Wellness Day: Stage for Wellness

Be well at home while celebrating Wellness Day on March 31st. Drop by the Center for Well-Being starting on Thursday, March 27th to pick up your Wellness @ Home Kit to help de-stress and relax. Kits will be available March 27- March 31 or until we run out. Get one before they are gone! 

Try your hand at pixel art! All levels of artist talent welcome – no experience necessary. Just download the template to get started. Instructions are included in the template. Submit your creations by email to cwb@wpi.edu and you might see yours highlighted on the CWB Instagram! One lucky entry will even be selected to win a prize. 

Template will be posted on CWB website the morning of 3/31.

Step back into your childhood and enjoy some Play-Doh fun this Wellness Day. Relive the joy of creativity with our play dough station, where you can mold your worries away and even take some dough home to spark that nostalgic fun! While supplies last.

Design and make your own paper airplane and enter our Paper Airplane Contest!  The winner will receive a free t-shirt or sweatshirt of their choice from the Bookstore. 

Wellness Day Bookstore Discount! Mention Wellness Day at checkout to save 10% on apparel, snacks, supplies, and more!  Visit the Bookstore for more details. 

Are you the best CAD modeler in school? Prove it at our March CADness! CAD Modeling Competition. Show off your skills and compete against fellow students for the title of the ultimate CAD master! The winner will be awarded a prestigious trophy and an official certificate of achievement.

New for Wellness Day and all Wellness Days going forward, Morgan Dining Hall will be offering a Faculty/Staff meal discount for $10!

To utilize the discount, please present your WPI ID at the attendant station to receive your discount before you pay. Valid only on Wellness Days.

We hope you enjoy your Wellness Day on Monday, and if you are on campus, please join us all day!

Sign up for a 15-minute Reiki session with certified Reiki masters, Catherine Flayhan and Diana Fiorentino, as you experience healing in your whole-body by the gentle placement of the practitioner’s hands above or lightly on the receiver's body. Reiki is a healing practice that helps to bring your energetic body into alignment. Humans have two body forms. One is our physical body supported by our spine, bones, organs. We also have an energetic body with a central column that runs along our spine called a Sushumna. This is where the seven main Chakras live as well as the Nadis, which are channels that bring energy out to the rest of our body. Both can become out of alignment. When your energetic body is unaligned you visit a Reiki Practitioner. 

Students will learn about different ways to practice the various dimensions of wellness through wellness tarot cards. There will also be some fun additional on-theme grab and go items for students as well. 

Come by the CWB for coloring pages and jigsaw puzzles!  While you’re there, grab a warm beverage or light snack.

The Chem Eng Department will use its awesome chemical engineering, thermodynamics, heat transfer, mixing, and phase change skills to magically make ice cream using liquid nitrogen (and milk and cream). 

Join graduate studies to decorate your own small planter pot and fill it with soil and basil, mint, or cilantro seeds and make your own mini herb garden! 

Interested in trying meditation for the first time? Or perhaps you are an experienced meditator and want to build and strengthen your mindfulness practice in a supportive community?  Please join the CWB in this 30-minute, guided meditation session led by Robin Benoit from the Gordon Library.

Participate in person or on Zoom: https://wpi.zoom.us/j/186050714 

Free wellness stickers, candy, and ribbons from MHC 

Stop by the food truck on the Quad (outside Innovation Studio) from 11am-1pm for a free soft pretzel and toppings!

Stop by for open rec basketball! 

It's simple: bring a book you read for fun that you enjoyed, and trade it for a new-to-you book from the swap table! You'll find fantasy, historical fiction, biographies, true crime, cozy mystery, and more, and inventory is always turning over. 

The Kevin Love Fund (KLF) IQP group is leading a workshop where the KLF education team will conduct a social-emotional-learning (SEL) activity/lesson. The students within the IQP group will offer additional guidance for participants during the activity/lesson. Afterwards, we will engage in a grounding guided meditation to calm any intense emotions that may have arisen. We will also provide the opportunity for participants to personally and privately record their experience to be included in the KLF SEL curriculum that teaches adolescents worldwide about how to express emotions and gain coping tools. 

Join us in this soothing session using healing instruments such as gongs, singing bowls, chimes, and more where participants are bathed in “sound waves” that bring healing to the body. Participants may experience relaxation, an increased sense of well-being, balanced energy, and deep awareness.

Did you know scents can have a powerful impact on your well-being? Certain aromas can reduce stress, boost mood, and enhance relaxation - making this the perfect self-care activity. Take a break and unwind at BME's Wellness Day Event! Join us for a fun and creative session where you can design your own scented jar, personalized with ribbon, fabric, buttons and dried flowers. 

This workshop is open for any student who is interested in learning about information and resources related to gender affirming transition process. Topics will range from information about medical transition to social transition steps and anything in between. Please reach out to the SDCC (sdcc@wpi.edu), SHS (shs@wpi.edu) or ODIME (diversity@wpi.edu) with any questions.

Join the pickleball tournament!
Registration link TBD

Join ASME for an exciting hands-on event where we’ll be crushing a variety of objects using a tensile testing machine! Watch materials get put to the test under extreme force while learning about mechanical properties and failure modes. Plus, explore some of the cutting-edge tech we have at ASME and see what makes mechanical engineering so awesome. Don’t miss out on the fun, destruction, and innovation! 🚀🔧💥 

Please join us for a panel discussion featuring women and gender minority professionals in physics and physics-related fields. They will discuss their experiences and answer questions. We invite you to continue the discussion informally over tea, coffee, and snacks following the panel. 

Join us for free s'mores at the CC Grill!

Join us between 2-4 PM in Fuller 311 for stickers, jigsaw puzzles, and quiet coloring, as well as the opportunity to meet and relax with our CS community. All are welcome! 

Join Us for a Fun-Filled Line Dancing Event!

Get ready to step, slide, and groove at our Line Dancing Event on March 31st from 2 PM to 4 PM! Enjoy an exciting afternoon of dancing and music with expert instruction from Alana Moretti. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned pro, everyone is welcome to join the fun. 
 
Don't miss out on this lively and engaging event. Grab your dancing shoes and join us for an unforgettable time.

Join us for vinyasa yoga.  In vinyasa yoga, movements flow between yoga poses as you link your breath to the movement of the body. Boost your mood, improve your sleep, and feel your stress roll away when you participate. 

3/31 is Trans Day of Visibility! All are welcome to join ODIME in celebrating the day by picking up snacks, trans flags and stickers in the campus center. 

Stop in for a few snuggles or sloppy doggie kisses to help melt away anxiety and stress. Our furry friends will be awaiting your presence! 

Calling all online graduate students – join graduate studies for a 30-minute guided meditation followed by 30-minutes of social time! Come for the whole hour, or just the meditation or just the social. It’s up to you!  

Zoom link: https://wpi.zoom.us/j/91869869009 

Join the CWB in Alden Great Hall for a performance by the mentalist Jon Stetson!  Jon Stetson is a champion player of mind games. He began as a magician but moved beyond the traditional trick and props of magic to explore the real mysteries of the human mind. Call him an “intuitionist”- he observes people’s patterns and steps inside their heads. He amazes guests with information they didn’t even know about themselves. He engages people in a psychic partnership that makes them the real stars of the show. The result is powerful, provocative, thrilling, and new; better still, it’s funny! Doors open at 4:30pm.

Support your health this wellness day with Zumba taught by Erika! Whether you have taken a class before or are new to dance that class is open to all levels. Brought to you by Fitness Club.