Study Spaces

While life here at GW may not be as exiciting this time of year as Austrailia (awesome pictures, Kim!), there is still a ton of stuff happening on campus. In fact, the first snow of the year was this Saturday!!! Too bad it didn't stick. I also went shopping this weekend to pick up a few gifts. My friend is turning 22 tomorrow (she's so old!) and my group of friends and I are participating in a holiday gift exchange tomorrow too. I also have a work holiday party tomorrow afternoon--so much to do!

But for now, I'm at the library. I have a paper due on Thursday and I'm trying to get a head start on it. That got me thinking about all the study options we have here on campus. There is of course the golorious Gelman Library on the Foggy Bottom campus. With a Starbucks Coffee in the first floor open 24 hours on weekdays, there is no reason to go anywhere else to study! Floors 1,3,4,5, and 6 are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, so there is always some where to study.

We also have the Burns Law Library. While undergraduates are not allowed to study here during finals, it is pretty easy to study there during the year. It's a lot smaller and quieter than Gelman and full of law students! (The GW Medical School also has a library, but only Medical School students or School of Public Health undergrads are allowed in there, and they are pretty strict.)

The Marvin Center basement computer lab is open 24 hours a day as well. During finals, Duques Hall is open until 2 a.m., as well as Columbian Square inside the Marvin Center and the 4th floor student organization offices and meeting spaces, which are open until 7 a.m.

The Mount Vernon Campus also offers additional study space. The Eckles Library, open 24 hours during finals, has 25 cent hot chocolate and coffee if you bring your own mug. They also do a lot of promotions during finals, providing students with free peanut butter and jelly or free cookies and milk at midnight for late studiers.  The dining hall, Ames, is also open 24 hours during finals as well as the GDub Java coffee shop located right next door. I personally like to go to Eckles to study sometimes just to break up the monotony of studying at Gelman and get some fresh air at the Mount Vernon campus.


PS I'm in Gelman right now and someone just came around with a try of free baked goods, how could you NOT want to study here?????

Now, to get to that paper......

--Abby