{"id":8199,"date":"2025-12-08T16:45:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T22:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=8199"},"modified":"2025-12-08T16:45:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T22:45:48","slug":"kindness-in-stones-a-message-for-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/08\/kindness-in-stones-a-message-for-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Kindness in stones: A message for students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kindness-stones-FULL-_mixdown.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Students took a break from end-of-semester anxieties inside the Student Union Wednesday during the Kindness Stones event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The School of Rehabilitation Services and Counseling hosted the event and invited students to decorate rocks with uplifting messages and supportive imagery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event focused on creating a calming environment ahead of Finals Week by letting students express themselves through art while also spreading positivity across campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Addiction studies and criminal justice senior and a student employee in the School of Rehabilitation Amber Mora said the event connected to a similar feature at her building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cWe also have, like, a little rock garden at our building,\u201d Mora said. \u201cSo, we&#8217;re at the Health Affairs West Building, and in front of there, there&#8217;s a little rock garden.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Expressive Arts Program Coordinator Kim Nguyen-Finn said the goal of the event was to focus on kindness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u00a0\u201cSo, just even engaging in the activity itself is perfectly OK,\u201d Nguyen-Finn said. \u201cAnd for some folks, they said that they weren&#8217;t artistic either, and what they did instead is they wrote some words of kindness or inspiration.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With finals just days away, some students saw the event as a way to decompress.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mora and Nguyen-Finn made clear that the event was aimed for students mental health, after a long and tedious semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cybersecurity junior Mauricio Martinez participated in the event and shared his experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cSo, I&#8217;m trying to find anybody that I can to help me with this process, you know? 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