UK Libraries, Keeneland Unveil New Meeting Space
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Sept. 23, 2014) — Thanks to a partnership with the Keeneland Association, University of Kentucky campus organizations now have access to a new, state-of-the-art, collaborative meeting space in the William T. Young Library.
"The Keeneland Association Room at Young Library is a space for students and faculty to meet, converse, share and collaborate. It is a space to build community, and we are grateful for the opportunity to upgrade the room to better meet campus needs," said Stacey Greenwell, associate dean for academic affairs and research at UK Libraries.
The Keeneland Association donated $50,000 to transform the Keeneland Association Room into a new active meeting space at UK. Along with freshening up the paint and carpet in the room, the new design incorporates modular furniture that groups can arrange in various configurations and a large flat-screen wall-mounted monitor with HDMI hookup for laptops on which users can project images.
“Keeneland and UK share a storied history of partnering on projects that help further the goals of the university and its student body,” Keeneland President and CEO Bill Thomason said. “This room is all the more special because W.T. Young was a great friend to Keeneland as well as the UK community.”
Additionally, the renovation includes archival photos of Keeneland printed on metal plates, resulting in fade-resistant images mounted around the room. The images will give visitors a peek at the history of such an important Lexington landmark.
The Keeneland Association Room will be available for reservation by student organizations, as well as faculty and staff groups on campus.
The newly renovated space will be dedicated during a program in Young Library at 4 p.m. today (Tuesday), Sept. 23, in the Alumni Gallery. A tour of the room will follow the dedication.
MEDIA CONTACT: Whitney Hale, 859-257-8716; whitney.hale@uky.edu