Student Council released a survey Wednesday to assess the student body’s interest in creating a centrally located nap room on Grounds.
The idea of a nap room came out of data collected by the 2014 Student Experience in the Research University survey, said third-year College student Courtney Zerrenner, Student Council director of University relations.
Most students get five to six hours of sleep nightly, according to the data.
“We noticed there was a concern that we wanted to bring up to the administration, and we had the results from the 2014 Student Experience in the Research University survey,” Zerrenner said. “More than half of U.Va. students get less than six hours of sleep a night, and we recognize that’s not healthy and wanted to help.”
Student Council has received over 1,300 responses from the survey, which asks students if they would like a nap room, where it should be located, whether it would affect academic performance and what furniture is preferred.
The data collected from the survey so far indicates 95.3 percent of students support the idea of a nap room, and 91.2 percent believe it would positively affect their academic performance.
Students have indicated that Newcomb would be their preferred location, with 29.5 percent supporting that option. New Cabell, Alderman, Clark and Clemons are the next favorites, respectively.
“It’s split between Newcomb, Clark, New Cabell and a few other locations,” Zerrenner said. “We don't know what kind of space allocations we would get from the University — that's more in the future, and that would determine what the nap room looks like.”
Choosing a quiet location for the nap room is one priority among students.
Second-year College student Andrew Fernandez said he is unsure whether he would use the nap room but said he believes the space would be most effective if it were silent.
“If I were to use [the nap room] it would have to be cozy, quiet and secluded,” he said.
Third-year College student Lyndsay Martini said she thinks the nap room should be centrally located on Grounds to maximize accessibility.
“I would love a nap room, I think it sounds great,” Martini said. “Maybe [it should be in a place] easily accessible between classes or when you have some down time.”
Fourth-year College student Maria Cosentino expressed concerns about the cleanliness of the space.
“I would not put blankets and pillows because cleanliness is a main concern for me,” Cosentino said. “I think otherwise it's a nice idea.”
Student Council is still in the stage of assessing student interest, Zerrenner said.
“It’s just kind of a discussion with the administration [at this point] and in the next week or two we will be able to present data to them,” she said.
Sanitation concerns will be considered by Council once other factors such as space availability are addressed.
“While sanitation and cleanliness are absolutely concerns, we are focused first in gauging student interest [and] more granular details will be discussed after we have secured space, funding and support for the nap room,” Zerrenner said.
Students may continue providing suggestions through an input option on the survey, which will remain open until Student Council has collected enough data.
“We are leaving it open as long as we need and we will cut it off once we collect the data,” Zerrenner said.
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