University of Wisconsin–Madison

Improvements to the Grad Student Lounge

The PGSC is currently working with the department to make improvements to the grad student lounge, and we want your input on what to do.
  • We invite you to come to discuss potential improvements on Monday, December 3rd at 2pm in the Grad Lounge (Chamberlin 3339).
  • If you can’t make it to the meeting, but would still like to offer suggestions for how to improve the lounge, please fill out this survey: goo.gl/forms/lOi8S9ev3gi5BnD32.
  • We are going to start throwing away old junk that no one uses. If there is something in the grad lounge that is yours or that you want to make sure is not thrown away, please mark it with a sticky note with your name on it (so we can contact you if other people feel it should be thrown out). We are going to start throwing stuff away next week, so act now. The department does not clean the grad lounge for us, so if we want it to be clean, we have to do it ourselves. Regarding the OLD ping pong table: If you bought it, know who bought it, or want it, please contact sorensen3@wisc.edu by Thursday, December 6th. If no one has claimed it by then, it will be thrown out.
Here is a quick update of where we stand so far: The PGSC learned that there are funds available to make significant improvements to the grad student lounge, including things like new furniture, appliances, paint, etc. Since none of us are interior designers, we asked Aimee Lefkow to contact the person who designed the new undergrad physics club room on the 2nd floor. The interior designer, Kerry, has put together a first draft for the new room layout (see the attached images). It is now our turn to send Kerry feedback so she can begin working on the next draft. There are some issues with the first draft (such as the lack of space for the ping pong table), but there are also a lot of good ideas that we can build off of moving forward. Best wishes, Susan Sorensen PGSC 4th+ Year Representative