UMass Amherst is buzzing with good news—it's now an official Bee Campus USA affiliate, recognizing its efforts to support pollinators and promote a thriving, sustainable environment. From native trees to educational tools, the campus is working to bee a place where both people and pollinators can flourish.
As part of the vibrant Founders Day festivities, Campus Life & Wellbeing hosted Fresh Check Day, an interactive mental health fair that drew hundreds of students to engage in wellness activities, connect with campus resources, and learn how to support themselves and one another.
Spring Blast 2025, a successful weekend of events held March 8-9 that offered students fun, free getaways and memorable experiences—both on and off campus—shows signs of becoming a UMass Amherst tradition.
UMass Amherst’s Okanagan Wellbeing Collective gathered for its second annual retreat at Smith College on January 28, 2025, to reflect, reconnect, and strategize on advancing the university’s commitment to becoming a health-promoting institution.
A delegation of 10 members of the UMass Wellbeing Collective joined more than 175 higher education professionals from 80 universities to discuss the impact of adopting the Okanagan Charter at the second annual U.S. Health Promoting Campus Network National Summit at the University at Albany, State University of New York, from October 14-16, 2024.
Students who enroll in the Positivity and Relaxation Training (PART) program finish calmer, less stressed, and happier than they were when they began, according to a study by the UMass Center for Program Evaluation.
On April 29, the Okanagan Wellbeing Collective hosted a wellbeing living room in front of the Fine Arts Center for Founders Day. Hundreds of students, faculty, staff, and community members visited our station. Many answered questions from the wellbeing wheel, drank tea, took home swag, registered for the 5-for-5 Connection Challenge, picked up Narcan kits, participated in the campus mapping exercise, recorded interviews about what wellbeing means to them, and most importantly, made connections with others.
UMass Amherst celebrated the grand opening of a new space dedicated to wellbeing and community on February 2 with a memorable event in the Fieldstone Slate Building. The official launch of the ASCEND Climbing Wall and adjacent spaces marked a significant milestone for UMass Amherst's commitment to holistic wellbeing.