Faculty Handbook: Introduction
The Bob Murphy ACCESS Center (BMAC) Program, at CSULB, was founded in 1973 by a group of students who believed in affecting necessary change in order to make the campus more accessible to students with a disability. Since its establishment, BMAC has grown into a program that provides services to over 1,700 students each semester. Each year BMAC provides over 75,000 hours of direct support services to students with disabilities. In the course of the past 44 years, Bob Murphy Access Center has assisted over 9,400 students graduate from our university.
BMAC has seven major program components:
- Support Services for parking, test accommodations, note-takers, and registration.
- Deaf and Hearing Impaired Services for captioning and American Sign Language interpretations.
- AIM Center for adaptive technology access and Alternative Media Production.
- Stephen Benson Program for students with learning disabilities.
- Autism Services for students on the Autism Spectrum
- Case Management
- Workability IV Program for career guidance, on-campus interviews, workshops, and job fairs.
These essential program services are offered to enhance the success of students with disabilities in their academic pursuits.
Throughout the course of its history, Bob Murphy Access Center has enjoyed a rich and positive working relationship with the CSULB faculty. BMAC will endeavor to continue its efforts to build stronger partnerships in the future.
"No otherwise qualified individual with disabilities in the United States ... shall, solely by reason of his/her disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance ..." Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.
