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Calm Day

Campus Calm Day 2026

Join us on Tuesday, Feb. 17 as we kick-off our second annual Calm Day events with keynote speaker Jen Stafford at 4:30 p.m. in the Bonnie Auditorium. Jen will be discussing CALM > Stress: What it really means to manage stress. It's not bubble baths and burnout band-aids

Be sure to join us for many more events throughout main campus on Wednesday, Feb. 18. The full schedule of events is below.

After attending a Calm Day event be sure to check-in and complete the brief Qualtrics survey letting us know you were there!

Department

Activity/Presentation

Time

Location

Student Rec and Wellness

Let the Sound Hold You: Sound Bowls Meditation

8 am-9 am

Heth 43

Department of Recreational Parks and Tourism

Different Minds Welcome Here: Faculty and staff check out the Rec Therapy Lab

9 am-11 am

Cook Hall 222

Highlander Success Center

Brain Break: Puzzles, Pastries & Paws. Enjoy Puzzles and Donuts and a Tartan Tail visit at 11:00 am

10 am-2 pm

Young Hall 3rd floor- Lobby C

Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning CITL

“Hands-On Calm: Community Puzzle, Coloring & LEGO” Unwind, focus, and spark your creativity in a relaxing, playful space.

10 am-2 pm

CITL Office- Library 2nd Floor

McConnell Library

Mindful Bites: Savor the Moment -   Slow down, tune into your senses, and enjoy each bite

10 am-2 pm

Lofi Lounge

College of Nursing

Understanding Neurodiversity: A Simulation Experience.

SIM Suits and Goggles

10 am-12 pm

IPE Room

Waldron Hall

Tartan Tails

Come meet a Tartan Tail at Waldron!

10:30 am – 11:30am

IPE Room

Waldron Hall

Student Rec and Wellness and Connected Communities

Make and Take Crafts:  

  • Sand art 
  • Pressed Flower bookmarks
  • Design your own coffee mug
  • Aromatherapy playdoh

10 am-2 pm

Heth- Connected Communities

Student Involvement

Calm Café: Visit the Hot Cocoa Bar and hang out with friends

10 am-2 pm

Bonnie 2nd Floor

Tartan Tail

Warm cocoa, wagging tails, and a cozy place to unwind. Come hang out with a Tartan Tail!

10 am – 11am

Bonnie 2nd Floor

Office of Conduct and Office of Alumni Relations

Paint your Peace:

Guided Painting

10:30 am-11:30 pm

Russell Hall Alumni Conference room

Tartan Tail Visits the Highlander Success Center

Come meet Tilly one of Radford’s Tartan Tails

11am – 12 pm

Highlander Success Center Young Hall 4th Floor

Center for Accessibility Services -CAS

Create Your Calm: Make and take fidget rings

11am-12 pm

Bonnie

Student Counseling Services

Bubbles and Breath: Mindful Bubble Blowing

11am-12 pm

The Clocks

College of Visual and Performing Arts

Calm Music and Making music

12 pm-1pm

College of Visual Performing Arts Atrium

College of Visual and Performing Arts

What makes you calm?

With response drawing

12 pm-1pm

College of Visual Performing Arts Atrium

College of Visual and Performing Arts

Meditative Coloring

12 pm-1pm

College of Visual Performing Arts Atrium

College of Visual and Performing Arts

Guided Meditation

12:50 pm-1pm

College of Visual Performing Arts Atrium

Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning CITL

Live Music

12 pm-1pm

CITL Office- Library 2nd Floor

Tartan Tails Visit  Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning CITL

Come meet one of our Tartan Tails- Huckleberry as he joins in on the music!

12 pm-1pm

CITL Office- Library 2nd Floor

Flying Changes

(weather permitting)

Equine assisted therapy informational session come meet two of therapists – one has 4 hooves!

1pm-4 pm

Outside of the Library

Flying Changes

Equine assisted therapy informational session

1 pm-4 pm

Bonnie

Greenhouse

Touch some Dirt: Plant a plant and hangout. There’s even a hammock inside!

12 pm-1pm

Green House

McConnell Library

Lo-Fi Lounge

1 pm-Midnight

Lofi Lounge

SAVES

Bubbles and Breath: Mindful Bubble Blowing

1pm-2 pm

Clocks

CITL/ Jen Stanford

DE-STRESSED Book Discussion

1pm-2 pm

CITL

School of Teaching and Education Leadership

Dr. Tricia Easterling

Confidence Is Attractive: A Road Map Out of Self-Doubt And How to Avoid Arrogance - presentation

2 pm -3 pm

Lofi Lounge

Department of Recreational Parks and Tourism

Different Minds Welcome Here: Students check out the Rec Therapy Lab

2 pm-5 pm

Cook Hall 222

Office of Conduct and Office of Alumni Relations

Paint your Peace:

Guided Painting

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm

Russell Hall Alumni Conference room

McConnell Library

Draw or build a bird with Legos

3 pm-5 pm

Library- Bird room

McConnell Library

Snack and relax

3 pm-5 pm

Lofi Lounge

SAVES

Meditation for Every Brain: A Guided Meditation

3 pm-4 pm

Planetarium

RU Outdoors

Mindshare Moments: Intro to Rock Climbing

3 pm – 5 pm

Peter’s Rock Wall

IDEA Club

Craft: Make and Take your own sunflower

3 pm-4 pm

Heth 14

Planetarium

Enjoy the show! “The universe starting with us”

4 pm

Planetarium

Center for the Sciences room M75 (Main Street level)

Student Rec and Wellness

Let the Sound Hold You: Sound Bowls Meditation

4 pm-5 pm

Heth 43

Jen Stanford Keynote Speaker

“The Hidden Cost of Stress: How It Silently (and sometimes loudly) Kills Innovation”

Presentation

4 pm-5 pm

Kyle Hall 156Ha

Center for Accessibility Services (CAS) and Connected Communities

Silent Beats, Calm Minds: A silent disco for students to dance, relax, and celebrate every mind!

7 pm-9 pm

Student Rec and Wellness Cycling Room

Center for Accessibility Services (CAS)

Need to unwind visit our Calm Room!

8 am – 4 pm

Russell Hall 322

Esports

Open Gaming

All Day

Cook Hall 131

Greenhouse – Artis College of Science and Technology

Plant Petting Zoo

All Day

Green House

Office of Housing and Residential Life

Quiet Hours

All Day

All Residence Halls

McConnell Library

Raffle/ Self tour of Calm Spaces

All Day

McConnell Library

McConnell Library

Get Crafty in the Craft Corner

All Day

McConnell Library

Presenter/Department

Activity

Time

Location

Student Affairs - Roanoke

Quiet Activities & Sensory Exploration

10am - 4pm

RUC 401 

Suzanne Parsells 

Sound Bowl Meditation

noon - 1pm

Old RUC Bookstore (across from main 3rd floor lobby lounge)

Jennifer Stanford via Zoom

Discussion of her book De-Stressed

1 - 2pm

Highlander House