Wellness Days

Reflect Relax Reconnect Reenergize

Wellness Days are built into the academic calendar as days to reflect, relax, reconnect, and reenergize as individuals and as a campus community. These are days for our community to focus on supporting and caring for our students as well as each other.

There will be no classes, no assignment due dates, no non-critical lab work, and no meetings held on these days. Wellness Days will feature a variety of ways to de-stress, re-center, and connect with yourself and those around you throughout the day.

Wellness Days - Academic Year 2024/2025

Friday, September 27, 2024 - The Big G(oat)
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 - Share the Care
Friday, February 14, 2025 - Snuggle Up
Monday, March 31, 2025 - Stage for Wellness

Sponsor or Co-Sponsor an Event or Activity

The CWB is responsible for coordinating the programming for the Wellness Days with student groups and departments. If you are interested in sponsoring or co-sponsoring an activity or event, please fill out the Wellness Day Event Request Form.

All submissions must be completed 2 weeks in advanced to be added to any and all CWB promotional material. All submissions should be completed 1 week prior for the event to be approved.

Important: We recognize the B-term (November) Wellness Day is on election day and that, for some, political elections can evoke strong emotions, create tension, and be a source of stress and anxiety. As such, to align with the mission of Wellness Days, we have decided to keep the November Wellness Day apolitical. The CWB will neither provide, nor approve, any program related to politics or the election for the November Wellness Day. We thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Participate

Managers and supervisors are asked to be flexible and support employee and graduate student participation in Wellness Days. We recognize that not everyone on campus can take an entire day off because they’re responsible for critical operations that can’t be rescheduled but do hope that everyone can participate in part of the day. Managers and supervisors are encouraged to:

Avoid scheduling work meetings.
Offer opportunities for connection (employee lunch, team-building activity, etc.).
Offer flexibility; for example, provide the opportunity to utilize a few hours on another day for similarly focused activities.
Try to make a light schedule for the day – this is an opportunity to slow down and catch your breath.