Students Guide to the North American Campus in Chicago

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The Executive M.B.A. Program in North America is housed in the University of Chicago Gleacher Center, which is located between the Equitable Building and NBC Tower, just east of Michigan Avenue and Tribune Tower, on the north bank of the Chicago River at 450 North Cityfront Plaza Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60611.

Gleacher Center is also home to the Graduate School of Business Evening and Weekend Programs as well as the nondegree Executive Education Programs office.

The Gleacher Center also houses several university offices and facilities, including Graham School of General Studies, University Investment Office, a branch of the University Bookstore, and a business center.

Directions to Gleacher Center

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Columbus Dr Stetson Ave 1 2 3 4 5

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Upper Level Access

Private Transportation

From Southbound Lake Shore Drive:

Exit at Michigan Avenue (1000 N/100 E); south to Illinois Street (approx. one mile); left (east) on Illinois to stop sign; right (south) on St. Clair Street into cul-de-sac located in front of the building.

From Northbound Lake Shore Drive:

Exit at Grand/Illinois Avenue/Wacker Drive (after Randolph Street exit); Grand Avenue left (west) to Columbus Drive; left to North Water Street (400 N); right (west) into cul-de-sac located in front of the building.

From the Kennedy Expressway (90/94):

Exit Ohio Street East (600 N) to Fairbanks/Columbus Drive (approx. one mile); right (south) to North Water Street (400 N); right (west) into cul-de-sac located in front of building.

From the Eisenhower Expressway (290):

Follow signs for Congress Parkway/Chicago Loop to Michigan Avenue; left (north) to Illinois Street; right (east) on Illinois to stop sign; right (south) on St. Clair

Public Transportation

CTA Buses:

Bus routes along Michigan Avenue: 11, 33, 125, 145, 146, 147, 151, 157.

Exit/enter the bus at the 400 block of Michigan Avenue near Tribune Tower.

Bus routes between Union and Northwestern Stations and Michigan Avenue: 125, 151, 157.

CTA Subway and Elevated Trains:

Take the Howard/Dan Ryan Line to the State/Grand Avenue stop; walk east to Michigan Avenue; south to Illinois Street.

Take the Ravenswood or Evanston Express Line to the State and Lake Street stop; walk east to Michigan Avenue and north over the bridge.

Equitable Building NBC Tower Sheraton Hotel Tribune Tower Gleacher Center

Upper East Illinois St Lower East Illinois St

North Cityfront Plaza Dr

Columbus Dr

North Water St

Upper North Michigan Ave

River Esplanade

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Telephone Directory

Building Office (B26) 312.464.8740*

Bookstore (Lobby) 464.8650

Business Center (Concourse, 11) 464.8780

Business Center Fax Machine 464.8781

Office to Advance Career and Corporate Alliances (OACCA) (Suite 340) 464.8677

Graham School of General Studies (032) 464.8771

Computer Lab (Lobby) 464.8670

Conference Center 464.8787

Conference Center Fax Machine (5th floor) 464.8683

Conference Center Fax Machine (6th floor) 464.8789

Evening and Weekend M.B.A. Programs Office (Suite 330) 464.8660

Evening and Weekend M.B.A. Programs Fax Machine 464.8778

Part-time M.B.A. Programs Admissions Office (Suite 330) 464.8700

Executive Education (nondegree) 464.8732

Executive Education Fax Machine 464.8731

Executive M.B.A. Program (Suite 340) 464.8750

Executive M.B.A. Program Fax Machine 464.8755

Fisher Library (Lobby Level) 464.8730

Security Desk (Lobby) 464.8777

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Gleacher Center Floor Directory

The main entrance of Gleacher Center is located on

the east side of the building across from NBC Tower.

Lobby (Main Entrance/Street Level)

• Bookstore

• Computing Facilities Lab • Group Study Rooms (3)

• Fisher Library (Business and Career Management Collection)

• Lockers • Security Desk

Concourse (One Level Below Lobby Level)

• Business Center • Group Study Rooms (3)

• Graham School of General Studies and Classrooms

Second Floor

• Cityfront Cafe Food Service (North Lounge) • Classrooms

• Group Study Rooms (3) • Student Lounges

Third Floor

• Office to Advance Career and Corporate Alliances (OACCA)

• Classrooms

• Evening M.B.A. and Weekend M.B.A. Offices • Executive M.B.A. Office

• Group Study Rooms (2) • Student Lounges

Fourth Floor

• Classrooms • Faculty Office Suite • Group Study Rooms (2) • Student Lounges

Fifth Floor

• Conference Center Office

• Executive Education Office (nondegree) • Midway Club (alumni club facility)

Sixth Floor

• Conference Center (dining room, board rooms, meeting rooms)

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Guidelines for Building Use

Building Hours

Hours: 7 a.m.–10:45 p.m. Monday–Friday

7 a.m.–6:45 p.m. Saturday

The building is closed Sundays and holidays. Hours may vary between terms.

Protocol

Gleacher Center is also the Conference Center, housing all types of university and nonuniversity events. Many corporations hold workshops or seminars for their staff in Gleacher Center. While it is assumed that all Chicago GSB students will demonstrate professional behavior and good judgment at all times, we do want to take this oppor-tunity to remind you of business protocol. Please do not help yourself to beverages or food set up for other users. Please do not study in areas that have been reserved for a specific group. The sixth floor is a conference center floor and is not available as a study space. Please do not approach or distribute copies of your resume to participants of corporate workshops or other such events.

Smoking Policy

Smoking is prohibited in the building.

Offices Housed in Gleacher Center

Office to Advance Career and Corporate Alliances (OACCA) (Third Floor, Suite 340)

OACCA expands the quality and depth of lifelong partner-ships among the GSB’s diverse audience of part-time stu-dents, alumni, corporations, faculty, and staff. This life-time connection is designed to promote excellence in scholarship, career advancement, and success. Workshops, seminars, individual career coaching, self-assessment

tests, publications, and databases are some of the services offered by OACCA.

Graham School of General Studies (Concourse Level)

The University’s Graham School of General Studies offers three types of programs: Professional Education, with seminars for executives and organizations; Higher Education, for faculty members from colleges and univer-sities; and Liberal Education, with noncredit courses in various fields and credit status for adults as graduate stu-dents-at-large (GSAL). Instructors are drawn primarily from the university academic community, and the major-ity of students are postcollegiate adults. For more infor-mation, stop in at the Gleacher Center office, Room 032, or call 312.464.8655. Information may also be obtained by calling the campus office at 773.702.1722.

Conference Center

Housed in Gleacher Center is the GSB Conference Center, offering over 50,000 square feet of flexible conference space spanning six floors, with dedicated conference space on the sixth floor. Facilities include thirteen interactive amphitheaters; two boardrooms; six reception lounges; four executive meeting rooms; sixteen breakout/ seminar rooms; computer training room; auditorium/ film screening room; and dining space. The Conference Center also provides catering, audiovisual, and business services.

Evening M.B.A. and Weekend M.B.A. Programs Office (Third floor, Suite 330) and Transaction Desk (Lobby Level)

Students are encouraged to stop at the third-floor office for assistance during office hours or call 312.464.8660.

Hours: 9:30 a.m.–8 p.m. Monday–Thursday

9:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m. Friday

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The following services for Evening and Weekend M.B.A. students are handled by the Transaction Desk: tuition payment via credit card; miscellaneous forms drop-off; and pick-up of all forms (e.g., graduation packets, Pass/ Fail requests, Incomplete forms, etc.). The parking stamp validation machine is located on the counter outside the Transaction Desk.

Hours: 4 p.m.–10 p.m. Monday–Thursday

4 p.m.–9 p.m. Friday

8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Saturday

Admissions and recruiting offices for the Evening and Weekend M.B.A. Programs are located in Suite 330 on the third floor. Office hours are 8:30 a.m.–6 p.m., Monday through Friday. Call 312.464.8700 for more information.

Executive M.B.A. Program (Third Floor, Suite 340)

Executive M.B.A. Program students meet all day on Fridays and Saturdays. During this time, the third-floor north lounge is reserved exclusively for the use of the Executive M.B.A. Program. Even though the lounge may be empty during certain times of the day on Fridays and Saturdays, non-Executive M.B.A. Program students should refrain from using the lounge during this reserved time.

Services Offered

Bookstore (Lobby Level)

The University of Chicago Gleacher Center Bookstore is a branch of the Campus Bookstore, with an emphasis on business and economic references and materials. The store is open to the general public, as well as to students, faculty, and staff. The bookstore carries textbooks and other class materials, general books, newspapers, maga-zines, office supplies, and gift items such as sweatshirts,

8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Saturday

Bookstore hours will be extended during peak times.

Business Center (Concourse Level, Room 11)

The Business Center is operated by the University’s Printing Services Department. Its services include full-service copying, full-color copies, laminating, fax ser-vices, slide reproduction, and secretarial services. For more information, call 312.464.8780.

Computer Lab (Lobby Level)

The Computer Lab is equipped with PCs and printers. Any program accessed on the Hyde Park campus may be accessed from Gleacher Center Computer Lab. For lab hours, visit the Computing Services Web site at www.gsb.uchicago.edu/comp_svcs/labs/schedule.

Copy Machines

Copy machines are located in the library, second- and third-floor south lounges, and on the Concourse Level. The machines are coin-operated. They also accept copy cards, which may be purchased at the card machine in the library.

Kenneth G. Fisher Library (Lobby Level)

The Kenneth G. Fisher Library’s Career Management Collection is designed to provide career related resources to all members of the GSB community. It also serves as a complement to the resources at the Career Services Library on campus. The resources address various career issues, such as self-assessment, career management and job search strategies. Many materials provide function- or industry-specific information and firm listings. Business and career periodicals also are available in the library.

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8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturday

For more information on the Kenneth G. Fisher Library, stop in or call 312.464.8730 during library hours.

Food Service

Cityfront Cafe (second floor, north lounge)

Serving sandwiches, salads, mini pizzas, muffins, bagels, beverages, etc.

Hours: 3 p.m.–8:15 p.m. Monday–Thursday

4 p.m.–8 p.m. Friday

8 a.m.–3 p.m. Saturday

Lockers

Airport style luggage lockers are located on the lobby level. The lockers are intended for the storage of personal belongings while students are in class. Items remaining in lockers at the end of the day will be removed and discarded.

Lounges

Student lounges are located at the north and south ends of the corridor on floors two through four for quiet individual study.

Reserved Course Material (Transaction Desk, Lobby Level)

Course materials put on reserve by faculty for classes taught during the current quarter are available for checkout at the Fisher Library.

Restrooms

Men’s restrooms are on the south side of the elevator lob-bies; women’s restrooms are to the north on the second, third, and fourth floors and the concourse.

Security Desk (Lobby Level)

The staffed Security Desk is located in the main lobby at the base of the staircase. Dial 312.464.8777 for assistance. Security is available during the building hours of 7 a.m. to 10:45 p.m. Monday through Friday; 7 a.m. to 6:45 p.m. Saturday.

Study Group Rooms

There are twelve group study rooms throughout the build-ing (three on the concourse level; three in the library on the lobby level; two on the second floor; two on the third floor; and two on the fourth floor) for use by registered Graduate School of Business M.B.A. students only. The study group rooms are intended for group study only. Individual study should take place in the computer lab, library, or lounges.

The GSB reserves the right to restrict the use of study group rooms at certain times to certain groups.

Rules On Usage

1. Only registered GSB M.B.A. degree students are authorized to use the study group rooms.

2. Group study rooms are available on a come, first-served basis; rooms may not be refirst-served in advance by individual users.

3. During times of high demand, a waitlist will be kept. A group signing the waitlist for the next available room must check in regularly with the security desk to claim the room or their reservation will be given to the next student/group on the list.

4. Rooms may be occupied for a period of three hours, after which a student/group may continue to use a study room if there is no demand. When demand exceeds supply, the security desk will keep a waitlist and will inform the student/group(s) who have exceeded the three-hour limit that they must relin-quish the room. If a student/group refuses to leave the

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room, a director in the Executive M.B.A. Program office will be notified to enforce the policy.

5. Rooms are accessible for student use Monday through Saturday from building opening until one-half hour before the building’s published closing time. 6. No eating or drinking is permitted in the study rooms.

Key Checkout Procedures

To receive a room key, the student/group must: 1. Complete the log sheet at the security desk and leave

their UCID card. If a student does not have a UCID card, the security desk will call the program office to confirm the student’s status.

2. If the room key is not returned or any other abuse of privileges takes place, building security will record the student’s name on a violation log and notify the pro-gram office. The matter will then be handled accord-ingly. Repeat offenders may lose study room privileges for up to two quarters.

Telephones

Pay phones are located on all floors on the south end against the west wall.

Students Guide to the North American Campus in Chicago

Contents

Directions to Gleacher Center

The main entrance of Gleacher Center is located on

the east side of the building across from NBC Tower.

Guidelines for Building Use