Dear Student,

It’s midterm season and students are hard at work. During this busy academic time, students’ sleep habits may become disturbed or irregular, causing negative academic impacts.  We wanted to provide you with a few resources to help ensure that your students adopt healthy sleeping habits to finish out the term. Please feel free to copy and paste the blurb below in to a message to your students.

Greetings from Alice!

At Alice! we acknowledge the stress and other pressures associated with this busy time in the semester. One of the most healthful ways to help positively cope with midterms and other pressures is to ensure that you maintain healthy sleep.

Sleep has many positive effects on health and well-being, but many college students report getting insufficient sleep each night. It’s necessary to develop good sleep habits in order to stay healthy and help your body and mind to rest and recharge.

Sleep:

• Promotes memory consolidation of what you study
• Effects processing speed so that you can learn faster
• Makes you feel refreshed and ready for work or exams
• Boosts immune health
• Helps maintain energy balance
• Promotes positive coping with stress
• Improves athletic performance by enhancing motor skills
• May help you to pay attention in class
• It’s a cheap, easy way to look and feel better!

Did you know that Alice! has a website dedicated to sleep? The A!sleep website provides you with the opportunity to take a free on-line sleep assessment which offers both tips on healthy sleep habits and instant personalized feedback on your sleep behaviors. The website includes:

• a sleep diary to assist you in managing your sleep routines or identifying daily activities that may be impacting your sleep,
• a series of ZzzCards, electronic postcards with various tips on how to maintain healthy sleep behavior,
• general sleep information, and
• on and off campus resources.

Helpful Resources

Alice! Health Promotion Program
Health Services at Columbia

Related Q&As from Go Ask Alice!

• All night, done right: Getting the most out of an all-nighter
• Sleepy from over sleeping?
• Insomnia— a disturbing sleep disturbance!
• Stress + Coffee + No Sleep = Ulcer?

Sweet dreams,

Alice!

Alice! Health Promotion Program
108 Wien Hall
alice@columbia.edu