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Graduate Catalog - New Jersey City University

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26 GRADUATE CATALOG 2013-2016 NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY<br />

centralized data and telephone services,<br />

IT supports over 1700 desktop and laptop<br />

computers distributed throughout the<br />

campus.<br />

The primary data center accommodates<br />

over 150 servers and 15 Terabytes of<br />

storage capacity, that provide processing<br />

power for all academic and administrative<br />

applications utilized by approximately<br />

10,000 users. The data center also houses<br />

the core data net-work routers that provide<br />

the NJCU community with high-speed<br />

connectivity to the Internet all web-based<br />

services. A secondary data center, located<br />

at an alternate location shares these<br />

resources in a redundant configuration to<br />

assure business continuity in the event of a<br />

disruption of services in the primary data<br />

center.<br />

SCIENCE BUILDING<br />

The five-story Science Building, with<br />

its adjoining lecture halls, was opened<br />

in September 1973. This facility houses<br />

departmental and faculty offices for the<br />

Departments of Biology, Chemistry,<br />

Physics and Psychology, in addition to<br />

teaching, research and com-puter laboratories,<br />

classrooms, a greenhouse, and a large<br />

lounge area.<br />

THE THOMAS M. GERRITY<br />

ATHLETIC COMPLEX<br />

The Thomas M. Gerrity Athletic Complex<br />

is home to Gothic Knight men’s and<br />

women’s soccer, baseball, and softball.<br />

The Complex is located less than a mile<br />

southwest of the main campus on <strong>New</strong>ark<br />

Bay. The Robert L. McNulty Memorial<br />

soccer stadium, a 3,000-seat venue, is the<br />

centerpiece of the complex. A more complete<br />

description of the Complex appears<br />

on page 31.<br />

THE UNIVERSITY ACADEMY<br />

CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL AT<br />

NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY<br />

The <strong>University</strong> Academy Charter High<br />

School is a separately incorporated<br />

program housed at the <strong>University</strong>. The<br />

school opened with its first class of 125<br />

high school freshmen in September 2002<br />

on the <strong>University</strong> campus. The <strong>University</strong><br />

renovated a building on West Side Avenue,<br />

which opened in September 2003, to<br />

house the Charter High School. The<br />

school has grown to enroll approximately<br />

500 students each year.<br />

The <strong>University</strong> Academy is the result of<br />

an initiative led by the Office of Academic<br />

Affairs. The unique charter high school<br />

has designed an academic curriculum for<br />

high school students from <strong>Jersey</strong> <strong>City</strong><br />

that emphasizes a liberal arts education<br />

in the context of service learning experiences.<br />

For more information about the<br />

<strong>University</strong> Academy Charter High School,<br />

contact the Dean of the Deborah Cannon<br />

Partridge Wolfe College of Education at<br />

201-200-2101.<br />

VISUAL ARTS BUILDING<br />

Opened in the fall 2003 semester, this<br />

60,000-square foot building was constructed<br />

on the northern edge of the<br />

campus, across from the John J. Moore<br />

Athletics and Fitness Center. The building<br />

houses the Art Department and its<br />

faculty offices, ceramics, drawing, jewelry,<br />

painting, photography, printmaking, and<br />

sculpture studios, computer graphics labs,<br />

classrooms, and an gallery. In addition, a<br />

110-seat auditorium is available for large<br />

class sessions, lectures, performances, and<br />

conferences. The facility also provides<br />

classroom space for the entire <strong>University</strong><br />

community. The entrance to the Visual<br />

Arts Building is highlighted by a sculpture<br />

by the world-renowned artist Maya Lin,<br />

which honors the diversity of the <strong>University</strong><br />

community.<br />

VODRA HALL<br />

Opened in 1963, Vodra Hall houses the<br />

Academic Career Planning and Placement<br />

Office (Cooperative Education and <strong>Graduate</strong><br />

Placement), the <strong>University</strong> Advisement<br />

Center, the Health and Wellness Center,<br />

the Public Safety Office, the Residence<br />

Life Of-fice, a student computer lab, the<br />

Center for Teaching and Learning, and<br />

the Vodra Dining Hall on its first floor.<br />

The upper three stories provide doubleoccupancy<br />

Residence Hall space for 100<br />

resident upper-class students. In addition,<br />

the Opportunity Scholarship Program/<br />

Educational Opportunity Fund Program<br />

(OSP/EOF) is located on the second floor.<br />

A. HARRY MOORE CENTER<br />

FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION<br />

The A. Harry Moore Laboratory School,<br />

the A. Harry Moore Special Education<br />

Camp at Stokes Forest, <strong>New</strong> <strong>Jersey</strong>, and<br />

the Department of Special Education,<br />

comprise the A. Harry Moore Center for<br />

Special Education. These units provide<br />

programs for graduate and undergraduate<br />

students studying special education. The<br />

facilities offer many opportunities for linking<br />

class with observation and experience.

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