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The following are available: Child Development Center E. Desmond Lee Technology and Learning Center Center for Human Origin and Cultural Diversity Center for Humanities Information Technology Services Center for International Studies KWMU Regional Center for Education and Work Center for Teaching Excellence University Eye Center UM-St Louis Institute for Women's and Gender Studies Women's Center
Child Development Center The Child Development Center, 130 South Campus Classroom Building, provides high-quality day programs for children of students, faculty, staff, and community families. The center is accredited by the Academy of Early Childhood Programs, a division of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, one of 24 accredited programs in the St. Louis area. The program operates from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, year round. This program serves children from six weeks to five years of age. The center also provides university students with observation, participation, research, and similar educational and clinical opportunities. Call the center at 516-5658 for additional information.
E. Desmond Lee Technology and Learning Center The TLC models a technology enriched classroom where theories and ideas are put into practice. The TLC is a resource for the community. Everyone is welcome to use the facility. Graduate students working in the center focus on research and assist in the development of effective uses of technology learning environments.
Center for Human Origin and Cultural Diversity The Center for Human Origin and Cultural Diversity was founded in Fall, 1995 as a joint venture between the Anthropology Department, and the May buye Center (Archive of the African National Congress) at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. Building on the foundation of anthropological knowledge, the Center will design a K-12 curriculum. Currently, no comprehensive anthropology curriculum exists in the U.S. Programs are also offered in conjunction with the Gerontology Program and the Missouri Historical Society.
Center for Humanities The center provides visibility and focus for humanities activities at UM-St. Louis and attracts and channels resources for support of interdisciplinary humanistic inquiry. The center sponsors a variety of conferences, symposia, and lectures. Over the last several years, the center has sponsored a conference in the fall semester titled, "What is a City?" which examines the structure and social environment of cities and their effects on social and cultural diversity. In the spring semester the center sponsors a second conference on an interdisciplinary humanistic theme. The center also sponsors throughout the academic year the Monday Noon Cultural Series, which features a variety of humanities lectures and musical performances. The center also supports and coordinates the poetry and short story series, which offers contemporary authors reading their works. In addition the center houses and funds the journal Theory and Society, a refereed, interdisciplinary journal of social theory and practices, published by Kluwer Academic in The Netherlands. The center disseminates information on the humanities on its Web site and promotes development of interdisciplinary outreach programs.
Information Technology Services Information Technology Services provides students, faculty, and staff with an integrated array of voice, video, and data services, including consultation, programming, training and operational, support
Eleven Smart classrooms provide network-attached computers at each student station as well as an instructor station. High-resolution projectors and video/audio systems complete these facilities. There are also more than fifty media-enhanced lecture halls/classrooms with instructor stations as well as projection systems. These Technology Enhanced classrooms provide faculty with electronic blackboards for lecture notes, and software demonstrations. Complementing these facilities are student computer laboratories in the Social Sciences Building, Thomas Jefferson Library, Benton Hall, and South Campus Computer Building where consultants are available to assist students with general operation and troubleshooting needs.
The MyGatewary site (http://mygateway.umsl.edu) provides on-line course materials as well as many other features such as: class email, discussion forums, virtual chat, and address book, calendar, and task list. From this web site, you can access course and organizational information; find tools to communicate with students, professors and colleagues; link to Registrar's grades and schedules; and access links to other campus services.
The On-Line Testing Center in the South Campus Computer Building provides computer-based testing services. The center is staffed seven days a week, offering both midday and evening hours, by a proctor that assists the students in getting started with examinations and provides scheduling support.
The Technology Support Center, 211 Lucas Hall (516-6034) is available for students, faculty, and staff who have general questions regarding their accounts or use of campus resources. The Web office provides assistance for faculty and staff in developing Web pages.
The Faculty Resource Center (FRC) is an area set aside for faculty use in the development and preparation of computerized courseware. Within the FRC is an array of computer equipment and software designed to make this process easier. Consultants are available to help faculty with software and hardware. The computers in the FRC are designed to mirror instructor's stations in the Advanced Technology Classrooms
For more information, please visit our web site at http://www.umsl.edu/technology/ or call 314/516/6000.
Center for International Studies The Center for International Studies supports academic programs, seminars, and conferences designed to promote and improve research in international studies, improve methods of teaching international studies in schools and colleges, and encourage an interest in international affairs in the university and area communities. The center's Office of International Student Services coordinates and provides services for international students including admissions, immigration, orientation, nonacademic advising, etc. In addition, the center administers the campus exchange and study abroad programs and disseminates information on study, work, and travel abroad. The center promotes the development of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary courses, assists in staffing courses within individual departments, houses the Joint Center for East Asian Studies of UM-St. Louis and Washington University, the E. Desmond Lee Global Ethnic Collaborative, the Karakas Family Foundation Alliance for the Advancement of Hellenic Studies, and the Endowed Professorships in African-American Studies, Chinese Studies, Greek Studies, Irish Studies, Japanese Studies, and the German Culture Center. It conducts seminars that address specific faculty and student needs and interests, sponsors conferences for academic and community audiences, organizes international business development programs, sponsors an International Performing Arts series, issues occasional papers, administers undergraduate certificate programs in Africana studies, East Asian studies, European studies, international business, international studies, and Latin American studies and the Graduate Certificate in International Studies. In addition, the Center serves precollegiate educators statewide through the Missouri International Studies Resource Collection and operates a comprehensive global education program.
KWMU 90.7 KWMU-FM, is the 100,000-watt public radio station of the University of Missouri-St. Louis and National Public Radio/ Public Radio International affiliate. The professionally staffed station broadcasts news, talk, and entertainment 24 hours a day. KWMU provides programming that is responsive to the needs of the community. In training students who plan to pursue broadcast careers, KWMU augments the educational and training function of the university.
Regional Center for Education and Work The Center initiates, promotes and supports programs that foster cooperation and information sharing among business, labor, social service and education for healthy long-term work force development and economic improvement for the St. Louis Region. The center will be a hub for regional research and planning in workforce development, employment trends and job forecasting. It serves as a resource to education, school counseling, labor force training and social service providers
Center for Teaching Excellence The CTE is a division of the Office of Academic Affairs and exists to promote high quality teaching at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. It offers programs designed to support faculty (full-time and part-time), graduate students, and Teaching Assistants with their instructional responsibilities. Orientations, workshops, and seminars are offered to help colleagues learn and support each other in the scholarship of teaching.
University Eye Center Located on the South Campus, the center is open to the public as well as to faculty, staff, and students of the university. Its goal is to provide patients with high-quality vision care and optometry students with diverse educational opportunities. The school also operates the Optometric Center, a comprehensive optometric eye care facility in the Central West End of the city of St. Louis, and the East St. Louis Eye Center, jointly owned and operated by the University of Missouri-St. Louis School of Optometry and Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.
UM-St Louis Institute for Women's and Gender Studies The Institute has three central missions: to provide a comprehensive undergraduate and graduate women's and gender studies curriculum, to support basic and applied research on women's and gender issues, and to work in partnership with community, cultural, business and educational institutions to serve the needs of women and girls in the St. Louis region and beyond. Institute faculty engage in disciplinary and interdisciplinary scholarship aimed at deepening the understanding of gender and of women's lives and experiences across time and cultures and are actively involved in the application of scholarship in public policy, cultural and educational context
Women's Center The Women's Center was founded in 1972 by a group of students, Women for a Change, who petitioned the chancellor's office for space and funding. The mission of the Women's Center is one of support and empowerment. The center has a tradition of serving the diverse campus population, welcoming everyone, regardless of gender, ethnicity or sexual orientation. The center provides the campus at large with a variety of services.
- Support and Advocacy
- Referrals to Community resources
- Programs
- Lending Library and Topical Files
- Hospitable Atmosphere
- Meeting Space
- Emergency Contact File
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