{"id":5030,"date":"2024-02-26T14:52:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T19:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/?p=5030"},"modified":"2024-03-13T10:39:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T14:39:18","slug":"take-a-moment-to-relax-in-our-new-nap-pods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/2024\/02\/26\/take-a-moment-to-relax-in-our-new-nap-pods\/","title":{"rendered":"Take a Moment to Relax in Our New Nap Pods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>University Libraries recognizes the importance of the holistic well-being of Montclair students, faculty, and staff. As such, we collaborated with<a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/counseling-and-psychological-services\/\"> Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)<\/a> which came up with the great idea of installing two state-of-the-art Metro Energy Nap Pods in the library.<\/p>\n<p>The acquisition of our Nap Pods were made possible by <strong>a grant of $850,832 provided by the Secretary of Higher Education (OSHE)<\/strong> to improve students&#8217; lives, including their mental health well-being. The main purpose of the grant was to help disadvantaged students with mental health needs; populations which were most adversely affected by the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The grant also helped to provide our University with several other equipment and services including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3 additional nap pods (2 in the student center and 1 in the recreation center)<\/li>\n<li>3 massage chairs (2 in the student center and 1 in the recreation center)<\/li>\n<li>Increased access to mental health resources through partnerships with treatment centers including Blue Crest, GenPsych and Renfrew center.<\/li>\n<li>Professional development for Montclair Faculty and Staff through <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stevefund.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Steve Fund<\/a>, an organization dedicated to supporting the mental health and emotional well-being of young people of color.<\/li>\n<li>Funding to train, feed, heal and groom Pebbles, Montclair\u2019s pupscot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The new nap pods, located on the first floor in the Commuter Study Space, just outside of the Office for Faculty Excellence (OFE), are designed to provide library users with a dedicated space to rejuvenate both physically and mentally.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the nap pod&#8217;s exciting features include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A privacy visor<\/li>\n<li>Built-in music player<\/li>\n<li>Guided relaxation<\/li>\n<li>Safe storage for personal belongings<\/li>\n<li>A user-friendly interface<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ready to enhance your well-being? Visit the Sprague Library and indulge in a refreshing nap today!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>University Libraries recognizes the importance of the holistic well-being of Montclair students, faculty, and staff. As such, we collaborated with Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) which came up with the great idea of installing two state-of-the-art Metro Energy Nap Pods in the library. The acquisition of our Nap Pods were made possible by a grant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":368,"featured_media":5031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/368"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5030"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5199,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5030\/revisions\/5199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}