Student and Society Lounges
Publications
Bulletin Boards
Student Mailboxes and Desks
E-mail
Computing Facilities
University Libraries
University Bookstore
Parking
Athletic Services
Student and Society Lounges
Room E-430 is the John L. Caughey Student Lounge. Located at the end of the fourth floor, the lounge features comfortable study space as well as vending machines, a refrigerator, microwaves, and a television. A glassed-in outer room offers an impressive outdoor view and is furnished with couches, tables, and chairs for study and rest. Two large Society Lounges also provide areas for study and relaxation. The fourth-floor lounge has been designated a "recreation room" with ping-pong, pool, and foos-ball tables and plans for a large screen television.
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Publications
Several new publications were launched in 2008: Think, a University-wide magazine, Medicus, a School of Medicine publication, and The School of Medicine Alumni News. Other established publications include The Case Daily, the University's email newsletter for faculty and staff, and The Observer, the undergraduate student newpaper, available weekly.
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Bulletin Boards
Bulletin Boards near the elevators on the third and fourth floors of the east wing of the School of Medicine, feature announcements about School of Medicine seminars and events. All posted material must be dated and will be removed two weeks after initial posting. Bulletin Boards in the third and fourth floor hallways feature special announcements, important curriculum items, information on student organizations, and other news. The bulletin board outside the Office of Financial Aid (T-303) is reserved primarily for scholarship and fellowship announcements.
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Student Mailboxes and Desks
Each Year I and Year II student is assigned a specific mailbox, designated for official School of Medicine communications. Mailboxes for the Satcher and Wearn Society students are located outside the fourth-floor lecture hall (E-401). Mailboxes for the Blackwell and Robbins Society students are located outside the third-floor lecture hall (Room E-301). The School of Medicine does not have the facilities to provide delivery of U.S. mail to students. Year I and Year II students are assigned a laboratory desk and a locker. A key is issued so that each student can lock valuables, such as textbooks, for convenience. The School of Medicine is not responsible for student possessions in the event of loss or theft.
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E-Mail
Students and all other members of the Case community are assigned Case Network User IDs upon enrollment at Case Western Reserve University. The format of the Case Network user ID is usually the three letters representing your FN, MI and LN and sometimes followed by numbers. If there is more than one person with the same three letters in his/her Case Network ID. For example: John S. Doe and Jonathan S. Delrio would both have “jsd” as part of their ID, but Jonathan S. Delrio would probably end up with a final ID of “jsd1.” Until recently all email addresses were represented in the jds@case.edu format. The Case Network ID, while synonymous with the email address, is currently not the preferred format. The latest trend is to use the firstname.lastname@case.edu format for email addresses, though the old formats will continue to work for a while longer.
The online Case Directory lists email addresses of all members of the Case community.
Case email can now be sent and received via web-mail and via other email clients, Thunderbird or Outlook being the recommended clients. All official email from the University, including mail from the Professors, will be sent to your Case email address and you will be expected to check your email regularly.
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Computing Facilities
Each 1st and 2nd year medical student has an assigned desk on the third and fourth floors of the School of Medicine. Each of those approximately 300 desks is equipped with an Ethernet connection to the University’s Gigabit network. This high speed connection provides complete access to the School of Medicine network and the Internet via the student laptop computers. Two networked high-speed Laserjet printers are available in each of the two student labs on each floor, which allows printing at 5 cents/page.
The student laptops also have wireless capability. Wireless access points have been deployed widely throughout the School of Medicine and other parts of the campus.
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University Libraries
The Cleveland Health Sciences Library, formed in 1965 by an agreement between the Cleveland Medical Library and Western Reserve University, operates in two locations: the Health Center Library and the Allen Memorial Library, which includes the Howard Dittrick Museum of Historical Medicine and the collections of the Cleveland Medical Library Association. The Health Center Library located in the School of Medicine, houses collections of the CWRU Department of Biology and the Schools of Dentistry, Medicine, and Nursing.
The University facilities contain more than 1.5 million volumes, most of which are on open shelves. These facilities include Kelvin Smith Library, which houses materials pertaining to the humanities, arts, and social and behavioral sciences; Sears Library, which contains materials pertaining to engineering, science, management, and economics; the Kulas Music Library in Hayden Hall; and the Astronomy Library in the Smith Building.
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University Bookstore
The University Bookstore is located at Thwing Center on the Case campus. The regular hours for the University Bookstore are Monday through Thursday, 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM, Friday, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, and Saturday 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM. The phone number for the bookstore is (216) 368-2650 and the fax number is (216) 368-5205.
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Parking
Parking privileges are offered, as space permits, to all registered students. Students may obtain information about campus parking, fees, and purchasing permits from the Parking Office in Crawford Hall, Room 18. The telephone number is (216) 368-2724.
For those third- and fourth-year medical students assigned to clerkships at University Hospitals or the Louis Stokes Veterans Affairs Medical Center (Wade Park), parking is arranged through the Parking Office in Crawford Hall (see above). Permits are usually obtained on the first day of the rotation. The Office of the Registrar submits a list to the Parking Office of all students doing rotations at the above-mentioned hospitals.
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Athletic Facilities
A variety of physical fitness facilities are available for each registered student with a valid ID.
The Veale Convocation, Athletic and Recreation Center is the home of Case athletics, physical education and intramural programs. The Veale Center houses four multi-purpose courts (which are frequently used for activities such as basketball, tennis, soccer and volleyball), a six-lane indoor track (8 laps = 1 mile) and a multipurpose aerobics room. A cardio exercise room, (with treadmills, elliptical trainers, stair-step machines, rowing machines, a gravitron and stationary bikes), a newly renovated weight room, (three separate rooms, main, power lift and hammer strength), nine racquetball courts, two squash courts, a rock climbing wall, Horsburgh Gym (used for basketball and volleyball), plus Veale Natatorium and Donnell Pool complete the facility.
Veale (along with Van Horn Field which is located directly outside of Veale), Adelbert gym, (adjacent to Van Horn) and Freiberger Field, (located on the corner of East Boulevard and Bellflower), are used for athletics, recreation, intramurals and physical education.
Additionally, a membership to One to One Fitness Center, across from the University Hospitals garage on Adelbert Road, can be obtained by calling (216) 368-1121.
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