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The ultimate student guide to everything Harcum College and the Bryn Mawr Campus NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION THE COLLEGE OF POSSIBILITIES #HCJOURNEY HARCUM COLLEGE The College of Possibilities Core Values Excellence Civility Empowerment Integrity Community Service Respect for Diversity Academic Center Walkway YOU ARE HERE! a MORRIS AVE b +c MONTGOME RY AVE d p e BRYN MA TRAIN STA WR g n TO P TION A OLI f j h TO VILLA N i OVA/ ROUTE 476/ BRYN MA k OOD ROAD ROUTE 76 WR, PA PENNSW ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES TO ARDMORE/ TO PHILADELPHI ROUTE 1/ CITY LINE CAMPUS DINING HALL A AVE CHARLES H. TROUT LIBRARY N CAMPUS STORE WE S HARCUM MUSIC SCHOOL l NURSING DEPARTMENT m BEARS GYMNASIUM HARCUM COLLEGE BRYN MAWR CAMPUS MAP a. MELVILLE HALL e. ABRAM & GOLDIE COHEN DENTAL CENTER l. OUR MOTHER OF GOOD COUNCIL Administrative Offices Harcum Dental Clinic (OMGC) Allied Health Sciences, Admissions Human Resources Laboratory Science, Financial Aid Finance & Business f. VETERINARY SERVICES Nursing Department, Registrar & Student Records Facilities Veterinary Technology Gymnasium Bursar & Student Accounts PR & Marketing Office of the President g. CHARLES H. TROUT LIBRARY m. BEARS GYMNASIUM b. KEVIN D. MARLO LITTLE THEATRE h. ACADEMIC CENTER n. THE GREAT LAWN Classrooms, Labs, Campus Store, Faculty OF THE ACADEMIC CENTER c. KLEIN HALL Offices, Student Lounge, Student Support Campus Dining Residence Hall Services. p. CHARLES H. TROUT LAWN Health Center Student Life Fitness Center/Gym Campus Safety i. PENNSWOOD HALL + HEALTH SERVICES Residence Hall, Residence Life Office, d. BEDFORD HALL KinderCare Office of College Advancement Alumni Relations j. RICHTER HALL Art and Music Studios Bedford Kevin D. Marlo Academic Center Hall Little Theatre Back Richter Hall Charles H. Trout Library #HCJOURNEY NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION WELCOME TO Handbook Table of Contents HARCUM COLLEGE Preparing for Harcum College 5-8 Founded by Edith Hatcher Harcum Student ID Cards 5 in 1915, the College has empowered Emergency Alert Sign Up 5 generations of students by preparing Parking Permits 6 them for dignified, remunerative, socially useful work. Providing tangible possibilities Harcum Hatch Email Account 6 for individual success remains a central Student Immunization 7 purpose of Harcum—“The College of Commuter Student Resources 8 Possibilities.” Academic & Student Resources 9-12 By coupling practical, experiential education with exposure to the liberal Academic Support 9 arts, Harcum, from its inception, has Counseling Office 9 also sought to enrich its graduates Health Services 9 by broadening their intellectual and Disability Services 9 cultural horizons. For students who English Language Academy 9 are uncertain about career choices, Harcum’s mission is to encourage self- Financial Aid 11 discovery and to promote learning for Policies on Drugs & Alcohol 12 learning’s sake. For those who see the Dining Services 12 l. OUR MOTHER OF GOOD COUNCIL liberal arts and sciences as a springboard (OMGC) Allied Health Sciences, Laboratory Science, to a specialized career, Harcum helps Nursing Department, students identify appropriate directions Arrival and Move-in Information 13-14 Gymnasium for development. Residence Life 13 m. BEARS GYMNASIUM Campus Living & Check List 14 n. THE GREAT LAWN OUR MISSION OF THE ACADEMIC CENTER Harcum College provides its students Student & Campus Life 15–16 p. CHARLES H. TROUT LAWN with an opportunity for outstanding Athletics & Recreation 15 + HEALTH SERVICES academic,24 career, and life preparation. We teach, mentor, and prepare students Harcum Music School 15 for success in their chosen profession in Campus Activities 16 an experiential environment. Harcum’s Clubs & Organizations 16 core values of excellence, civility, Student Government 16 Academic Center empowerment, integrity, community service, and respect for diversity assure Back Career & Transfer Services 17 that every student is valued and supported. Campus Directory 18 6 www.harcum.edu/HCJOURNEY PREPARING FOR HARCUM COLLEGE GET CONNECTED! And get in gear - everything from our Harcum Hatch Email in your first week to getting your immunizations before coming to Harcum College. Please visit the Department of Campus Safety PARKING ON CAMPUS for your official Harcum college ID card & to All students are welcome to park on campus. Any purchase parking permits. students who choose to park their vehicles on campus are required to register their vehicle for a Campus Safety fee regardless of the number of days parked on the Klein Hall, First Floor - Rm. 107 campus. 610-526-6099 Harcum College’s Bryn Mawr Campus has parking STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS available for residential and commuter students. The ID card is the official Harcum College Parking is available behind Pennswood Hall, between identification card. It must be carried by faculty, staff, the Academic Center and Pennswood Hall, along the and students while they are on the Harcum campus. Veterinary Building, and the Dental Clinic. All new students must report to the Office of Campus Safety, Klein Hall, Room 107 to receive an ID card. For current parking fees, please visit our website at: Harcum.edu/parking. Resident students receive an ID card that is programmed with proximity reader access. Students All vehicles must be registered. must report lost cards immediately to the Office of Campus Safety. Register Online! Duplicate cards are issued for a replacement fee: www.harcum.edu/VehicleRegistration $25 replacement fee (for resident and OMGC students only) Students should not punch holes in their cards without the assistance of Campus Safety. Cards punched without Campus Safety assistance could be damaged and unusable for card reader access. 5 #HCJOURNEY PREPARING FOR HARCUM COLLEGE SEPTA ComPASS Harcum offers all students and employees a 10% discount on the monthly purchase of a pass for public transportation. There are three types of passes available through the ComPass Program: • A Monthly Transpass enables you to travel and transfer with no limit on buses, trolleys and subways within the City of Philadelphia. • A Monthly Trailpass offers you unlimited travel up to the zone shown on the face of the pass on suburban bus routes, Regional Rail trains and all transit routes within the City. CAMPUS SAFETY • A Monthly Cross County Pass offers unlimited All officers receive training which includes basic travel on any bus or trolley outside the City of security principles and they are certified in First Aid/ Philadelphia and the Norristown High Speed CPR/AED. Our officers do not carry firearms. Line. Unlimited trips on Regional Rail trains when traveling to, from or thru Center City 24/7 SECURITY/ ESCORTS Philadelphia. Anywhere privileges on all bus, The College provides Campus Safety Officers who subway, trolley and Regional Rail service on are available 24/7. Walking escorts are provided for weekends and major holidays. students upon request. Emergency Call Boxes are available across campus, and campus alerts are Deadline to place orders is Noon the 1st Friday of provided if deemed appropriate. When the boxes each month; 1-month in advance. are activated, Campus Safety is notified of the caller’s location and responds. For more information, please visit: harcum.edu/septa Students can use the Emergency Call Boxes or call or contact the Office of Student Life at 610-526-6032. 610-526-6099. Both will alert the Campus Safety Officer on duty. EMERGENCY ALERTS & STUDENT RIGHT-TO-KNOW & CAMPUS WEATHER-RELATED DELAYS SECURITY ACTS Harcum College uses an emergency alert system The Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security called e2Campus to provide emergency text Act, also known as the Clery Act, is a federal law messaging and email to alert to students, faculty, requiring all colleges and universities in the U.S. to and staff about potentially hazardous situations report their crime statistics and campus security on campus, as well as weather-related delays policies and procedures to the US Department of and closings. Successful implementation of the Education and the campus community once per alert system relies on campus-wide participation. year. Copies of these statistics that serve to meet Students are required to sign up with the e2Campus the Clery Act are available on the College’s website system before classes begin. at: harcum.edu/crimestats To sign up for emergency alerts visit: www.e2campus.net/my/harcum The opt-out date is when the notification alert will expire. Students can use their expected date of graduation. A validation code will be sent to your phone. You must enter the code from your phone to complete the registration process. www.harcum.edu/HCJOURNEY 6 PREPARING FOR HARCUM COLLEGE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) Specific vaccines are required for the following Computer labs are located on campus and students: students can sign out laptops in the library. In addition, the Campus is equipped with wireless Students in the Veterinary Program: high speed internet access. Current Tetanus vaccine is required within the past 10 years and must be valid the entire time HARCUM HATCH EMAIL ACCOUNTS while enrolled in the program. Rabies Vaccine is Your ‘Hatch” email account is the primary way mandated and students must receive this vaccine for instructors and administration to reach you. It before attending their final practicum. also allows the College to send emergency alerts *Please contact your program director for specific and weather related notifications. All students immunization information. are required to use their Harcum Hatch email account. Harcum Hatch is powered by Google. For Resident Students Meningococcal vaccine-one or two doses are STUDENT IMMUNIZATIONS required according to CDC guidelines and the The College’s immunization policy is based on State of Pennsylvania. It is mandatory that this the recommendations of the Commonwealth documentation be received prior to move in day of Pennsylvania’s Department of Health and to live in College owned and operated residence Immunization and the American College Health halls. *Please contact the Director of Residence Life Association and is in direct correlation with the for specific immunization information.