{"id":12487,"date":"2011-10-03T08:05:44","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T13:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=12487"},"modified":"2011-10-03T08:46:28","modified_gmt":"2011-10-03T13:46:28","slug":"grad-students-get-new-space-in-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2011\/10\/grad-students-get-new-space-in-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Grad students get new space in Library"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chrissy Lackner, left, and Daniel Antwi-Amoabeng are all smiles in the Library's new work space for grad students.<\/p><\/div>\n

Grad students have a lot of work to do and not enough quiet space in which to do it. But new graduate students\u2019 study space in the James A. Gibson Library has helped make their lives a little easier.<\/p>\n

The newly renovated area on the west side of the Library<\/a>\u2019s sixth floor offers a meeting room and quiet work areas for graduate students. At the recent grand opening to celebrate the new space, PhD candidate Chrissy Lackner said it is welcome and has long been in demand.<\/p>\n

\u201cGraduate students need an area that\u2019s primarily quiet and conducive to working for long periods of time,\u201d said Lackner, senate representative for the Graduate Students Association<\/a> (GSA). \u201cThey need an environment that\u2019s appealing because they\u2019re going to spend a lot of time there.\u201d<\/p>\n

So far, that\u2019s been the case with the new space, which was created in consultation with graduate students. In the short time it\u2019s been open, students have flocked there and worked long into the night, said GSA president Daniel Antwi-Amoabeng.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been here a few times, and every time I\u2019ve been here, it\u2019s always been full,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The new space features:<\/p>\n