{"id":25399,"date":"2026-04-20T12:38:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T16:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=25399"},"modified":"2026-04-20T23:54:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T03:54:40","slug":"save-the-date-for-de-stress-fest-april-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2026\/04\/20\/save-the-date-for-de-stress-fest-april-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Relax, recharge and have fun at De-Stress Fest, April 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-25398\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/DE-STRESS-FEST.jpg?resize=232%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Flyer for UDM De-Stress Fest, scheduled for April 23, 2026, from 4:30-7 p.m., in the Whitty Student Fitness Center. This information is located in the center of the page where the UDM University Recreation logo appears in a square with the text over a blue background. Surrounding the square are numerous images depicting students participating in festive activities.\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/DE-STRESS-FEST.jpg?resize=232%2C300&amp;ssl=1 232w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/DE-STRESS-FEST.jpg?resize=791%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 791w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/DE-STRESS-FEST.jpg?resize=768%2C994&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/DE-STRESS-FEST.jpg?resize=425%2C550&amp;ssl=1 425w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/DE-STRESS-FEST.jpg?w=825&amp;ssl=1 825w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>As finals approach, take some time to relax, recharge and have fun with a variety of stress-relief activities at the annual end-of-the-year De-Stress Fest.<\/p>\n<p>De-Stress Fest takes place on <strong>Thursday, April 23, from 4:30-7 p.m.<\/strong> in the Whitty Student Fitness Center.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you\u2019re trying to chill, compete or just grab some food, this is the spot to be.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s going down:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Photo booth, mocktails and esports lounge<\/li>\n<li>Arts and crafts (coloring and flower potting)<\/li>\n<li>Massages and sound beds<\/li>\n<li>Therapy dogs<\/li>\n<li>Active games (bubble soccer, yard games, water pong)<\/li>\n<li>FREE Food (taco bar, nitrogen ice cream, DNA candy)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No registration is needed. Just show up.<\/p>\n<p>Bring your friends. Stay as long as you want. De-stress before finals hit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As finals approach, take some time to relax, recharge and have fun at Detroit Mercy&#8217;s De-stress Fest set for April 23. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":25398,"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":[668,2177,797,566,567,7216],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/03\/DE-STRESS-FEST.jpg?fit=825%2C1068&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-6BF","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25399"}],"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=25399"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25687,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25399\/revisions\/25687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}