The Hub hosts ribbon cutting ceremony

Photo by Stephanie Mason.

FIUSM Staff

Students have taken advantage of the Green Library’s Hub since the start of the semester, a new study area that features PC and Mac computers,  high-powered multimedia editing rooms, wide-screen monitors to facilitate group project work and on-demand research and technology support in one convenient location.

“I like the open space and the relaxed atmosphere. It’s really inviting and it gives me a cool space where I can study or chill,” said Alejandra Lugo, first year graduate student in the Ryder Business School.

The $1 million renovation project was divided into two phases over the summer. Phase one included adding over 60 new computers, printers, electronic check-out stations and two media rooms for audio and video editing. Phase two involved a restoring of two media rooms to be compatible with Apple and Dell devices, more computers and iPads and tablets.

“We recognize that technology has truly reengineered the discovery and research of scholarly community processes. What you see before you is what allows our students to do that–from the discovery stage all the way to the representation of the product of their work,” said Anne Prestamo, dean of libraries, at the Hub’s ribbon cutting on Oct. 16.

“This will allow people to come together in the best traditions of the academy, however, in a 21 century way,” said President Mark B. Rosenberg.

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