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About Thomas Library

COMPASS Student Success

COMPASS LogoA first-stop resource and connection center serving students, faculty, staff, and families. COMPASS provides targeted services that include: success coaching/tutoring, academic skill building, time management and organization, accessibility services, comprehensive advising, support for students on academic probation, navigating campus processes and structures, career development, student employment, and campus connection.

Information Technology Services (ITS) Solution Center

How to get Help from the ITS department

If you need help with a campus computer, the network, e-mail or other Technology related issue you can contact the ITS Solution Center:

  • ITS Work Order system: https://helpdesk.wittenberg.edu
    (This will allow you to enter in a new work order request or lookup your old requests)
  • BookingsHow to book an appointment for work orders
    (for entering work orders use the ITS Work Order System)
  • Walk-In Support: Located on the Thomas Library Main Level
    M-F 8:00am - 5:00 PM (excluding when campus is closed)
  • Phone: (937) 525-3801

Interfaith Prayer and Meditation Room

Photo of prayer and meditation space

While Weaver Chapel is also always available for prayer for anyone during the day, it is often a large and busy space, as well as a Christian space. The Interfaith Prayer & Meditation Room is intended for use by students, faculty, and staff members of all faith backgrounds, including Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and Christianity, or for private meditation.

The photos on the walls in the Interfaith Prayer & Meditation Room were taken by students as part of a request by the Interfaith Committee and carefully placed so they would not conflict with prayer. The space has a place for washing, and there is a prayer rug available. There are also meditation pillows that were given in memory of Katie Choate, a 2001 graduate, by her family. They are in a locked closet, and the key can be obtained from the information desk near the entrance of Thomas Library.

This space is maintained by the Interfaith Committee. If you ever see any needs for the space, please reach out to the Pastor's Office at chapel@wittenberg.edu. The Pastor's Office funds any needs for the space as part of the pastoral commitment and Wittenberg's commitment as a University affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America to assist all members of the community to express their faith and/or spirituality.

Math Workshop

Math and Writing WorkshopLocated along with the Writing Center on the main level of Thomas Library to the left of the circulation desk. Free tutors are available for Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Education, Economics, Statistics, Computer Science, and Accounting. Just check the online schedule on their homepage and stop in!

Oral Communication Center

OCC PhotoThe OCC is a place where you can go to receive one-to-one assistance with any stage of preparation (from brainstorming, to organizing your ideas, to polishing your delivery) for any kind of speaking assignment (from presentations to debates to leading a class session) or any speaking-related skill (from speech anxiety to effective listening to developing a PowerPoint presentation).

Sip's Coffee Bar

Sip's LogoSip's Coffee Bar is a student-operated coffee shop located in Thomas Library. At Sip's, coffee products and pastries are sourced from locally owned businesses like Boston Stoker in Dayton and D. Sweets in Springfield.

Typical hours during the semester:
Monday - Thursday 08:00 am - 08:00 pm
Friday 08:00 am - 04:00 pm
Saturday Closed
Sunday 12:00 pm - 04:00pm

Writing Center

Math and Writing Workshop SpaceThe Writing Center advisors - representing a range of disciplines - are ready to work with you on any writing project, at any stage of the writing process. They can brainstorm ideas, read through completed drafts, or talk about style and sentence structure. Quite simply, they love working with other writers.