{"id":23657,"date":"2025-12-01T15:15:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T20:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=23657"},"modified":"2025-12-01T15:18:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T20:18:32","slug":"take-a-break-before-finals-at-de-stress-fest-dec-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2025\/12\/01\/take-a-break-before-finals-at-de-stress-fest-dec-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Take a break before finals at De-Stress Fest, Dec. 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit Mercy&#8217;s annual De-Stress Fest, set for <strong>Thursday, Dec. 4, from 4:30-7 p.m.<\/strong>, is a chance to connect with friends and recharge before finals week at the Whitty Student Fitness Center with delicious food, exciting games, prizes and fun!<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the things you can do at De-Stress Fest:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ride the mechanical bull<\/li>\n<li>Play multiplayer inflatable games<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy free massages<\/li>\n<li>Get creative with crochet and bracelet making<\/li>\n<li>Snack on treats at the hot cocoa bar and taco stand<\/li>\n<li>Decorate Christmas cookies with Chef Jessica<\/li>\n<li>Build your own snowman with Miss Chris<\/li>\n<li>Plus raffles, pastry decorating and more<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All students are welcome!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23658\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/11\/destress-fest-photos.png?resize=993%2C238&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A grouping of three photos of students enjoying activities at De-stress Fest.\" width=\"993\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/11\/destress-fest-photos.png?resize=300%2C72&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/11\/destress-fest-photos.png?resize=768%2C183&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/11\/destress-fest-photos.png?zoom=2&amp;resize=1229%2C295&amp;ssl=1 2458w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 993px) 100vw, 993px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All students are invited to the Whitty Student Fitness Center on Dec. 4, from 4:30-7 p.m., for some entertainment and relaxation prior to exam week at the annual De-Stress Fest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":23658,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4404],"tags":[668,2177,37,240,679],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/11\/destress-fest-photos.png?fit=2500%2C596&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-69z","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23657"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23657"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23763,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23657\/revisions\/23763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}