College for Creative Studies
Art Centre Building, Ground Floor, Ext. 7646
Hours: To be posted each semester
The Mailroom offers students a variety of shipping services, including UPS, Federal Express, regular U.S. Post Office delivery and Priority mail. ACB residents also pick up their packages here.
Yamasaki Building
First Floor, Ext. 7435
Monday-Friday, 9:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M.
At the Cashier’s Window, students can make Tuition and Housing payments, rent lockers, purchase stamps, and pick up Work-Study paychecks.
A. Alfred Taubman Center
Second Floor
Hours: To be posted each semester
The cafeteria is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner service. It features a variety of freshly prepared entrees and side dishes. The menu changes daily. The A. Alfred Taubman Center will also house a quick-service grill on the ground floor.
Kresge-Ford Building
First Floor, Ext. 7684
Hours: To be posted each semester
The café offers breakfast, lunch and dinner service. It features a variety of ready-made entrees and side dishes. The menu changes daily.
Kresge Ford 1st floor B side and Taubman Center 1st floor near the Bookstore.
Withdrawals in $20 increments may be made for a service fee of $1.50 (participating banks may also charge a fee). Most nationwide bankcards are accepted.
The college campus totals 15 acres with approximately 850,000 square feet of space. The Kresge-Ford Building houses the Art Practice Department, Craft and Material Studies Department, Photography Department, Art Education Department, and Liberal Arts Department. Faculty offices, the 24 Hour Computer Lab and the Center for Tutoring and Writing are located 2nd floor of the building. The Arts and Crafts Café is located on the 1st floor of the building.
The Yamasaki Building houses Financial Aid, Academic Advising and Registration, Multicultural Affairs, Student Affairs, Ford Campus Bookstore, Business Services, Career Development, International Student Services, Human Resources, and Information Technology Services.
The Art Centre Building provides convenient, spacious student housing. It also houses the Mailroom and fitness room.
The historic ADM Building on Ferry Street houses the Admissions Office and the Executive Offices.
The Walter B. Ford II Building houses the Entertainment Arts Department, Illustration Department, and Foundation Department. In addition, there are several computer labs, classrooms, Audio Visual Center, and the Wendell A. Anderson Jr. Auditorium.
The Manoogian Visual Resource Center houses the Center Galleries, Facilities, Ford Campus Library, and computer labs.
The Fritz Building houses Institutional Advancement.
The A. Alfred Taubman Center for Design Education houses the following departments: Advertising Design, Communication Design, Fashion Accessories Design, Interior Design, Product Design, and Transportation Design as well as Graduate Studies and Academic Affairs. In addition, this facility also houses CCS student housing, 24-hour computer lab, Color & Materials Library, Community Arts Partnership, Design Core, Pre-College and Continuing Education, Imaging Center, Information Technology Services, gallery space, a full-service cafeteria, Tim Horton’s and commuter lounge. This facility is also the location of the Henry Ford Academy: School for Creative Studies.
Complete academic policies related to student expectations, grading guidelines, course registration, class level, and similar policies can be found in the campus Policy database. The College Catalogs can be found on the Course Catalogs page of the college website. Questions regarding academic policies and standards should be directed to the Office of Academic Affairs.
CCS is located in Detroit’s Midtown and New Center neighborhoods. Populated with students, artists, musicians, and educators, the areas have a cosmopolitan and slightly bohemian feel. Perhaps no place in the metropolitan area has such a diverse gathering of cultures and backgrounds.
The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), one of the world’s most renowned fine arts museums, is in our neighborhood. The DIA is a constant source of reference, instruction, and inspiration for students and teachers alike. Also within close walking distance of the CCS campus are the Detroit Historical Museum, Detroit Public Library, Museum of African American History, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit Science Center, Scarab Club, the International Institute, Fisher Theater, Cadillac Place and the Amtrak Station.
The Wellness Center provides solution-focused counseling services for CCS students (“clients”) who are currently attending full-time or part-time. The services you receive at the Wellness Center are based on a determination of your needs and goals.
The personal counselors at the Wellness Center are Licensed Mental Health Providers, licensed by the State of Michigan. They have at least a master’s degree in counseling, social work, or psychology. The counselors will provide you additional information regarding their training and counseling methods and philosophies at the start of the counseling relationship. There are no fees charged to registered CCS students for counseling services.
The personal counselors generally provide solution-focused counseling services. Our counseling is a way to assist clients through personal difficulties that may affect or hinder their academic performance at CCS. Services provided by the personal counselors are not intended to include crisis or long-term counseling needs, or diagnose or treat serious and/or persistent mental illness or mental disorders. Should your needs or presenting issues require services that the Wellness Center does not provide, you will be referred to another agency or treatment provider that can meet your needs. CCS personal counselors will assist the client in finding an appropriate professional or organization that may specialize in the issues presented by the client. These professionals are not paid by or employed by CCS. A referral does not represent an endorsement or formal relationship between the referral source and CCS.
All referrals are at the discretion of CCS and are voluntary on the part of the client.
The personal counselors adhere to Federal and State laws and professional ethical standards. Counseling records are confidential, maintained and stored in secured cabinets with access restricted to personal counseling staff, and may only be released when mandated by a court or authorized by your signature (or that of your legal representative), with some exceptions. We are legally required to disclose information in some situations to protect people from harm, even though that requires revealing some information about a client’s treatment. The following situations are exceptions to confidentiality:
A copy of the Office of Student Affairs’ Notice of Privacy Practices is attached. Please review it carefully.
There is a possibility of benefits and risks when participating in counseling. The risks may involve the remembering of unpleasant events and may arouse strong emotional feelings. Counseling may also impact relationships with significant others. The benefits of counseling may be an improved ability to relate with others; a clearer understanding of self, values, goals; increased academic productivity; and ability to deal with everyday stress. You and your personal counselor will work together to determine the pace and form of treatment so as to minimize the risks while maximizing the benefits of counseling.
The personal counselors are available in the Wellness Center, second floor Yamasaki Building Monday – Friday from 8:30am – 4:30pm. The mailing address for the wellness center is: 201 E. Kirby, Detroit, MI 48202.
For after-hour emergencies you may contact the Wayne State University Psychology Clinic’s 24-hour crisis line at 313-224-7000, National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255, or go to the nearest hospital emergency room.
With respect to electronic mail (e-mail), be cautioned that e-mail is not a confidential means of communication. Furthermore, the Office of Student Affairs cannot ensure that e-mail messages will be received or responded to if the personal counselor is not available. E-mail is not the appropriate way to communicate confidential, urgent or emergency information
Student Affairs professional staff, for the purposes of scheduling and managing appointment times, do have access to the personal counselors electronic calendars. Only the student’s name, phone number and date/time are included in this information. All Student Affairs professional staff adheres to protecting each student’s confidentiality per their signed confidentiality agreement form.
If you are unable to keep a counseling appointment, please call 313-664-7879 to cancel 24 hours in advance or as soon as possible. If your personal counselor cannot keep an appointment with you, you will be contacted by the Office of Affairs or another personal counselor from the wellness center to reschedule your appointment. If you do not show for a scheduled appointment and do not contact your personal counselor for a follow-up appointment within 30 days, your file will be closed. You can reopen your file at any time by contacting one of the personal counselors or the Office of Student Affairs to schedule an appointment. If you are chronically late or do not attend your scheduled appointments your eligibility for personal counseling services may be revoked.
In the event that the staff at the Office of Student Affairs needs to contact you, please provide a phone number and email address where you wish to be reached, and whether you authorize the Office of Affairs to leave messages.
According to federal regulations, students convicted of a drug offense that occurred during a period of enrollment while they were receiving Title IV Federal Financial Aid may lose eligibility for Federal Aid.
If a student answers ‘Yes’ to question 31 on the FAFSA, they will be sent a worksheet by the federal processing center in order to determine if the conviction affects eligibility for aid. Should the Financial Aid Office be notified that a student has been convicted of sale or possession of illegal drugs, the financial assistance will be suspended immediately.
If a conviction was reversed, set aside, or removed from the student’s record it does not count. Convictions occurring during periods of non-enrollment do not count. In addition, any conviction received as a juvenile does not count, unless the student was tried as an adult.
The period of ineligibility is dependent upon the type of conviction (sale or possession) and if there were previous offenses.
1st Offense – 1 year from date of conviction
2nd Offense – 2 years from date of conviction
3rd Offense – Indefinite period
1st Offense – 2 years from date of conviction
2nd Offense – Indefinite period
If the student was convicted of both selling and possessing drugs they will be ineligible for the longer period.
The student may regain eligibility:
Additional drug convictions will make the student ineligible for federal aid again.
It is the student’s responsibility to certify to the school that they have successfully completed the rehabilitation program.
Students denied eligibility for an indefinite period can regain it after:
A qualified drug rehabilitation program must include at least two unannounced drug tests and must satisfy at least one of the following requirements: