Wolverine Wellness

We advance community and personal well-being through partnership and advocacy. Our vision is to have a campus community that centers health equity and elevates well-being.

Our work revolves around the five core actions of health promotion, as defined by the World Health Organization:

Prevention/Re-orient Services
Personal Skill Development
Create Supportive Environments
Strengthen Community Action
Policy and System Level Change

Additionally, we believe in these principles:

All students deserve equitable access to wellness: societal, cultural, historical, and environmental factors fundamentally impact health. We are committed to building a culture of well-being that is accessible to all.
Everyone's wellness is connected. Each of us impacts the health of our campus community. We seek to infuse well-being into campus culture, address systemic challenges to well-being, and support positive social norms.
Holistic wellness is part of success. We are committed to partnering with students to integrate all aspects of their well-being including intellectual, occupational, spiritual, environmental, emotional, physical, financial, and social.
Every student’s path to well-being is unique. We support students in authoring their own definitions of happy, well, successful, and healthy as they continue to build meaningful and authentic lives.

Programs, services, and resources

Campaigns – Some of our campaigns that you may see around campus include Stay in the Blue, Snooze, and I am a Wolverine and...

Collegiate Recovery Program – Connect with CRP if you are in recovery from alcohol and other drug problems or know someone who is.

Health Equity Grant – Funding is available to student organizations that engage in activities promoting well-being among students impacted by campus health disparities.

HIV/STI testing – Confidential testing for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Hepatitis C, HIV (rapid), and Syphilis is done in our office on Monday afternoons. Call for an appointment.

PaWWs and Relax – Come destress with a furry friend with our therapy dog program.

Planning a program, workshop, or training? We offer virtual and in-person programming on well-being topics such as imposter syndrome, mindful eating and body image, self-care, and more. Request a consultation or program or check out the Well-being Toolkit for resources.

Well-being Academy – A multi-level framework using motivational interviewing to support student wellness. Offerings include wellness coaching for students and trainings to build capacity for faculty, staff, and GSIs to help students reach their potential.

Well-being Collective – We aspire to make U-M a health-promoting university and global leader in championing the well-being of students, faculty, staff and community. Wolverine Wellness provides backbone support for the collective.

Wellness course – ALA 240/270 is an academic class that helps students gain a foundation and practical experience in well-being.