Calm Day

Department

Activity/Presentation

Time

Location

February 17 – Kickoff!

Keynote Speaker

Jen Stanford

CALM>Stress

(What it really means to manage stress. It’s not bubble baths and burnout band-aids.)

4:30pm-5:30pm

Bonnie Auditorium

Calm Day 2/18 Events

Department

Activity/Presentation

Time

Location

Student Rec and Wellness

Let the Sound Hold You: Sound Bowls Meditation

8 am-9 am

session begins at 8:15-:30

Heth 43

Student Rec and Wellness

Calm and Centered: Yoga

(open to all levels of experience)

9 am – 10 am

Studio M

Student Rec and Wellness

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 3^rd 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 2^nd 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 2^nd Floor

Tartan Tail

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

10 am – 11am

Bonnie 2^nd 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 4^th 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

Arts and Wellness Center

Calm Music and Making music

12 pm-1pm

Artis Center atrium

Arts and Wellness Center  

What makes you calm?

With response drawing

12 pm-1pm

Artis Center atrium

Arts and Wellness Center

Meditative Coloring

12 pm-1pm

Artis Center atrium

Arts and Wellness Center

Guided Meditation

12:50 pm-1pm

Artis Center atrium

Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning CITL

Live Music

12 pm-1pm

CITL Office- Library 2^nd 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 2^nd 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

Dr. Tricia Easterling

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

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

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

Equipment provided, first come, first serve

3 pm – 5 pm

Peter’s Rock Wall

(Attire: athletic clothing allowing range of motion)

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

(session begins at 4:15-:30)

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 156

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

Day Long Activities

Day Long Activities

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 (Starbucks gift or Squishmallow) 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 3^rd floor lobby lounge)

Jennifer Stanford via Zoom

Discussion of her book De-Stressed

1 - 2pm

Highlander House