Relax Before Finals with Stress-Less Week

The University of Mississippi is offering a number of ways for students to beat stress during finals with Stress-Less Week (April 30 to May 4). Activities include yoga, lawn games, massages and live entertainment in front of the Union. During Stress-Less Week the counseling center will offer all students a free midday resting space, where they will be encouraged to take off their shoes, kick back and relax. The Napping Well at the counseling center will be open Monday through Friday, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. It will be a tech-free zone in which no cell phones, laptops, iPods, iPads or any other form of distracting technology will be allowed. Students can safely check these at the door before entering the Well. Air mattresses, blankets, earplugs and eye masks will be available. Students will be checked in and allowed a maximum of 30 minutes of quiet for their power nap. Complete silence will be maintained in the Napping Well at all times. Stress-Less Week is sponsored by the University Counseling Center and the Office of Health Promotion. Below is the schedule of events for the week (all activities in front of the Union unless otherwise noted): Monday April 30

  • Wellness Wagon – Peer Health Educators
  • Banner signing
  • Bookmarks
  • Massages by William McCammon of Full Spectrum Health and Massage from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  • Napping Well – University Counseling Center from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (tech free zone)

Tuesday May 1

  • Wellness Wagon – Peer Health Educators (includes a stress ball station and bookmarks)
  • Pet-a-Puppy from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  • Yoga from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  • Banner signing
  • Lawn games from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (includes cornhole, soccer and ladder ball)
  • Massages available by Veda Wreen
  • Union Unplugged – performance by Ole Miss Idol Paige Dineen
  • Napping Well – University Counseling Center from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (tech free zone)

Wednesday May 2

  • Wellness Wagon – Peer Health Educators (includes a stress ball station and bookmarks)
  • Pet-a-Puppy from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  • Yoga with Hailey Berich from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
  • Massages available by William McCammon of Full Spectrum Health and Massage from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  • Banner signing
  • Lawn games (includes cornhole, soccer and ladder ball)
  • Napping Well – University Counseling Center from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (tech free zone)

Thursday May 3

  • Wellness Wagon – Peer Health Educators (includes a stress ball station and bookmarks)
  • Pet-a-Puppy from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  • Yoga
  • Banner display
  • Lawn games (includes cornhole, soccer and ladder ball)
  • Massages available by Veda Wreen
  • Union Unplugged – performance by Love Cannon
  • Meet and Greet with Ross Bjork
  • Napping Well – University Counseling Center from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (tech free zone)

Friday May 4

  • Wellness Wagon – Peer Health Educators (includes a stress ball station and bookmarks)
  • Banner display
  • Massages available by William McCammon of Full Spectrum Health and Massage from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  • Napping Well – University Counseling Center from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (tech free zone)