Community & Business
Business & Community Education Center
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PHONE: (708) 709-3782 | FAX: (708) 709-3920 | E-MAIL: bcec@prairiestate.edu
Facilities
Designed to serve the need for affordable meeting space throughout Chicago southland, the Business and Community Education Center is a business oriented, collegiate conference center, equipped with modern, well appointed meeting rooms, a 486 seat auditorium, state of the art audio visual equipment, and full-service catering.
Rental fees include the use of TV/VCR, overhead projector, microphones, flipcharts, slide projector and screen.
Auditorium
The PSC auditorium hosts a variety of events including the College Convocation, the computer society, financial services seminars and sales meetings. It seats up to 486 participants in a comfortable atmosphere with great acoustics and sight lines. The theater is equipped with a rear screen projection system and satellite downlink capability.
Rotunda
The BCEC rotunda serves as the hub of our facility. Most meeting rooms branch from the rotunda area. It serves as an informal meeting area, a convenient place for registrations, coffee breaks, kick-off announcements, and receptions.
Heritage Community Bank Conference Room
Our largest meeting room will accommodate up to 80 participants based on the seating arrangement. It’s equipped with a dry erase marking board, drop down LCD projector, and drop-down screen. A hidden partition converts the space into two separate meeting rooms.
Room 1322
Accommodates up to 50 participants based on the seating arrangement. Equipped with a dry erase board, drop-down movie screen, and serving station.
Room 1315
Conveniently located just off the rotunda, this room is ideal for small group meetings, accommodating up to 30 people based on the seating arrangements. Equipped with a drop down screen and serving station.
Christopher Art Gallery
Open Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, during shows, the gallery hosts six to eight shows per year, featuring local and regional artists, as well as student works. Guest curators select artwork which best exemplify the theme for each show. The Prairie State College Foundation oversees gallery operations.
