The beginning of the academic year is a great time to create or renew healthy habits, like getting enough sleep, moving your body, and engaging with hobbies like being outdoors or the arts.
To that end, the Office of Health Promotion & Well-Being is pleased to co-host Well-Being Day in collaboration with the Student Government Association and the Graduate Representative Organization. We’ve created a variety of events through the day of Wednesday September 11, 2024; we hope to see you at one or more of them!
These events are all on the Homewood campus but are open to all Hopkins students and trainees.
Some events require registration; others are drop-in.
Event: F45 Cardio Class
Time: 7:00 am–8:00 am
Location: O’Connor Recreation Center
Details: Free group fitness for Well-Being Day; Rec Center membership is required.
Event: Yoga in the Garden
Time: 8:15 am–8:45 am
Location: Decker Garden
Details: https://cglink.me/2dh/r1959392
Event: Yoga in the Garden
Time: 9:00 am–9:45 am
Location: Decker Garden
Details: https://cglink.me/2dh/r1959393
Event: Canvas Painting (Registration required)
Time: 10:00 am–10:25 am
Location: Freshman Quad
Details: https://cglink.me/2dh/r1959394
Event: Hammocks on the Quad
Time: 10:00 am–3:00 pm
Location: Keyser Quad
Details: https://cglink.me/2dh/r1959406
Event: Climbing Wall & Bouldering Cave
Times: 10:00 am–5:00 pm (wall), 10:00 am–4:00 pm, 5:00 pm–9:00 pm (cave)
Location: O’Connor Recreation Center
Details: Open to Rec Center members with active memberships.
Event: Canvas Painting (Registration required)
Time: 10:30 am–10:55 am
Location: Freshman Quad
Details: https://cglink.me/2dh/r1959395
Event: Massage Chairs (Registration required; registration will open at 7:30am on 9/11)
Time: 10:00 am–12:00 pm
Location: Glass Pavilion
Details: https://cglink.me/2dh/r1959454
Event: Flowerpot Painting (Registration required)
Time: 11:00 am–11:25 am
Location: Freshman Quad
Details: https://cglink.me/2dh/r1959402
Event: Planting in the Breezeway
Time: 11:00 am–1:00 pm
Location: Keyser Quad Breezeway
Details: https://cglink.me/2dh/r1959410
Event: Getting Your Health in Check
Time: 11:00 am–1:30 pm
Location: Keyser Quad
Details: Meet some of the wonderful healthcare providers from Student Health and Well-Being’s Primary Care office to talk about general well-belling tips, sexual well-being, and metabolic health. Look out for some awesome giveaways.
Event: Love in the Trenches Tabling
Time: 11:00 am–2:00 pm
Location: Brody Terrace
Details: Love in the Trenches is an organization whose mission is to provide life-saving harm-reduction materials for opioid use. They will provide brief demonstrations on how to use naloxone (aka NARCAN) in a suspected opioid overdose emergency and fentanyl test strips and provide the harm reduction method afterward.
Event: Flowerpot Painting (Registration required)
Time: 11:30 am–11:55 am
Location: Freshman Quad
Details: https://cglink.me/2dh/r1959403
Event: Canvas Painting (Registration required)
Time: 12:00 pm–12:25 pm
Location: Freshman Quad
Details: https://cglink.me/2dh/r1959398
Event: Canvas Painting (Registration required)
Time: 12:30 pm–12:55 pm
Location: Freshman Quad
Details: https://cglink.me/2dh/r1959399
Event: F45 Cardio Class
Time: 12:00 pm–1:00 pm
Location: O’Connor Recreation Center
Details: Free group fitness for Well-Being Day; Rec Center membership is required.
Event: Cultivating Mindfulness and Self-Compassion as Well-being
Time: 12:30 pm–1:30 pm
Location: O’Connor Recreation Center, Meeting Room A
Details: Attendees will learn about why it can be hard to pay attention these days, in the world of information overload, and how this might be effective their well-being. We’ll talk about how mindfulness can help cultivate better attention practices and how mindful self-compassion helps us develop a kinder inner voice. Attendees will also practice new skills that support their well-being including diaphragmatic breathing and how to take a self-compassion break.
Event: Canvas Painting (Registration required)
Time: 1:00 pm–1:25 pm
Location: Freshman Quad
Details: https://cglink.me/2dh/r1959400
Event: Canvas Painting (Registration required)
Time: 1:30 pm–1:55 pm
Location: Freshman Quad
Details: https://cglink.me/2dh/r1959401
Event: Friendship Bracelet Making (Registration required)
Time: 2:00 pm–2:25 pm
Location: Freshman Quad
Details: https://cglink.me/2dh/r1959404
Event: Neurodivergent Identities Drop-In Group (Registration required)
Time: 2:00 pm–3:30 pm
Location: Online
Details: This 90-minute, virtual, drop-in group is intended for students who have received a new diagnosis (within the past year) of a neurodivergent (ND) condition(s). Neurodivergent conditions may include but are not limited to autism, ADHD, learning difficulties, and sensory processing disorders. The goal of the group is to provide psychoeducation on the conditions and the impact they may have on areas of functioning. Discussions will include self-advocacy and accessing resources and support. Participants can join at any point in the semester, and can attend as many sessions as they’d like. Directions to register for a drop-in group can be found on this page.
Event: Friendship Bracelet Making (Registration required)
Time: 2:30 pm–2:55 pm
Location: Freshman Quad
Details: https://cglink.me/2dh/r1959405
Event: Performing Arts on the Quad
Time: 3:00 pm–5:00 pm
Location: Freshman Quad
Details: https://cglink.me/2dh/r1959407
Event: Emotional Adulting Workshop (Registration required)
Time: 4:00 pm–4:30 pm
Location: Online
Details: Emotional Adulting is a drop-in skills workshop series designed to help participants work with emotions from a space of compassion, awareness, non-judgment, and curiosity. The skills taught in this series, which are generally drawn from mindfulness and trauma symptom management practices, are beneficial for our general emotional well-being as well as helping to manage distress related to depression, anxiety, trauma, and other experiences. Each session is just 30-minutes long, and you’ll leave each workshop with helpful resources and suggestions for how to practice the skills in everyday life. While all eight sessions are recommended, join one or more – when it works for you! This group is limited to 40 learners. Directions to register for a workshop can be found on this page.
Event: Mindful Yoga
Time: 5:00 pm–6:00 pm
Location: O’Connor Recreation Center
Details: Free group fitness for Well-Being Day; Rec Center membership is required.
Event: Zumba
Time: 5:00 pm–6:00 pm
Location: O’Connor Recreation Center
Details: Free group fitness for Well-Being Day; Rec Center membership is required.
Event: F45 Cardio Class
Time: 5:30 pm–6:30 pm
Location: O’Connor Recreation Center
Details: Free group fitness for Well-Being Day; Rec Center membership is required.
Event: Cycle Sculpt
Time: 6:30 pm–7:30 pm
Location: O’Connor Recreation Center
Details: Free group fitness for Well-Being Day; Rec Center membership is required.
Event: Inside Out 2 Outdoor Movie
Time: 8:00 pm–9:45 pm
Location: The Beach
Details: https://cglink.me/2dh/r1959457