Work study student - library - brain booth assistant

The Work Study Student will support the Library as a Brain Booth Assistant on the Statesboro Campus beginning Spring 2025. The Library Brain Booth (BB) seeks to introduce the Georgia Southern University community to international scientific research on the effects of mindfulness, attention, and contemplation through hands-on tools and activities in an informal, experiential setting. At the Brain Booth, students can explore the positive impacts that taking an intentional brain break can have on their academic success. The Brain Booth offers biofeedback, sound and light therapy, virtual reality-immersion, coloring and origami, meditation, gaming station and other activities that promote intentional brain breaks and support emotional self-regulation and singular thoughtful focus. The Brain Booth also hosts the mindfulness and contemplative pedagogy books-periodicals-media collection, coloring and origami supplies, a stationary biofeedback machine, pedal desks, full body massage chair, chess table and a meditation corner available at any time during library working hours. Students in this position maintain Brain Booth operations during scheduled weekly drop-in hours.