Visitors to the University Student Recreational Complex on Monday night were welcomed with loud pop music and a variety of booths that offered students the opportunity to “Keep Calm and Study On.”

The event was organized by the Student Health Center at the UREC as a way to help students relax through free aromatherapy, massages, stress balls and face painting along with water, smoothies and energy bars.

Ian Wang, Health Promotion coordinator for the Student Health Center, said the program was a great way for students to have fun and relax before finals.

“This is dead week, but for a lot of students, I feel this is the time they are panicking,” he said. “It’s not really ‘dead’ for a lot of people.”

Students participating in the event agreed dead week may be more alive than the name suggests.

Jenna Tynes, communication disorders junior said Keep Calm and Study On provided a break after studying all day long during a dead week that is “definitely not dead at all.”

Tynes said her favorite parts of the event were the free smoothies and the opportunity to enjoy a mini-massage.

Business sophomore Brittany Guillory said she has a final paper due Wednesday but knows she just needs to keep calm.

“[Keep Calm and Study On is] a fun and great way for us to relieve stress,” she said. “It’s something different.”

In addition to the services at the booths, a side area was set up in the grass where students could participate in a series of fitness classes with a focus on relaxation and stress relief.

Graduate assistant for fitness and wellness Mark Romanowski directed one of the yoga classes.

“Yoga is a great thing to get your stress off, ease the mind, clear the mind,” he said.

Romanowski said he has a presentation, a paper and a final exam next week and believes the opportunity to participate in yoga and stress-relieving exercises will help clear his mind.