An event designed to promote student wellness at Long Beach City College went unattended after no students arrived for the scheduled Mandala Coloring activity at the B building on Oct. 29.
Chris Garcia hosted the Mandala Coloring event and waited for students to arrive before closing early.
The absence of attendees highlights a larger issue on campus with events becoming less attended.
Garcia explained what he plans to do differently in the future and why he feels students might be missing the events.
“I think the event didn’t have a strong enough appeal and I also think maybe because it didn’t have that much of an appeal, maybe it kinda overlapped a little bit with the Halloween celebration,” said Garcia.
“I think with this event maybe try it pair with maybe like something maybe paired with food, cause food always helps or maybe like pair it with coffee or tea, maybe something a little more relaxing, pairing it with something that people can eat or drink,” Garcia added.
Despite experiencing an absence of attendees, Garcia aims to continue and plan wellness events for students in the future.
“Yeah, every Thursday we’re doing ‘Wellness Thursdays’, and so we’ll have different sort of events for like physical movement, for mindfulness and also for like building community,” said Garcia.
Garcia highlights the importance of student wellness and urges Vikings to try and take a break from busy personal, educational and work lives.
“I think it’s something that our mind really requires as well you know, we’re doing a lot of thinking, a lot of learning which the mind enjoys but then also the mind enjoys slowing things down and like focusing on one thing at a time,” said Garcia.
Garcia gives advice and resources to students who are struggling to manage their education and personal life.
“I would say if you feel like you’re too busy to take a 10 minute break, you should take a 30 minute break right, like these are things we feel you know, the more we need to take that time to slow down and rest so that we can keep going,” said Garcia.
The next event at building B-200 will be hosted on Oct. 29 called Queer Novela on Prep from 1 a.m. to 2 p.m.
