Graduate and professional students — The Graduate School, Campus Wellness, Graduate and Professional Student Government, and local campus/off-campus wellness vendors are excited to offer you all an afternoon of wellness.
The semester is underway, and we’ve responded to graduate students’ needs in order to advocate for a flourishing student body.
Event locations:
- GSU-2300L (Great Hall Lobby): Welcome table, check in
- GSU-2300 (Great Hall): Resource fair, body scrub activity, and lunch
- GSU-2200 (Art Gallery); Cookies & Conversation with the deans and GPSG leadership
- GSU-2423: Massage
- GSU-2424: Calm/mindfulness room
When:
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.
Where:
Carolina Union – The Great Hall, art gallery, and surrounding meeting rooms
Our gathering is an opportunity for graduate and professional students to engage in self-care and build community.
Partake in these options from learning more about community well-being organizations, facilitating peer-to-peer networking, and raising holistic well-being awareness:
- Wind down with a ten-minute chair massage by licensed massage therapists from Raleigh Massage and Wellness. Be sure to sign up in advance for your spot (waitlist)
- Need a space to de-stress? Get grounded and engage in mindfulness in our curated calm room featuring Himalayan pink salt lamps.
- Sometimes a snuggle goes a long way. HAPPEE Hugs & Pups will be on hand with their emotional support pup, Blue, a Great Dane.
- Enjoy cookies and conversation with deans from The Graduate School and with executive leadership from Graduate and Professional Student Government. Cookies provided by Insomnia Cookies.
- And lastly, enjoy lunch at no cost to you.
Registration for this wellbeing event (through Heel Life) is encouraged to ensure accurate headcount for food and drinks.
Meet our vendors
- Campus Health
- Carolina Community Garden
- Carolina Latinx Center
- Carolina Student Legal Services
- Commuter Alternative Program
- Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
- Counseling and Psychological Services Multicultural Health Program
- Dean of Students
- Diversity and Student Success, The Graduate School
- Heels Care Network
- Honor System outreach
- Minority Student Caucus
- Off-Campus Student Life
- Student Blue, Blue Cross Blue Shield NC
- Student Life and Leadership
- Student Wellness
- The Writing and Learning Center
- University Ombuds Office
- UNC Campus Recreation
- UNC Police
- UNC Student Government
- UNC System Associate of Student Governments
- UNC Wellness Center
- UNC Violence Prevention and Advocacy Services (VPAS)
- University Libraries
- Wells Fargo