HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) - Holyoke Community College celebrated the grand opening of its "Marieb Adult Learner Success Center" on Wednesday. This new center includes a new lounge and studying space for student-parents who are working to get an education while raising children. The nearby parent learning center includes a special desk with an attached secured napping area for small children and a learning corner with books and toys. "The hub is really here to provide a space for our student parents to come in and build a community and have space on a campus dedicated to them so that they can actually have a time and place where they can study and not feel the challenges," says Anne Morales Medina. The center was named after a former alumna Alane Merieb who donated $1 million to HCC before she passed. Also next year, the college's " Itsy Bitsy Child Watch Center" will relocate to a new space, closer to the Parent Learning Center. Local News Headlines Urgent need for blood donations this holiday season HCC opens Marieb Center for Student Parents Palmer rail stop site evaluation continues by MassDOT Springfield council rejects pay raise proposal WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on WWLP.com.