2006-2007

2006-2007TOBACCO POLICYThe University of Guam is a tobacco-free campus andhas a total ban on sales, smoking and distribution and useof tobacco and tobacco-based products on campus. UOGis committed to promoting the health, wellness and socialwell-being of the University Community, the People ofGuam and the Western Pacific.CAMPUS FACILITIES, RESEARCHINSTITUTES & OTHER RESOURCESThe English and Communications Building (EC) &the Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS) Buildingsprovide space for classrooms, offices, and learning labs, aswell as outdoor atriums for campus activities. TheUniversity Lecture Hall is situated between the twobuildings and seats 190. The Professional Developmentand Life-Long Learning Center is Located in the groundfloor of the HSS Building.The Field House building houses the Office ofAdmissions and Records, the Collections Office, CareerDevelopment Office, and the Financial Aid Office.The Fine Arts Building provides facilities for music,art, drama, and speech (e.g., rooms or studios for musicrehearsal, graphic arts, ceramics, and crafts) and a theater.The Science Building is a three-story structurecontaining laboratories for the physical and biologicalsciences, the Planetarium, classrooms, a conference-lecturehall, and faculty offices for science and mathematicsfaculty.The Health Science Building is a two-story buildingadjacent to the Science Building which providesclassrooms a conference room, learning laboratories forNursing, Social Work, and Health Sciences; a main andcomputer science lab, faculty offices for computer sciencefaculty; and the Institute for Micronesian Health andAging Studies.Dorm I Building provides offices for the PalauLiaison Officer, the TRIO Program offices (1st floor), andROTC.Dorm II Building provides office for the EqualEmployment Opportunity/American with Disabilities ActOffice on the ground floorThe Jesus S. and Eugenia A. Leon GuerreroSchool of Business and Public Administration Buildinghouses the classrooms, offices, conference room, lecturehall, lab facilities of the School of Business and PublicAdministration. It also houses the Small BusinessDevelopment Center and the offices of the President, theSenior Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs,the Vice President for University and Community11Engagement, and Vice President for Administration andFinance as well as the Alumni Affairs.The School of Education (SOE) Building housesclassrooms, offices, conference rooms, lab facilities, andthe Dr. Antonio C. Yamashita Educators Corps.The College of Natural and Applied Sciences(CNAS) Building provides classroom, conference room,laboratory, faculty and administrative office spaces.The Student Center houses a Food Court that seats400, the Student Rotunda, KUOG (the student radiostation), Student Government Association office, the officeof the Dean of Enrollment Management and StudentService, the University Bookstore and Gift Shop, the PostOffice, and the Student Counseling office. Facilities maybe reserved by contacting the Enrollment ManagementOffice.I Jahame Hall and I Guma’ta Hall dormitorybuildings accommodate 162 students.LIBRARYThe Territorial College of Guam opened in 1952 withits curriculum supported by a library of a scant collectionof 2000 volumes, housed in a Quonset hut. Since than, theRobert F. Kennedy (RFK) Memorial Library has evolvedinto the largest library and research facility in theMarianas, providing 54, 201 square feet of work and studyarea equipped with 400 reading seats, serving theUniversity as well as the community of Guam.Administered by the Learning Resources Unit, theRFK Memorial Library installed a Dynix integrated libraryautomation system in 1993. At present, it houses over94,320 print titles and 122,373 print holdings; over941,502 microfilm/microfiche units; 2276 print serial titlesand over 167,570 print serial issues; over 4717 audiovisualitems, and over 40 units of audiovisual software. Thelibrary’s Web-interfaced Online Catalog allows students,faculty, staff and other community and regionalcardholders to access the library’s collection and electronicresources both on and off campus. Electronic DatabaseResources subscribed and licensed to the RFK MemorialLibrary offer thousands of full-text, peer-reviewedjournals. New acquisitions and new databases enhanceacademic quality by supporting the universitycommunity’s classes, programs, research and professionalneeds.The RFK Memorial Library was designated aSelective Federal Depository in 1978 through theuniversity’s land grant status. The library continues toserve the U.S. government information needs of the peopleof the island of Guam and receives more than 46% of U.S.Government publications, many in electronic andmicrofiche formats. Other special collections include the