Student Activities Board Works to Relieve Stress in a Stress Filled Time
The Student Activities Board held the “Keep Calm…” event this past Wednesday, December 5, to provide some stress-free entertainment for students.
The “Keep Calm…” event took place in the Student Center in hopes of involving both commuter and residential students. The event consisted of students coming out and picking his or her favorite “Keep Calm and…” line and putting it onto a t-shirt. Participants chose their own personal saying and what colors they were going to use in order to personalize their own saying even further. Once they had their idea, it was printed onto a shirt that the student could take home within minutes.
The SAB brings a variety of entertainment to the University ranging from souvenirs that students can bring home to inflatable rides. Make-your-own items seem to be popular among University students, with make your own hats and Frisbees selling out at Springfest, another SAB event.
Megan McGowan, Assistant Director of Student Activities and Student Center Operations, helped supervise this event. Mc- Gowan elaborates on the importance of incorporating commuter students into campus life here at the University. She further explains, “SAB tries to do some pop up programming that let’s students stop by between classes during the day, such as the Keep Calm t-shirt event. This is to reach out to students, such as commuters, who might not be on campus for evening or weekend programming and encourage them to come back for what might be going on around campus when classes are not in session.” Not only did this involve residential students passing throughout the Student Center, but also commuter students who were on campus that day; which was their most important goal.
Events brought to the University by the Student Activities Board are always free. Events such as this provide a nice break in the hectic day in the life of a student to come out and make something enjoyable. Students took special advantage of this specific event due to the high stress of finals week approaching. SAB attempted to provide some distraction to all students by allowing them to create something amusing and take some time for them. Tarryn Cortese, senior, said, “Due to the stress of finals, I was not even aware of any of the events happening on campus. I was passing through the Student Center and happened to notice the huge line of students and faculty leading towards the other side of the Student Center. When I walked straight to the front to see what all the hype was about, I realized how adorable the t-shirt idea was! I love the ‘Keep Calm’ quote, which is presently a huge trend.”
Casey Inguagiato, another member of SAB, was extremely proud and satisfied with the outcome of the “Keep Calm…” event. Inguagiato states, “The event’s purpose was to ease the minds of each student in preparation for finals. We think it went over really well being that the turnout of people was so great. Hopefully we will do something like this again in the future.”
The achievement of the event was apparent as countless students created their own t-shirt, while also taking some time for some fun during the stress of finals week. Cortese said, “I loved the idea that we could pick which saying and colors we all wanted individually. I decided that I needed to take a twenty-minute break from the craziness of school and have some fun and wait on line to create my own souvenir while I could! As a senior, I’m really going to miss the bond of students helping each other during stressful times such as this. We really are a community.”
PHOTO COURTESY of Erin Bukowski
