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Aztec Shops, Ltd. is a California non-profit corporation which has existed since 1931. It owns and operates such services as the Campus Store and Food Services. Aztec Shops is not funded by the State of California or the University. Its board of directors is composed of faculty, students, and staff of SDSU.
The Campus Store provides required textbooks, assigned class materials, reference works, school supplies, computer supplies, software and hardware, SDSU items, and a selection of over 45,000 general interest books. The Pulse, located inside the Campus Store, offers a wide selection of copying and other related needs.
A large selection of art supplies may be found at Art Etc. which is located in the old Art Building. Aztec Shops also operates stores at Fashion Valley Mall, SDSU/IVC, CSU San Marcos and Imperial Valley College. You need not be a student to shop in any of these stores.
Food Services includes: The MarketPlace, West Commons, The General Store, Aunt Mary's, Courtyard Cafe, Betty's Hotdogger, Sub Connection, the Faculty/Staff Centre, Rice King, DJ's Deli, Monty's Market (three locations), and Catering. The MarketPlace is open weekends. Other operations, which are leased from Aztec Shops include Piccolo, Allegro, Monty's Pub, Sbarro, Don Diego and Arby's.
Residence Hall meal plans available include a 14 or 10 meal plan. Plans are valid at The MarketPlace, West Commons, Rice King, Courtyard Cafe, DJ's Deli, and the General Store. Students, faculty, and staff may also purchase an Aztec Card which uses the SDSU ID card. It operates similar to an ATM card and can be used at Monty's Market and all Aztec Shops Food Service locations.
Aztec Shops is dedicated to providing quality services to the campus community. Questions or concerns may be directed to the corporate offices on the second floor of the East Commons building.
The June Burnett Institute was created in 1985 at the San Diego State University Foundation from a bequest from the estate of June Estelle Burnett. The Institute is dedicated to developing the potential of all children, youth, and parents in a manner that is sensitive and responsive to cultural, social, and economic differences and needs. It believes that its purposes can be best developed through combined funding approaches that foster cooperation and collaboration, training, and interdisciplinary/interprofessional approaches that promote understanding among children, youth, and families. An advisory board composed primarily of faculty and community members directs the activities of the Institute.
The Institute's Youth Services Division coordinates the Twelve Together Program for eighth grade middle school students. The Institute's Parent Services Division sponsors the Home/School Partnership - a school-focused collaboration of ethnically-identified organizations and PTAs. The Volunteer Division administers the California YMCA/CSU PRYDE AMERICORPS Program--a consortium of five YMCAs and companion CSU campuses throughout California. Evaluation efforts of the Institute include the Safe Zones for Learning AMERICORPS evaluation, the evaluation of San Diego Youth and Community Services' Teen Recovery Center and other evaluation services to numerous community agencies.
The Burnett Institute Faculty Fellows program, in conjunction with the Vice President for Academic Affairs and the applicant's college dean, sponsors four faculty annually who wish to assist the Institute in its research interests.
Other Institute programs involve middle school innovation, exploring ways to prevent school dropouts, and promoting partnership between schools, parents, and nonprofit community service agencies.The Institute is located at 6310 Alvarado Court, telephone (619) 594-4756 for more information.
The California State University Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology (CSUPERB) exists to provide a coordinated and amplified development of biotechnology research and education within the university system; to foster competitiveness both on the state and national levels; to facilitate training of a sufficient number of biotechnology technicians and scientists; to catalyze technology transfer and enhance intellectual property protection; and to facilitate the acquisition and long-term maintenance of state-of-the-art biotechnology resource facilities across the university, such as the Microchemical Core Facility and the Macromolecular Structural Analysis Resource Center, both localized at SDSU. It facilitates interdisciplinary cooperative activities between the departments of Biology and Chemistry on all campuses and between faculty and from a number of allied academic and research units such as bioengineering, agricultural biotechnology, environmental and natural resources, molecular ecology, and marine biotechnology. It also serves as the official liaison between the CSU and industry, government, the Congressional Biotechnology Caucus, and the public arena in biotechnological matters. CSUPERB operates through a Director and an Associate Director, an Executive Committee of 11, and a Governing Board composed of 45 representatives of academic and research units from the 22 -campuses.
The Associated Students' Campus Children's Centers provide child care for children of SDSU students, faculty, and staff. The academic year program is a parent participation program and gives priority to children of students. Other factors that determine priority are financial need and application date. The Campus Center serves children six months through five years of age, who are in good health. The year-round program serves children two to six years of age and gives priority to children of faculty and staff. All applications are considered regardless of race, religion, creed, sex, national origin, or handicap.
Tuition for children enrolled during the academic year is determined on a sliding fee scale based on family size and income. The year round program fees are a set fee.
The program is designed so that a variety of activities are offered that will foster the child's social, emotional, intellectual, and physical development and help the child view himself/herself and the environment positively.
The programs are staffed by professional and student employees, volunteers and Child Development majors. Parents of children enrolled in the academic year program make a weekly contribution of time as teachers in the classroom and serve on a fundraising/publicity committee. Parent participation is not required in the Faculty/Staff Children's Center. Parents have the opportunity to serve on the Children's Center Board, which is composed of parents and other campus representatives.
The hours of operation are: Campus Preschool 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday; Toddler Classroom 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday; Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Infant Classroom is open Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The Faculty/Staff Preschool is open 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Call 594-6359 for more information.
Administered by the Department of Communicative Disorders, the Clinic is staffed by graduate students and supervised by department faculty. It provides assessment and remediation services for SDSU students, staff, faculty, and the community. Comprehensive diagnostic and treatment programs are available for children and adults, who may present such communicative difficulties as delayed speech/language development, voice, fluency or articulation disorders, aphasia, cleft palate, cerebral palsy, loss of communication function, hearing loss and deafness. Also provided are services for bilingual/multicultural clients and speakers of English as a second language. Audiologic services provided by the Clinic include hearing assessment, hearing aid evaluation and selection, assistive listening device evaluations, earmolds, ear protectors, hearing conservation and speech reading/aural rehabilitation therapy. The clinic is located at 6330 -Alvarado Court, Suite 100, (619) 594-6477.
The Developmental Writing program, in the Department of Rhetoric and Writing Studies, offers assistance to all students at any university level, including bilingual and international students, who wish to improve reading and writing skills. The program's services are available on an enrollment basis only.
In addition, the program assists students in completing the University's lower division writing competency requirement. The University requires students to demonstrate writing proficiency consistent with its established standards and, accordingly, requires all entering students to pass various writing competency tests. Students who fail any of these tests should enroll in appropriate developmental writing coursework in the Department of Rhetoric and Writing Studies during their first semester at SDSU and continue until successfully completing it.
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