Facilities
The CCS campus totals 10.5 acres, with approximately 232,000 square feet of instruction space. Providing top-notch facilities is a high priority at CCS. The new Walter B. Ford II Building is a state-of-the art facility wired with a single digital network to carry voice, data, and video. The building houses high-tech flexible classrooms incorporating both traditional and computer workstations and a 250-seat auditorium equipped with the capacity to project digital images and sound. In addition, the building has a clay modeling studio with a spray booth, custom-made tables, and a rapid prototyping machine. The building also provides space on each floor for the exhibition of student work.
The CCS computer labs (containing over 380 workstations), wood shop, metal shop, and foundry are open to students in all departments. CCS is the only school in Michigan with a hot glass studio and a foundry that pours iron (in addition to bronze and aluminum). The art library is also a great resource.
Center Galleries
Center Galleries, with nearly 6,000 square feet of exhibition space, presents contemporary visual, literary, and performance art and design by national, local, and international artists.
Buildings
Following are descriptions of facilities within each campus building.
The Art Centre Building provides students with convenient, spacious housing and a Fitness Room. The building also houses Student Life, Human Resources, and Business offices, as well as Career Services, the Cashier, and Mailroom. An ATM is also located here.
Access beyond the ACB lobby is restricted to residents of the ACB and their guests – CCS ID is required. Guests must sign in and out and leave a valid photo ID at the front desk. Guests under the age of 18 are not allowed in the ACB without parent or guardian accompanyment.
Cashier
313.664.7435 (Ground Floor)
Students can make tuition and housing payments, purchase stamps, pay bookstore accounts, parking and library fines, and pick up Work-Study and refund checks at the Cashier window. To enter the ACB, students must present their CCS ID. Students must also present CCS ID to the cashier when picking up checks.
Mailroom
313.664.7646 (Ground Floor)
The mailroom offers students a variety of shipping services, including US Postal Service, Priority Mail, Federal Express, and UPS delivery. ACB residents can also pick up their packages here.
Fitness Room
The ACB's Fitness Room provides students, faculty, and staff with workout equipment, weight machines, and free weights. Use at your own risk. CCS assumes no liability for any injuries resulting from the use of this equipment. Please direct equipment repair requests and suggestions to the Office of Student Life.
ATM
Withdrawals can be made for a service fee of $1.50 — participating banks may also charge a fee. Most nationwide bankcards are accepted.
The historic ADM Building houses the Admissions, External Relations, Executive Offices, and International Student Services.
The Academic Resource Center houses Center Galleries, the U245 Student Gallery, the library, and a multipurpose student activity room.
Center Galleries
313.664.7800
Center Galleries reflects the diversity of CCS through featured exhibitions by national and regional artists — including CCS faculty and alumni — who work in a variety of media, and embrace a wide spectrum of aesthetics. Their mission is to challenge convention and foster intellectual inquiry. Center Galleries showcases 16 new exhibitions per year. Galleries are closed in August.
U245 Student Gallery
313.664.7800
The U245 Student Gallery offers exhibition space for students from all departments. Selection is competitive, based on submitted proposal and slides, and juried by the Student Gallery Manager and Exhibition Committee. The gallery showcases between eight and ten exhibitions per year.
Library
The CCS Library contains over 37,000 books and over 200 periodicals supporting curriculum in art, design, and liberal arts. The library houses the College's slide collection of 90,000 visual art and design images, for use by both faculty and students. Internet access and word-processing software is available on public computers. The library also offers 64 subscription databases in addition to many instructional videos and DVDs.
Other library services include interlibrary loan, print and electronic course reserves, and course-specific instruction on library and online database use. The library also provides seven stations for viewing videos and DVDs, a large-format scanner, two black and white copy machines and a color copier.
Students and patrons can access their library records from the library's online catalog. The loan period is two weeks. Books can be renewed once if no holds have been placed. Overdue notices are sent to student's campus email addresses. If books are not returned or fines are unpaid by the end of the semester, student records will be placed on hold, the student will not receive grades or transcripts, and will not be allowed to register.
Food is not allowed in the library, although bottled drinks are permitted - no open cups or containers. Only pencil sketching is permitted. Cell phones should be turned off or placed on vibrate while in the library, and phone conversations should be conducted in the lobby. The CCS Library is a member of the Michigan Library Association, the Michigan Library Consortium, the Southeast Michigan League of Libraries, OCLC and the Visual Resources Association.
For more information, call 313.664.7642.
The Kresge-Ford Building houses Foundation, Fine Arts, Illustration, Liberal Arts, Photography, Art Education, and Continuing Education Departments, in addition to the cafeteria, bookstore, The Community ARts Partnership Office and Student Success Center.
Bookstore
313.664.7443
The bookstore sells art supplies, textbooks, magazines, CCS merchandise, and snacks.
Cafeteria
313.664.7684
The cafeteria offers breakfast, lunch and dinner service. It features a variety of hot and cold entrees and side dishes. Menu changes daily.
Campus Safety and Security
313.664.7444 (1st Floor)
The Campus Safety staff routinely patrols campus grounds and parking lots. They are available to escort students between buildings and to and from their cars. Campus Safety also houses lost and found items.
Metal Shop and Foundry
313.664.5007 (1st Floor)
The Metal Shop and Foundry are open to currently enrolled students who have passed the corresponding Materials and Process class. Experienced technicians are available to assist students in the shop.
Wood Shop
313.664.5018 (1st Floor)
The Wood Shop is open to all currently enrolled students who have passed the corresponding Materials and Process class. Experienced technicians are available to assist students working in the shop.
The new Walter B. Ford II Building houses the Advertising Design, Animation and Digital Media, Graphic Design, Interior Design, Product Design and Transportation Departments, Industrial Design departments as well as the Imaging and Audiovisual Checkout Centers.
Imaging Center
313.664.7830
The Imaging Center is available to CCS students, faculty, and staff. The Center produces high-end, full-color, and mono-color printouts, along with eight-color, large-format posters. Services are up to 50 percent less than at other vendors and turn around time is often the same day. Students, faculty, and staff can also check out digital cameras, recorders, and drawing tablets at the Imaging Center.
Audiovisual Checkout Center
313.664.7647
Students can check out slide projectors, installation video projectors (CPJs), opaque projectors and overhead projectors from the Checkout Center. Equipment is for on-campus use only and can be used in-class or for presentations in CCS galleries. Students accept full responsibility for damaged or lost equipment.
The Yamasaki Building houses the Crafts Department, Financial Aid, Registration, Academic Affairs offices, and the Academic Advising and Counseling Center.
Additional Services
Copy Machines
Coin-operated copy machines are located in the ACB lobby, the library and outside the Office of Campus Safety. Cost is ten cents per copy.
Lockers
Lockers are available to students on a first-come, first-served basis. To rent a locker, see the Cashier in the ACB. Locker rental fee is $20, five of which will be returned at the end of the year pending lock turn-in. If locks are not turned in, they will be removed, contents of the locker discarded, and $5 deposit forfeited. CCS is not liable for damage to locker contents.
For additional information or questions contact Kathy Covyeau at 313.664.7408 or email kcovyeau@collegeforcreativestudies.edu.
