DESCRIPTION / DIRECTIONS: Van Housen Ext. SB27A is a groundfloor classroom in the same building as the SOAR office and the home location of our "administrative parent" - the Center for Lifelong Education and Recreation (CLEAR) at SUNY Potsdam. (Both SOAR and CLEAR are housed on the third floor of Van Housen Ext.). The building also houses the offices of the University Police - you know you are at the right building because there are police cars parked outside. The extension (office building) is attached to Van Housen Hall, a campus dormitory. Drive in from Pierrepont Avenue on Gouverneur Drive which runs along the backside of Lehman Hall (dormitory). The main entrance to the Van Housen Extension faces several parking lots used mostly by students living in nearby dormitories. SOAR members may park in any of these lots, except for the small one closest to the door (lot #21 which is for short term faculty and staff, with spots reserved for police cars and a few for the handicapped. Once you enter the building, SB27A is the first room on the right, just a few steps from the outside doors. (There is an elevator at the end of the right-hand corridor should you want to go upstairs to visit the SOAR office on the third floor (Room 382 - on the left, as you step out of the elevator).
PARKING: The closest useable lots to the back door are: #22 and then #20 (resident students are not supposed to use lot #20 so there are usually spots in this lot). Other lots - a little further away (#18, #19 and #31), are also useable. There are a few handicapped spots in lot #21 (the police car lot); you must use a handicapped permit to park there.
ACCESSIBILITY: Auto-door opener; ground floor classroom. (Note: aisles in room are small; notify SOAR if you want to participate in a class that uses this room.)
RESTROOMS: There is one uni-sex restroom on the ground level. Turn left when you enter the building; then the restroom is the first door on the right.
 view of Van Housen Ext. from parking lot #22 |
 Entrance to Van Housen Ext. |
 view of the classroom door from the entrance |
 tech set up for (ceiling mounted) digital projector |
 general view of classroom |
 "Exercise and Aging" - John Arthur, Spring 2009 |
TECH and OTHER EQUIPMENT: ceiling mounted digital projector (speakers will be added late spring 2009), ethernet cable access to the Internet. (Personal laptops must be programmed, one time, in order to access the the Internet or to use the digital projector; access is then by the SOAR login and password which will be issued to you by the SOAR tech assistant or the SOAR office.)
FURNISHINGS: 10 narrow tables and 20 chairs (plus teacher's table).
ROOM CAPACITY: 20 (+ instructor)
Last update: 04/06/09
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