Hall Center For The Humanities

Parking


There are six spaces reserved for visitors to the Hall Center in Lot 38, just east of our building. University Parking regulations require that persons with KU Parking Permits park only in lots that correspond to their permit color; cars with KU Parking Permits in Hall Center Visitor spaces will be ticketed. Visitors who wish to use Hall Center Visitor spaces should request a temporary pass at the Hall Center reception desk, and display it on their dashboards.


Facilities Information


THE HALL CENTER FOR THE HUMANITIES
FACILITIES DESCRIPTION AND FEES INFORMATION

The Hall Center for the Humanities (HCH) is a designated research center at the University of Kansas with purpose-built facilities dedicated to the support of research in the humanities, arts, and social sciences, and the dissemination of that research to a broader public. Center facilities are available to HCH affiliated groups and organizations whose proposed activity is consistent with the Center’s purpose.

Facilities Use Request Form
Event Planning Guide


ROOM INFORMATION

The W. Clarke Wescoe Conference Hall is located on the main floor of the Hall Center for the Humanities. It can seat 100 people theater-style or 70 people at round dinner tables.  Please note that if the event requires special set-up such as additional tables for food and/or beverage service, space for servers, or the use of the piano, you should adjust downward the maximum number of people who can be accommodated in the Conference Hall.

Audio/Visual Equipment available in the Conference Hall includes:

  • Built-in LCD projector
  • Laptop computer with wireless web access
  • VCR
  • DVD/CD player
  • Sound system, including lapel, table and wireless handheld microphones, and hearing assistance devices
  • Opaque Projector (also known as an ELMO)
  • Slide projector (not built in to the LCD)
  • Cassette tape recorder and player, which can be used to record sessions
  • Wall-mounted video camera, which can be used to videotape sessions
  • Portable flip chart/white board (please use only markers provided)
  • Steinway Grand Piano (Note: Use of the piano requires special approval.  The cost of tuning the piano prior to an event is extra, and the piano may not be moved more than a few feet from its present location.)

The Lynwood H. Smith Seminar Room is located on the second floor of the Hall Center, which is accessible by the main staircase and via the elevator at the west end of the building. It can seat 14 people at the conference table and an additional 6 to 10 people in chairs around the sides of the room. (Please note that the use of audio/visual equipment may reduce the number of people who can sit comfortably in the Seminar Room.)

Audio/Visual Equipment available in the Seminar Room includes:

  • Portable LCD Projector (for attachment to computer for presentations)
  • Overhead projector (for transparencies)
  • Laptop computer with wireless web access
  • Television set 
  • A combination VCR/DVD player with ability to play CDs
  • Whiteboard to be used as projection screen, as well as a marking surface (please use only markers provided)
  • Flip Chart (inside doors of whiteboard)

FEE STRUCTURE (Effective Fall 2009)

Rental of Hall Center facilities entails both facilities and staffing fees.

Facilities Fees

For Groups affiliated with the Hall Center (at KU or off campus)

Conference Hall:
    *Lectures, symposia, workshops, and recitals:  $50.00 per hour, maximum $250 per day
    *Events involving food or bar service:  $100.00 cleaning fee
    *Audio/Visual Use:  $25.00
    *Piano Tuning:  $85.00

Seminar Room:
    * Departmental and public seminars, symposia, and workshops:  $25.00 per hour, maximum $125 per day
    * Events involving food service:  $50.00 cleaning fee
    * Audio/Visual Use:  $25.00

For Groups not affiliated with the Hall Center (at KU or off campus)

Conference Hall:
    * Departmental and public lectures, symposia, and workshops:  $100.00 per hour, maximum of $500 per day
    * Events involving food or bar service:  $100.00 cleaning fee
    * Audio/Visual Use:  $25.00
    * Piano Tuning:  $85.00

Seminar Room:
    * Departmental and public seminars, symposia, and workshops:  $50.00 per hour, maximum of $250 per day
    * Events involving food service:  $50.00 cleaning fee
    * Audio Visual Use:  $25.00

Staffing Fees

$50 per hour (one full time and one student staff member), with a maximum charge of $250 per day for events held during regular operating hours.

Two HCH staff members must be present at all events held in Hall Center facilities.  They will arrive one hour prior to the event, and will remain until all non-HCH personnel have left the building and event cleanup has been completed.  The maximum charge limit does not apply to weekend and after-hour events.

For more information, contact HCH Associate Director Kristine Latta at 785/864-7823 or klatta@ku.edu.

<strong>Rory Stewart,</strong> Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and author of <em>The Place In Between</em>, an account of his trek across Afghanistan

Humanities Lecture Series
Rory Stewart
February 16, 2010
Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union

The Shifting Borders of Race and Identity: A Research and Teaching Project on the Native American and African American Experience

E-books now available!

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