I only got three hours of sleep last night. Its week two and Ive already pulled three all-nighters. Sleep? What even is sleep? These are all things you might hear walking onto a college campus.

Its a known fact: Better sleep equals better grades, less anxiety and increased health and happiness yet most college students do not get enough sleep. Twenty-one percent of 晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023 undergraduates identify sleep difficulties as impacting their academic work and 28% identify sleep difficulties as being traumatic or very difficult to handle (National College Health Assessment, Spring 2018).

Knowing this, the 晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023 Student Health and Wellness Collaborative introduced Sleep Week a week designed to help students develop healthy habits, kick off the semester right and reclaim their lives from sleeplessness.

The week began on Feb. 2 after Sunday-night Singspiration 晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023s all-worship chapel. Students were given milk, cookies and sleep masks as President Barry H. Corey began reading everyone a bedtime story: Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown. Every night for the rest of the week, students tuned in to 晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023s Instagram to hear Corey finish Goodnight Moon and read Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak.

On Monday, students played with Huxley the healing harley 晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023s new therapy dog to relieve stress and have some fun. On Tuesday and Thursday, the Mosaic Cultural Center was transformed into an all-day nap corner equipped with a zero gravity chair, humidifiers and blankets so students could get their daily power naps. Students were offered free 10-minute massages and, all week, different 晩晩当際際夊消消夊2023 groups competed for who could get the most 8-hour nights of sleep. Meanwhile, Sleep Week stayed firmly rooted in Scripture as chapels explored the value of sleep from a biblical perspective, teaching that sleep is a gift from God that can be used worshipfully to glorify him.

Zachariah Jimison 

Photo by Cassandra Ashlyn Tancinco 


SLEEP HACKS

Use Google Calendar. Blocking out time for classes, homework, self-care and social time can help you get a handle on your week.

Make lists. Write out what you need to do. Get whats in your head on paper. If its out of your head, you wont have to stay up thinking about it. Youll be less stressed and more able to focus on the task at hand.

Establish a regular bedtime.

Exercise early in the day. Regular exercise will help you sleep better at night and be more awake during the day. Its also a great stress-reliever.

Shower before bed. Showering is proven to slow breathing and reduce anxiety.

Put blackout curtains on your windows.

Put your phone down 15 minutes before bed. And dont pick it up again! Buy an alarm clock so you can store your phone away from your bed at night.