{"id":104,"date":"2012-04-23T14:18:09","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T18:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newwww.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=104"},"modified":"2022-10-04T13:55:26","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T17:55:26","slug":"spaces-of-great-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/spaces-of-great-character\/","title":{"rendered":"Spaces of Great Character"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/06\/YehleReadingRoom.jpg\" alt=\"Reading Room at Kalamazoo College Upjohn Library Commons\" class=\"wp-image-105\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not high tech. It\u2019s not \u201ctrendy.\u201d It is large \u2013 with the height spanning two stories and featuring large windows streaming an abundance of natural light. The Yehle Reading Room in Kalamazoo College\u2019s Upjohn Library Commons is rightly called a \u201cSpace of Great Character\u201d in an&nbsp;article&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>Psychology Today<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Writer Ann Sloan Devlin encourages the development of spaces that promote concentration and creativity and wrote how such spaces are becoming rare in newer college and university buildings. She cited the Yehle Reading Room and a similar space at Connecticut College as \u201cprecisely the kinds of spaces that students today need to encourage thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s hear it for meditative space\u2014and time, part of the More in Four that is Kalamazoo College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not high tech. It\u2019s not \u201ctrendy.\u201d It is large \u2013 with the height spanning two stories and featuring large windows streaming an abundance of natural light. 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It\u2019s not \u201ctrendy.\u201d It is large \u2013 with the height spanning two stories and featuring large windows streaming an abundance of natural light. The Yehle Reading Room in Kalamazoo College\u2019s Upjohn Library Commons is rightly called a \u201cSpace of Great Character\u201d in an&nbsp;article&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>Psychology Today<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>Writer Ann Sloan Devlin encourages the development of spaces that promote concentration and creativity and wrote how such spaces are becoming rare in newer college and university buildings. 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