There are as many ways to learn as there are students, and our spaces need to reflect that reality—and proactively plan for future program needs.
Comprehensive programs and staffing provide opportunities for creative, interactive, and student-centered teaching and learning.
The outcomes? Self-aware, self-confident, resilient learners and leaders who are ready to face the challenges and triumphs of adulthood.
Want to Support the Project?
Contact Director of Advancement Lakshmi Dastur-Johnson.
Spaces for storytelling and speaking and sharing with others are needed because we need to understand our own perspectives and those of others. We can amplify those perspectives, even though they’re not our own, respect them, and give them avenues to be heard.”
—Halia Benn ’24
Library Updates Will Help Students Live Our Values
LEAVE NO QUESTION UNASKED
1. An airy cafe space to foster conversation.
2. A multifaceted research center with 8,000+ books and dozens of research databases— accommodating the needs of each person to stretch and grow intellectually, artistically, and emotionally. First Floor – Learning Commons
SEEK NEW PERSPECTIVES
3. A flexible venue that can easily be converted for guest speakers, conferences, and student presentations—so we can all seek and celebrate new perspectives.
4. An adaptable, variously configurable common study area for collaboration.
FIRST FLOOR - LEARNING COMMONS:
Second Floor - Research Center
EMBRACE THE PERSONAL JOURNEY
5. A dedicated storytelling space— and support—for students to challenge themselves and develop their unique voice in any medium they might choose.
6. A forum for students to develop professional skills needed to grow as leaders, like problem solving, public speaking, and economic literacy.
LEAD WITH INTEGRITY
7. Art gallery and display spaces for student exhibition and curation, supporting authentic self-expression.
8. Quiet zones for independent study.
9. Functional multiuse spaces for collaborations, group projects, one-on-one meetings, podcasting, tutoring, mentoring, and more.