After incomes of planning, lobbying and renovating, Newell Hall Learning Commons opened its doors towards University of Florida students on April 17. Now it is the sole study space on campus that is certainly open At any hour and seven days weekly.
Newell Hall is open from 6 a.m. in order to six p.m. and accessible that has a Gator1 ID card from 6 p.m. to six a.m., aside from home football game days. The space is not going to mimic an average library; they have conventional desks but in addition pod-shaped chairs, cushioned benches and wide stairs for kids from which to choose.
For some students, those varied seating options the element that differentiates Newell Hall from different study spaces on campus. Xuan Yang, a senior food and resource economics student, said he studies in it 3 x per week.
“I come here for the reason that chairs are snug,” Yang said.
He added that Newell Hall is really a cleaner greater studying environment compared to libraries on campus
