Clark Atlanta University provides academic services that support the University's students and academic programs. These services are provided through the following support facilities.

The Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

The Atlanta University Center (AUC) Robert W. Woodruff Library partners with its member institutions providing information management, instruction and access to a variety of global information resources acquired and organized in support of teaching and learning, scholarship and cultural preservation of the AUC.  Member HBCUs served include Clark Atlanta University, the Interdenominational Theological Center, Morehouse College, and Spelman College. Conveniently located and easily accessible to the member institution campuses, the Library is the center of the intellectual and social life at the Atlanta University Center.

The AUC Woodruff Library received the prestigious Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Excellence in Academic Libraries Award in 2016 which recognizes academic libraries for delivering exemplary services and resources in support of their institutional missions. The Library CEO & Director, Loretta Parham was named the ACRL 2017 Academic/Research Librarian of the Year.  The AUC Woodruff Library is the only Library to earn these two back-to-back ACRL distinctions.  In May 2022, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) announced the AUC Woodruff Library as its 127^th member, becoming the second HBCU to achieve the honor.

Having completed a phase one interior renovation project, the Library has been transformed into a 21st century learning and research space designed specifically to meet the needs of today’s information seekers. The Library offers innovative services including Mac and PC workstations featuring the latest software programs; smart classrooms and presentation studios equipped with computer connectivity and audiovisual capabilities; a virtual lounge, and full wireless access throughout the 220,000- square-foot building. The Library also features a number of flexible learning spaces with quiet study areas for individual research and collaborative study where faculty and students can meet to work collectively and share ideas. A graduate study suite, a quiet study suite, and seminar rooms with small and large group capacity are available for reservation for meetings, conferences, or classes. In addition, the Library provides other conveniences for the Atlanta University Center academic village: a shuttle service with routes featuring stops on the campuses; a café located on the Library’s main level; and the Virginia Lacy Jones Exhibition Hall, with maximum capacity of 500 to accommodate student, faculty and Library sponsored programs and events. The Library’s Greenscape and Pedestrian Parkway, located across from the main entrance on Brawley Drive, is an outside area for student gatherings and features wireless internet access and seating areas for outdoor learning opportunities and is also available for rental use. The Library hosts a Bloomberg Finance Lab that is equipped with 13 computer stations featuring Bloomberg Terminal software and an interactive Market Wall. The Bloomberg Finance Lab provides hands-on learning experiences and allows students and faculty to engage in real-world applications with software and services that are employed throughout global financial markets.

Nearly 82 staff and professional librarians work to ensure that the AUC Woodruff Library fosters a safe, efficient and visually-inspiring learning environment that contributes to student success. The Library collects and creates digital resources providing access through its institutional repository (RADAR). Its holdings of print and electronic books, journals, media and database materials of over 1.8 million items are available to the AUC academic community. Electronic resources are accessible to all faculty and students remotely through the Library website, www.auctr.edu. and inside the building where there is access to 200-plus workstations. The AUC Woodruff Library Archives Research Center is noted for its extensive holdings of materials on the African American experience, including the John Henrik Clarke Africana and African-American Collection, the Henry P. Slaughter and Countee Cullen Memorial collection of graphic and performing arts, and the Maynard Jackson Mayoral Administrative Records collection. In addition, at the request of Morehouse College, the Library serves as custodian of the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection and the Joseph and Evelyn Lowery Collection. As such, the Library houses and oversees the security, conservation, preservation and access of these and other historical manuscript and audiovisual collections for scholarly research.

The AUC Woodruff Library participates in resource-sharing programs. Membership in the Atlanta Regional Consortium of Higher Education (ARCHE) provides faculty and students with access to the collections of nineteen area libraries. Visit www.atlantahighered.org for a list of ARCHE member institutions. Other consortium memberships include: Georgia Library Learning Online (GALILEO), a statewide virtual resource network; LYRASIS; the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC); the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR); the Oberlin Group; the Digital Library Federation, EDUCOPIA, and the HBCU Library Alliance.

CAU-TV

Robert W. Woodruff Library, Lower Level
Telephone: (404) 880-6151

Since 1983, CAU-TV has been the Educational PEG channel licensed by Comcast to Clark Atlanta University. CAU-TV Channel 23 programming airs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The station cablecasts to more than 150,000 Comcast cable subscriber households within the city limits of Atlanta. The station serves the communities of the Atlanta University Center and of southwest Atlanta, Georgia.

CAU-TV plays an integral role in the Division of Communication Arts at Clark Atlanta University. The Station provides hands-on, broadcast, training opportunities to more than 500 majors, who assist with the production of original programming generated through partnerships with Atlanta University Center organizations, and local educational and community agencies. Students participate in all facets of the production process – utilizing state-of–the-art equipment and working with a professional staff – to reinforce skills taught during classroom instruction. Mass Media Arts majors are not only required to serve as production staff, but are also necessary in order for the Station to produce ongoing original content.

The vision of CAU-TV is to use our strategic location (Atlanta) to expand programming opportunities with a fresh perspective to more global audiences by engaging more accessible experts and implementing emerging media technology that most appropriately positions the station as a highly credible PEG educational access channel. The mission of CAU-TV is to provide a variety of high quality,  informative programming thereby servicing the Atlanta community as an educational and community resource and hands-on, training ground for broadcast majors in the Atlanta University Center.

WCLK Radio Station, Jazz 91.9 FM

Robert W. Woodruff Library, Lower Level
Telephone: (404) 880-8284

Founded in 1974, Jazz 91.9 WCLK a 501(c) (3) nonprofit radio station is a member supported National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate and a founding member of the African American Public Radio Consortium (AAPRC) serving the interest of the citizens in metropolitan Atlanta. Licensed to Clark Atlanta University, Jazz 91.9 WCLK broadcasts a mix of classic and contemporary Jazz, Gospel and information programming to a metropolitan Atlanta audience of nearly 125,000 weekly listeners and it streams to thousands of weekly visitors globally at wclk.com. WCLK offers mainstream Jazz programming on its HD2 platform and a Hip-Hop format programmed by students on its HD3 platform which also serves as a production training outlet for students at Clark Atlanta University.

The mission of Jazz 91.9 WCLK is to develop and provide professional high quality multimedia services and information programming and to increase the awareness of the significance of jazz music as an American art form to the Atlanta community and worldwide audience, while training and guiding students in all aspects of public media services.

The vision of Jazz 91.9 WCLK is to leverage its legacy as a jazz and cultural icon throughout the Atlanta area and the world by cultivating the resources that ensure uninterrupted quality public media services and by adopting and implementing new technologies and content delivery platforms that serve the widest audience possible.

Clark Atlanta University Art Museum

Trevor Arnett Hall, Second Floor
Telephone: (404) 880-6102

Clark Atlanta University Art Museum provides a range of aesthetic and educational experiences for the Clark Atlanta University community and the general public. In serving both the academic goals of the institution and public interests, the museum disseminates knowledge about and stimulates interest in African and African Diaspora art via special exhibitions, programs, and publications developed in-house and in cooperation with other museums and cultural institutions. The exhibitions and related programs are specifically designed to enhance the development of these communities through the collection, preservation, exhibition and interpretation of works of fine art that engage with key art movements and intellectual currents of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Acquired primarily from 1942 to 1970 by virtue of the purchase of prize-winning works created by artists participating in the annual Exhibitions of Paintings, Prints, and Sculptures by Negro Artists in America, the permanent collection is one of the largest and most historically significant collections of African American fine art in the United States. It is currently comprised of 1200 works that date from 1895 until the present, and continues to be supplemented by purchases and gifts from donors and patrons. The African American collection includes historical, modern, and contemporary works by renowned artists such as William Edouard Scott, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Elizabeth Catlett, Norman Lewis, Lois Mailou Jones, Mildred Thompson, Radcliffe Bailey, Albert Chong, Sheila Pree Bright, and Fahamu Pecou. The African collection consists of 382 works of traditional art primarily from West African with a few innovative pieces from Central and East Africa. Due to donations by Samuel and Dorothy Rosenman and Chauncey Waddell, a former Trustee of Atlanta University, the contemporary collection also includes nearly 85 works by notable artists of non-African descent such as Will Barnet, Isabel Bishop, Alexander Calder, John Marin, I. Rice Periera, Gerard Ernest Schneider, and Zao Wou-Ki.

Selections from the collection are displayed regularly in the gallery on the second floor of Trevor Arnett Hall. It is open Tuesday through Friday from 11am to 4pm as well as by appointment. The Art of the Negro mural series, which depicts the contribution of peoples of African descent to civilization and expressive culture, is located in the Hale Aspacio Woodruff Atrium. It is accessible Monday through Friday from 9am to 5pm and by appointment.

A national forum for artists of African descent, Clark Atlanta University Art Museum fosters visual literacy and intellectual engagement for university faculty and students, public school groups, and the community at-large. The museum’s staff offers tours and opportunities for in-depth scholarly research on specific works of art in the permanent collection. In addition, we are a pedagogical resource for undergraduate and graduate courses concerned with sociocultural, psychological, and historical issues related to Africa and the African Diaspora.

Computing Services and Resources

The Office of Information Technology and Communications (OITC) is dedicated to positioning Clark Atlanta University as a trailblazer in the realm of technology within higher education institutions. Ensuring our information technology remains up-to-date is essential for maintaining our competitive edge and unlocking unparalleled opportunities for the University to fulfill its mission. OITC oversees the management of the University’s infrastructure, administrative and academic IT resources, while also offering robust support for research technology initiatives.

The University's technology infrastructure is supported by a campus-wide fiber optics backbone and wireless network connecting campus users to speeds up to 100 gigabit (GB). Connectivity to the Internet is supported by a 100 gigabit (GB) dedicated, redundant circuit and provides access to the Internet and Southern Crossroads SoX Research Consortium for faculty, students, researchers, and staff to support teaching, learning, research, and administrative needs. Wireless network access is available in every building on campus including the residential halls and along the Promenade. There are over 30 teaching and open computer labs with more than 1000 computers available for academic use. Students, faculty and staff can access a variety of university provided applications and resources, a campus-wide emergency notification system, a university website (www.cau.edu), Panther PAW Card for access control, and other course specific applications.

Learning and teaching is presented in technology-enhanced classrooms and computer labs to support academic program needs in educational facilities. Computers are located in academic buildings and computing labs throughout campus and are available to all registered students. Depending upon the academic program, students have access to either Windows or Apple computers with standard applications (e.g., Microsoft Office) and some course specific software. Students also have access to cloud-based Microsoft 365 which includes applications such as Outlook for email access available 24 hours a day. The University leverages Canvas learning management system for course management and accommodates access to the system both on and off campus. The University administrative functions are supported through Ellucian’s Banner system for student information, financials, institutional advancement and human resources transaction management. Students can register for classes and manage their financial aid and account information via internet access to the Panther Portal.

OITC provides technical support through the 24-hour Help Desk for students, faculty, and staff.