School of Business
Administration Physical Access Notes
631 SW Harrison Street, Portland, Oregon 97201
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:
Accessible entrances on the northwest
corner of the building with electric doors, and on the southwest side
is a ramped and covered entrance that also has an electric door. These
will allow entrance onto the main (second) floor. On the first (lower)
floor, at the northeast corner of the building, there is an electric door
entrance. All other doors on this first floor are manual doors, and located
along the east side of the building (facing SW 6th). On the fourth floor,
electric doors on the south side lead out to the skywalk. If followed,
this will take the voyager to Parking 1, and across SW Broadway to Smith
Memorial Student Union and Neuberger Hall. Also on the fourth floor, electric
doors on the north side lead to a skywalk that goes to the University
Services Building, and across SW Broadway to Smith Memorial Student Union
and Cramer Hall.
Classrooms
and Meeting Rooms:
All classrooms and offices are
accessible in this building. There are easy grip door knobs on most of
the fifth floor, Rehabilitation Counseling/ Counseling Education Lab Rooms.
Table tops are a bit low in most classrooms.
Corridors:
Doors and Hardware:
Drinking Fountains:
Elevators:
These are located on the northeast
side of the corridor. They both are equipped with medium-to-high buttons
and Braille.
Offices:
Restrooms:
There are accessible restrooms
on all floors. All have adapted facilities, though doors may require strength.
Women's: 127, 225, 327, 425, 527, 625.
Men's: 125, 227, 325, 427, 525, 627.
Special Services:
There are vending machines on the
fourth floor in section 404. There are computer labs in the School of
Business and in the Media Lab for the School of Education (third floor),
IBM and MAC.
Stairs and Handrails:
Telephones:
There is a medium to high pay
phone on the fourth floor, in section 404, and one on the ground level
(floor 2) near the entrance facing Montgomery.
Other:
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.
| Additional Campus
Accessibility Information:
Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) Information and Academic Support Center (IASC) Facilities & Planning - Campus Maps & Floor Plans |
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/