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Aquinas College students returned to campus to find a new library that will serve as a gathering place for students, as well as a campus destination.  The new Grace Hauenstein Library includes 20 public access computers, 6 group study rooms, a digital editing suite, separate circulation and media checkout desks, open media stacks, and an archives research room with special collections.  The facility has wireless technology as well as adequate parking.  The library itself is very aesthetic, with views of the surrounding trees and campus.  It is designed for U.S. Green Building Council LEED^TM certification.  The facility highlights several sustainable features such as natural daylight, low-emitting VOC materials, and a photovoltaic system generating about five percent of the building's power.