Stop & Breathe: Select Campus Activities to Help you to Relax for Midterms

By Cathy Michael, October 5, 2022

Stop and Breath during midterms: here are some activities across campus you can join

The JED Campus Initiative of Ithaca College is highlighting campus events and activities to help you Stop & Breathe during midterms.  Take some time to meditate, create something, watch film, color, play a game, tell a story, exercise or pamper yourself!

JED Stop & Breathe Midterm Event Listing

Sponsored by Mindful IC: 

Mindfulness Circle:  Every Monday at 5 pm in the Muller Chapel.  Open to all as an opportunity to practice mindfulness together and connect with each other.   Individuals requiring accommodations email: ddimitrova@ithaca.edu  

Noon Hour Meditation:  Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 12-12:30 pm in the Muller Chapel.  Beginners welcome, cushions provided! Individuals requiring accommodations email: ddimitrova@ithaca.edu 

Sponsored by The Library: 

Check out games and art supplies (crayons and colored pencils) at the Circulation Desk at the library.  Try out a puzzle on the 2nd floor.  Check out a DVD or Blu-ray at the Circulation Desk; choose one from the Film tab of the library’s home page.  Just ask for the disc by the VIDEO number.  https://library.ithaca.edu/film/  

Sponsored by the Center for Health Promotion: 

Sanvello Phone App: Download the premium version of the Sanvello Phone application for free using your IC email to create an account. Self-care tools at your fingertips that can help manage stress, anxiety or depression with evidence-based tools 

Center for Health Promotion Wellness Resource Room: Stop by the lower level of Hammond room B18 to use wellness tools including; light therapy boxes, coloring, Buddha board, yoga mats, meditation cushions, fidget toys, puzzles and more 

Wellness Wednesdays:  Campus Massage Station: On-Campus Resource for Therapeutic Massage. Available every Wednesday from now to the end of the semester. Call or Text: Bec Renee Haley, LMT (607.280.6456) or Jeffery Haley, LMT (607.279.6456) for an appointment. 

Sponsored by the Fitness Center 
Use your Ithaca College ID to access Fitness Center equipment and facilities https://www.ithaca.edu/fitness-center  

Sponsored by the Center for Creative Technology 

Intro to 3D Modeling, Friday, October 7, 2022 from 3-4 pm in Job 103. Register in Engage:  https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/event/8401940 Learn TinkerCAD, a free 3D imaging software to create objects for printing. Master the slicing and file prep process for slicing and file prep process for successful prints, and find free objects to create on the web. 

National Coming Out Day Celebration, Tuesday, October 11, 2022 from 12:10 pm to 7 pm 
Friends 102 – Makerspace. Register in Engage: https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/event/8445295  
Join us in the Makerspace from 12:10 to 7:00 P.M. to make pride themed crafts! 

Sponsored by the LGBTQ Center 

Restoryation: Your Story Your Way.  Tuesday, October 11, 2022 12 pm to 1:30 pm.  Clark Lounge, Campus Center.  For National Coming out Day, guest Cai Quirk leads a workshop on Restoryation, how to engage with new stories, myths, and legends, ones that walk the many paths beyond supposed binaries: male and female, night and day, land and sea, earth and sky, life and death, self and other, self and earth. Register in Engage: https://ithaca.campuslabs.com/engage/event/8142368