Every semester, finals week looms menacingly in the distance—drawing ever nearer. The students at Texas State University only have one more week to prepare before finals week strike. Students can be found cramming in libraries, taking swigs from their caffeinated beverages to stay focused and sleeping in any and all acceptable spaces. Alkek Library becomes a haven for students as they study all they can, while trying to balance out their mental health.
How do students overcome these emotions? Texas State offers the Counseling Center, SLAC and other resources. The Counseling Center is offering more sessions before finals and SLAC helps students study in groups. Students shouldn’t let final exams get the best of them. It’s only a number.
Video Story By Neil Manning
Photo Story By Samuel Cravey
Students find themselves on campus late into the evening. Some are going home for the day, and some are getting ready to hunker down to study into the night. 
The SLAC in the library is where students gather to seek help from tutors, and study with their peers. 
On Alkek’s fourth floor, Texas State students gather to study. 
Emily and Adriana work together as study partners for a immunology exam in the Alkek library. 
Adriana Marmolejo laughs at the difficulty involved in studying for immunology, as Emily Lopez presses on with studying. 
Biology major Adriana Marmolejo listing out terms for her fifth immunology exam in the SLAC. 
Microbioloy Major Emily Lopez using the board in the SLAC to study for her fifth immunology exam. 
The Alkek library on Texas State offers quiet spaces, like the fifth floor, for students to study in peace. 
Students busy at work on the fifth floor of Alkek as Old Main looms in the distance. 
A student at Texas State captured walking out from the parking garage under the library with the Texas State University seal in view.
