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Highmark Center Reservable Spaces & Policies

Reservation of spaces in the Highmark Center are available to:

  • Athletics and Community Health and Well-Being departments
  • Organizations, individuals, and events affiliated with Athletics and/or Community Health and Well-Being
  • Approved events

How to Reserve a Highmark Center Space

  • Affiliates of Athletics or Community Health and Well-Being should contact the appropriate departmental administrator.
  • All other inquiries, please email the Highmark Center with details of your event and needs for review.

Reservable Spaces

a light wooden snack bar with bar seating and overhead lights

Concessions

conference room with large table and many white and red chairs around it with a digital display and a whiteboard

Conference Room 202 - Tartan Room

conference room with small table and several white and red chairs around it with a digital display

Conference Room 205

conference room with large table and many black and red chairs around it with a digital display and a whiteboard

Conference Room 303

conference room with smaller conference table and several white and red chairs and a white board and digital display

Conference Room 304

an outdoor garden with raised beds, a meandering brick walkway, and green foliage

Posner Family Wellness Garden

Building Policies

  • All university policies relating to alcohol use and social host responsibility will be firmly adhered to within the Highmark Center.
  • The university firmly supports all laws relating to alcohol within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
  • In accordance with these stipulations, alcohol will be permitted only at approved social events within the Highmark Center in compliance with procedures set forth by the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs.
  • Except as noted below, all dogs, cats, and other pets are prohibited from the premises of the Highmark Center.
  • Service animals are defined as dogs that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities and are permitted in the Highmark Center. Emotional support animals are not permitted in the Highmark Center. Service animals may be prohibited from accessing certain environments where the presence of an animal presents a health or safety risk.
  • Additional information for students regarding policies on pets, service animals and emotional support animals is available in the The Word Student Handbook.
  • The Highmark Center enforces the CMU Personal Wheeled Vehicle Transportation Policy in the building and its immediate perimeter.
  • As such, the operation of bicycles, skateboards, in-line skates, scooters, electric bicycles, Segways and other vehicles, and any other personal recreational and/or wheeled vehicle (with the exception of wheelchairs and other accessibility equipment) is prohibited in the building and on the pedestrian ramps adjacent to the building.
  • Additionally, personal wheeled vehicles are not permitted to be parked within the public areas of the Highmark Center. Personal wheeled vehicles left unattended within the building may be confiscated.
  • All postings on public digital and physical displays must be approved as described below. Any other postings in the building will be removed.
  • Public digital screens and poster displays are limited to the following content:
    • Athletics or Community Health and Well-Being department content
    • Student organizations associated with or sponsored by an Athletics or Community Health and Well-Being department
    • Major CMU campus-wide events and information
    • Other content with approval from the Building Coordinator
  • Locations
    • Digital Board - Left-hand screen on first floor near entrance to Athletics locker rooms
    • Poster Displays - Outside double passenger elevators on floors 1, 2, 3, 4
  • Submission
    • Digital Board
      • All content displayed on public Visix displays must be approved by the Building Coordinator
      • Email content in PNG/JPEG format. All images must be in landscape orientation in the dimensions 1920x1080px / 16:9 aspect ratio. Content should reflect approved CMU branding and accessibility standards.
    • Poster Displays
      • All posters must be given to the Building Coordinator for review, approval and posting. Posters may be dropped off in Highmark Center, Suite 106. 
      • All posters must be in 8.5”x11” portrait oriented format
      • Only the Building Coordinator or their designee may place posters in the displays.
      • The Building Coordinator or their designee will regularly update all poster displays. 
      • No other posting is permitted in the building with the exception of temporary signage approved by an Athletics or Community Health and Well-Being department and/or the Building Coordinator. 
  • Content displayed on public Visix displays will be removed:
    • When the event is over or; 
    • One month after posting; or
    • At discretion of Building Coordinator 
  • Content displayed in the poster displays will be removed:
    • When the event is over or; 
    • When no space is available for new posters. Posters will be removed from the display based on the oldest date of installation.
  • Use of Public Rooms (202, 205, 303, 304, 305)
    • Public Rooms must be reserved between 7 am - 7 pm, daily
    • Rooms are available for general use from 7:00PM - 5:00AM, unless previously reserved. Users may access public rooms by tapping a valid CMU ID.
  • Use of Other Spaces in the Highmark Center
    • All requests for use of the Auxiliary Gymnasium, Varsity Arena, Concessions Area and any other area not specifically named in these policies must be emailed to the Highmark Center.
    • Final approval of reservation requests will be determined by the Associate Vice President(s) for Student Affairs who oversee Community Health and Wellbeing and Athletics.  
  • Additional Information