Seats for Scholars: Enhancing The Student Experience

We’re excited to let you know about the Philosophy Department’s new campaign to replace worn out furniture in the department’s reading room and undergraduate student lounge.

Our old chairs and settees have been loved to death. Some are so decrepit, we have to throw them out. Department resources are limited, and these spaces are important for our students as they go through their academic journey, so we are coming together to reinvigorate them!

That’s why we are reaching out to our alumni, faculty, and friends for help in raising $5,000 for new seating for the lounge and reading room. Studies show between 30 to 70 per cent of students report back and neck pain from sitting in labs and classrooms. Our students deserve better — comfortable chairs sturdy enough to bear the weightiest philosophical arguments.

A gift of any amount will be gratefully received through our campaign page. If you would care to sponsor a chair in full ($450), we would be very pleased to attach a nameplate on your behalf. And if you can’t support us financially, you can still help by spreading the word to other friends of philosophy and of the Faculty of Arts.