Thalia Castro slides down the large bounce house obstacle course. (photo by Steele Friese)
University of Florida students found ways to unwind at the university's Flavet Field Sunday before they begin their final exams for the fall semester.
The student organization Keys Governing Body hosted the Bounce Your Stress Away event from 3 to 6 p.m. It included a bounce house and an inflatable obstacle course, and about 60 students attended, said Yvette Langford, who helped organize the event.
As music played from a speaker, students sat in the grass, pet therapy dogs, ate fried chicken and threw darts at paint-filled balloons.
The event was a way to promote stress relief, said Langford, a 19-year-old finance student at UF. Classes for the fall semester end Wednesday, and exams begin on Saturday.
“We wanted something big to end the semester with,” she said.
Jameson Worthington, 5, climbs out of an inflatable slide after going down it with his mom, Jessica, at Keys Governing Body’s Bounce Your Stress Away event on Flavet Field on Sunday. (Katelyn Newberg/WUFT News)
Kervins Clement hangs out with his new puppy, Bella, as Pax gives her a kiss. (Steele Friese/WUFT News)
Daniel Steigleman, of the Keys Governing Body, helped run the event. (Steele Friese/WUFT News)
UF students jump in the bounce house. (Katelyn Newberg/WUFT News)
Thalia Castro slides down the inflatable slide. (Steele Friese/WUFT News)
UF students Michael Wilson, 19, and Erica Flannagan, 19, fall inside the bounce house. (Katelyn Newberg/WUFT News)
Aaron Hubberman signs into the event before grabbing cookies. (Steele Friese/WUFT News)
Darts stick in a wooden board after students threw them at paint-filled balloons. (Katelyn Newberg/WUFT News)
Melissa Pierce, an 18-year-old mathematics student at UF, prepares to throw a dart at paint-filled balloons. (Katelyn Newberg/WUFT News)