{"id":2717,"date":"2025-11-05T12:51:51","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T17:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/?p=2717"},"modified":"2025-11-05T12:51:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T17:51:51","slug":"conquering-finals-and-then-finding-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/conquering-finals-and-then-finding-rest\/","title":{"rendered":"Conquering finals\u2026 and then finding rest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>December is an especially demanding time for students. They\u2019ve worked hard all semester and the final weeks often bring long nights, big deadlines, and high expectations. Once the semester wraps up, many students need time to rest and recover, both physically and mentally.\u00a0You may notice your student:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Feeling extra tired or stressed during finals week.<\/li>\n<li>Wanting downtime or quiet time to recharge once classes end.<\/li>\n<li>Reflecting on what went well (and what didn\u2019t) this semester.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How you can support your student:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Encourage rest. Remind your student that it\u2019s okay to slow down and practice self-care.<\/li>\n<li>Celebrate effort, not perfection. Acknowledge their hard work and persistence this semester.<\/li>\n<li>Offer reassurance. Finals can feel overwhelming &#8211; let them know you\u2019re proud of their progress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>OWU Sponsoring Organization\/Office:<\/strong>\u00a0Bishop Elevate<br \/>\n<strong>Contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Thea Smekens at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:tjsmekens@owu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tjsmekens@owu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December is an especially demanding time for students. They\u2019ve worked hard all semester and the final weeks often bring long nights, big deadlines, and high expectations. Once the semester wraps up, many students need time to rest and recover, both physically and mentally.\u00a0You may notice your student: Feeling extra tired or stressed during finals week. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2100,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-life-academics"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2718,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2717\/revisions\/2718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.owu.edu\/newsforowufamilies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}