The following events are sponsored by Student Wellness each
year! Check out our Calendar
of Events for times, locations and more information!
Wellness
Week
September 12th – September 16th,
2011
Queens
Wellness Week will jumpstart the school year focusing on personal
wellness and how to be a healthy, happy, balanced and stress-free
student at St. John’s! The week will feature a variety of wellness
activities across campus, including guest speakers and a wellness
fair with giveaways and chances to win great prizes.
For More Information about the Wellness
Week please CLICK
HERE!
Queens Wellness Fair: September 15th, 2011
- 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Staten Island
Wellness Fair
The Department of Student Wellness, Campus Ministry, and the Office
of the Vice Provost are providing a week of building our wellness
competency beginning with self-exploration and peace. Large
scale yoga classes, a speaker, games, and a wellness fair are
included.
Take Back the Night
(Q & SI)
October 4th, 2011
Take Back the Night is a place free from sexual assault and abuse.
Students are invited to become part of the solution and part of the
end to sexual violence. Here is a place to take a stand, a place to
break the silence. Here we can Take Back the Night!
For More Information about the Take
Back the Night (Q & SI) events please
CLICK HERE!
National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week
October 17th – October 21st,
2011
Each year, approximately 1700 college students die as a result of
alcohol-related injury (NIAAA, 2005). St. John’s University
strives to keep the community safe and aware of the impact of
alcohol. During National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week
the campus hosts numerous events, lectures, and opportunities for
self-assessment to educate students on the risks associated with
drinking.
Featured Speaker: Matt Belace
Date: October 20th, (Staten Island/ Queens)
For More Information about the National
Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week please
CLICK HERE!
Great American Smokeout
November 17th, 2011
The Great American Smokeout is a national campaign started by the
American Cancer Society to educate the public on the dangers
associated with using tobacco and to encourage smokers to quit for
a lifetime by starting with just one day. Students will have the
opportunity to receive quit-kits, along with the chance to
participate in giveaways and games.
FreeRice Donation
Contest
November, 2011
What could be better than getting a quick break from
studying and at the same time feeding the hungry – all while never
moving from your computer? Answer: Nothing! FreeRice.com is a great
website that tests your vocabulary knowledge with a humanitarian
goal. For each answer you get right, FreeRice will donate 10 grains
of rice to the United Nations World Food Program. This fall,
students are invited to play FreeRice and keep track of their
score. The student with the largest rice donation will receive a
prize from the Department of Student Wellness. Look for more
details in November!
Body Image Awareness Week
February 21st – February 24th,
2012
A week filled with reflections from individuals with eating
disorders and guest speakers helping students understand their
relationship with food. Topics will address how body image and
eating disorders impact student success, performance and
health.
For More Information about the Body Image
Awareness Week please
CLICK HERE!
Safe Spring Break (Q &
SI)
March 22nd, 2012
Safe Spring Break is a great opportunity to get ready for
all of the fun of spring break while learning to make positive
choices for your own health and the safety of your friends.
Students and student-organizations are invited to “adopt a hot
spot” spring break location and decorate a booth, provide food, and
give out information on that location to other students.
Kick Butts Day
March 22nd, 2012
KBD is the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids’ annual celebration of
youth advocacy, leadership and activism. During this year’s KBD,
students are invited to donate one cigarette to the trashcan for
every one minute of inflatable sumo wrestling.
Turn Off the Violence Week/Clothesline
Project
April 10th – April 13th, 2012
One in four women will experience some kind of sexual assault
during her time at college. 42% of women raped never report
the incident. Turn Off the Violence Week allows for healing,
education and awareness of violence and how the St. John’s
community can work together to prevent it. The week is packed
with programs that are interactive, educational, inspiring, and
meaningful. There will be faculty lectures, a guest speaker,
and a movie night, to name just a few of the activities that are
planned.
As part of Turn Off the Violence Week, St. John’s participates in
the Clothesline Project, a public display that brings attention to
the issue of violence against others. During the week, a
clothesline is hung on the Great Lawn with t-shirts. Each shirt is
decorated to represent a particular victim’s experience and have it
acknowledged in a public space.
For More Information about the Turn Off the Violence
Week/Clothesline Project events please
CLICK HERE!
Relay for Life
April 13th, 2012
The American Cancer Society Relay for Life is the
University’s largest student-run fundraiser. Thousands of
participants from the University and outlying community participate
to honor cancer survivors and their caregivers and to pay tribute
to those who have lost their lives to cancer and raise money for
the cause. For more information on our Relay event, click
here.
For More Information about the Relay
for Life events please CLICK
HERE!
For more information or to volunteer to help plan or participate
in this event, contact swell@stjohns.edu or call the
SWELL (the Department of Student Wellness) at 718-990-7537.