Bob Murphy Access Center
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Location: Shakarian Student Success Center (SSSC) Room 110
Phone: (562) 985-5401
Fax: (562) 985-7183
E-mail: bmac@csulb.edu
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Fall & Spring Semester Testing Hours:
Monday through Thursday, 8am - 6:45pm
Friday, 8 am - 4:45 pm
The Bob Murphy Access Center (BMAC) at CSU Long Beach’s mission is to assist over 2,700 students with disabilities at CSU Long Beach to achieve their educational degrees and prepare them to be career-ready after graduation. Since our beginning in 1973, BMAC has supported over 14,400 students in graduating from CSU Long Beach.
BMAC promotes diversity, equitable access, inclusion, and a sense of belonging to students. Through campus education, accommodations, and outreach, BMAC guides students with disabilities to develop independence and self-advocacy skills within the living, learning, and vocational environments.
BMAC supports a universally accessible campus that provides an equitable education free of academic, social, and environmental barriers. BMAC is dedicated to the continued advancement of disability awareness and services by incorporating innovative technology and principles of Universal Design, evolving practices, while utilizing a human-centered approach. Serving as disability advocates, BMAC embraces diversity, equity, inclusion, and access to the campus community.
| Program Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Accessible Technology Program | Provides alternative formats and assistive technology accommodations and support for BMAC students. Also provides remediation services and accessibility training for campus partners. Facilitates captioning services for faculty. |
| Autism Services/LIFE Project | Life Independence for Empowerment Project. For students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)(including Asperger Syndrome). Provides weekly workshops, presentations, and community-building activities to practice the skills necessary to navigate university life and future career opportunities |
| Case Management | Provides students with disability-related information about services and resources. Assists students with crisis and immediate needs such as shelter, food, legal, and financial resources |
| Deaf/Hard of Hearing Support Services | For deaf and hard of hearing students. Provides Sign Language interpreters, CART writers, note-taking, parking permit for priority parking spaces, priority registration, and disability management. |
| Lois Shakarian Educational Support Services | Provides campus, classroom, and alternative testing accommodations for BMAC-registered students with disabilities |
| Stephen Benson Learning Disability Program | Serves the needs of CSULB students who have a diagnosed learning disability. |
| Special Admissions | Facilitates application review on a case-by-case basis for applicants who may not meet the California State University Long Beach (CSULB) admission requirements due to a disability but are otherwise qualified. This process involves consulting with Enrollment Services and providing additional information about the applicants’ special circumstances. Each applicant is reviewed individually. |
| Testing Department | Ensures strict compliance with all regulations regarding the confidentiality of test candidate information. Provides comprehensive support for university testing requirements, including policy interpretation, test registration, special accommodations, and score verification for various exams. Offers proctoring services for a fee for individuals needing to take tests for other institutions or agencies. |
| Title IX: Pregnant & Parenting Students | Provides accommodations for pregnant & parenting students. |
| Workability IV (WAIV) & Career Services | A career preparation and job placement assistance program for students and recent alumni with disabilities at California State University, Long Beach. |
