Satellite Serenity Center

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By: Madelyn Archambault, Francis College of Engineering Well-Being Leader

In the past month, I have been working towards opening a Serenity Center-like space on North Campus geared towards engineering and science students. This space was created with the support of the Office of Student Life & Well-being and the Francis College of Engineering. I am extremely excited to announce that the Satellite Serenity Center is now officially open! It is located in Falmouth 203-B (the conference room where the mechanical engineering adjunct professors are located). Each semester, the hours will be slightly different, but until the end of the Spring 2025 semester, this space will be open Mondays from 2-4 PM and Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 9-11 AM. 

So, what exactly is this new Satellite Serenity Center? After talking with many students, I realized that a lot of people don’t know about the Serenity Center, located on the 3rd floor of University Crossing. This space offers fidget toys, brain teasers, affirmation cards, coloring, and other activities to help support student well-being. The new Satellite Serenity Center on North campus, inspired by the Serenity Center, contains a lot of similar items, as well as study materials and formula sheets for a variety of foundational STEM classes at UML. 

Currently, the Satellite Serenity Center offers:

  • Coloring
  • Journaling 
  • Mind teasers
  • Fidget toys
  • Affirmation cards
  • Diffuser
  • Friendship bracelet kits
  • Study materials

The ultimate goal of the space is to support the well-being of students as best we can, using student input. For example, during the opening event for the space, we hosted Bounce the corgi, one of UML’s campus therapy dogs. We received lots of positive feedback from the event, and we are hoping to make these types of events a more regular occurrence on North Campus. If there is anything you would like to see added to the space, or if you have any ideas you’d like to share about what the space could become, please fill out this feedback survey: https://forms.gle/N6gYC41T1BumAyYk6.

For more information on the serenity center, visit  https://www.uml.edu/wellbeing/serenity-center/.

We hope to see you at the Satellite Serenity Center!