Keeping Our Community Healthy
Student Wellness and Health Promotion is operating remotely. Our services, resources and programming are available virtually. To schedule a counseling or advocacy appointment, call us at: 302-831-3457. To schedule educational outreach, submit a Program Request form. For any additional questions, email us at: studentwellness@udel.edu.
Sexual Offense Support
Our Mission
Create a foundation for lifelong wellbeing by providing Blue Hens with the wellness tools to make healthy choices that contribute to a safer UD.
Our Work
Student Wellness and Health Promotion supports behavioral health and wellness. Behavioral health and wellness encompasses the promotion of health, resilience and wellbeing for individuals and communities to support body, mind and spirit.
Overview of Services
We offer a wide variety of health and wellness services to our students and campus community. Click the toggles below to learn more about these resources
Alcohol and Substance Use
- AlcoholEdu for College is an educational program for all incoming students
- BASICS Program: provides brief alcohol and marijuana screening, feedback and education
- Collegiate Recovery Community (CRC) for students in recovery or with a close friend or family member in recovery from addiction
- Confidential drug and alcohol counseling and referral to treatment
- ScreenU: FREE anonymous screening tool for immediate feedback about your alcohol or other substance use
Crisis Counseling and Victim Advocacy
- All services are available to victims of sexual assault, harassment, stalking, dating, and domestic violence
- 24/7/365 crisis intervention and advocacy through Sexual Offense Support (S.O.S.)
- Prevention education and advocacy including how to give and ask for consent
- Bringing in the Bystander®: an interactive program that shows how everyone has a role to play in ending sexual misconduct
- Individual Appointments for confidential crisis counseling
- Support Groups: include our Empowerment Group for survivors of sexual violence, as well as a Healthy Relationships Group
Wellness Education and Additional Services
- Wellness Break Videos a series of videos to practice mindfulness, learn how to do creative wellness activities, engage in yoga and more.
- Student Wellness Newsletter is a monthly newsletter with upcoming wellness events, involvement opportunities and educational activities
- Upcoming Events new additions every month, all are FREE for students
- Paid and unpaid internship opportunities
- Request educational programs for your classroom, RSO, chapter, team or other group
Connect with and Contact Us
- Location: 231 S. College Ave
- Phone: 302-831-3457
- Email: studentwellness@udel.edu
- Instagram: @LiveWellUDel
- Engagement: Upcoming Events
Blue Hens are Helping to Protect the Flock
By creating and sharing digital materials, UD Protect the Flock Student Wellbeing Ambassadors will help reduce their peers’ risk of COVID-19 infection by encouraging student engagement in protective factors (such as mask wearing), self-advocacy (such as sticking to party-size limits), and other UD community health efforts (such as completing the daily symptom checker). Click the button below to learn more about the program.
Blue Hen Re-Coop Days:
Tuesdays, March 30 and Monday, April 19. The theme of this year’s first Re-Coop Day on March 30 is self-awareness, so the opportunities and resources inspire reflection, self-compassion and connecting with one’s internal wisdom and creativity, and the theme of the next Re-Coop Day on April 19 is community and connection.
A Podcast Mini-Series by Students, for Students.
This semester we’ll be featuring twice monthly episodes scripted and hosted by our ambassadors. Below you can listen to the latest episode, or you can catch the series on Spotify: www.udel.edu/008184.
Student Involvement Opportunities
We recognize that different students have different needs for improving their personal wellbeing and different talents to help improve our campus wellbeing. To provide wellness growth for as many students as possible, we offer campus events, internship opportunities, supportive communities and experiences that build professional skills.
Internship Opportunities
Blue Hen Wellbeing Community
This is a free, non-credit, self-paced and self-directed online learning space for UD students to explore wellness topics that interest them while connecting with their peers. Click to learn more about the Blue Hen Wellbeing Community.
Collegiate Recovery Community
Sexual Offense Support Peer Advocates
Improve Your Wellness
Be sure to share the resources below with fellow Blue Hens to promote a healthy and well campus for all.
Choosing Well at UD
9 Wellness Dimensions
We believe there are 9 dimensions of wellness that impact human life. Click to learn more about the 9 Wellness Dimensions.
Wellness Videos
Take a short wellness break or learn more about wellbeing. Click to watch our Wellness Videos.
Upcoming Events
Additional Resources
