Rutgers Division of Student Affairs will dedicate a reading room of nearly 2,000 books from the personal library of Cheryl A. Wall, a longtime professor at the university and highly regarded scholar of African American literature, American literature and feminist criticism.
![Rutgers graduate student Jassadi Moore and undergraduate Stephanie Lopez-Perez add books from Cheryl A. Wall’s collection to the shelves of a new reading room](/sites/default/files/styles/max_width_embed_default_1x/public/2022-11/news_cherylawallreadingroom10-18-2022_hero.jpg?itok=NMpw7G2q)
The new Dr. Cheryl A. Wall Reading Room is located in the Paul Robeson Cultural Center on Busch Campus. A ribbon-cutting and reception for the room will be held from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., on Friday, Oct. 28, at 600 Bartholomew Road, Piscataway. The center is named after distinguished Rutgers graduate Paul Robeson and serves as the center for Black student life at Rutgers University–New Brunswick.