The Alcove at Rutgers-New Brunswick
Alcove
The Alcove is designed to be a comfortable, computer-enhanced group learning space for students, staff, and faculty. With lounge chairs, couches, and plants, this lab is designed to be roomy and comfortable.
Location
- Records Hall (inside the College Avenue Computing Center)
- 620 George Street
- New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Hours/support
Center information
Features:
- 7 iMac computers, fully equipped with over 30 software programs
- A conference room, couches, lounge chairs, and round tables with plenty of workspace
- Projection capabilities from in-house computers or from your laptop
- 46″ Flatscreen TV’s for presentations
- RU-tv
- Plenty of plugs and RU-Wireless connectivity for your laptop
- Ability to print from available computers or from personal laptops using the RUWireless network and print drivers
- Lab consultants available during hours of operation
Computer-enhanced collaboration
There are two rooms in the Alcove. The larger room can accommodate 18-25 students and is furnished with large tables, lounge chairs, and a couch. There are 18 seats at the tables, plus 7 lounge chairs and a small couch. Ideally, groups of 3 to 6 students can work together. Instructors looking for a presentation space for a small class will also benefit from use of the Alcove. Each table can project to a nearby wall-mounted LCD display, so presentations can be viewed on a large screen.
Computers and collaborative technology
The Alcove has six 24″ iMac workstations. Two are located along walls directly under 46″ Sony Bravia flat-screen televisions, which allow for projection of the desktop onto the TVs for enhanced group and collaborative work. The other four iMacs are located on two round tables with ample seating and space for a group to work on a project. These iMac workstations also project onto 46″ flat-screen TV’s.
Along with the iMacs, each table is configured with VGA/Audio inputs to allow group members to connect their laptops for projection onto the TVs. Instructions for the use of laptops and the iMac workstations are provided at each table, along with a channel guide for RU-tv.
The back conference room is a private eight-person meeting space that contains a computer and a wall-mounted monitor.
Reservable conference room
To reserve the Alcove Conference Room, please stop by the Records Hall lab on the day you wish to book the space. Reservations are only taken for that day based on availability on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Conference room reservations can only be made for the same day.
- You must have at least 4 people present for staff to open the room.
- Teaching Lab policies apply to the Alcove.
- The larger lounge area may only be booked by classes in the schedule of classes not exceeding 24 persons.
- Professors wishing to use the lounge for their class should submit a request through the teaching labs.
- No conference room reservations are permitted when classes are scheduled in the lounge.