University Center
Building Physical Access Notes
527 SW Hall Street, Portland, Oregon 97201-5230
The comments on this building are taken in part from the 1991 Access Guide published by the Students with Disabilities Union. We thank them for allowing us to copy their material for this guide. It should be noted that many remodels and improvements have occurred in PSU building in the years since the 1991 Guide. So many of these comments may be some what antiquated. Please bear with us as we update and refine this access tool for our campus. Please send us an e-mail on anything you note that requires correction.
Building Access
and Approach:
Is through a slight incline ramp
in the front of the building. There is a push button electric door. The
Bookstore has all its consumer services on one floor.
Classrooms and Meeting Rooms:
Corridors:
Doors and Hardware:
Drinking Fountains:
Elevators:
The elevator is located just
inside the building's south side entrance on Hall Street. This elevator
is on the second floor, and is the only service available on this floor.
The buttons are moderate in height.
Offices:
Restrooms:
There are separate Men's and Women's wheelchair accessible restrooms located
on the third and fourth floors.
Special
Services:
The Graduate School of Social Work is located on the third floor.
Stairs and Handrails:
Telephones:
There is a coin operated phone
located at the front of the bookstore and is mounted high to moderate,
in a tight corner.
Other:
The building is a combination
of commercial/private offices and PSU services. There are heavily carpeted
floors that may require more effort for a manual wheelchair user. The
elevator goes to the basement and first floor and leads to a Parking Lot,
but they are inaccessible because of a curb and stairs that lead to the
lot.
The
Disability Resource Center for StudentsThe Disability Resource Center for Students (DRC) is a university resource to promote barrier free environments (physical, program, information, attitude), which means ensuring the rights of students with disabilities and assisting the university to meet its obligations under federal and state statutes. DRC works to ensure access to university courses, programs, facilities, services, and activities by documenting disabilities and providing or arranging reasonable accommodations, academic adjustments, auxiliary aids and services, training, consultation and technical assistance. This accessibility guide is a cooperative effort by the Disability Resource Center for Students. Send any e-mail comments to the Disability Resource Center for Students (DRC) at: drc@pdx.edu.
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Located in the Information & Academic
Support Center (IASC)
Smith Memorial Student Union, Room 118
1825 SW Broadway
Portland, Oregon 97202-0751
DRC Office - (503) 725-4150
Reader Services- (503) 725-4153
Interpreter Services - (503) 725-5202
TTY - (503) 725-6504
FAX - (503) 725-5438
E-mail - drc@pdx.edu
Web Site - http://www.ess.pdx.edu/iasc/drc/