Students, faculty
and staff members were welcomed to the
Yo San campus for the start of the Summer 2012 Trimester not only by their
eager returning and new colleagues, but also by the presence of several
facilities improvements that add significant space and comfort to the Yo San
University experience. A brand new
third floor classroom is the highlight if the improvement projects completed in
record time during the two-week trimester break. The new classroom (for the time being known
simply as the “New Classroom”), looks out over both Washington Blvd and Redwood
Avenue. It is bathed with natural light
and provides a comfortable and roomy learning environment for up to thirty
students. A special wood grain hard
floor surface was chosen for the new classroom space to provide added safety, since,
among other purposes, the new classroom will be used for acupuncture needling
training classes. The hard surface floor
makes it easy to spot and retrieve any needles that are inadvertently dropped
in early acupuncture practice sessions.
Also on the third floor, where the majority of our faculty do their
work, is located a new faculty/staff lounge.
The new lounge replaces the former second floor faculty/staff space that
was cramped and had more of the atmosphere of an overworked and overcrowded
storage room. The new lounge looks out
over Redwood Avenue and sports an ell shaped kitchen unit with sparkling
granite counters. The kitchen unit also has floor to ceiling storage cabinets
featuring a handy lazy Susan unit in the corner of the ell. Built-in shelves for microwave and toaster
ovens place those often used appliances at convenient eye level for quick
loading and monitoring. The new Faculty/Staff
Lounge is about twice the size of the former space and provides an attractive
and inviting environment for Yo San University employees to interact socially,
to enjoy a meal break, and to catch a few minutes of well deserved rest from
the typically hectic pace of the YSU day.
Most welcomed and needed by the growing YSU student body is the expanded
and remodeled second floor Student Lounge space. The floor space of the remodeled Student
Lounge was increased greatly by incorporating space that was formerly occupied
by the Faculty/Staff Lounge. The project
included opening up a long narrow corridor, which when combined with the
existing Student Lounge provides for an open attractive and spacious casual
seating area. Two complete kitchen
units joined by a pass through, an eating area and a second smaller
lounge/eating area round out the expanded Student Lounge floor plan. The entire space was also painted, and
furniture and locker units were rearranged to accommodate more students more
comfortably. All of the recent
facilities enhancements were accomplished to advance the mission of Yo San
University “to educate students to become exceptional practitioners of
Traditional Chinese Medicine.” We are
proud of our sparkling and well equipped campus!