Dunbar Library and the University Activities Board will host a week-long series of stress-relieving events for students starting this finals week, Dec. 8 to 12.
Events will include massages, with masseuses in both the library atrium and the Student Union atrium, free coffee and cookie decoration, a candy bar, and “Fuzz Therapy” on Friday with service dogs provided by 4 Paws for Ability.
Dec. 7 will see the 2nd annual “Cram Jam,” in the library Group Study Room near the Starbucks. During this four hour block of studying and intermittent breaks, students can attend stations and partake in aromatherapy, jewelry making, chair yoga, Nerf basketball and a silent dance party, with a link to the music playlist available soon.
Tutors will be on-site at Cram Jam, called “Grab and Go” tutors, who can help students if they need it.
“We’re being strict about ending the 15 minute breaks on time,” said Marketing Communications Specialist and event coordinator Michelle Brasseur, “so everyone gets the 45 minutes of study time they need.”
Much of the event budgeting will be provided by the University Activities Board and University Libraries, with funding support from Tutoring Services and Counseling and Wellness Services. In-kind donations come from 4 Paws for Ability, Hospitality Services and the Department of Athletics.
“I think there are some doubts as far as if this fits into the library’s role. It’s definitely a stretch of our usual activities,” said Brasseur. “With Game Night at the beginning of the semester and Cram Jam at the end, it’s like, ‘Welcome to the library. By the way, did you know we’re still here?’ It’s a bookend of comfort and support we like to offer to students."
The library saw 183 attendees for Game Night in the fall, and are expecting about 100 people for Cram Jam this Sunday.
“It’s nice that, in such a commuter-based campus, they still have things like this for students who feel like going,” said senior Juli Poling. “The library has always been good about stuff like that.”
Students can visit libraries.wright.edu/dunbarwire for a detailed list of event days, locations and times.
