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The finals frontier

The finals frontier

Staff June 16, 2024

For more than a decade, Roesch Library has lightened the mood during finals week with fun themes to promote their events and services. Library staff and student employees brainstorm pop culture themes and activities that amuse and enlighten, while encouraging healthy study habits. 

A collage of logos from previous library finals week themes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Take a break from your day with this 10-year time capsule of finals gone by.

Fall 2014 
Hunger Games
Stats final? No problem. Hand-to-hand combat to the death? Well …

Spring 2015 
Mad Men
Happiness is the smell of a new car — and the moment finals are over.

Fall 2015 
Star Wars Finals Week: The Stress Awakens (and it’s beginning to look a lot like Sithmas)

Spring 2016
Friends
Roesch promised, “We’ll be there for you.” And they delivered — including milk with cookies by Grandma Nestlé Toulouse to “perk” up students.

Fall 2018 
Finals Week Block Party
“Lego” of your stress, Roesch beckoned, with chair massages and a Lego building station.

Spring 2018 
Nintendo
Exams were on like Donkey Kong.

Fall 2017 
Roesch Refresh, Finals Fresh!
Roesch’s refreshing take on exams encouraged students to reinvigorate, relax and review

Spring 2017 
Flower Power
Finals were groovy, baby, thanks to an indoor Mary garden in the lobby of Roesch.

Fall 2016 
A Charlie Brown Christmas
As Linus reminds us, “Fear not!”

Spring 2019 
Parks and Rec
Campus is still talking about the miniature therapy ponies. Long live Little Sebastian. 

Fall 2019 
Space: The Finals Frontier
Of course you can handle it, even if it is rocket science.

2020-2021 
Mean Girls
“She doesn’t even go here” anymore because she passed her finals!

Spring 2022 
Marvel
I hope Professor X isn’t a tough grader.

Spring 2024 
Outer Banks
If the Pogues can track down the Royal Merchant’s gold, Flyers can finish those finals. 

Fall 2023 
Taylor Swift
Students were encouraged to “shake it off” at Roesch Library: “May no tears ricochet; at every table, we’ll save you a seat.”

Spring 2023 
The Office
“Everybody stay calm!” —Michael Scott

Fall 2022 
Harry Styles
“As it was,” “late night talking” was the “sign of the times.”