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Indoor Study and Relaxation Spaces

I. Dodd Wilson Education Building

24/7 access

  • Atrium areas on both floors, classrooms when not in use
  • Areas at the end of hallways to the right and left of IDW 126 and 226 auditoriums
  • Vending nooks on both floors including microwaves

UAMS Student Center

M-F 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

  • Indoor seating in an open space with modern design, flat screen televisions, ping pong table, and many charge stations for electronic devices. Also has outdoor tables.

Daniel W. Rahn Interprofessional Education Building

24/7 access

Ground floor: 

  • Classrooms when not in use. 
  • Anatomy Student Study Room (G213) (24/7 badge access for M1/M2; Smartboard, glass board, anatomical models, books)

First floor: 

  • Room 1202 when not in use (whiteboard, computer/projector)
  • Bruce Commons area with indoor seating and outdoor balcony. MD2 dining area (Starbucks) (open M-F 7:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.)

Second floor: 

  • Room 2280 when not in use (whiteboard, computer/projector)/Attached kitchen area, Room 2278
  • Areas in NW and NE corners. 
  • Small exercise/aerobics room (2202) for members of Fitness Center; bathrooms with showers across the hall

Third floor:

  • Rooms 3202 and 3204 when not in use (whiteboard, computer/projector)
  • Areas in NW, NE, and SE corners. 

Eighth floor:

  • Areas in NE and NW corners.
  • Fitness Center, accessible 24/7 to members

Education II Building

24/7 access

Basement and ground levels:

  • Along the west wall:  classrooms when not in use (some have whiteboards)
  • Large lecture halls on basement/ground floor (131 a/b, 141 a/b), have whiteboards
  • Seating in front of large lecture halls on ground level

Ninth floor: 

  • Areas on each corner of the floor, with a variety of seating (SW corner has conference table with TV monitors and outlets, whiteboard)
  • Student Lounge (south hall) with microwave, vending, television, lots of natural light

UAMS Library

24/7 access

Staffed hours: M-F 7:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.; Sat 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.; Sun 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

  • After hours and on holidays, students have badge access to all floors of the library to include the group study rooms, individual study spaces, the ALC, and relaxation spaces on the first and third floors. After-hours entry is through the front entrance of the library or via the Active Learning Center entrance in the north lobby of the Ed2 Building and Rahn building.

Shorey First Floor Lobby

24/7 access

  • Small seating area by the Shorey elevators (near Doc Java)

Central Building

24/7 access

  • Parents Club student lounge room 1/052
  • Fourth floor (to the right as you exit the Ward Tower elevators; or from the Central elevators off H wing)

Hospital

24/7 access

  • First floor: Atrium at the hospital entrance. Chapel near the Lobby Café, behind the information desk.
  • Fourth floor Rejuvenation Room H4003, across from the outdoor Healing Garden

Walkway Between Hospital And Outpatient Center

  • Seating with windows, lots of light.

Psychiatric Institute

daytime hours

  • First floor lobby
  • Conference room if not in use (ask at the desk)

Outpatient Buildings

daytime hours

  • Rockefeller Cancer Center first floor:  Many places to rest or study; sometimes someone is playing piano. Includes The Gathering Place Cafe: 7:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. (Starbucks)
  • Jackson Stephens Spine Institute 12th floor: Some spots with great views and a few places to study if auditorium or conference room is not in use.
  • Donald W. Reynolds Institute on Aging first floor: Often empty, many places to sit and study for the day. Enter from the second floor main entrance.
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