.csueastbay.edu/its/training/.
USS also manages a central Service Desk, which is available to all members of the campus community who have questions regarding computing software, hardware and network communications. The Help Desk can be reached by calling 885-H-E-L-P (4357), e-mailing servicedesk@csueastbay.edu or online at http://www.csueastbay.edu/servicedesk.
| Early Childhood Education Center |
The Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC) is located on-campus, next to the Art and Education Building, and provides child care for infants, toddlers, and preschool children of students, faculty, staff, and the community. The ECEC is funded through a partnership between the Associated Students, Inc. (a non-profit auxiliary of Cal State East Bay); Child, Family and Community Services, Inc. (the grantee agency for the Southern Alameda Head Start program); and Cal State East Bay's College of Education and Allied Studies.
The ECEC is a state-of-the-art facility with high quality innovative programs and developmentally appropriate activities provided in a safe, nurturing, and supportive environment. This State-licensed center offers both a relaxed family atmosphere and a stimulating educational program under the supervision of a paid professional staff supplemented by volunteers from many departments on campus. Some parental participation is required.
Services provided by the ECEC are free to children and parents who meet the eligibility criteria established by Head Start and State Preschool regulations. A current fee schedule is available for parents who do not meet federal or state eligibility requirements.
For additional information and registration procedures, call the Early Childhood Education Center at (510) 885-2480. Space is limited and early inquiry is recommended.
| Language Laboratory |
Currently, the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures does not have a language laboratory; however, the University Library has audio and video tape collections of instructional programs in the languages currently taught, including American Sign Language. This temporary facility is located at Media, Resources and Reserves in the library.
| Library |
The University Library plays an important role on campus, constantly transforming its services to support the teaching and learning needs of students and faculty in an ever-changing digital environment. The University Library continues to house locally owned printed materials and provide access to extensive electronic information resources online. The library instruction program guides and helps students locate and use the right information at the right time. The University Library also provides facilities where students use the latest technology tools in the Learning Commons, collaborate with their peers in group study rooms, or study in quiet areas.
Information Resources. The University Library offers extensive collections, both in print and online, to support academic programs and faculty research. The library holds over 900,000 printed items, including books, journals, scores, maps, and U.S. federal and California state government publications. The library currently maintains approximately 1,000 print subscriptions to journals, some of which offer free on-line access to electronic versions. In addition, it has over 850,000 microform items, and over 30,000 media resources. In terms of online access to information resources, the library subscribes to many electronic databases and provides access to approximately 16,000 journals and over 30,000 electronic books. The University Library supports and maintains both special collections and archives. Special Collections houses rare and antiquarian books; fine examples of book art; and manuscript collections, such as the Jensen Family papers, which provide rich primary sources on the history of the Hayward area. The University Archives contain the official records of the history of the university, as well as materials pertinent to the history of Southern Alameda County. The library online catalog, HAYSTAC, lists the entire collection and can be searched by author, title, subject, call number, and keywords. Visit the library website at http://library.csueastbay.edu and discover the information resources both within the library and beyond the walls of the University Library.
Instructional Services. The library offers LIBY 1210 (Introduction to Information Literacy), a course which satisfies the General Education Information Literacy requirement. The library also offers LIBY 1551 (Information Skills for the Electronic Age) and LIBY 3200 (Discipline Based Information Research). (See the Library chapter in the undergraduate programs section of this catalog for course descriptions and further information.) In addition to credit courses, the library offers course-specific instructions and workshops at faculty request to complement specific projects and papers assigned in class.
Reference Services. The library offers reference assistance in person at the Reference Desk, over the telephone, and through electronic chat reference and e-mail. Librarians are also available by appointment and during scheduled office hours for individual consultation regarding library research. For a list of the librarians/staff and their subject areas, go to Subject Specialists.
Circulation and Borrowing Services. Most library printed materials are available for check-out for various loan periods. For details about our circulation policies, ask at the Circulation Desk or check the Library's home page. The library participates in LINK+, a consortium resource sharing service that enables faculty, staff, and students to place their own requests to borrow books that are not available at Cal State East Bay. Books are borrowed from other public and private libraries throughout the state and wider region. Interlibrary Loan staff help you borrow materials not readily available at the University Library or through LINK+. The library's interlibrary loan service provides books and journal articles unavailable here. Request forms are available on the library's web page and the service is available for a nominal fee.
Media Resources and Reserves. From the Upper Mall Service desk, the library provides access to media resources such as DVDs, compact disks, videos, and other formats. Viewing and listening equipment is available in listening booths and at individual viewing carrels. Reserve materials that faculty members have set aside for class use are available at this desk, or through Blackboard if materials are available in digital format.
The Library as Place. The library is your intellectual center to study, engage in research, and share knowledge and insight with others. Various spaces within the library are designed to facilitate group and individual work. The library offers the following: (1) The Learning Commons, a state-of-the-art facility offering the largest group of computers on campus, coupled with access to the collections, services, and support offered by the library; (2) Adaptive Technologies which include several workstations on wheelchair accessible tables, and special speech and text magnification software; (3) Photocopy Services, self-service machines available throughout the library (machines accept currency, coins, and copy cards); (4) Networked Printing Services, computers in the Learning Commons and wireless laptops allow you to print from MS Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access), the Internet, and library databases; workstations near the Reference Desk permit printing from library databases; (5) Group Study Rooms on the Upper Mall facilitate work in small groups and the intellectual exchange of ideas through discussion.
Concord Campus Library. The branch campus library in Concord is a full-service library, providing reference and instructional assistance, electronic services, and circulation services. The Concord Library provides access to all the resources at the main library through onsite and networked resources. Print materials from the main library can be paged for pickup in Concord.
| Marine Laboratories |
Instruction in marine biology, geology, oceanography, and other marine sciences is offered at the Moss Landing Marine Laboratories (www.mlml.calstate.edu) in conjunction with a consortium of five other California State University campuses. Full-time course offerings are available for resident credit and the facilities are used to supplement courses taught on the Hayward Hills campus. The laboratories are located 82 miles south of Hayward on Monterey Bay, and some classes are taught in Salinas. See the Marine Sciences chapters in this catalog for further details and for courses offered at Moss Landing, as well as information on the M.S. program in Marine Science.
| Museum of Anthropology |
The Clarence E. Smith Museum of Anthropology was established in 1974 and opened its exhibition gallery in 1979. Chartered as a teaching museum for the instruction of museology in an anthropological context, the Museum is named in honor of the late Professor Clarence Smith of the Department of Anthropology. Professor Smith recognized the advantage of demonstrating tangibly, in art and artifact, both human diversity and the range of human achievement throughout the world. Efforts are made to represent both traditional cultural forms and their contemporary expressions and influences. In the forefront of the Museum's repertory are exhibits designed to illustrate all aspects of human culture from around the world, features of culture change, and technological as well as biological evolution.
The exhibition galleries of the Museum are located in the southeast corner of the fourth floor of Meiklejohn Hall on the Hayward Hills campus. They are open to the public, Monday through Friday, and by appointment; admission is free. Access to the collections is limited to qualified professionals and students whose scholarly research requires direct examination of the Museum's holdings. Consult with the Museum's collection manager for a current list of artifacts held. The staff and director's office is located on the first floor (1017) of Meiklejohn Hall. Consultations are given by appointment. For information on exhibits and appointments, call the Museum at (510) 885-3104 or (510) 885-3168, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
| Parking Facilities |
Campus parking facilities are available to students displaying valid parking permits. Quarterly permits may be purchased during the registration process, on-campus at the Cashier's Office in the lobby of Warren Hall, in the bookstore, and in the Concord Campus Academic Services lobby, as well as online via the bookstore. Several parking lots contain parking permit dispensers from which a "Day Permit" may be purchased. In addition, there are a several metered spaces available on the Hayward campus. See campus map inside back cover for location of parking facilities.
| Science Facilities |
The College of Science is housed in a 201,000-square-foot science building which includes many specialized teaching laboratories, general purpose personal computers, and specialized computing facilities.
The Departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Engineering, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Nursing and Health Sciences, Physics, and Psychology each maintain a number of well-equipped laboratories for undergraduate instruction. Laboratory classes are limited to 24, 20, 16, or 12 students, depending on the discipline.
In addition to the normal complement of laboratory equipment, students in the College of Science have access to three modern teaching and research core facilities:
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| Existing: DNA sequencer, real time PCR machine, cell
sorter, differential display machine, fluorescent microscope, HPLC,
trace DNA lab, cell culture facility; Future: confocal microscope, microarray reader, FACS for cell type analysis, robotics |
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| • | Supported Activities: Cell culture and cell sorting,
DNA sequencing and typing, gene expression studies, forensic science
and ancient DNA work |
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| Existing: 500MHz multi-nuclear FT-NMR spectrometer,
gas chromatographic/mass spectrometer, atomic absorption
spectrophotometer, UV, infrared and visible diode array
spectrophotometer, FT-IR spectrophotometer, high performance liquid
chromatography, ion chromatography; Future: microwave synthesizer, fluorescence spectrophotometer, liquid chromatography/mass spectrophotometer |
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| • | Supported Activities: qualitative and quantitative
analyses of inorganic and organic molecules including nucleic acids and
proteins, structural analyses of organic molecules, analyses of
environmental samples including pesticides and heavy metals |
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| Existing: pilot small scale parallel processing setup,
facility for experimentation and research on remote access to
scientific equipment (CREATE); Future: high capacity parallel processing (supercomputer), immersive display for large scale visualization |
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| • | Supported Activities: design for immersive 3-D graphics, atomic and molecular modeling, geological modeling including environmental and seismic activity studies, multidimensional visualization and remote access to scientific instruments | ||||
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry maintains laboratory equipment and instruments typical of comparable institutions. The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometer is a 500 MHz instrument that allows structure elucidation of small molecules and biological compounds. Other instruments include UV, infrared and visible (diode array) and atomic absorption (AA: flame, graphite furnace and cold vapor) spectrophotometers; high performance liquid chromatograph (HPLC) and ion chromatograph (IC); NMR and FTIR spectrometers; and capillary gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer (GC/MS). Other specialized equipment includes a research-grade dry box, growth chamber, anaerobic chamber, and environmental field sampling equipment. There are PC-controlled and various desktop versions of the HPLC and visible spectrometers; all other instruments besides the NMR are PC-controlled. The AA, HPLC, IC and GC/MS are all available online so that students can spend extensive one-on-one time with the instruments. A molecular modeling facility equipped with 24 computers is also available for instruction and research.
The Department of Engineering maintains a laboratory with 24 state-of-the-art computers equipped with the latest industrial engineering software such as Pro-Model simulation software, and AUTOCAD for computer-aided design. Equipment includes a computer-controlled turning center and machining center, two robotics arms, a hardness tester, an engineering microscope, a tensile testing machine, a torsion testing machine, and a specimen grinder/polisher. The laboratory is used in a variety of courses such as systems simulation, manufacturing automation, facilities planning, and computer graphics. In the laboratory, students also receive training in various manufacturing processes for metals and plastics. The Department of Engineering also maintains a quality and human performance measurement laboratory that is equipped with various types of work measurement hardware and software, a treadmill and a work simulator machine, an MTS material testing machine, a Coordinate Measurement Machine and other measurement equipment. Students use motion and time analysis instruments such as video cameras and stopwatches to analyze elements and times involved in tasks of interest. The Human Factors course uses the lab in simulating various movements as a measurement of human strength and endurance. Equipment is available for the design and execution of other experiments related to ergonomics and human factors. Also, the measurement and testing equipment is utilized in quality engineering and materials science.
The Department of Geological Sciences is equipped with modern research and field instruments including an atomic absorption spectrophotometer; gas chromatograph; X-ray fluorescence spectroscope; cathodoluminescence microscope; X-ray diffractometer; petrographic and ore microscopes; geophysical apparatus for seismic refraction, ground penetrating radar, resistivity, magnetic, and gravity surveys. Field equipment includes a portable kitchen and other supplies necessary for the summer field camp and a small power boat with sampling equipment for shallow water studies. Laboratories are equipped for sediment analysis, thin-section preparation, and photomicrography. The department also has large collections of minerals, rocks, fossils, and maps.
Students in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science have access to a wide variety of modern computing equipment. This includes networks of modern RISC and Intel architecture workstations running various operating systems including Sun Solaris, Linux, and Windows. Many computers have multiple operating systems. Departmental resources include "Smart Classrooms" and labs for demonstrations equipped with computer projection devices. Computer labs are staffed to provide helpful productive student access; the general access lab is ADA compliant. The university provides an advanced Ethernet network backbone connecting hundreds of computers to the Internet.
In the Nursing Skills Lab, nursing students practice in a simulated health care setting under the guidance of the Skills Lab Coordinator. This prepares them to move into local hospitals and community health agencies for their clinical patient/client experience.
Students in Physics have access to instruments appropriate to the discipline, including a 2m-Ebert mound spectrograph, electron-spin-resonance apparatus, a multi-channel analyzer for nuclear radiation studies, equipment for projects that require lasers or holography, a very high resolution Doppler-free saturated absorption spectrometer, and an optic fiber transmission line. Instruments can be fabricated for students with other areas of interest.
The Department of Psychology maintains laboratories and equipment for conducting student research in development, personality, social psychology, industrial psychology, physiological psychology, perception, conditioning, and cognition. The Psychology department also maintains a computer lab for use by students and faculty.
A computer lab, funded originally by the National Science Foundation, is equipped primarily for instruction of Statistics majors and minors, but is available for use by students in other areas as well. The laboratory has 20 personal computers networked to servers with professional statistical software and data sets. Both hardware and software are state-of-the-art. Applied and theoretical statistics classes use the lab for demonstrations of statistical computing and for class projects in which students learn practical data analytic skills that aid them in the transition from school to work.
Some rooms in the science building have also been set aside to function as computer centers. The Science Computer Lab is a 36 station lab with all the software needed by science students to do their homework. The flex classroom, Science South 149, is wired for students to bring laptops to use in the classroom.
| University Union |
As a program of the Associated Students, Inc., the University Union is the community center for Cal State East Bay providing services, facilities, and programs to meet the various social, recreational, and cultural needs of the students, faculty, staff, and community.
Campus food service, a game room, lounges, Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) service, meeting rooms, a television lounge, a Sundries/Information center, copy machines, UU Exhibit Area, multipurpose rooms, and offices of the student government (Associated Students) are some of the service facilities housed in the modern and fully-furnished building. A student lounge is provided at the Concord Campus.
A variety of programs is planned by the ASI/UU Programs Department throughout the year to meet the cultural, social, and entertainment needs of the Cal State East Bay community.
Reservation Procedures
Reservations may be made by telephone (510-885-3902) or in person at the University Union Office, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Organizations that have access to the University Union facilities include university-recognized student organizations, academic and administrative departments, Cal State East Bay-affiliated groups, and off-campus groups.
All recognized Cal State East Bay student organizations may make tentative reservations directly, with confirmation pending approval obtained through the Student Life Programs Office. Academic/administrative/service departments can make reservations directly. The Union facilities shall not be used for regular academic classes. Deviation from this policy requires approval from the Executive Director of Associated Students, Inc.
Groups not directly affiliated with the university should make reservations directly with the Building Operations Coordinator and will be required to pay all charges and fees associated with their planned event prior to the event.
Room Rental Fees
Rental fees will be levied according to the University Union room rental fee structure. If special services (i.e., technical support, catering, special equipment) are requested, the University Union will levy the charge appropriate for the service requested. Set-up fees may be assessed for use of the University Union when the sponsor requires set-ups beyond those normally provided.
A-V Equipment
Audio-visual equipment is available upon request at the time of reservation. Data projectors, screens, overhead projectors, a cassette player, P.A. systems, and VCR monitors are available.
Catering
All food and beverages served in the University Union must be provided through the University Union Food Service. Catering arrangements can be made directly through the Food Service Office (510-885-2510). Refer to a catering brochure for menu selection, prices, and procedures. Menus and estimated group size must be submitted within two weeks of the event with final guest count within 48 hours of the event.
Cancellations
The policy of notifying the University Union Scheduling Coordinator of cancellations enables the Union to meet the growing demand for space. Organizations are encouraged to make reservations as early as possible. Groups that frequently violate the cancellation policy will not have the opportunity to continue reserving space. Appeals can be directed to the Executive Director of Associated Students, Inc.
Banners/Posters
Recognized Student Organizations, Associated Students, and university departments may place banners announcing events on one of four (4) designated banner spaces on the South balcony. Banner space is available for a maximum of one week on a first-come, first-served basis and must be reserved through the University Union Building Operations Coordinator at 885-3902.
Title 5, California Administrative Code, Subchapter 5, Article 9, Sections 42350-42353 specifies certain restrictions on the posting and distribution of printed materials on campuses of the California State University. Campus Presidents and/or designees are granted authority for implementing and for issuing directives pertaining to such regulations. The policy for posting can be found at: Posting Policy.
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