Annual event is exam week lifesaver
April 3, 2001
KALAMAZOO -- Western Michigan University students will get plenty of help staying on course during finals week by participating in the 2001 Finals Finish from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. Monday, April 16, and Tuesday, April 17, in the Student Recreation Center.
The program, which has a sailing theme this year, allows students to use the center as a late-night study and recreation area for the first two days of winter final exams. It is being sponsored by the University's Presidential Spirit Committee along with several campus departments and employee organizations.
The Student Recreation Center will be offering students study rooms, a computer lab and open recreation facilities as well as snacks and massages. Another partner for Finals Finish is WMU's Waldo Library, which will be open until 3 a.m. on April 16 and 17.
"This can be a hectic, stressful time for students," says Amy J. Seth, director of University recreation. "We want to help them review, relax and revive so they can successfully sail through the last finals week of the academic year."
Last year, more than 3,000 students participated in Finals Finish, while 53 faculty, staff and administrators volunteered their time and 35 area businesses donated their products and/or services.
Seth notes that the event, now in its fifth year, fosters spirit and pride on campus and has become a WMU tradition.
"Bronco Bash is our way of welcoming students back to campus at the start of each academic year," Seth says of the annual street fair held the day before fall classes start. "Finals Finish, which enhances the educational process by providing a nurturing study environment, is our way of sending them off on a good note."
Media contact: Jeanne Baron, 616 387-8400, jeanne.baron@wmich.edu