About Our Campus
The
Campus of the Future
New York State is investing in Baruch's urban campus with a construction program
that is fast creating an unparalleled learning environment, already the most
technologically advanced campus in the City.The Information and Technology
Center Center is home to the Newman
Library, a 1,450--seat facility that contains
four floors of user--friendly computerized research tools and thousands of
volumes and periodicals; and the Baruch
Computing and Technology Center (BCTC),
with over 400 workstations in an open-access lab, offering hardware ranging
from microcomputers to mainframes, various software packages, and access to
the global Internet.
Rising 14 floors the Vertical Campus building, which opened fall 2001, features state of the art technology, research facilities, classrooms, and faculty offices, meeting areas, an expanded student activities center as well as a physical fitness center (including a gymnasium and swimming pool), a theater, a television studio, recital space and a conference center. For the first time, Baruch students have a spacious central location for classes and activities.
The Faculty
Students have the advantage of contact with a faculty that combines outstanding
academic credentials with significant real-world experience. The Baruch
faculty numbers 400 full-time and 350 part-time members. Full-time faculty
teach entry-level courses as well as advanced courses; they also serve as
advisors to student organizations.
Special Programs and Centers
The Sidney Mishkin Gallery mounts notable exhibitions of photographs, drawings,
prints, and paintings. Alexander
String Quartet provides Baruch students
with unique opportunities to learn about the performing arts from master
professionals. Baruch's award winning Computer
Center for Visually Impaired People provides access to data in such forms as Braille, large print, and
synthetic speech.
