Program Review Requests for Facilities
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Instruction
Accounting
If we are allowed to increase our course offerings we will need additional classroom space.
Administration of Justice
X
Anthropology
Possibly installation of laboratory work stations in space to be designated unless other current laboratory facilities
can be shared when it appears that Physical Anthropology Lab (127) will be offered.
AODS
X
Architecture
Improvements were made to the Architecture Studio Lab (190-114) in summer 2013, but students are still
hampered by older stools, desks, and parallel bars.
Art 2-D
The white block out shades in the studios constantly break and need to be repaired by facilities at least once or
twice a semester. Long-range planning needs to address this, although I believe that a conversation around this
has already been initiated by Facilities.
Art 3-D
The facility needs some repair. However the maintenance of the classrooms is much better in the last few years.
There have been upgrades to the equipment. Most notable a small gas kiln and a Raku kiln which alleviates an
issue of smoke in the building.
The biggest issue is a lack of ventilation in the stone carving area. To alleviate this my students and I will use
plastic screens to isolate the dust in a restricted area. A more robust solution is still need eventually. Follow is a
copy of my last work request. Some but not all of these issues have been addressed. However the shelves are still
not bolted to the wall which is a hazard if there were an earthquake.
copy of work request submitted 2014 the shelves are now mounted.
#1 is a Safety Issue request to repair or replace the surface mounted conduit and four electrical outlets on the
backsplash of a 12-foot long workbench, located along the windows in the Sculpture Studio. The existing four
outlets show evidence of overheating and arcing. Several of the outlets are in close proximity to splash from
water cooled saws and grinders. The exposed 12-foot long power cord exits the conduit, drops approximately
three feet to the floor, runs behind and under a 220 Volt electric ceramics kiln, behind a file cabinet and storage
shelf and plugs into a wall outlet. I would like to have the outlet strip hard wired to the main distribution panel and
either Outlet Ground-Fault Circuit Interrupters (GFCI) installed in the strip or a GFCI circuit breaker installed in the
panel.
#2 is a request to have a 208 Volt receptacle installed in the Sculpture Studio near the main
distribution panel on a 40-amp breaker. An additional receptacle is necessary to operate a second electric kiln.
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#3 is a Safety Issue request to have the existing metal shelving units in the Sculpture Studio securely reattached to
the concrete walls. Facilities had removed the shelves and retaining brackets to paint the walls, but neglected to
reattach them.
#4 is a request to have two lightweight wooden shelving units fastened to the cement
wall in the Sculpture studio
Art History
No Submission
Astronomy
At the end of the Fall 2015 semester, the Astronomy department will be upgrading the entire GOTO Chronos
Hybrid system. We will be upgrading our present Chronos Hybrid D3 SP2HD to the RSA Cosmos Hybrid system. In
this system, our present Chronos star projector will be upgraded to the Chronos II star projector. Here are some of
the advantages of the Chronos II: LED stars that are 5x brighter, and minimum fan noise, since the LEDs run cooler
than the original lamps. We will not have to replace burnt out lamps anymore, which also saves on cost.
The digital video component of the hybrid is a state-of-the-art system from RSA Cosmos. The video projectors will
afford us high fulldome resolution 4k x 4k pixels. This increased resolution will give sharper, more realistic images
and is more in keeping with our state-of-the-art facility. There will be numerous astronomical datasets, allowing us
to probe deeper into galaxies, allowing us to display the most recent astronomical discoveries to our students
and general public. The installation of this new RSA hybrid system will be the first on the west coast and the third
in the country.
Biology & Health Science
Maintenance and replacement of classrooms items including seating, lighting, projector bulbs, shades. General
environmental controls--temperature and humidity--are still a major problem in B36. Classroom and lab room
doors slam with great deal of noise, interrupting class when students come and go into rooms. Safety and
security improvements: electronic locks on lecture rooms; ability to lock doors from inside. In case of a lock down,
faculty are not able to lock the classrooms or lab rooms from the inside of the room. Phones in the classrooms
and lab rooms were requested in the original building construction requisitions as an important safety feature in
case of emergency. During fire and lock down drills, there is no way to hear an alarm inside of classrooms or lab
rooms. This is of particular concern in case of a fire; students and faculty could be trapped inside rooms if there is
no floor monitor to alert them. Another concern, for security and fire-safety reasons, is that the building's outside
doors often do not close completely. It would be of great value to have a general assessment of building 36
security conducted.
Long-term commitment to maintenance of teaching gardens is of critical importance to many biology classes.
The teaching gardens on the East side of building 36 are used by several classes, including Biology 100, 102, 110,
184, 195, 210, and 220. [An assessment in 2010 showed that 40% of the classes on campus use the gardens for
some class activity or purpose.] The gardens are the only mature habitat left on campus. The gardens have a
variety of mature plant specimens representing many phyla and plant families. Some of the specimens are rare,
and seeds or plants are not available for replacement. Some of the areas have matured and produce
understory bryophyte communities. Students are able to conduct observations and studies of pollinators, birds,
and plant morphology, vegetation and tree mensuration studies, phenology (seasonal cycles), and life cycles, in
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addition to data collection, in the safety of the campus gardens. The teaching gardens are also a source of
botanical specimens for many of our biology classes (branches, leaves, flowers, fruits, etc.)
Biology students would benefit greatly from the installation of a new native plant garden next to B36, and this
new garden could replace some of the older teaching garden sections that have not been maintained.
In addition, the HSCI 100 and BIOL 310 (Nutrition) courses would benefit from an edibles garden to demonstrate
growing healthy vegetables, fruits and herbs. This area could be located with the upgraded Wellness Center as
an alternative site, associated with the health programs taught in that building. CSM would follow the trend at
almost every school in the county, supporting a demonstration of locally grown produce.
We are enthusiastic about the opportunity to include collaborative workspaces within the new
Emerging/Innovative Technologies Building. For example, we propose adding a small, fully automated
greenhouse to the new Technology building. This greenhouse will be a living laboratory for all STEM courses, as it
will require design and maintenance of climate controls, water recycling, plant specimens, etc. Biology will
benefit in that they will be able to grow much needed plant specimens for their courses. Technology and
engineering/math will benefit in that they can use the greenhouse a lab for designing solar and water-saving
technologies.
We all would like to see workspaces – a “design space” equipped with whiteboards, multi-purpose computer
labs, and a “tech shop” to support prototyping – would allow students to work in interdisciplinary teams and
extend what they learn in the classroom to more advanced projects. Students would gain hands-on experience
as they prepare for internships and transfer. Projects could go beyond what is currently possible in a single course,
making it easier to attract support from local businesses and industry. We look forward to working with faculty in
other disciplines to develop the physical and curricular infrastructure for this effort.
Building Inspection
No Submission
Business & Management
No Submission
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Chemistry
The volatile organic compounds are currently being stored in cabinets that are not vented. To maintain a safe
working environment it is necessary that these chemicals are stored in a suitable cabinet that has appropriate
venting. Two new cabinets are needed in the stock room and retrofitting of the vents in existing cabinets is
required. A Demonstration of the problem is shown in the following youTube link: http://bit.ly/1GvGnFQ
In the general chemistry laboratories there are only single fume hoods in each laboratory. This leads to significant
logistical and safety issues during teaching sessions. To effectively prepare our students for the workplace and
their next academic institution they must receive rigorous laboratory training. Currently the fume hoods in the
laboratories cannot adequately provide the right balance between efficiency and safety. The laboratory
sessions require complicated logistical planning by the teacher. For example, a typical class has 30 students.
Each fume hood can safely accommodate a maximum of 2 students at a time. If each student spends 3 minutes
dispensing chemicals at the fume hood that amounts to 90 minutes spent only getting their chemicals. This can
be further complicated if the students are working with chemicals that cannot be dispensed at the same time. It
can take up to 45 minutes just to get the class equipped and ready to do their experiment. This is not efficient use
of time or beneficial for their learning. It also poses real safety risks when working in the lab.
Plans are being developed to add more hood space to rooms 36-321 and 36-329. Following on from
recommendations resulting from an environmental assessment carried out by the Denali group in March 2014, it
has been established that there is a need for one new fume hood in each of the two of the general chemistry
laboratories. Currently there is no official timeline for the installation of these units and the project is on going.
Communication Studies
Discussion of COMMLAB facilities will be handled in the Program Review of Labs and Centers.
Computer Information
Science
Because of the pending new B19, all previous facilities requests are tabled.
Cosmetology
There is a need for another table in our break room as only 4 people can eat in there at one time and there is
double the staff. We have to use this room for staff meeting also. The break room is all glass and the sun is
shining into the all-glass break room from approximately 10:00 AM until 5:00 PM. The heat makes it unbearable to
use for most of the year and we are requesting that shades be installed in the break room.
Dental Assisting
X
Digital Media
The existing facilities are pretty incredible. Sufficient engineering staff must be maintained to keep them
operational. When the Broadcast program was revived in 2006, there were six Broadcast Engineers that could be
called upon to address equipment issues. Now, there is one Broadcast Engineer left whose time for studentsupport is limited.
We realize that the TV station (KCSM-TV) is being sold, but the state-of-the-art student TV studio (in B9) will isn't
going anywhere. It will remain a significant part of the Broadcast (and Film) program after the sale. It's also a
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great resource to support our own campus media projects, such as XLOnline Courses.
We cannot lose all of the Broadcast Engineers, otherwise, the academic program will not have critical technical
support. Qualified Engineers must be retained to support the facilities and equipment used by Film, Broadcast,
Electronic Music, Graphic Design, and Multimedia/Web. We have an amazing facility with high-end professional
equipment, but the academic programs will fall apart without proper maintenance of facilities and equipment.
Drafting Technology
New carpeting for the 19-110 lab to replace the ripped carpet. Building 19 also has poorly maintained restrooms.
Economics
X
Electronics Technology
X
Engineering
Depending on the timing of building 19 demolition and contraction, access to the following types of facilities
may be needed for at least one academic year: a computer lab for ENGR 100, ENGR 210, and ENGR 215; an
electronics lab (or alternative; see 2015 Plan 3) for ENGR 260; materials testing equipment for ENGR 270.
English & Literature
X
English as a Second
Language
X
Ethnic Studies
No Submission
Film
If we move in the directions outlined above, we envision a designated film lab space, for viewing, tutoring, and
possibly production. Such growth would enhance transfer success and the ADT degree by offering more support
for these courses.
Fire Technology
Facilities are needed for students to practice the different skills necessary to develop and perfect their
proficiency. Using various tools and ladders as an example are common training techniques that we have
repeated throughout the many years of the success of the program. Previously the use of the buildings around B23, B-25, and B-27 for ladders and other tool instruction were used. With the demolition of these buildings it has
become apparent that a need for a training facility for this purpose is needed. Utilizing the “older” buildings on
campus was accomplished without much concern. The newer buildings are more vulnerable to damage and
signs of wear if used for this purpose. A plan needs to be developed to provide an area useful for the purpose
and durable enough to withstand that type of use.
Geography
X
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Geological Sciences
Due to changes in California State law and new restrictions on areas where we previously were allowed to
collect fossils, the fossil-collecting field trips for Paln Lab/Field Studies have been discontinued. We would like to
request that a large sandbox be installed somewhere on campus so that the students could still get some
experience in fossil hunting, especially since this a favorite activity of the students. Something very similar to the
sand area that Track and Field uses for jumping events would be ideal. The problems of finding a safe and
aesthetically pleasing cover for that area have already been solved. If it were not for the possibility of a few fossil
teeth remaining in the sand, and usage time coinciding with spring Track and Field events, I would be tempted
to ask Track and Field to borrow their sandbox.
History
No Submission
Kinesiology-AthleticsDance
X
Library Studies
The main floor and mezzanine floors of the library are in need of updates/renovation. Updates of these areas
would include reconfiguration of services desks, study spaces and books stacks. During the winter break of 20142015, the carpet was replaced in the public and staff areas of the library. Some data infrastructure improvements
were made at that time.
The public elevator continues to be unreliable requiring numerous service calls for repair. During 2013-2014 a
patron was stuck in the elevator. During 2014-2015, a library employee attempted to escorted a disabled patron
to the mezzanine level in the public elevator and both were stuck for 45 minutes.
Lack of light management (sun rays) has a great impact on light and glare for many tasks including computer
use. It also has an impact on heat and cooling control year round. In the summer, the cooling system struggles to
cool the main floor and hardly makes a dent in the temperatures on the mezzanine floor.
Ongoing facilities requests have not resolved the temperature problems for the library classroom.
Mathematics
The department is currently seeking replacement shades in mathematics classrooms due to heat absorption
issues that make the classrooms overly warm. Some funding was received in 2013-2014 and several classrooms
are scheduled for replacement shades. We would like to see the remaining funding during 2015-2016. It should
be of utmost importance for the learning environment and also the health and safety of people in these
classrooms that they not become overheated. The specific classrooms we are looking for are 18-203, 18-301, 18303, 18-305, and 18-307. We are looking for double shades in each room - one shear and one opaque (similar to
those presently in 18-201).
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Cabling and extension cords in 16-111, the statistics computer classroom, are constantly on the floor. We are
looking for solutions to this problem and may make a request of facilities in the future. The department is again
requesting an additional computer classroom, preferably adjacent to the current Math Resource center.
The department requests a third white board mounted in the hallway outside our offices in building 15. The
hallway has become our extended office space and provides a way for instructors to interact with multiple
students simultaneously and for small groups of students to work on problem solving within close proximity of their
math faculty.
Microcomputer
Applications Program
No Submission
Modern Languages
X
Music
Our current facilities have been limiting our ability to continue to grow. The department has a need for the
following facility improvements:
1. Recital Venue
Narrative: The music performance courses have enjoyed a large success over the past few years. Our concert
offerings have increased from a single concert per group per semester to two concerts per group per semester.
Our electronic and harmony/musicianship courses produce regular concerts each semester as well. Our
audiences have been growing, and the CSM ensembles have been spreading goodwill among the outlying
community by participating in community events and sharing our concerts with local musical organizations. With
the implementation of applied lessons, a recital venue is a necessity for students to complete their final
performance projects each semester. These performances include brass, woodwind, percussion, string, piano,
and vocal students.
Need: As our ensemble offerings expand, the need for an attractive and effective performance venue to
accommodate student recitals as well as small ensemble performances is evident. Such a potential facility exists
in the choral room (Building 2, Room 110). Currently this room is used for rehearsals, classes, lectures, meetings,
and an array of community events. The music department has recently begun to use this room for student
recitals, and is now using the facility for jazz combo concerts and other jazz events as well. With the anticipated
addition of applied music, students will be required to perform in a recital setting as per course requirement, thus
increasing the number of student performances during the course of a given semester.
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Status: Converting 2-110 to a performance space has begun. There are only a few items missing, most notably
stage monitors for the musicians. While the facility is much more useful and functional now, the college should
consider a more complete overhaul of the space in the near future. This sized facility has so much potential.
2. A Separate Piano/Keyboard Lab
Referring to Section II A, it was stated that the SLOs in Music 100 regarding performance related activities were
posing a continued problem due to lack of a class set of instruments. We would like to provide these students (as
well as musicianship students who also practice keyboard skills) with an accessible, hands-on piano/keyboard
lab where an instructor can bring the class. Currently our piano lab is housed in a classroom that is used
exclusively by piano courses, and due to scheduling is not accessible to our MUS 100 nor musicianship students.
Our building contains only two classrooms for our theory, musicianship, survey, and lecture classes, and we are
eliminating one of these classrooms by housing our keyboard stations. Our department has only a single
classroom remaining to fulfill the remainder of our courses.
3. Sound Proofing
While music faculty and students are used to a certain amount of background sound and practicing, the levels
in the music building are particularly high – to the point where it is hard to concentrate, practice or teach. This is
especially a problem with combo rehearsals that require additional small spaces and make use of drum sets,
amplified guitar, and bass. The music faculty recommends that the college consult with a sound abatement
expert to create better sound control between existing rooms (lecture, practice, and office rooms) as well as
create actual rehearsal spaces (as opposed to repurposed offices).
4. New HVAC System
The music building has an old and unstable heating system - sometimes the heat doesn’t go on - sometimes it
won’t go off. This system continues to wreak havoc on our instruments. Pianos demand consistency in both
temperature and humidity levels in order to function properly and age appropriately. Additionally, working,
teaching and practicing in this environment can be uncomfortable, to put it mildly. On occasion piano classes
have been cancelled because it was too cold to play. The music building needs a new HVAC system.
5. Redirection of Pathway
During the early construction period, an inadvertent shortcut developed along the windows of Bldg 2. Music
faculty were assured that the landscape architect would address this problem. Since that time, the north side of
Bldg 2 was landscaped and small rocks were poured along the windows. Unfortunately, now people are using
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those rocks as a path. Optionally, people try to balance along the curb that is holding in the rocks. Music faculty
are concerned about security on the ground floor and disruption of classes, rehearsals and faculty office hours
and request that the problem is revisited. The solution may be as simple as strategically placed decorative
boulders or plants.
Nursing
X
Philosophy
X
Photography
The photography program clearly demonstrates potential for growth. As we move in the direction outlined
above, we envision an upgraded lab space, within our current facility for students to produce historical and
alternative photographic prints which require simple changes to our current fcility. This addition to the program
would offer support for students planning to transfer to four year institutions
Physics
The Science Building was built at a time when enrollments were low. One restriction on growing enrollments in
some courses (program efficiency) is the availability of a lecture room in the Science Building. Physics lectures
are not portable to a classroom elsewhere on campus. Demonstration equipment is not easy to transport and
demonstrations often require compressed air, gas, vacuum or DC power. These services are not built into the
lecture rooms outside of the science building. One solution to this is offering more web-assisted and hybrid
courses which use filmed and posted demonstrations, thus avoiding the impacted lecture rooms in Building 36.
Another solution would be construction of additional lecture room spaces in a second science building or a
science building annex. A third solution could be design of collaborative and multipurpose spaces within the
new Emerging/Innovative Technologies Building.
The department would like to express its support of creating collaborative, cross-disciplinary work spaces and
learning spaces within the new Emerging/Innovative Technologies Building. Students would directly benefit from
such work spaces – a “design space” equipped with whiteboards, multi-purpose computer labs, and a “tech
shop” to support prototyping – would allow students to work in interdisciplinary teams and extend what they
learn in the classroom to more advanced projects. These projects could provide additional Honors Project
options for students. Students would be able to gain hands-on experience as they prepare for internships and
transfer. Projects could go beyond what is currently possible in a single course – and limited by our lab facilities making it easier to attract support from and partnerships with local businesses and industry. Faculty is keen to
offer special projects to interested and able students. These projects benefits students not just in content
learning, but also promote deeper supervised-but-independent learning as well as providing research
opportunities. Currently, our ability to offer these special projects is limited by lab and equipment. We would
therefore greatly enhance our ability to offer special projects and other student-success centered activities if
there are more learning spaces available.
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In addition to these project work spaces, there is a great opportunity for a collaborative learning space to allow
courses to be taught in a studio, workshop, or Scale-Up (Student-Centered Active Learning Environment with
Upside-down Pedagogies) format. The Scale-Up instruction format has been found to improve students' ability to
solve problems, increase their conceptual understanding, improve students' attitudes and drastically reduce
failure rates (especially for women and minorities http://scaleup.ncsu.edu/FAQ/Retention/Failure%20Rates.html). Although the Scale-Up method was developed
specifically for large physics classes, the methods are transferable to other subjects. If a large learning space
were incorporated into the new Emerging/Innovative Technologies Building, it could be created in a way to
serve multiple small or large classes at different times. Two, three or four individual 36 student spaces could be
designed adjacent to each other with movable partitions to allow for a 72 student space. Classes in some
departments may work well in 36 student spaces, others may work well in a 72 student space (here I am thinking
of double or possibly triple science major classes).
The department therefore very much looks forward to the opportunity of working with faculty in other disciplines
to develop the physical and curricular infrastructure that will promote student success and opportunity.
Political Science
X
Psychology
No Submission
Reading
X
Real Estate
No Submission
Social Science
Facilities are discussed in each department's program review, refer to Anthropology, Economics, Ethnic studies,
Geography, History, Psychology, Political Science, Social Science, Sociology.
Sociology
X
Learning Support
Centers
Communication Studies
Resource Center
Frosted window films for video recording booths to provide privacy for students using the booths.
Cost: $500 ( $65x6 pieces plus installation).
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CSM Learning Center
While the LC has a large amount of square footage there are increasing demands for office/room usage. The
Learning Center currently has only two enclosed office spaces for full-time staff.The manager is currently
occupying what was intended to be a group study room and the program coordinator is occupying what was
obviously intended to be a storage closet.
The number and frequency of requests for internal and external proctoring has increased over the last year and
the LC serves as an alternate space for DSPS testing requests that will last later in the evenings than what the
DSPS office is open. Options to plan and construct additional office space are needed. An obvious solution
would be to split the proctoring room space (220-F) using one of the “Genius Walls”, similar to what is used in
dividing the Communications Studies recording rooms, and realign the glass panels to incorporate a door.
In the Communication Studies Resource Center the recording booths have glass walls. It is distracting to have
individuals moving back and forth in the background of the students who are recording their assignments for
COMM classes. Some window applications that give the glass a frosted look would be an inexpensive way of
solving this particular challenge.
Integrated Science Center
The ISC needs multiple additional, accessible 110 outlets to support student computer use and remove the
hazard of cords running through the room (across the floor).
Math Resource Center
See request in Math Department program review for an additional computer classroom. Ideally the computer
classroom would be located adjacent to the MRC so that it could be accessed as additional MRC space when
not in use as a classroom.
The MRC requests reassignment of 18-201 as ancillary space and assignment of another classroom to the Math
Department for class scheduling.
Modern Languages
Center
The facilities were adequate in Bldg 18; it remains to be seen how Modern Language students, faculty and staff
will best adapt to the new venue. We are still in the initial evaluation stage of the space Building 10, however,
early results indicate that student centered activities, such as conversation groups and recording sessions,
encourage and result in higher rates of MLC participation among students enrolled in Spanish courses. These
student centered activities, which focus on interpersonal communication and practical application of language,
may require the addition and/or subtraction of furniture and/or technology in the future. We are currently in a
holding pattern on facilities until we have a larger data set which we can compare to the data the of previous
MLC housed in Building 18.
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Reading & ESL Center
(1) The quiet room on the lower floor of Bldg. 18 was utilized by reading and ESL students. Its loss is a deficit.
(2) The heating and air conditioning system has never worked properly since the building was seismically
upgraded several years ago. Students constantly complain that the lab is too cold or too warm. This was
brought to the attention of CSM’s Facilities Department when the Reading & ESL Center first opened in its current
location. Problems remain.
Writing Center & English
800 Center
X
Student Services
Admissions & Records
Admissions and Records is fortunate to be housed in the still relatively new College Center, Building 10. Overall,
staff are pleased with the facilities and office set-up which include modular furniture, ergonomic desks and
chairs, up-to-date computers and other technology, and inviting patios with outstanding views. Existing facilities
currently provide for a first-rate working environment.
Assessment Center
X
Assistive Technology
Center
No Submission
CalWORKS
X
Career Center
The Career Center needs window screens to be placed on the windows (similar to the ones in the offices in the
area) opposite the Career/Transfer Center, Since the Career Center has a western sun exposure, it is bathed in
very bright light almost all day making it impossible to see the computer screens that face the windows. Even an
IT tech commented upon how difficult it is to see the computer screens with such bright light. We purchased
rolling white board/screens, but since they are not very tall, they don't reduce the glare from the windows. When
we need to provide career training that involves the use of computers we usually have to conduct the training
sessions in other locations where it is easier to see the screens. Window screens would be required on 2-3 of the
windows opposite the center.
Child Development
Center
X
Counseling Services
X
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DSPS
X
EOPS & CARE
No Submission
Financial Aid &
Scholarships
Financial Aid Outreach Center located in the Learning Center, Bldg 10-220:
Financial Aid student workers used a small area located at the Learning Center to assist students with completing
financial aid and scholarship forms and helping them meet their educational goal. Unfortunately the space is
too small and a lot of time students have to wait for hours or leave the center and never return for assistance. In
addition, the lap top computers used to help students are very old and slow. Staff appreciate the current space
but since the financial aid population is growing, there is a need for additional space in which financial aid and
scholarship presentations can be conducted. As well space is needed to provide students with a variety of
workshops addressing such topics as money management, load default prevention, academic progress; and to
also provide Loan Entrance Interview counseling services.
Health Services Center
We have a wonderful health center. However we need to make our bathrooms unisex and accessible. I know
that we are in the plans to be remodeled, but this particular issue should be corrected as quickly as possible.
International Students
Center
The International Student Center is a high-use space for students. To accommodate our increasing numbers. we
have begun to utilize the hallway space as a seating and study area for students. We are in need of additional
student work stations for student study, printing, and registration and are in the process of reconfiguring our
current office space to accommodate an additional computer terminal.
We have created a new work space to accommodate our student assistants, who were displaced upon the
hiring of the Office Assistant II. To address student needs and requests, we have converted the International
Conference room 10-311 to a Meditation Room/Multi-use space for students.
We have also received approval to move forward with a proposal to rename the adjacent desk the
International Terrace and will request support for additional seating in this space. Student currently utilize this
space for rehearsals, study, eating, and hanging out.
We will review student usage on an annual basis to determine if current physical space is sufficient to serve
potential and current students.
Multicultural Center
X
Psychological Services
X
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Student Life & Leadership
Development
Meeting space in Building 17 for small to medium size ASCSM Committees to meet.
Transfer Services
X
Veterans Services
Consider expanding the VROC if indeed projected increase in veteran student enrollment becomes a reality.
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