Biology Labs
The biology program (second, third and fourth floors of Simperman Hall) has eight laboratories for instructional courses and student research. The department also maintains a greenhouse, a cadaver lab, an animal room, a cell culture lab and a molecular biology lab. Equipment includes fluorescence and differential interference contrast microscopes, an ultracentrifuge, computer-assisted data acquisition systems, electrophoresis equipment, and two PCR thermocyclers.
Chemistry Labs
The chemistry department has recent upgrades to its facilities which incorporate modern safety, accessibility, and technology as well as a newly refurbished lab for upper-division lab work and student research. This lab contains a new 400 MHz Bruker FT-NMR. Other departmental holdings include UV-vis, FTIR, ICP-AES spectrometers, HPLC and GC-MS chromatographs, and various electrochemical, electrophoretic, and synthetic equipment.
Civil Engineering Lab
The Civil Engineering Building is a 4,290 square-foot facility that includes a 2,000 square-foot, high-bay laboratory on the lower level and a 32-seat classroom and two faculty offices on the upper level. The laboratory has modern equipment and instrumentation for soils testing, construction materials testing, water treatment, as well as for fluid mechanics and hydraulics experiments. The building has wireless network access throughout and five student computer stations that have Microsoft Office and the specialized software (AutoCAD, Matlab, Visual Analysis, WaterCAD, etc.) used by engineering students for courses and projects. There is a work area with a desk and telephone for the lab supervisor.
Education Lab
The Department of Education maintains an Educational Resource Laboratory for students majoring in elementary and secondary education. In addition to a wide selection of children’s textbooks, teacher’s manuals and curriculum guides, the laboratory serves as a center for the construction of classroom-related materials and as a depository of audio-visual resources. The pre-service teacher is encouraged to use the varied resources of this center.
Learning Research Laboratory
Carroll’s Psychology Department maintains a six-station learning research laboratory, adaptable for either human or animal research, an observation facility and a wide range of testing materials to serve students and faculty.
Library
The Corette Library collection includes proprietary indexes and databases that provide access to hundreds of thousands of electronic academic journals and books, a print monograph collection of over 80,000 volumes, DVDs, and all Carroll College theses. All electronic information is available to students anytime on or off campus. Group and individual, electronically-equipped study areas and a computer lab are provided for student study. The archives contain historic documents and images—selections from which are currently being scanned and made available via the internet—that may be viewed with prior arrangement. The library is a member of a consortium of Montana academic libraries that cooperate to expedite access to research resources. The library also cooperates with libraries throughout the state, region, and country to ensure that student research needs are fully supported. Services offered by the Corette Library include, among others, individual and group reference assistance, interlibrary loan, and bibliographic instruction. The library cooperates closely with Campus Computing and Information Technology. The CCIT Associate Director for Academic Technology and the Instructional Technologist are located in the library. Library and IT staff cooperate to offer integrated library and IT guidance with research and the realization of projects.
Nursing Labs
The fourth floor of Simperman Hall houses the nursing program and its newly renovated lab facilities. There are labs dedicated to the learning and practice of basic nursing skills, assessment, and acute care. These labs feature an array of resources including a state-of-the-art SimMan and SimBaby, as well as a variety of other practice mannequins, providing simulation-based education to challenge and test students’ clinical and decision-making skills as they deal with a wide range of real-life illnesses and injuries. The fourth and newest lab is dedicated to the learning and practice of holistic and complementary health therapies, for self-care and enhancing the wellness of others.