Resources and Facilities

Faculty Handbook

RESOURCES / FACILITIES

605 ALUMNI RELATIONS

610 BOOKSTORE AND TEXTBOOKS

615 CENTER FOR BLACK MUSIC RESEARCH

620 COLLEGE RELATIONS

625 COLUMBIA COLLEGE ART GALLERY

630 COLUMBIA COLLEGE LIBRARY

635 DEVELOPMENT OFFICE

640 FACULTY LOUNGE

642 TEACHING AND LEARNING CENTER

645 HOKIN CENTER, HOKIN ANNEX AND STUDENT LOUNGES

650 HUMAN RESOURCES

655 INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH

660 MEETING CENTERS/PERFORMANCE SPACES

660.1 CLASSIC STUDIO

660.2 COLLINS THEATER

660.3 FERGUSON THEATER

660.4 GETZ THEATER

660.5 HOKIN HALL

660.6 NEW STUDIO

665 MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY

670 SCULPTURE GARDEN

605 ALUMNI RELATIONS

The Alumni Office is designed to foster a life-long relationship between Columbia alumni and the College. In alliance with the Columbia College Alumni Association, the mission of this office is to promote the professional, artistic, and social interests of alumni, while also supporting the educational goals of the College. The Alumni Relations Office also offers alumni access to Columbia's educational, cultural, and career services. All faculty are invited to attend alumni activities and to take advantage of the special resources available through this office.

610 BOOKSTORE AND TEXTBOOKS

The Columbia College Bookstore is located on the main floor of the 624 S. Michigan Campus. The Bookstore is operated by Follett College Stores, a company managing over 400 college bookstores nationwide.

The Bookstore carries all textbooks ordered for the classes at Columbia. To order textbooks, you need only return the TEXTBOOK ADOPTION FORM (see Appendix 915.11), which is sent to you, or which is available in the Bookstore if you do not receive one. A prompt return of the form assured that your text will be available in the Bookstore for sale to your students when the term begins.

The Bookstore caries a full line of school and art supplies as well as clothing and gift items. Bookstore hours are posted and vary during the semester.

Due dates for book requisitions:

Summer Term: April 15

Fall Term: May 15

Winter Term: November 15

Faculty are advised to order at least one library reserve copy of all the books that they use for their courses, so that students will always have access to course teXts.

It is your responsibility to write for faculty desk copies, instructor's manuals, and other complimentary materials supplied by the publishers. Publishers will not send these items to the Bookstore. There are for faculty use only. Publishers' addresses and the proper DESK COPY REQUEST FORM will be furnished to you by the Bookstore. The Bookstore will buy back second-hand books (as long as they are still in print), even if those books will no longer be used by instructors and have wholesale value.

Faculty receive a 10% discount on everything sold at the Bookstore except for sale items. Please present your faculty ID card when making purchases.

For further information, call the Bookstore at ext. 7406.

615 CENTER FOR BLACK MUSIC RESEARCH

The Center for Black Music Research documents and preserves information and materials related to the black music experience throughout the world. Its purpose is to discover, disseminate, preserve, and promote black music in all its forms - from jazz, blues, gospel, and ragtime to opera and concert works. The Center promotes and advances scholarly knowledge and thought about black music and the black musical experience and about their relationship to higher education and to society at large. The products of the Center are disseminated to the scholarly community and to the general public through its National and InterNational Conferences on Black Music Research; publications, including two scholarly journals, Black Music Research Journal and Lenox Avenue; A Journal of Interartistic Inquiry, CBMR Digest newsletter, and special project newsletters, including Kalinda! And Stop-time!; and performances by the Black Music Repertory Ensemble, Ensemble Kalinda Chicago, and Ensemble Stop-Time. Central to the Center is CBMR Library and Archives, which provides one of the world's most comprehensive research collections covering all idioms in black music. In addition, the Center launches special research initiatives, including the Integrative Studies Program, Project Kalinda, and Project Stop-time, and is the host to two successive Rockefeller Foundation Resident Fellows.

620 COLLEGE RELATIONS

The primary function of the College Relations Department is to communicate information about Columbia to the general public through the print and electronic media, both trade and consumer. The Department's goal is to interpret the College to the public and to inform various constituencies about what makes Columbia newsworthy. Potential students, donors, and employers, along with current students and alumni, are just a few of the groups that are the focus of departmental activity. The College Relations Department offers this special publicity service to the entire Columbia community -- faculty, students, administrators, alumni, and trustees. In order to be effective, however, the Department depends upon everyone in the College to share information about events, activities, performances, exhibitions, screenings, lectures, and, of course, the interesting individuals who make up our student body and faculty. Since media deadlines are often imposed upon such services, the department needs all information intended for publicity as soon as it becomes available, often far in advance of the event. Also, it is important that all information meant for the media be channeled through the College Relations Department so that Columbia develops a cohesive public image.

625 COLUMBIA COLLEGE ART GALLERY

The Columbia College Art Gallery is located on the 1st floor of the 11th Street campus, adjacent to the lobby of the Getz Theater. The Gallery features the work of noted artists in painting, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, photography, and other media throughout the school year. Announcement cards for current exhibitions are placed in faculty mailboxes.

630 COLUMBIA COLLEGE LIBRARY

The Library is located on the first five floors of the 624 South Michigan Building. During the school year when classes are in session, the Library is open 8am - 9:30pm Monday through Thursday, 8am - 6pm Friday, 9am - 5pm Saturday, closed Sunday. Interim, holiday, and summer session hours are posted in the Library.

The Library contains print, audiovisual, and electronic resources for use by the Columbia College community. These materials are selected to support the educational programs of the College and include: books, periodicals, microforms, films, videotapes, laserdiscs, sound recordings, scripts, slides, CD-ROMs and computer databases. ILLINET Online, the statewide, online public access catalog and resource sharing network, provides bibliographic access to the Columbia collection and to the collections of 45 academic libraries in Illinois.

Through several cooperative agreements and interlibrary loan services, the Library can provide materials not only from its own collection, but from other libraries and information centers as well. Reciprocal borrowing agreements with over 50 academic libraries in Illinois will allow Columbia College faculty, staff, and students to borrow materials remotely or onsite with a current Columbia College Identification card. WorldCat and OCLC's interlibrary loan component allows the Library to locate and borrow materials form libraries throughout the United States and from several foreign countries

The Library provides a number of special services for instructional support. Upon faculty request, the Library will: order materials for the collection; set aside circulating material from its collection or materials provided by instructors for class reserves; provide Library instruction sessions for classes; assist in the compilation or location of bibliographies and reading lists; produce slides for course instruction; reserve films and videos for showing in classes.

Librarians assist faculty, identify and select resources, and provide research assistance. Librarians provide orientation tours of the Library and workshops on Library resources for faculty. Some departments have designated members of the faculty or staff to coordinate for the department such services as reserves, audiovisual reservations. Library instruction, or collection development.

For more about the Library, please visit the Library's web page at this address:

http://www.lib.colum.edu/library. Members of the Library staff are available to discuss your individual instructional or research needs. For information call 312/344-7306 or the Library Director's Office at 312/344-7125.

635 DEVELOPMENT OFFICE

The Development Office is responsible for all fund-raising activities of the College, including the approval, monitoring, and supervision of fund-raising activities undertaken by other individuals and groups. The solicitation and acknowledgment of all grants/gifts (cash and non-cash) from individuals, associations, foundations, corporations, government agencies (city, state, federal, foreign), and from all other sources must be processed through the Development Office. To avoid situations detrimental to the College's welfare, potential funding sources must be cleared with this office prior to solicitation. Services provided by the Development Office include: consultation on projects or project ideas that have funding components; feasibility analysis and determination; identification of funding sources; technical assistance with proposal/letter preparations; and submission and technical assistance with events and meetings.

640 FACULTY LOUNGE

Our Faculty Lounge is located on the 11th floor of the 624 S. Michigan Campus. It is adjacent to the Student Lounge, which is equipped with vending machines and a microwave oven. It can be reserved for committee meetings or other social gatherings. When planning an activity in the Faculty Lounge, please reserve it in advance through the Assistant to the Provost, ext. 7211.

642 TEACHING AND LEARNING CENTER

Our Teaching and Learning Center is adjacent to the Faculty Lounge on the 11th floor of the 624 S. Michigan Campus. It is equipped with study space, the Office of the Director, and appropriate resources for faculty.

645 HOKIN CENTER, HOKIN ANNEX AND STUDENT LOUNGES

The Hokin Student Center and Hokin Annex, located on the ground floor of the 623 S. Wabash Building, was opened in September 1987. The funds for its construction were donated by Mr. Myron Hokin, a College trustee, and the Hokin Center's activities are funded through student activity fees. Both centers provide a pleasant atmosphere in which students and faculty and relax, meet friends, enjoy exhibits, performances, coffee, and sandwiches.

The Hokin Center features work of students from all disciplines and in all media (installations, paintings, photographs, drama, music, sculpture, video, and performance art). These activities are initiated and coordinated by students, faculty and the Hokin Director. The Hokin Center also brings in outside speakers, artists, entertainers, and films for the entertainment and education of students. Student clubs use the Hokin Center for some of their meetings and film festivals are regularly arranged. The Hokin Center has two galleries that change exhibitions monthly and bi-weekly. These galleries are solely for student exhibition and class works in progress.

The Hokin Center is also available to the faculty, and it sells different blends of coffees, fruit juices, pastries, sandwiches and salads. It is open between the hours of 8am - 7pm, Monday through Friday (it closes at 5pm on Fridays) when classes are in session, and on Saturdays from 9am - 3pm.

The Follett Lounge, also known as the Underground CafÈ, located in the basement of the main Campus serves a variety of salads, sandwiches, hot meals (including breakfast), beverages and snacks. A separate "quiet area" provides a place for reading or relaxing between classes. The Follett Lounge is open 8am - 6:30pm during Fall and Spring semesters, and as posted during breaks and summer.

The 600 S. Michigan campus has drink and snack machines available at all hours on the 1st and 3rd floors, as well as in the basement lounge area. In the 623 S. Wabash building, there are vending machines for drinks an snacks on the 1st, 7th and 9th floors. The 9th floor also has seating. The 11th Street campus and the Dance Center have their own student lounges with vending machines and microwave ovens, which are available during regular building hours. At the 624 S. Michigan campus there are drink and snack vending machines on the 8th, 11th, and 12th floors. The 7th floor has a vending lounge with snacks, drinks, food vending machines, a microwave and seating.

650 HUMAN RESOURCES

Among the may resources allowing Columbia College to fulfill its stated mission, the contributions of faculty and staff are primary. Through the development of policies and benefits, equitably applied, Human Resources will facilitate professional growth and well-being while supporting an atmosphere encouraging every employee's contribution to the excellence of the College. The services of the Human Resources Department are available to all faculty and staff.

It is the Purpose of Human Resources to:

1. Ensure all employees are treated equitably and that there is no discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of age, race, color, creed, sex, religion, handicap, disability, sexual orientation, and national or ethnic origin.

2. Assist the Administration of Columbia College in recruiting, attracting, and retaining qualified employees.

3. Provide employees with understanding and assistance in exercising their privileges and obligations under the Columbia College benefit programs.

4. Develop and administer policies and employee benefits that will enhance the effectiveness of the employees and contribute to the administrative efficiency of the College.

5. Communicate to all employees, in a timely manner, the issues, events, and policies that impact their relationship to Columbia College.

6. Ensure compliance with federal, state and local employment laws and regulations.

655 INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH

Institutional Research is an information service for the administration, faculty and staff of the College. The department compiles and distributes information both about the College and about the external environment in which it operates. It routinely compiles statistics on student enrollment, demographic, and academic performance along with various other data about the College. It also conducts regular student opinion surveys and analyses of select academic programs and student services. Other research projects are undertaken to meet specific needs identifies by the College.

Institutional Research's services are available to any member of the College community. Enrollment and demographic data are distributed college-wide in the Fall and Spring semester. Other statistical information is available by request, depending upon availability. Services such as background research, statistical analyses, or surveying, are provided as time allows. The department staff is also available to assist faculty and staff with College- related research and maintains a small collection of higher education and census reference materials. To make a request, or for more information, please call the Director of Institutional Research at ext. 7768.

660 MEETING CENTERS/PERFORMANCE SPACES

660.1 CLASSIC STUDIO

Located on the 1st floor at 72 E. 11th Street, the Classic Studio is used primarily by directing students to stage their class projects. It is a small 60-seat black box theater, providing the following technical support: a twelve-channel light board, 20 instruments and a cassette player, amplifier and speakers. The department uses this space for final presentations each semester. Interdisciplinary Arts also uses this space for final project presentations. Inquiries regarding this space may be made by calling the Office of the Assistant to the Provost, ext. 7211.

660.2 COLLINS THEATER

The Collins Theater is a 90-seat screening room located on the 6th floor of the 624 S. Michigan building. It offers video projection equipment in a variety of formats as well as 16mm wide screen capability and surround sound. It may be reserved for screenings at any time classes are not meeting by calling the Office of the Assistant to the Provost, ext. 7211.

660.3 FERGUSON THEATER

The Ferguson Theater is a 170-seat auditorium located on the 1st floor of the 600 S. Michigan building. It is equipped with sophisticated sound and projection facilities and a small stage. It is used for large lecture classes or for classes that have specific sound or projection requirements. It may be reserved by College faculty for special events, meetings, seminars, lectures, film screenings, etc., at any time classes are not meeting by calling the Office of the Assistant to the Provost, ext. 7211.

660.4 GETZ THEATER

The Getz Theater, located at 62 E. 11th Street, provides seating for up to 385. Named after art patrons Emma and Oscar Getz, the building is of art-deco architecture, equipped with a modified thrust stage with a proscenium opening. The department uses this space for three main-stage shows per school year: a play, a musical, and a concert. Also, some student productions and final presentations are staged here. The College also uses the space for guest lectures. Inquiries regarding this space may be made by calling the Office of the Assistant to the Provost, ext. 7211.

660.5 HOKIN HALL

The Hokin Hall is a 100-seat auditorium located on the 1st floor of the 623 S. Wabash Building. It is equipped with sophisticated sound and projection facilities and a small stage. It is used for large lecture classes or for classes that have specific sound or projection requirements. It may be reserved by College faculty for special events, meetings, seminars, lectures, film screenings, etc., at any time classes are not meeting by calling the Office of the Assistant to the Provost, ext. 7211.

660.6 NEW STUDIO

The New Studio is located in the basement of the 72 E. 11th Street building. The department produces four mainstage productions in this space each year, including two plays, the Theodore Ward Prize winning play, and a musical event. The faculty uses this space to do directing projects. Senior directing students stage their final projects in this space. It is used as a classroom for larger scale music presentations, senior vocal recitals, instrumental demonstrations, and lectures. This space has flexible seating for 40 to 70 people, and is fully equipped for lighting and sound capabilities. Inquiries regarding this space may be made by calling the Office of the Assistant to the Provost, ext. 7211.

665 MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY

The Museum of Contemporary Photography of Columbia College is located on the 1st floor and mezzanine level of the Main Campus building. As a College art museum, it supports our educational mission. It is primarily a visual resource and study center for the students of the College and the community. Each year a wide range of exhibitions are presented in recognition of photography's many roles. In addition, special exhibitions are prepared to combine photographic essays with other forms of art. A large permanent collection of contemporary American photography is available for research and class presentations given by museum personnel. The Chicago Photographers Project, which is available for private viewing, is a collection of loaned work by a large number of area photographers. Announcement cards for current exhibitions are placed in faculty mailboxes. Museum hours are posted by the entrance.

670 SCULPTURE GARDEN

The Sculpture Garden is located at the corner of Wabash and 11th Street. It has recently been landscaped with trees, lawn, and seasonal flowers to provide a peaceful back drop for sculpture exhibits that change periodically, under the direction of the Faculty of Art and Design.