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Wellness

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Campus Recreation values wellness - we model and inspire lifestyles that encourage lifelong health and well-being by focusing on the eight dimensions of wellness. 

We work with a number of other campus partners to support the eight dimensions of wellness on campus.

Campus Ministry 

Campus Ministry is located in the Benson Center & they are full-time ministers with Master’s degrees, graduate students, and undergraduate students who want to help you find a sense of home at SCU.. For more information please see their website.

Career Center 

The Career Center empowers students to continuously discern and pursue meaningful work to meet the complex needs of an ever-changing world.  They support all undergraduate students, graduate students in Engineering, Education, Counseling Psychology, and Pastoral Ministries, and Alumni.  For more information about career development and opportunities to connect with resources, alumni, and employers please see their website.

Center for Sustainability 

The Center for Sustainability empowers SCU students, faculty, and staff to build a more humane, just, and sustainable world. The Center for Sustainability host events and programs, implements initiatives, provides strategic consultation, and share stories that help the University achieve climate neutrality, practice mindful consumption, develop a culture of sustainability and use the campus as a living laboratory. For more information please see their website.

Cura RLC (Finn Residence Hall) 

Opened Fall 2019, the Cura Residential Learning Community is a mini-suite style, a co-ed community of first and second-year students, focused on the theme of cura personalis or care for the whole person. 

Mission to Wellness

This is a program for SCU's faculty and staff out of the Human Resources Department. For more information, please see the HR website.

Student Health, Counseling, and Well-Being

Student Health, Counseling, and Well-Being consists of Student Medical Services, Counseling and Psychological Services, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and the Wellness Center. We are committed to caring for the whole person by providing professional services through compassionate prevention, treatment, education and advocacy, which are only available to currently enrolled SCU students. For more information see their website. 

Student Well-Being Resources 

We have a new comprehensive website that includes various well-being resources at scu.edu/well-being. If you aren’t sure where to go or what you may need, please review the offerings that have been compiled here. Student well-being is a campus-wide effort and we appreciate the collaboration between the Student Health, Counseling, and Well-Being Center and Dean of Students Office that made this website possible.