UVM's WE is a residential community of students who commit to keeping their living spaces a healthy place by focusing on healthy brains and healthy bodies.
The Wellness Environment (WE) is a university-wide behavior change program with a residential component. WE breaks wellness down into four pillars: fitness, nutrition, mindfulness, and relations. Students in WE will be given the resources and incentives they need to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Along with this new environment, the University of Vermont is also offering supplemental classes that emphasize the importance of mental and physical wellness. Courses will be taught by graduate students, post doctoral students and doctors from the Vermont Center for Children Youth and Families.
Members of the Wellness Environment:
- Live together as a community within a
residential complex on campus
- Have access to daily fitness and nutrition
coaching
- Receive eligibility for a discounted
membership to their residential Fitness Center and UVM Campus Rec Group Fitness Passes
- Obtain daily access to yoga, meditation, and
other mindfulness programs
- Engage in personal monitoring of health goals
with the support of WE staff
- Establish connections with numerous campus
wellness resources
- Become a mentor at UVM and in the greater
Burlington community
