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Contact Information: Sheryl Weinstein Public Relations
973-596-3436
NJIT Eases The Tension of Final Exams, Holiday Pressure And The Winter Blahs: Enter the Stress Free Zone
NEWARK, Dec 9 2003
WHAT: To ease the anxiety of students confronting final exams, holiday pressure and the winter blahs, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has created an on- campus stress-free zone, where students can unwind with free massages, a play room, shopping, a myriad of games, a midnight breakfast as well as stress reduction and relaxation workshops. There will also be films and music and sports.
WHEN: Dec. 9 - Dec. 17, 2003.
WHERE: The Campus Center on the NJIT campus.
WHO: Donna Minnich Spuhler, director of the Campus Center, is available to discuss the stress-free zone. To interview her or to visit the zone and talk to students, call Robert Florida at (973) 596-5203.
BACKGROUND: NJIT started the stress-free zone to remind students that too much cramming and anxiety can be unhealthy.
Tagged: stress free zone, final exams
NJIT, New Jersey's science and technology university, at the edge in knowledge, enrolls more than 8,400 students in bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in 92 degree programs offered by six colleges: Newark College of Engineering, College of Architecture and Design, College of Science and Liberal Arts, School of Management, Albert Dorman Honors College and College of Computing Sciences. NJIT is renowned for expertise in architecture, applied mathematics, wireless communications and networking, solar physics, advanced engineered particulate materials, nanotechnology, neural engineering and e-learning. In 2009, Princeton Review named NJIT among the nation's top 25 campuses for technology and among the top 150 for best value. U.S. News & World Report's 2008 Annual Guide to America's Best Colleges ranked NJIT in the top tier of national research universities.
