The University
Case Western Reserve University is one of the leading independent research universities in the nation. Created in 1967 through the federation of Case Institute of Technology and Western Reserve University, CWRU attracts highly qualified students and faculty committed to excellence in teaching, research, and scholarship.
Today, Case Western Reserve University is an extraordinary, comprehensive institution, with programs that encompass the liberal arts and sciences, engineering, the health professions, law, management, and applied social sciences. Its enrollment and resources, distributed among undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs, achieve a balance that is rare among American universities.
Western Reserve College (renamed Western Reserve University in 1884) was founded in 1826 in Hudson, Ohio, and moved to its Cleveland campus in 1882. The Case School of Applied Science was established in downtown Cleveland in 1880 and moved to a new campus adjacent to Western Reserve in 1885. The name Case Institute of Technology was adopted in 1947 to reflect the institution's growing stature. Case Western Reserve University was established in 1967 by the federation of Western Reserve University and Case Institute of Technology.
The academic programs of Case Western Reserve University are administered through its schools and colleges. Most undergraduate students are enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences or in the Case School of Engineering. Postbaccalaureate programs are offered through all the schools and colleges.
The Case School of Engineering comprises the nine departments of engineering and applied science. It draws on both rich traditions and recent innovations to enhance the noteworthy stature of CWRU's engineering programs.
The College of Arts and Sciences, home to the humanities, arts, and social and natural sciences, is moving to raise these disciplines to new levels of prominence within the University and nationally.
The Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences (est. 1916) offers curricula leading to the M.S.S.A. degree in social work, and to the Ph.D. degree in social welfare. The school also offers a joint academic program with the School of Management leading to the Master of Nonprofit Organizations (M.N.O.) degree through the Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations. A continuing education program for social work practitioners is also available.
The School of Dentistry (est. 1892) offers a curriculum leading to the D.D.S. degree, and postdoctoral training in several dental specialties leading to the M.S.D. degree. The school also operates a dental clinic where students provide dental services to the community under faculty supervision.
The School of Graduate Studies (est. 1892) confers M.A., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees upon students who have completed advanced study in engineering, the humanities and social sciences, mathematics and natural sciences, and the professions. The school is an administrative unit with no faculty of its own.
The School of Law (est. 1892) offers curricula leading to the J.D. degree, with special emphasis on problem solving and analysis, basic legal theory, dispute prevention and planning, communication skills, information technology and professionalism. The school also offers instruction leading to the graduate degree of LL.M. in taxation and U.S. legal studies. The school maintains a community legal clinic in which students work under faculty supervision to provide services to clients.
The Weatherhead School of Management (est. 1967) offers curricula leading to the M.S., M.Acc., M.B.A., and Ph.D. degrees in various areas of business administration. The school offers special part-time programs that are tailored to meet the needs of working students, such as the Executive M.B.A. program.
The School of Medicine (est. 1843) offers a curriculum leading to the M.D. degree; pre-clinical departments offer instruction leading to the M.S., Ph.D., and Ph.D.-M.D. degrees in the biomedical sciences. Faculty are extensively involved in biomedical research, and those in the clinical disciplines have a major commitment to patient care and close supervision of services provided to patients by medical students.
The Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing (est. 1923) offers curricula leading to the Doctor of Nursing (N.D.) degree and to the M.S.N. and the Ph.D. in nursing. A new program leading to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.) degree began in 1990.
From a settlement that began nearly two centuries ago on the banks of the Cuyahoga River, Cleveland has grown into a metropolis of more than 2 million people. The heritage of this Great Lakes port includes industrial achievement as well as cultural and scientific advances. The Cleveland area is headquarters for many of the nation's major corporations, including BP America, Sherwin-Williams, TRW, and Eaton. The city is also a major banking center; the Fourth District Federal Reserve Bank, one of 12 in the nation, is located here.
Health care is another thriving Cleveland industry. Dozens of hospitals and medical centers are concentrated in the area. University Hospitals of Cleveland, the Cleveland Clinic, and others are internationally recognized for outstanding patient care and contributions to medical research.
Greater Cleveland is dotted with shopping malls, theaters, and opportunities for sports and amusement. The latter include Lake Erie; the 17,000-acre Metropark system; professional teams in football, baseball, and basketball; and facilities for softball, skiing, hiking, cycling, picnics, and other activities.
More than 60 ethnic groups are represented in Cleveland; summer festivals continue traditions brought to the region from throughout the world.
Case Western Reserve University is located in University Circle, a 550-acre, park-like concentration of nearly 40 educational, scientific, medical, artistic, medical, and cultural institutions located at the eastern edge of the city.
In addition to the University, which is the largest institution in University Circle, the community includes Severance Hall, home of the world-famous Cleveland Orchestra; the Cleveland Museum of Art, housing one of the nation's finest collections; the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Cleveland Institute of Art; University Hospitals of Cleveland; Mt. Sinai Hospital; the Western Reserve Historical Society; the Garden Center of Greater Cleveland; the Cleveland Museum of Natural History; and many others. All are within walking distance of the University.
University Circle attracts visitors from throughout the region to its concerts, theater performances, athletic events, art shows, public lectures, exhibits, and restaurants. Housing, shopping, and recreational facilities are all located in the area.
University Libraries comprise the University Library, Cleveland Health Sciences Library, the School of Law Library, and the Lillian & Milford Harris Library in the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences. The libraries of the University support the undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs and contain more than 1.5 million volumes.
The main collections of the University Library, numbering approximately one million volumes, are divided between two libraries, Freiberger Library and Sears Library. The Astronomy and Music Libraries are branches of the University Library. One of the strengths of the University Library is its large retrospective collections of serials and periodicals. The library currently subscribes to more than 6,000 serials and periodicals.
Collections for the life sciences and medicine are located at the Cleveland Health Sciences Library. The Cleveland Health Sciences Library is also available for use by CWRU students, faculty, and staff.
The Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences has the distinction of being one of the few schools of social work that maintains a professional library for the use of its students, staff, faculty and alumni, as well as the general university community. The Harris Library contains approximately 25,000 volumes and subscriptions to about 250 periodicals to support the academic curriculum. The library also has a variety of media materials available for classroom use by faculty. The library maintains a bulletin board on Cleveland Free-Net to provide an information resource for social work students, faculty, practitioners, and other human service workers in the greater Cleveland area.
Law materials are located in the School of Law Library. The law library's holdings include more than 250,000 volumes: complete collections of statutory and case law, law reviews, the National Reporter System, state reports, administrative reports, current law services, an extensive British collection and special collections in taxation, labor law, and foreign investments.
EuclidPLUS is the Online Public Access Catalog of Case Western Reserve University. EuclidPLUS displays the holdings of all the campus libraries for all kinds of materials. It is also available on Cleveland Freenet and the Internet. Public workstations are located in each library. Students and faculty can search the holdings of other institutions and request books or journal articles which are not locally held.
Case Western Reserve University also participates in OhioLINK, a project funded by the Ohio Board of Regents to connect the libraries of the state-funded universities and colleges, as well as the State Library and the two major private research universities, CWRU and the University of Dayton. OhioLINK developments will incorporate the availability of online databases and CD-ROMS, document delivery, central database access to library information created at each local institution, and shared collection development.
Through reciprocal borrowing arrangements, Case Western Reserve University students may borrow directly from member libraries of the Northeastern Ohio Major Academic and Research Libraries. These libraries include Cleveland State University, Kent State University, Youngstown State University, the University of Akron, the College of Wooster, Oberlin College. Materials from the Cleveland Public Library may be borrowed for three weeks with a CleveNET card which many be obtained with proper identification. Students may also borrow from the state universities participating in OhioLINK.
Other libraries in University Circle include the Cleveland Institute of Art, the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Western Reserve Historical Society, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, and the Garden Center.
The University is a member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) which includes 119 of the largest academic research libraries in the United States and Canada. CWRU is also a member of the Center for Research Libraries (CRL), giving the University Libraries' users access to more that 3.5 million volumes in addition to its own collection of more than 1.5 million volumes.
Utilizing CWRUnet, the University's technologically advanced communication network, students, faculty and staff have access to a variety of on-campus and world-wide computing and information resources. CWRUnet provides direct communication access from information outlets, or faceplates, located in residence hall rooms, classrooms, offices, libraries, and laboratories. CWRUnet supplies a family of communication services for data, video, voice, telemetry, and control signaling.
Services are provided to users who have computers attached to CWRUnet. This constantly expanding assortment of on-campus CWRUdata resources and services presently includes:
- Electronic software libraries providing personal productivity and general purpose software packages (e.g., word processors, spreadsheets, desktop publishing tools, drawing and painting packages, programming languages)
- Software libraries of courseware providing applications and simulations, scanned images and digital movies (e.g., notes, exam keys, syllabi, texts)
- CD-ROM libraries providing reference works, locator materials, and a wide variety of both general purpose and specific databases
- EuclidPLUS system (the University's integrated on-line library system) providing the ability to search the electronic catalog of CWRU library holdings (see University Library)
- Electronic mail providing on-campus and world-wide INTERNET and BITNET mail service
- Campus-wide information system providing:
- CWRU-related information (e.g., course specific, CWRU calender of activities, International programs)
- General information featuring
- a "public square," for general posting and informal person to person electronic chatting
- legal information (e.g., local, state and national legal and government related postings including the U.S. Supreme Court decisions)
- arts related information (e.g., culinary, literary, theater, photography, audio and video, music, creative writing)
- science and technological information (e.g., NASA Air and Space, computer, environmental)
- medical arts information (e.g., medical doctor and nursing advice, substance abuse, handicap)
- community and recreation information (e.g., sports, games, hobbies, wanted and for sale, jobs wanted and jobs available, University Circle activities)
- business information (economic, personnel, travel)
- the UPI Newswire, USA Today Headline News, and Usenet world-wide news;
- a teleport facility connecting CWRUnet to significant world-wide library catalog systems
- shared computer systems and related services providing specialized computational resources, statistical analysis packages, auxiliary disk space, high-quality laser printing, and magnetic tape access
- administrative data bases and services providing on-line access to student, financial, administrative and personnel related information
- departmental and individual computers providing shared applications, data bases, images, files and other information.
CWRUdata services also link users to thousands of other universities and millions of computers and computer-based resources throughout the world using regional networks (such as the Ohio Academic Research Network) and national networks (such as INTERNET, NREN, BITNET, and CSNET).
Services are provided to users who have cable-ready televisions or video receivers attached to CWRUnet. Currently, CWRU receives 35 cable channels, as well as generating three of its own (e.g., (video bulletin board, CWRU originated and satellite broadcasts). They are distributed in two packages, educational (e.g., ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, C-SPAN, CNN, Court TV, Discovery Channel, Lifetime, SCOLA International, Weather Channel) and entertainment (e.g., HBO, MTV, VH-1).
Services are provided to users who have telephones attached to CWRUnet. CWRUphone is CWRU's telephone service providing on-campus, local and long distance telephone calling. The CWRUphone student long distance telephone program offers users significant discounts over the costs of other long distance methods, electronic access to account information, electronic billing and electronic payment.
Information Services provides a complete range of CWRUnet support services. These include the installation, operation, maintenance, and evaluation of computer systems and data communication hardware and software. Campus-wide hardware and software maintenance programs are available. Comprehensive consulting and user services are provided in the areas of help desk support, statistical computing, documentation, training and information searching.
The general standards of conduct expected of members of an educational institution also apply to the use of University computing, network facilities and resources. These resources include:
- wiring or physical infrastructure used for electronic communications
- electronics or physical equipment used for processing or communications
- programs, programming languages, instructions, or routines which are used to perform work on a computer
- digital information such as records, images, video, or textual material stored on or accessible through a computer
University computing, network facilities and information resources are made available to individuals to assist in the pursuit of educational goals. In order to promote the most effective use of these it is expected that users will cooperate with each other and respect the ownership of work and information even though it is in electronic form rather than printed form. Individuals and organizations will be held no less accountable for their actions in situations involving computers, network facilities and information resources than they would be dealing with other media.
Though some of them are intangible, these computing resources, network facilities and information resources are the property of the University. Rules prohibiting theft or vandalism apply to software and data as well as to physical equipment. Conduct which violates the University's property rights with respect to computing, network facilities and information resources is subject to University disciplinary action. This conduct includes:
- Copying University-owned or licensed software or data to another computer system for personal or external use without prior approval.
- Attempting to modify University-owned or licensed software or data without prior approval .
- Attempting to damage or to disrupt operation of computing equipment, data communications equipment, or data communications lines.
- Using University computing, network facilities and information resources for purposes other than those intended by the University body granting access to those resources; especially using them for personal financial gain or allowing access to them by unauthorized persons even if they are members of the University community.
- Using any portion of University computing, network facilities and information resources for the purpose of:
- Copying privately-owned or licensed software or data without prior written approval.
- Modifying privately owned or licensed software or data without prior written approval.
- Attempting to damage or to disrupt the operation of computing equipment, communications equipment or communications lines.
The University seeks to protect the civil, personal, and property rights of those actually using its computing, network facilities and information resources and seeks to protect the confidentiality of University records stored on its computer systems. The University also seeks similarly to protect those computing, network facilities and information resources of other institutions to whom University personnel have access via the University-owned computing, network facilities and information resources. Conduct which involves use of University computing, network facilities and information resources to violate another's rights is subject to University disciplinary action. This conduct includes:
- Invading the privacy of an individual by using electronic means to ascertain confidential information, even if an individual or department inadvertently allows access to such information.
- Copying another user's software or data without permission of its owner even if it is readily accessible by electronic means.
- Knowingly accepting or using software or data which has beenobtained by illegal means
- Abusing or harassing another user through electronic means.
- Using the University's computing, network facilities and information resources in the commission of a crime.
- Gaining access to non-public computing, network facilities and information resources.
Some of the University computing, network facilities and information resources require that each user have a unique identity, (e.g. CWRUnet ID) to gain access to or otherwise use the system or facility. The identity is used to represent a user in various system activities, to provide access to certain software and data based on his/her credibility and purpose for requiring such access, and to associate his/her own software and data with his/her identity As such, this computer identity is another instrument of identification and its misuse constitutes forgery or misrepresentation. Conduct which involves misuse of computer identities is subject to University disciplinary action. This conduct includes: 1. Allowing another individual to use the computer identity 2. Using another individual's computer identity, even if the individual has neglected to safeguard it.
Case Western Reserve University's computing, network facilities and information resource environment is networked on campus and to other locations. Data on networks is considered to be private. Tapping the network for the purpose of examining data other than that destined for the user's system is considered unacceptable conduct and is subject to disciplinary action.
The management of University computing, network facilities and information resources is distributed among many University bodies. Rules and regulations governing specific resources are available through the individual managing bodies.
Conduct in violation of the principles set forth above with respect to the use of University computing resources may be subject to criminal or civil legal action in addition to University disciplinary action.
The Instructional Television Network (ITN) is operated by Case Western Reserve University. Since 1972, employees of business and government organizations across North America have earned graduate academic credit for courses offered via the ITN. Selected courses from the School of Graduate Studies are videotaped by the ITN during the spring and fall semesters.
For its part, Case Western Reserve University:
- Maintains studio classrooms in which sessions of regularly scheduled courses are videotaped;
- Notifies location coordinators of network course offerings before each semester and videotapes courses that attract sufficient enrollment from ITN students;
- Distributes videotapes of ITN class sessions along with homework assignments, exams, etc., corresponding to these classes.
Each business or government organization supporting its employees in taking courses via the ITN must appoint an ITN coordinator to distribute videotapes, proctor exams, and act as the ITN liaison.
Employees who want to take courses leading to a graduate degree via the ITN pay the same tuition rates and meet the same admission and graduation requirements as do on-campus matriculants.
After admission to an advanced degree program the employee must contact the specified engineering department to retain an adviser. The faculty adviser provides counseling and assistance with course selection as well as project or thesis work.
Employees who are not immediately interested in pursuing a graduate degree program may take courses for credit as non-degree students. Should a non-degree student later wish to pursue a degree program, he or she must apply for admission and be accepted by a specific engineering department. Upon acceptance, only that portion of graduate level work completed with a grade of "B" or better as a non-degree student which is recommended by the department chairperson and approved by the Dean of Graduate Studies and Research may be applied in partial fulfillment of degree requirements.
Employees who have not matriculated and want to audit a course may do so through a "Special Audit". Special Auditors pay one half of the current hourly tuition rate. However, once a course is taken on a special audit basis, the student may not re-take that course at a later time for credit. Employees who have matriculated and wish to audit a course must pay the current hourly tuition rate.
Squire Valleevue Farm is open to all students and employees for recreation, research and conferences. Student groups and departments hold picnics and other social events there year round. Recreational opportunities include a large picnic area, fishing ponds, hiking and skiing trails, the Pink Pig (a reservable overnight lodge), and gardening spaces. Research is conducted by various University departments. Facilities such as the Manor House and Sheep Barn are available for University meetings and social events.
The University-owned farm is located about 10 miles east of campus. The farm consists of 381 acres of rolling meadows and woodlands dotted with six ponds. The farm is open every day until dark. Modern restroom facilities and pay phones are available in several locations.
The School of Dentistry of Case Western Reserve University maintains a clinic that provides complete dental services to students and faculty as well as the general public.
The University Bookstore in Thwing Center offers the students, faculty, and staff of Case Western Reserve University a wide variety of equipment, supplies, and services. The Bookstore is the campus outlet for all the required and recommended University course books, both new and used, including those for the professional schools. The store also offers an extensive selection of technical, general, paperback, and gift books. At the book service desk, customers can order any book not in stock. The Bookstore will purchase students' used textbooks for cash.
Besides books, the store carries a complete stock of art, office, and school supplies as well as calculators, gifts, clothing, greeting cards, boutique items, and office machines.
The University Bookstore computer department carries an extensive line of personal computers at discounts up to 50 percent off list. The Bookstore also carries a complete line of personal computer supplies, such as software, ribbons, diskettes, and paper.
Other services and products include a wide selection of food and beverages, health and beauty aids, and film processing. Special orders are available for books as well as custom orders of clothing and gift items. The University Bookstore accepts personal checks, Discover, VISA, and MasterCard. Hours are 8:30 a.m.--5:00 p.m. Monday, Thursday, and Friday; 8:30 a.m.--6:00 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday; 11:00 a.m.--3:00 p.m. Saturday.
The CWRU Health Science Bookstore, located in the basement of the west wing of the Medical School (below the main entrance), is the source for medical texts, reference books, medical instruments, supplies, and computers. Gifts and imprinted clothing are also available. Services available at the Health Science Bookstore include special order for books and supplies, film processing, and book buyback. Payments may be made with personal checks, Discover, VISA, or MasterCard. Hours are 9:30 a.m.--5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Two campus Snack Stops serve as convenient sources for food snacks, beverages, supplies, health and beauty aids, and photocopying. Located in Leutner and Fribley Commons, the Snack Stops carry frozen, canned, and dried foods, a variety of snack items, soft drinks, juices, milk, lunch meats, and breads. Photocopying is available in letter, legal, and oversize paper. The Snack Stops accept cash and points.
A free shuttle bus system that runs on a continual schedule throughout the week serves the 550-acre University Circle area. In the evenings, a loop bus runs every 20 minutes over a specific campus route. Bus schedules are available in the Auxiliary Services Office, Thwing, and several other buildings. In addition, Regional Transit Authority bus routes run through the heart of University Circle, linking the campus with the greater community. Rapid Transit trains run directly from the campus to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
The University does not encourage private automobiles on campus; however, limited parking is available. Information about parking permits is given below.
All parking for Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals is administered by University Circle, Inc. (UCI), which has also undertaken a program of increasing the space available for parking.
The privilege of parking on campus is granted first to students who must drive cars to reach the campus and to students who require cars because of physical disability or the special needs of their curricula. Parking privileges are then granted, as space permits, to other students. Students living in Murray Hill Road and Carlton Road residence halls and fraternities must obtain parking permits if they maintain cars while in residence. Parking on University property is not allowed except by permit and then only in the areas for which the permit is valid.
Students may apply for fall parking permits in the previous spring. To the extent that space is available, full-time students who meet the above qualifications are eligible to purchase parking permits. Part-time students attending classes for fewer than 12 credit hours (undergraduate) or 9 credit hours (graduate) are eligible to purchase permits on the same basis as above at a lower cost. Summer session permits are also available. Questions about the cost of permits may be directed on or after May 1 to the Department of Auxiliary Services, Thwing Center, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 (368-2724). Maps detailing the complete parking inventory of UCI will be issued with each permit.
All students registered at the University must abide by the parking rules of University Circle, Inc. (UCI). Complete copies of the rules are available at the University Circle Parking Department and the Auxiliary Services.
Violators are subject to fines, and, if fines are not paid, to towing. A person charged with a violation has the opportunity for a first written appeal to the University Circle Parking Department.
In the event of an unsuccessful first written appeal, the alleged violator has the opportunity of reappealing in person, with counsel if desired, before the UCI Parking Appeal Committee.
Failure to pay a fine will ultimately result in the withholding of transcripts.
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