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About
Columbus State University
Campus & Facilities
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Set on 132 rolling acres, the Columbus State University
has grown from its five original buildings to become a thriving
campus where classes
are held late into the evening in buildings often named for
individuals who have helped the college grow.
One of the campus' newest jewels is the 96,000-square-foot
Technology and Commerce Center, which opens this year at the front
of campus as the new building for the Abbott Turner College of
Business, Computer Science Department and Computer Information
Networking Services.
The building features a 24-hour computer lab with secure monitored
access; lounge areas on all floors for students to socialize; four
theatre-style classrooms (each seating 75 people) outfitted with
the latest technology including-rear-screen projectors;
audio-visual control panels for professors and power, voice, and
data ports at each seat for students; a 106-seat auditorium;
wiring for 1,500 computers; and 12 40-seat classrooms on the third
and fourth floors.
The Lumpkin Center is also a recent impressive addition to campus.
Home to CSU's men's and women's basketball teams, the Department
of Physical Education and Leisure Management, CSU's commencements
and various classes. The 5,000-seat arena inside also allows the
university to host a wide variety of regional and local events.
With these new buildings, a newly renovated student center,
classrooms, laboratories, offices, auditoriums, a gymnasium,
cafeterias and other gathering spots, students have a wide variety
of choices for study and comfort.
Students also make use of the leisure activities afforded by a
fitness trail, student life pavilion, athletic and intramural
fields, a swimming pool and tennis courts.
Student housing is provided by new apartment-style housing
adjacent to campus, as well as sophisticated loft apartments in
Uptown Columbus, next door to the
RiverCenter for the
Performing Arts, which houses CSU's
Schwob School of Music.
CSU is about 100 miles southwest of Atlanta, just off I-185. The
campus is minutes away from a commuter airport and the mall, and
15 minutes from historic Uptown Columbus. The city offers museums;
an outstanding symphony; ice hockey; professional basketball (NBDL);
concerts and other special events in the Columbus Civic Center;
and hiking and biking along the Chattahoochee River and in 48 city
parks. Historic attractions, Georgia's largest state park,
mountains, the Gulf and Atlantic seacoasts are all within
convenient travel time from Columbus.
Computer labs across campus provide student access to e-mail, word
processing and on-line research, as well as instructional
technology throughout the curriculum. Student housing also
supports e-mail and Internet access. The
Simon Schwob Memorial
Library, open more than 90 hours a week, provides online
access to more than 100 databases and electronic full-text of more
than 500 journals. Students also have access to the Internet and
CD-ROM informational products in both Apple and PC platforms. |
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