Alisha Grieme

Texas State can now be called a mother-friendly place. Alisha Grieme explains, in this Bobcat Update.


Since January, six rooms across campus have been converted for Nursing Mothers to use. These rooms are in J-C-K, Evans, Alkek, L-B-J and the Roy F. Mitte building. A grant from the Texas Department of Health Services paid for the renovations as part of the Mother-Friendly Worksite Program, in accordance with health and safety codes. The rooms include a table, a chair, and a key lock. Some of them have refrigerators, sinks and lockers.
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Texas State is one of the first public universities in Texas to offer such a resource to mothers. Even though private rooms are offered, there is a public area in the K-T-S-W reading lounge where they are free to breastfeed. Some students are not happy about this.
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An Alkek Library official says the room on the seventh floor has been checked out four times since the designation. Geology Professor Fred Day says he wishes such rooms had been set aside years ago.
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Congress has recognized the health benefits associated with breast feeding and therefore has amended the Fair Labor Standards Act, meaning that the designated areas are sure to stay. For Bobcat Update, I'm Alisha Grieme.