Cafe
The Cafe is located near the main quad of the campus (Building 600) The cafe serves a wide range of food and beverages, including hot meals, sandwiches, wraps and snacks.
Campus catering can be organised through the café; please order online at www.caterez.com.au
Or email admin@caterez.com.au to discuss your catering needs.
There is also a coffee cart, open daily during the semester on the ground floor of the Edward Clancy Building (Building 640), serving drinks and snacks.
ATM
A Commonwealth Bank ATM is located next to the Student Association in the Main Quad.
Chapel
The Barron Memorial Chapel is located on the main campus in the E Block. The Chapel is left open and all are welcome to use it for quiet prayer and reflection.
Mass is celebrated daily at midday during the semester, and staff and students are most welcome to attend. We also have the following activities that are held in the Chapel during the week:
- Monday – Choir Practice from 4pm-6pm. If you are interested in participating in the choir come along to the practice
- Tuesday – Divine Mercy Prayer at 3pm
- Thursday – 11:30am – 12pm Prayer and Worship
- Thursday – 3-4pm – Holy Hour
- Friday – 11am – Rosary
If you would like to participate in the Mass readings and/ or singing please contact:
Yvette Nehme (Campus Ministry)
Phone: (02) 9701 4365
Email: yvette.nehme@acu.edu.au
Multi Faith Prayer Room
The Multi Faith Prayer Room is situated at the back right hand corner of the quiet room (which is adjacent to the Student Common Room). This room is available for quiet prayer and reflection.
For further information or assistance, please contact the Campus Ministry Office on (02) 9701 4365.
Smoke free campus
ACU values the health and wellbeing of students and staff and is committed to providing a smoke free study environment. This means smoking is not permitted anywhere within ACU buildings, grounds or controlled vehicles.
During the transition phase to smoke free status there is a temporary designated smoking area on Strathfield campus, located near the gates to Albert Rd.
Telephones
Pay phones are located in the foyer outside the Co-op Bookshop. In-house telephones are located in most lecture rooms for emergency use with speed dial to important numbers. These telephones can also be used to contact staff on their four-digit extension numbers.
Reception
The Strathfield Reception is located on the Ground Floor of the St. Edmund’s Building (Building S) and can be contacted on (07) 3623 7272.
Opening hours are Monday to Friday from 8:30am to 5:00pm.
Reception offers a variety of services, including:
- First point of contact for visitors
- General enquiries
- Campus maps
- Clancy boomgate
- Emergency (ambulance/police) calls
- Outgoing international calls for staff
- Mail – incoming and outgoing
- Express envelopes
- Receipt of deliveries and couriered items
- Courier bookings
- Taxi bookings for staff and visitors
- Cabcharge
Parents' Room
A room with facilities for nursing mothers and parents with small children is located near the Student Centre counter (E block, level 1). The key can be obtained from Reception.
Here you will find a comfortable and private place to feed and care for your baby. Facilities provided include a high chair, changing table and refrigerator for the storage of milk.
Staff kitchens
There are a number of staff kitchens located on campus. The locations are listed below:
- E Block level one – adjacent to Conference Room A
- E Block level two – beside Lecture Room E2.73
- S Block level two – opposite S2.44
- S Block level three – opposite S3.12
- Clancy level one – opposite C1.42 First Aid Room
- Clancy level two – next to C2.31
- Clancy level two – opposite STANSW
All kitchens are equipped with microwaves, hot/cold water dispensers and fridges. Campus Operations provides tea, coffee, stirrers, sugar, milk, scourers, dishcloths and dishwashing liquid for each of these areas.
The kitchens are serviced on a regular basis and general cleaning is carried out each morning. Refrigerators, dishwashers and microwaves that have been provided by Campus Operations will also be cleaned on a regular basis at the start of each month.
Dishes
Individual staff are responsible for washing and drying dishes or stacking dishwashers.
Fridges
Please ensure food kept in the fridges is clearly labelled and not stored for too long. At the end of each semester Campus Operations will conduct a mass clean-out and food may be lost if it is not removed from the fridges.
Microwaves
Please consider others and cover your food while using the microwave. This will prevent unnecessary spillage and cleaning for others.
Milk
Milk is delivered to the fridges on Monday and Wednesday. If you run out of milk please drop into Campus Operations next to Reception, as we have extra milk in our fridge for staff use.
Staff bathrooms
There are a number of staff bathrooms across campus. Two of these bathrooms also contain showers for staff use only. These two bathrooms are located on Level 2 (opposite S2.05) and Level 3 (opposite S3.06) of the S building.