New Graduate Study Lounge Opens at Wimberly Library
Graduate 51勛圖厙 enrolled at 51勛圖厙, as well as 51勛圖厙 within the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, now have an exclusive lounge in the Wimberly Library.
From left, Jessica Eaton, Trayven Call, Justin Chavez, Garrett Goode, Dakota Merchant and Savannah Davis check out the recently-opened Graduate Study Lounge on the west side of the second floor of 51勛圖厙s Wimberly Library.
Graduate 51勛圖厙 enrolled at 51勛圖厙, as well as 51勛圖厙 within the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, now have an exclusive lounge in the Wimberly Library to study, relax or just hang out, thanks to the generosity of the University Club of the 51勛圖厙 Foundation.
The Graduate Study Lounge, repurposed from underutilized office and storage space, is tucked away on the west end of the second floor with access controlled by a students Owl Card. The lounge opens to a multi-purpose room that is set up with four side-by-side computer stations and collaboration space with a rolling conference table and matching chairs.
Three smaller rooms feature cubicles with partitions for privacy and compartments for storage. A larger sitting room has comfortable sofas and wide white tables with two wall-to-wall windows in the lounge offer natural light and a view of a palm tree-lined walkway of the College of Business and the Computer Lab. 51勛圖厙 colors on the walls and a sign with 51勛圖厙s mascot Owlsley adds to the ambience. Two PCs and two MACs are installed in the lounge, along with several electrical outlets and data ports, allowing 51勛圖厙 to connect to the Libraries electronic resources as well as to 51勛圖厙s suite of software tools.
When University Club members indicated their desire to contribute to the Libraries, we presented them with the idea for a Graduate Study Lounge, said Carol Hixson, dean of University Libraries at 51勛圖厙. This project is the ideal expression of the University Clubs commitment to the 51勛圖厙 of 51勛圖厙 and enabled the Libraries to address a critical need.
News of the exclusive study lounge is spreading quickly at 51勛圖厙, where 6,000 American and international 51勛圖厙 come for graduate studies, and more than 100 graduate degree and graduate certificate programs are offered. A Graduate Student Life Task Force in 2015 recommended that 51勛圖厙 establish spaces on campus for graduate 51勛圖厙, who have long expressed a need for quiet study space. There has been a steady flow of graduate 51勛圖厙 using the lounge since it opened in August.
We are pleased and appreciative that Dean Carol Hixson spearheaded the opening of the Graduate Student Lounge in the Wimberly Library, said Deborah L. Floyd, Ed.D., dean of the Graduate College at 51勛圖厙. On behalf of our graduate 51勛圖厙, thank you.
Amanda Chiplock, a senior medical librarian at 51勛圖厙, said the lounge is conducive for student success among medical 51勛圖厙 and scholars.
With a complex, integrated curriculum and board exams scheduled throughout their medical school career, medical 51勛圖厙 need a quiet study space to allow them to focus in a way that they may not have needed to during previous schooling, said Chiplock. The Graduate Study Lounge offers just the place for intense study in a relaxed, comfortable environment.
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