The Student Success Hub has been a work in progress since day one
By Dayzsha Lino, co-news editor.
The WRC is the first organization to move out of the Student Success Hub, which students and faculty have criticized for being too crowded and not allowing for private, intimate conversations between students, counselors, and advisors.
Adams said the administration has already scheduled plans to move other organizations like EOP and the Career Center to new locations, but since the campus is closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, those plans have been slowed down.
“It’s happening. I just think it’s happening slower than planned because only so many people can be on campus at a certain time,” Adams said, “But whenever we do come back at full capacity, I think [by then] everything should have transitioned out of the Student Success Hub.”
The benefit of having a bigger space, according to Adams, is that it will allow staff to make the WRC livelier than it was before.
Touches of personalization like new art on the walls and a TV are one of the perks of moving to the EAC location.
The EAC is located very close to student housing and Adams is hoping that once the new housing construction isfinished in 2021, students will have an easier way to access the WRC.
“It’s going to be facing our entrance to the Women’s Resource Center,” Adams said, “and so I’m hoping that will get us some good traffic.”
As a result of the pandemic, the WRC has had to make some significant changes to their events, including the cancellation of the 7th Annual Women’s Conference, which was to feature prominent feminist speaker, Roxane Gay.
Since students can no longer interact face-to-face, webinars and other community gatherings like self-defense courses and “Quarantine Glam” have been taking place online.
Zoom conferences are also available for students who need someone to talk to from the WRC and appointments can be made with Adams via Google Calendar.
It is still too soon to tell if CSUDH will open its doors again in the fall but as the WRC prepares for another fall semester, some events like the annual retreat might be rescheduled for spring.
The center is concerned that if the coronavirus pandemic continues, students may not want to gather in places like the WRC.
“We don’t know what enrollment is going to look like, we don’t know what campus life is even going to look like,” Adams said, “Even if classes are happening in person, if people are still a little bit cautious, then maybe we go to class and then we go home.”
While the future of the WRC is uncertain, Adams said she still wants students, especially those who are low-income, undocumented, or under any kind of vulnerable circumstance to have a place to feel welcome.
