Good Luck on Your Finals!

Dear fellow students and friends,

I hope that you had a lovely Thanksgiving break and that the past few months have been rewarding, intellectually interesting, and fun.

The conclusion of the fall semester is bittersweet -- it marks the significant accomplishment of completing another (or your first!) semester of college and, simultaneously, the end of the classes you’ve come to enjoy. As you are completing your final projects, papers, and exams, your peers on the Honor Committee would like to wish you the best of luck.

We have organized a few opportunities to brighten your finals season this December and encourage you to take study breaks, maintain your healthy habits, and connect with your friends. Honor has set up well-being tables in libraries, an iced coffee truck on December 8, and a variety of group fitness classes at the Aquatic and Fitness Center. If you need a blue book or would like to borrow a loaner calculator, you can grab them from the Newcomb Help Desk throughout the week. And, of course, we’re continuing two of our favorite finals traditions: a Grit coffee tab on all exam days and a Corner Juice smoothie tab on December 13 at their locations on the Corner!

In addition to Honor’s specific initiatives, we would like to promote the Writing Center’s online and in-person consultations from December 8 - 17. We’ve also partnered with Student Health and Wellness (SHW) on our wellness tables and would like to promote their “Fuel for Finals” events on December 11 and 13. Finally, if you’d like to decompress and destress, please stop by the Contemplative Sciences Center for their End of Semester Study Cafe on December 9 from 12:30 to 4:00 p.m. and their End of Semester Commons Unplugged on December 12 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. You can find more details regarding these initiatives at honor.virginia.edu/finals.

To recap, here is a listing of some of the week's highlights:

Sunday 12/8

• 11 a.m., Honor Coffee Truck

Monday 12/9

• 9 a.m., Rhythm Ride @ AFC
• 12:30 p.m., End of Semester Study Cafe at Contemplative Commons Studio 1B

Tuesday 12/10

• 12:30 p.m., Barre @ AFC
• 8 p.m., Vin to Yin Yoga @ AFC

Wednesday 12/11

• 8:30 p.m., Fuel for Finals @ SHW
• 7 p.m., Zumba @ AFC

Thursday 12/12

• 10 a.m., End of Semester Commons Unplugged @ Contemplative Commons 404

Friday 12/13

• 8 a.m., Honor Corner Juice Smoothie Tab
• 8:30 a.m., Fuel for Finals @ SHW

The Honor Committee designed these resources with one goal in mind: to support you. Our community is defined and distinguished by this commitment to looking out for each other, lending a helping hand, and believing in the good faith of our peers. Completing your coursework with honesty and integrity and trusting your classmates to do the same demonstrates your respect for your fellow students, your professors, and the UVA community. Our shared commitment to these values begins with our honorable actions in the classroom and extends through all of our lives after graduation.

Remember that you are a part of this community that believes in you and wants the best for you. Good luck!

All the best,

Laura Howard (she/her/hers)
Chair of the Honor Committee