Serenity Room now open for relaxation needs
By Leanna Gable
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Staff Writer
The Serenity Room, located in W-324 on the Floyd campus, is the newest addition in the Walraven Building provided by the Human Services Club to aid in maintaining high performance from students at Georgia Highlands College.
The Serenity Room is a cluster of rooms consisting of two separate rooms and one reception area. In these rooms are beanbag chairs, fountains, lava lamps and CD players emitting relaxing nature sounds.
The Serenity Room is a place where students can go to take naps or just relax between classes. Susan Claxton, associate professor of human services and sociology and the coordinator for the Serenity Room, says that the area was created to offer a �healing environment� for students who may not have time to relax outside of school.
Claxton got the idea for the Serenity Room at a conference when she learned about a similar project carried out by Allegany College.
Allegany College gathered information in a study and discovered that students from such rooms are �relaxed and reenergized� perform better as a result of lower blood pressure, heart rate and respiration.
The funding for the Serenity Room was provided by the Human Services Club. Because funds were limited, Claxton states that she has yet to purchase the aroma-therapy diffuser that she wanted to place inside.
The Serenity Room was temporarily closed due to technical difficulties with non-functioning electrical outlets but has now reopened.
However, because of a lack of qualified supervisors, the Serenity Room will be only opened on Mondays and Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Anyone who wishes to volunteer to be a supervisor should be dependable and responsible. Please provide references at Claxton�s office in F-142a.
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