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Category: Presentation Space

JRC 209 Multicultural Suites

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On August 12, 2025

In Dining Space, Joe Rosenfield Center (JRC), Presentation Space, Social Space

Entrance

Elevators are located to the left side of the Information Desk on the first floor. JRC 209 Multicultural Suites are on the second floor to the left as you exit the elevator.

View upon exiting 2nd floor elevator and turning left (south). Door to JRC 209-B is the wooden interior door, to the left (east) of the glass doors that exit to a 2nd floor patio (almost always locked).

View upon exiting 2nd floor elevator and turning left (south). Door to JRC 209-B is the wooden interior door, to the left (east) of the glass doors that exit to a 2nd floor patio (almost always locked).

The most used suite is JRC 209-B Classroom, the first door on your right as you enter the hallway.

The door is manual: pull level door handle to enter and push bar to exit.

Moving Clockwise Around the Room

The layout of the room may be changed but usually the desks (28.5” height) with rolling office chairs (adjustable height) are stacked in the middle with clear access to move around the room. On the entrance to your left there are counters (35.5” height) with cabinets at the bottom and top; moving along clockwise there are two more doors that exit to the hallway, the first one has a pull lever bar and the second one a push bar. In front there are white boards and a projector screen in front of two large windows. Continuing clockwise, to your right there are four large windows that could be covered by blackout roller blinds. Then, there is a trash bin by the column 15″ from the wall followed by an emergency lock-down button.

**Please note that the desks and tables can be moved around**

Sensory

Floor: Carpeted gray/neutral floor, very short looped smooth carpet.

Walls: White painted walls.

Lighting: There are windows that could allow sunlight and overhead lamps of pastel yellow color.

Sound: There is no noticeable echo in the room.

Smell: There is no distinct smell in the room. 

Harris Concert Hall

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On January 15, 2025

In Dining Space, Harris Center, Presentation Space, Social Space

Entrance  

The entrance doors are almost always propped open. There are no automatic door openers.

Moving Around the Room

To the left of the entrance, before you enter the main room, there is a large coat rack space. For chair users there are no accessible hangers for coats.

The layout of the hall can change depending on the event.

Sensory

Floor: Wood

Walls: Grey brick with sound-dampening panels. The lower portion of the walls is textured brick with different accent bricks. 

Lighting: The lighting is good with a set of dimmable lights. 

Sound: There is a loud hum of machinery. The space is quite live and can echo.

Smell: No discernible smells, unless an event with food is taking place.

Harris Cinema

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On January 15, 2025

In Harris Center, Presentation Space

Entrance

There are two sets of doors that are identical, with a divider in the middle.

Moving Around the Room

When you enter from either door, the floor is slanted. Audience seating is set in 3 columns with 2 aisles, with five chairs, aisle, fourteen chairs, aisle, and five chairs. In the back of the cinema there is space for chairs and catering.

The seats of the chairs are 15.75 inches (40 cm) off the floor. The seats are 17.5 inches (44.45 cm) wide and 19.5 inches (49.53 cm) deep.

To access the stage, there is a ramp on the left, with hand railings on both sides.

Sensory

Floor: Black grippy flooring between seating section. The stage is carpeted with low loop pile.

Walls: Panels with muted blue, green, and grey with a red stripe in the middle. Behind the paneling there is grey brick.

Lighting: There are three light modes, normal, dim, and movie. The normal light is yellow, and the emergency light is a bright white. The movie setting turns all the lights off except a light that is over the exit sign.  

Sound: Quiet hum of machinery. Sound does not echo in this space. This room is also hearing-looped. If loud events are happening in the concert hall there is potential for sound to leak into the cinema. The chairs in the cinema are squeaky.

Smell: No discernible smell, unless there is an event with food.

HSSC S1325 Presentation Room

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On January 14, 2025

In Humanities & Social Studies Center (HSSC), Presentation Space

Entrance

The presentation room has two entrances. The main entrance is on the north side of the room. When entering from this door, there is a ramp with hand rails that leads to the front of the room.

Moving Around the Room

The room has two tiers with grip on the edge, with fixed tables on each tier.

The tables in this room cannot be moved, but the chairs are on wheels.

Sensory

Floor: Low loop pile carpet.

Walls: On the north side of the room, there is grey sound dampening paneling on top of a red wall. On the back of the room, there is red sound dampening paneling on the white wall. 

Lighting: Strong overhead LED bar and dots lights. The lights can be dimmed. There are two sets of curtains, one that allows for natural light to be let in, and one that is black-out.

Sound: The space is generally quiet with the dull humming sound of air vents and other machinery.

Smell: There are no noticeable smells. 

A view of the audience at a Reunion presentation in the HSSC Auditorium.

HSSC A2231 Auditorium

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On January 14, 2025

In Humanities & Social Studies Center (HSSC), Presentation Space

Entrance

When entering from the north or south side, there are two sets of doors with a vestibule that is roughly 11 ½ feet. There is no divider between the doors. At the second set of doors, you may take a slight left to a ramp that leads you to the front of the second section of seats. Both sides of the ramp have hand rails. There is dim lighting on the right side to help see if lights are off. 

Moving Around the Room

When entering the auditorium from either of the ramps, there are spaces for wheelchairs.

The stairs in the seated section have a slight wood grip. 

The space in the front of the room can be reconfigured based on the event.

The seating is fold-down cushioned chairs with small desk platforms between the seats that can be brought up.

Sensory

Floor: The flooring is red, brown, black, and grey low pile carpet. 

Walls: The front walls of the room are white walls with wood accents. The back of the room is wood paneling. There are windows with dimmer shades on. 

Lighting: Harsh white LED lights that are dimmable. Note that different sections of the room can be dimmed at the same time. 

Sound: Fairly quiet with the slight sound of machinery. This room is hearing looped, however, if there is an event going on in the Multipurpose Room, your hearing loop can pick up what is going on in that room if you happen to be standing on the carpeted area that is down stairs.

Smell: There are no noticeable smells unless there the event includes food. 

A Reunion meal in the HSSC Multipurpose Room.

HSSC A1231: Multipurpose Room

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On January 14, 2025

In Dining Space, Humanities & Social Studies Center (HSSC), Presentation Space

Entrances

The Multipurpose room contains a total of six entrances with the north and south walls each having three entrances. Both walls consist of two active double doorways and one single framed door. Both the single framed doors are on the easternmost side of the wall, adjacent to the presentation area. The double-door entrances are about 5 feet 10 inches wide. All entrances have manual openings.

Moving Clockwise Around the Room

***The layout of the room on the carpeted area can change depending on the event happening in the space***

The seating area contains a total of nine wooden tables and six hard chairs, with no armrests, per table. The tables are approximately 29 inches in height and 59 inches wide, while the chairs are approximately 60 inches in height. The room has moveable tables and chairs that can change formation and location depending on the event.

There are 3 trash bins along the walls of the room, nearest to the double-door entrances.  

On the east wall there is a projector held afloat in the center ceiling of the room facing the presentation area. The projector screen comes down to cover the windows looking out onto the atrium.

Attached to the east wall are two medium-sized speaker subwoofers, one on the north side of the wall, and the other on the south side of the wall.

At the front of the room, in the presentation area, there is a hard surface wooden podium about 35 inches in height. The podium has a computer with equipment that connects to the projector. The west wall at the back of the room contains a series of wall-mounted whiteboards.

Directly in front of the west wall is a long plastic serving table, often used for catering services.

Along both the north and south walls, adjacent to the double doorways, are two soft surface couch chairs with a wooden table in between the chairs. The table and the couches are 13 inches in height.   

Approaching the easternmost presentation area, the north and south walls slightly curve in. Within the space created by this convex curve is a soft surface couch on the north and south walls. 

There are 3 wooden tables along the east presentation area wall, next to the curving couch, and two wooden tables between the couch chairs, for a total of 5 tables.

Sensory

Floor: Tile encircles the flooring closest to the walls and entrance, while the majority of the seating space is positioned on smooth loop pile carpet flooring. 

Walls: The walls are made of brick and mortar. 

Lighting: Strong overhead LED lighting. 

Sound: With the doors closed, the space is generally quiet with the dull humming sound of air vents and other machinery.  If the doors are left open, sounds from the HSSC atrium can be heard.

***It is important to note that this room has a hearing loop but it ONLY works if the person is standing on the carpeted area***

Smell: There are no noticeable smells unless a function occurs with food provided.

An aerial view of JRC 101, the largest conference space in the Rosenfield Campus Center.

JRC 101

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On January 14, 2025

In Dining Space, Joe Rosenfield Center (JRC), Presentation Space

Entrance

The doors are propped open before an event begins and often one remains open for late arrivals.

There are no automatic door openers to JRC 101. Between the two doors there is dividers between the door.

Moving Clockwise Around the Room

** The layout of the room can change depending on what event is being hosted in there**

Sensory

Floor: The flooring is wooden.

Walls: The walls are wood paneling

Lighting: 

  • Daytime: There are large rectangular windows that provide lots of sunlight into the room. The windows have two sets of shades (slightly dim and full blackout)
  • Nighttime: There are wall and overhead lights that are a soft yellowish hue.

Sound: When the space is empty there is a dull humming sound of air vents and other machinery. During a presentation when the microphone is being used, the sound doesn’t echo as much but if there are multiple conversations happening at once the sound can reverberate throughout the room. 

** Sound echoes in this space**

** This space has a hearing loop**

Smell: This room can have food smells emanating from nearby Spencer Grill and the Dining Hall Marketplace.

A Reunion presentation in JRC 101 with audience-style seating.

A Reunion presentation in JRC 101 with audience-style seating.

A class meal in JRC 101 during Reunion.

A class meal in JRC 101 during Reunion.

A birds-eye view of a townhall meeting in JRC 101.

A birds-eye view of a townhall meeting in JRC 101.

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