Wellness Education Week 2021: Monday, April 19th to Friday, April 23rd
There are workshops, speakers, de-stressers, and other fun activities throughout the week. We encourage you to participate as you have the capacity to! Remember to “unplug”, spend time outside & take care of yourself!
All BMC Community Members are welcome to participate.
Participate in synchronous activities and asynchronous activities & complete the attendance and feedback form for an exciting surprise:
Click here for the form!
Click on the title for session description & registration link – All events in Eastern Time!
Monday, April 19
4:00 – 5:00 PM: Teach-In: From Charity to Social Justice—A Conversation About Civic Engagement
Facilitated by: Amanda Blatz ’23 and Veronica Ramirez ’23, and Lisa Armstrong and Ellie Esmond (Career & Civic Engagement Center)
8:30 – 9:30 PM: De-stress with Pets & Game Night
Hosted by: Kathy Zhang & Alison Kinney (Health & Wellness Center Advisory Board, HCAB)
Tuesday, April 20
4:00 – 4:45 PM- How to Health: Using Podcasting to Promote Student Wellbeing
Hosted by: Lisa Armstrong, Millicent Auma, Madeline Svengsouk, Maria Ocando Finol (Civic Engagement Health Equity & Social Justice Coordinators)
5:00 – 6:00 PM: Powerful Yoga
Hosted by: Gabrielle Gary (Alumnae Relations)
6:00 – 6:45 PM: Myth Busting- Pre-Med/Pre-Health Destresser
Hosted by: Ani Dixit, Gail Glicksman, and Raining Huo (Health Professions Advising Office, HPAO)
8:00 – 9:00 PM: Anti-Healthism: Your Health Is Not Under Your Control
Hosted by: Hazel Iashmolkina (Peer Health & Wellness Educators, PHWE)
10:30 – 11:00 PM: Box Breathing to Help Promote Sleep
Hosted by: Reggie Jones, Associate Dean of Health and Wellness (Health & Wellness Center) & Jaclyn Lo (Health & Wellness Center Advisory Board, HCAB)
Wednesday, April 21
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Suicide Awareness and Education Workshop
Hosted by: Emma Fiorini and Amelia McDonnell (Mawrters for Mental Health)
12:30 – 1:30 PM: Tech Tips for Wellness on Zoom
Hosted by: Grace Cipressi and Sean Keenan (LITS: Educational Technology Services)
3:00 – 3:30 PM: Celebrating each other: How to reject the culture of “Appearance Ideal” by focusing on the person within!
Hosted by: Beth Kotarski, Director of Medical Services (Health & Wellness Center)
4:00 – 4:45 PM: Resource Roundup!
Hosted by: Rachel Heiser and Peer Mentors (Academic & Student Support Services)
4:00 – 5:30 PM: Self Care for Neurodivergents and Neurotypicals
Hosted by: Sophie Greer, Sophia Malatesta, Nayantara Batra
5:00 – 6:00 PM: Grow Through What You Go Through – Pick up a Flower @ Taylor Drive
Hosted by: Whitney Rigodon & Jaclyn Lo (Health & Wellness Center Advisory Board, HCAB)
5:00 – 6:00 PM: Accessing Therapy On & Off Campus
Hosted by: Mayisha, Rania & Eliza (Peer Health & Wellness Educators, PHWE)
7:00 – 8:00 PM: KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dior Vargas Keynote Speaker + Q&A
Click Here to Register for the Keynote Speaker Event!
Presented by: Dior Vargas, MS, MPH, CNP
Hosted by: Health & Wellness Center Advisory Board (HCAB)
Thursday, April 22
Photowalk Prompt: Take a photo in nature, of nature, or your pet!
10:00 – 10:30 AM: Your Body is Not an Apology: A Guided Journaling Session on Body Liberation and Radical Self Love
Hosted by: Sara Lewis (Health & Wellness Center)
3:00 – 3:30 PM: Sleeping as a Student
Hosted by: Babbie Fulton and Jamie Weist (Health & Wellness Center)
3:30 – 4:30 PM: Don’t come owl by yourself– bring a friend or tweetheart to Denbigh tent for a colorful surprise activity!
Hosted by: President Cassidy
4:30 – 5:00 PM: Sleep Management Workshop
Hosted by: Isabel Bradford, Rania Dali, and Rishi Singh (Peer Health & Wellness Educators, PHWE)
5:30 – 7:30 PM: DIY Neck Warmers @ Denbigh Tent
Hosted by: Tessa Eisen, Rania Hammami, Elisa Kardhashi (Peer Health & Wellness Educators, PHWE)
7:00 – 8:00 PM: Boosting Self-Confidence and Relaxation with Self-Hypnosis
Hosted by: Amanda Brown (Undergraduate Dean’s Office)
7:00 – 8:00 PM: Combatting Procrastination
Hosted by: Clara Chamorro ’22, Anna Hsu ’22, and Aanandi Murlidharan ’23 (Writing Center Tutors)
7:30 – 8:00 PM: Eye Yoga for Screen Fatigue
Hosted by: Reggie Jones, Associate Dean of Health and Wellness (Health & Wellness Center) & Kyle Bledsoe (Health & Wellness Center Advisory Board, HCAB)
8:00 – 8:45 PM: Open Space for AAPI Community Members
Hosted by: Mayisha Rahman (PHWE Co-Head) and Reggie Jones Associate Dean of Health & Wellness
9:00 -10:00 PM: Disability and Ableism On Campus and Beyond: How To Do Better
Hosted by: Hazel Iashmolkina (Peer Health & Wellness Educators, PHWE)
Friday, April 23
Photowalk Prompt: Reflections on WEW2021 & Thank you Message for a speaker/workshop host!
3:00 – 4:00 PM: Stress Management Workshop
Hosted by: Jessica Calloway, Erin Calloway, Tanya Noon, Tessa Eisen, and Elisa Kardhashi (Peer Health & Wellness Educators, PHWE)
5:00 – 6:00 PM: KEYNOTE WORKSHOP: Active Minds V-A-R Workshop
Click Here to Register for the Keynote Workshop!
Presented by: Active Minds’ Chief Program Officer, Laura Horne, and Senior Manager of Health Equity, Tanya Bass
Hosted by: Health & Wellness Center Advisory Board (HCAB)
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