Facilities

Staff and faculty information

The UCSC Social Sciences Division Facilities and Space Planning Team manages a number of Campus and off-Campus facilities.

Social Sciences space portfolio

The UCSC Social Sciences Division is home to a wide variety of research facilities, many of which attract competitive federal funding. See the space portfolio below. See the facilities managed by the Social Sciences Facilities Team in the table.

Building Name	Assigned Space	Department	Research Center
Social Sciences 1	All Floors	Anthropology	Global and Community Health
Thimann Laboratories	Second Floor – Room 210	Anthropology Ancient DNA Lab
Westside Research Park	Building C – Room C114		Monterey Bay Archeological Archive
Humanities & Social Sciences	Second and Third Floor (portion) Fourth Floor	Dean’s Office and Administration
Engineering Building 2	Fourth Floor	Economics
McHenry Library	Ground, First, portions of Second and Third Floor	Education
Nat Sci 2 Main Building	Fourth Floor	Environmental Studies	Norris Center
Interdisciplinary Sciences	Fourth Floor	Environmental Studies	Center for Integrated Spatial Research (CISR)
Merrill College Library – Casa Latina	Second Floor		Dolores Huerta Research Center for Americas
Crown College Classroom	Room 205 and 206	Latin American & Latino Studies
Crown College Faculty Wing	Mainly Second Floor	Politics – Latin American & Latino Studies
Merrill College Academic Building	All floors
Merrill College Faculty Office Annex	First Floor	Politics
Social Sciences 2	All Floors	Psychology	Everett Program
Oakes College Academic	Second and Third Floor		Institute for Social Transformation (IST), Center for Economic Justice and Action (CEJA), Center for Labor and Community, Campus plus Community (C+C), Science & Justice Research Center (SJRC)
Rachel Carson College Academic	All Floors	Sociology

Explore the Center for Agroecology

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Submitting work orders

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Space planning and new project initiation

The Director of Research facilities will start the initiation of new projects and space requests. Please contact socscifacilities@ucsc.edu if you need support. Physical Planning, Development and Operations provides support to start any facility or infrastructure-related improvement project and space support.

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Telephone and network (ethernet) services

Information on any new installs, moves, disconnects, and billing matters associated with the telephones or network services. The Telecommunications Department provides telephone service for the campus, including regular monthly services, instruments, voicemail, calling cards, and web billings. The Facilities Team office initiates activations, moves and disconnects of Ethernet service based on the division’s computing support staff recommendations. Please coordinate any telephone and/or network service requests through your department manager or Social Sciences Computing Office. Submit a telephone request form to initiate any work.

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Available conference rooms

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Computer equipment

Inventory of computing equipment is handled by Social Sciences Computing Office.

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Ergonomic workstation evaluations

• The first step is to conduct a self-assessment and checklist. After you have completed the self-assessment, consider the recommendations outlined on the self-assessment form. If you need assistance with completing the self-assessment or have specific questions about your ergonomic assessment, please contact Facilities Team.
• The second step is to Request a Workstation Evaluation. The Workstation Evaluations are typically conducted by the division’s Ergonomic Assessor and can be done in-person or remotely by Zoom. Please contact the Facilities Team to schedule an appointment. 
• Feel free to explore UCSC Ergonomics to go through the full process.

The Injury and Illness Prevention Program also helps to provide a safe and healthful workplace for employees.

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Furniture purchasing

UCSC purchases Steelcase furniture. Instructions for purchasing new and used furniture: Campus requires that new furniture be purchased according to current vendor contracts. As part of our contract with our major furniture supplier, Steelcase, they can provide furniture specialists who will design custom office or laboratory layouts for a fee. If you need specific furniture, please contact the Facilities Team.

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Inventorial equipment

Includes any equipment valued over $5,000. The Facilities Coordinator acts as equipment custodian for the division’s inventorial equipment. Equipment Administration assigns property numbers to inventorial equipment and requires that the division tracks and disposes of their inventorial equipment according to their procedures.

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Moving services

Facilities team provides in-depth assistance for planning your office or laboratory move. Both on and off-campus movers are utilized to ensure that the move is completed safely and efficiently. The Facilities team also assists with space planning and provides detailed floor plans. Please contact socscifacilities@ucsc.edu.

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Disaster preparedness

Departments’ Emergency Action Plans can be found in the table listed below. More information can be found by visiting UCSC’s Emergency Planning and Responses.

Building Name	Plan
McHenry Library	Education EAP
Merrill College Library – Casa Latina	Politics-LALS EAP
Crown College Classroom
Crown College Faculty Wing
Merrill College Academic Building
Merrill College Faculty Office Annex
Nat Sci 2 Main Building	Environmental Studies EAP
Interdisciplinary Sciences
Oakes College Academic	Social Sciences Research Centers EAP
Rachel Carson College Academic	Sociology EAP
Social Sciences 1	Anthropology EAP
Social Sciences 2	Psychology EAP
Humanities & Social Sciences	Dean’s Office EAP
Engineering Building 2	Economics EAP
Westside Research Park	WRP EAP
Thimann Laboratories	PBSci EAP

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