Media Advisory: McKale Center opens new lactation room

Feb. 2, 2023

Media Advisory: McKale Center opens new lactation room

What: University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins, women's basketball head coach Adia Barnes and other members of university leadership will speak at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for McKale Memorial Center's first lactation room.
When: Tuesday, Feb. 7, 3 p.m.
Where: McKale Center, Lohse Room 329. Media should enter McKale using the south entrance to the left of the ticket office. Take the elevator to the third floor. The Lohse Room is on the left.
RSVP: RSVP to Nick Prevenas, nprevenas@arizona.edu

TUCSON, Ariz. — The University of Arizona will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of McKale Memorial Center's first lactation room.

The room provides a quiet, safe and comfortable space for UArizona employees, students, fans and visitors to feed their child. The room is on the south end of the court mezzanine under section 116. Information on how to access the room can be found on the UArizona Family Resource Map.

Speakers at the ribbon-cutting ceremony will include:

University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins
Adia Barnes, head coach, women's basketball
Celina Ramirez, vice president, University Initiatives
Krystal Swindlehurst, assistant vice president and chief of staff, Arizona Athletics

The McKale Center room is one of 12 new lactation spaces that have been funded this year as part of UArizona's family-friendly initiatives in line with the university's commitment to being a family-friendly place to work, learn and grow. There are currently 35 lactation spaces found at UArizona locations statewide.

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Media contact:
Nick Prevenas
University Communications
520-621-2194
nprevenas@arizona.edu

The University of Arizona, a land-grant university with two independently accredited medical schools, is one of the nation's top 50 public universities, according to U.S. News & World Report. Established in 1885, the university is widely recognized as a student-centric university and has been designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution by the U.S. Department of Education. The university ranked in the top 20 in 2021 in research expenditures among all public universities, according to the National Science Foundation, and is a leading Research 1 institution with $770 million in annual research expenditures. The university advances the frontiers of interdisciplinary scholarship and entrepreneurial partnerships as a member of the Association of American Universities, the 66 leading public and private research universities in the U.S. It benefits the state with an estimated economic impact of $4.1 billion annually. For the latest on the University of Arizona response to the novel coronavirus, visit the university's COVID-19 webpage.

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