New Campus Store Opens at the Heart of Campus</h1> <article> <h1>New Campus Store Opens at the Heart of Campus</h1> <p>eburnett — Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:05:56 +0000</p> <span>New Campus Store Opens at the Heart of Campus</span> <span><span>eburnett</span></span> <span><time datetime="2025-09-04T11:05:56-04:00" title="Thursday, September 4, 2025 - 11:05">Thu, 09/04/2025 - 11:05</time> </span> <div class="text-content field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The �鶹��Ƶ Campus Store welcomed the first guests to its bright new home at the center of campus in August. The first-floor space inside Mudd Center—adjacent to the popular coffee spot Azariah’s Café and Terrell Library—replaces the former College Bookstore on College Street.</p><p>The new location stems from <a href="/news/oberlin-launch-online-bookstore-reenvisioned-campus-shop">two new �鶹��Ƶ partnerships</a> intended to deliver a modernized, hybrid approach to offering course materials and branded merchandise in a central location on campus. eCampus.com is the school’s official online textbook retailer; University Gear Shop (UGS) operates the Campus Store and provides �鶹��Ƶ apparel, spirit items, and supplies. The partnerships resulted from an extensive study led by a committee of faculty and staff.</p><p>In late spring, faculty and students began using <a href="http://oberlin.ecampus.com">eCampus.com</a> to select and order their textbooks for the first time. Within a week of ordering, course materials arrive at the Campus Store, pre-bundled for easy distribution.</p></div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-subhead field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Reimagined space in Mudd Center debuts alongside updates to Azariah’s Café and the Library’s Academic Commons.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item">News Story</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-date field--type-datetime field--label-hidden field__item"><time datetime="2025-09-04T12:00:00Z">Thu, 09/04/2025 - 12:00</time> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Stephanie Manning ’23</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news?tag=4304">Bookstore</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-faculty field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/karen-goff" hreflang="und">Karen Goff</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-caption field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">�鶹��Ƶ's Campus Store opened August 21, in time for move-in day for first-year students.</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-pin-school-page field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">Off</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-photo-gallery-top field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">false</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-image-credit field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Yevhen Gulenko</div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-flex-content field--type-entity-reference-revisions field--label-hidden vertical-spacing--basic field__items"> <div class="field__item"> <div id="obj-43380" class="paragraph paragraph--type--pb-el-bq paragraph--view-mode--default"> <blockquote class="blockquote--quotemark" data-text-color-red data-text-size-giant> <p>Our students love Azariah’s and the vibrant community and connections they foster through Terrell Library’s Academic Commons. The Campus Store expands upon and adds to the great energy in the space.” —<em>Dean of Students Karen Goff</em></p> </blockquote> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"> <div id="obj-43381" class="paragraph paragraph--type--para-el-copy paragraph--view-mode--default o-flex--basic-copy basic-copy"> <figure role="group" class="image_resized align-left"> <div class="media-embed-resized" style="width:300px;"> </div> <figcaption>The Campus Store features an evolving, ever-growing selection of branded �鶹��Ƶ apparel and other merchandise.<br>Photo credit: Yevhen Gulenko</figcaption> </figure> <p>The store’s expanded selection of apparel and accessories features updated designs and a variety of options, with plans to include more conservatory-specific items in the near future. <a href="https://oberlin.getugear.com/">Apparel and other merchandise also can be found on the Campus Store website.</a></p><p>“The Campus Store is all about serving the needs and interests of our students, and our new location and new partnerships with UGS and eCampus.com allow us to bring this access closer to the center of campus,” says Vice President and Dean of Students <a href="/karen-goff" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="64350f3b-de3b-47b5-9a98-e3c6a1411ca3" data-entity-substitution="canonical" title="Karen Goff">Karen Goff</a>. “Our students love Azariah’s and the vibrant community and connections they foster through Terrell Library’s Academic Commons. The Campus Store expands upon and adds to the great energy in the space.”</p><p>Azariah’s and the Campus Store are separated by a transparent partition, which accommodates their differing hours of operation and lends an open feel to the space while allowing natural light into the store. In addition to its permanent home in Mudd Center, the Campus Store will host pop-up shops at signature campus events, bringing gear and other items closer to event sites.</p><p>Relocating the Campus Store frees up the former bookstore space on College Street, which will be redesigned as a hub for Media and Integrated Arts studies in the College of Arts and Sciences.</p><h4>Responding to Student Input</h4><figure role="group" class="image_resized align-right"> <div class="media-embed-resized" style="width:300px;"> </div> <figcaption>The Campus Store greeted many �鶹��Ƶ families in its first days of operation.<br>Photo credit: Yevhen Gulenko</figcaption> </figure> <p>During the Campus Store design process, Student Senate leadership participated in feedback sessions with �鶹��Ƶ’s Office of Facilities Planning and Construction. They discussed suggestions and concerns regarding placement, environment, and accessibility.</p><p>Among the students’ priorities: ensuring that seating at Azariah’s remains plentiful. Updated seating options now expand beyond the doors of the café and into the Academic Commons.</p><p>Another student request: more charging stations, which are now in place throughout Azariah’s and the Academic Commons.</p><p>“The Student Senate appreciated the opportunity to contribute,” says Lily Gonzalez ’26, Senate President for 2025-26.</p><p>“The committee members were receptive to hearing our feedback,” adds Gideon Hurtado-Sher ’28, Senate’s Vice President of Student Life. “I’m excited for the new and more accessible textbook options.”</p><p>Just outside the doors of Azariah’s, in the “Readers’ Row” area of Terrell Library, new high-top tables will join iconic mid-century modern furniture arranged in groups to invite socializing. Books by �鶹��Ƶ authors and popular magazines are now displayed in Readers’ Row, with additional periodicals relocated to the bound periodicals section of the library.</p><p>Numerous upgrades to the Academic Commons were also completed over summer: new carpet, furniture, a relocated Reference Desk and CIT Help Desk, and the addition of new “Duo Pods”—curved study carrels that seat two.</p><p>For additional information, including frequently asked questions, please visit the <a href="/bookstore">bookstore page on �鶹��Ƶ.edu</a>.</p><hr><p><em>Stephanie Manning is a freelance writer based in Cleveland. She earned a degree in bassoon performance from �鶹��Ƶ Conservatory, with concentrations in Arts Management and Journalism.</em></p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-article-header field--type-boolean field--label-hidden field__item">0</div> </article> </main></body></html>