Get Help with an Existing Program
If you’re planning a program that promotes student wellbeing, let us know! We are eager to support the work of partners seeking to boost health, wellness and community across our campuses.
There are several ways Student Wellbeing can assist you.
Plan a workshop for your group. Student Wellbeing will facilitate a workshop of your choosing. Choose from a variety of evidence based, experiential learning experiences.
Planning an event you’d like us to collaborate and co-sponsor with you? We believe in hosting events that generate stories, meet students where they’re at, and provide them with a takeaway (or two) they can use to advance their wellbeing. If your idea aligns with these principles, please fill out our “Partner on Existing Program” form.
Have a wellbeing idea but aren’t sure how to bring it to life? Reach out! Email us at wellbeingproject@bu.edu to start a conversation.
Interested in facilitating an already-developed program in your community? We can provide you a how-to guide and materials to engage your group in a wellbeing program that can be tailored to your audience. Check out our menu below! Email us at wellbeingproject@bu.edu to see if this might be a fit for your group.
Screw Up, Stand Up
Do you want to help students build resilience and learn that setbacks can happen to all of us? Screw Up, Stand Up is designed to promote social, intellectual, and emotional wellbeing, all while fostering resilience and growth mindset.
Failure and setback affect everyone. These occurrences can take a toll on our outlook and can be discouraging. Participants will hear from others about how they have navigated these up’s and down’s, and share their own experiences of how they overcame a setback. It’s important to raise awareness that no one is alone in their experience, and that it is possible to move past the curve balls that life can throw at us!
Disconnect to Connect (D2C)
Disconnect to Connect (D2C) is a pop-up program created by Student Wellbeing that both departments and student groups around the university can use to foster fun, meaningful, and lively conversations for students. The program’s intention is to create a space where students can momentarily “unplug” from their devices and responsibilities to enjoy a community-building chat that allows them to get to know their peers on a more personal level. Furthermore, D2C invites students to feel how genuine interactions without distractions are a great way to promote social and emotional wellbeing.
Conversation Kits
To encourage students to press pause, have some conversation and get to know someone better, Student Wellbeing created Conversation Kits! Grab a hot cocoa and have a chat on us. It’s a great way to foster your social wellbeing!
What’s inside each kit? Each kit contains two hot cocoa packets, plus a card that will prompt an interesting conversation. No kit is complete without some stickers and swag, too!
Coloring for Mindfulness
Student Wellbeing provides coloring books and colored pencils to campus partners seeking to promote mindfulness and creativity, or simply introduce a fun way for students to recharge their batteries through a shared activity.
Terrier Pursuit
Are you seeking a program that invites students to explore the sites and landmarks in Boston in a fun, communal way? Student Wellbeing’s “Terrier Pursuit: A Boston Scavenger Hunt” may be the perfect activity for your community. It’s designed to promote social, intellectual, physical and environmental wellbeing.
Students are invited to create teams of four and register by an agreed-upon date. At an appointed time, all participants receive a list of clues identifying ten sites scattered throughout the Back Bay, South End, Downtown and North End. Teams will decode the clues, visit the sites, take selfies, and race to the next site. The first three teams to finish and upload their selfies typically receive prizes!
Here’s what participants have said about this program: “I had an absolute blast exploring the city.” “We had a wonderful time exploring many beautiful places in Boston!” “Dear Student Wellbeing Team, OMG, I cannot believe this! Thank you for hosting such a wonderful scavenger hunt- it was incredible.”