For students waiting for their next class or cramming for an upcoming test, UTM’s campus offers a wide variety of study areas.
The Paul Meek Library is a primary study place but not the only one. Gooch hall, EPS, Humanities and Brehm Hall all have places for students to resort to. One of the biggest study rooms is in Gooch Hall which has over 10 study areas. Although Room 343 of Gooch, a designated study room, is under construction, Gooch 309, the Communications Reading Room is available with a fully equipped computer lab next door in Room 308. This room is available to students daily when there is not a scheduled class. Also, on both ends and on every floor of Gooch, next to the restrooms there are couches and tables that students can utilize between classes.
Brehm Hall also offers a spacious study area equipped with couches and tables with plenty of room to hit the books. Luke Anderson, a senior Wildlife and Fisheries Biology major, said that he spends an hour, three times a week studying there.
The newly remodeled Fine Arts Building does not have very much study capability other than the Green Room, which sits roughly 8-10 people.
Next door, in EPS, there is also plenty of study potential. In the hallway of the third floor sits a table next to the elevator, which is a place John Buckley, a sophomore Computer Science major, said that he visits at least once every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. There is also a designated study room for engineering students in which Holly Bopp, a senior Engineering major and Nathan Hutchinson, a senior Agriculture and Engineering Technologies major, visit. The second floor of EPS has even more capability for study sessions while on campus. Melanie Cooper, a senior Environmental Biology major, Jennah Martin, a senior Organismal Biology major, Juan Aldayturriaga, a junior Cell and Molecular Biology major and Alex Jenkins, a junior double-majoring in K-6 Education and Plant and Soil Science appreciate 213 in EPS and utilize it about an hour, three times a week, as well.
Also, there is a study room on the fourth floor of Humanities. Ashley Mendez, a junior Chemistry major and Kenisha Champion, a senior Organismal Biology major said they both were thankful for the spot to study during the week in between their Monday, Wednesday and Friday classes.
UTM prides itself on being an advocate for student success and strives to achieve this in one way by providing study spots.
