The Dimensions of Wellness |
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Financial wellness is an intricate balance of the mental, spiritual and physical aspects of money.
Environmental wellness recognizes one's responsibility to one's environment, ranging from immediate surroundings to the world.
Occupational wellness is the ability to get personal fulfillment from one's jobs while maintaining balance.
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Emotional Wellness and Mental Health |
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Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others and make choices. Mental health is essential at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood.
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Emotional wellness is an awareness and acceptance of a wide range of feelings in oneself and others. An emotionally healthy person understands their limitations.
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Intellectual wellness involves ongoing learning and the ability to open one's mind to new ideas and experiences. Sharing ideas with people from different backgrounds helps us advance in all aspects of life.
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Social/cultural wellness is the ability to connect with other people in our world. This dimension is expressed through developing and maintaining friendships, family relationships and more.
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How to Practice Self-Care |
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- Get professional help if needed (there's nothing wrong with seeing a therapist/counselor)
- Spend time with loved ones and friends
- Stay positive
- Leave one's comfort zone
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- Get physically active
- Eat a healthy diet
- Enjoy a hobby
- Get quality sleep
- Journal
- Help others
- Develop coping skills
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Mental health stigma is a prejudicial attitude and/or discriminating behavior directed toward individuals with mental health issues due to the psychiatric label they have been given. How can we eliminate stigma? By imparting knowledge about mental health issues and challenging existing negative stereotypes.
Ways we can reduce mental health stigma:
- Educate one's self on the facts.
- Choose words carefully (e.g., avoid using terms like 'OCD', 'crazy' and 'depressing').
- Talk openly about mental health.
- Encourage equality between physical and mental illness.
- Show compassion for those with mental illness--choose empowerment over shame.
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Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) |
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Students seek the assistance of CAPS for various reasons. Whether it is adjusting to college life, depression/anxiety, body-image concerns, trauma, or something else, it is an honor and privilege to help students during their times of struggle.
CAPS, located on the first floor of the Orr Center, offers several services and delivery methods to USI Students. There is three individual scheduled therapy options (virtual and in-person), plus 24/7 support through student-peer support, emotional health support on-demand, and health coaching.
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Physical wellness includes appropriate exercise and proper nutrition and responsible decisions about sex, alcohol, tobacco and drug use.
University Health Center provides medical services and health-related information to students, faculty and staff. It is located on the lower level of the Health Professions Center.
The Student Wellness Office is located in Room 219 in the Recreation, Fitness, and Wellness Center (RFWC). Student Wellness develops, implements and coordinates health and wellness programs for the University community. They partner with campus departments/organizations and local community agencies to provide wellness outreach events throughout the year.
The RFWC offers almost 100,000 square feet of recreational space.
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Spiritual Wellness and Religious Life |
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Spiritual wellness is the process of looking within one's self and exploring values and beliefs to establish peace and harmony in life. It is not necessary to find this through organized religion.
Religious Life provides religious guidance and worship opportunities for students, faculty and staff. The Religious Life office is on the corner of O'Daniel and Clark Lanes. The department's goal is to get the word out about ways to stay active in your faith life while at USI.
Services offered:
- Retreats, fellowship, Bible studies, worship Mass, service opportunities and educational programming
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Work on renovation, expansion of RFWC underway |
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Drive past the Recreation, Fitness and Wellness Center (RFWC) on campus and you'll notice construction on the building is in full swing. Work—which will include updates to existing space in the RFWC and the addition of office space for several departments across campus—will continue through the year and is expected to be completed in 2024. Learn more about the project
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Student Leadership Retreat |
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Emerging Leaders offers USI first-year students the opportunity to develop new leadership skills, make new friends and contribute to the USI community. Weekly sessions are held on Mondays from 3-4:30 p.m. during the spring semester. Applications are due by Sunday, September 25, at USI.edu/Leadership.
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Join New Student & Transitional Programs for an all-day Student Leadership Retreat on Saturday, September 24 from 9 am to 3 pm to discover your leadership style, meet student leaders, and learn about effective leadership. This is a free on-campus program. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Registration is open until Friday, September 16 at USI.edu/LeaderRetreat.
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UNIV101 New Harmony Experience | September 13 |
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UNIV101 students are expected to attend the New Harmony trip on Tuesday, September 13, as part of their course requirements. Your regular classes will not meet that day to allow you to visit Historic New Harmony for a portion of the day, to learn about the town’s origins and its connection to USI. A pizza meal will be served in The LOFT directly before or after your assigned trip time that day.
Please consult with your UNIV 101 instructor on specific details of the day. For more information about this event, you can also visit this website USI.edu/hnhexperience.
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Sexual Assault Prevention and Alcohol Edu Trainings |
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Completing Sexual Assault Prevention and Alcohol Edu trainings are required for all first-year students and all student-athletes. We also encourage all our students to complete the training as our policies and processes have changed to be consistent with federal guidelines. Students should have received an email invitation in their USI Eagles email account.
Students can access these trainings by clicking on the link in the email invitation or by logging into their myUSI account and clicking on the Everfi app, a giant white E in a field of orange (please see picture).
Students should complete the trainings before October 1, 2022. Completing the trainings will ensure that a hold is not placed on a student's account. Holds will prevent students from registering for Spring and Summer 2023 classes.
Please help us to keep our campus community safe and healthy. Completing these trainings are one way to achieve this goal.
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Campus Office Information
Check out the following offices for new student and campus information:
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Screagle in the Spotlight - Mariah Fulton |
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Hello! My name is Mariah Fulton. In the fall, I will be a sophomore mechanical engineering and German double major here at USI.
This was my first year as an Orientation Leader, and I can’t wait to meet everyone! Outside of being an Orientation Leader, I am involved in Eagle Catholic, the Society of Women Engineers, and Solar Splash, an engineering club that builds a solar-powered boat and races it against other schools at a summer conference.
I also enjoy walking, spending time with friends and family, and reading. Whenever I’m asked about my favorite book, it’s impossible for me to decide, but my favorite genres are probably science fiction and historical fiction. If anyone ever wants to talk about books, come find me! I’d love to!
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As the University progresses through the semester, the health and safety of our campus community and visitors continues to be a priority. We monitor COVID-19 developments daily and follow recommendations and guidance from the State, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Indiana State Department of Health and local healthcare providers. |
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