Student Life
In This Section
Dimensions of Wellness
As a university dedicated to the sciences and health professions, USciences values the health and well being of our students. We recognize that while college is an exciting time, it can also be challenging, and we are committed to supporting our students not only in their academics and career development, but in creating their best lives.
Grounded in this multidimensional model of wellness, USciences offers a wide variety of services and programs to care for your body, mind, and spirit.
Physical Wellness
Physical Wellness involves all of the activities necessary to keep your body in top condition. It includes
participating in regular physical activity, eating a healthy, balanced diet, getting
adequate sleep and rest, managing your stress, making positive choices about you sexual
health, and limiting tobacco, alcohol, and substance use.
Healthy Eating
Exercise
Student Health
Smoking and Tobacco
Emotional Wellness
Emotional wellness involves the awareness, understanding, and acceptance of a wide range of emotions
in ourselves and others. Emotional wellness recognizes that challenge, stress, and
conflict are unavoidable, yet we can meet these challenges with optimism and learn
and grow from them – viewing life enthusiastically as an exciting and joyful adventure.
Intellectual Wellness
Intellectual Wellness encourages the pursuit of creative and mentally stimulating activities, whether formally
in the classroom or informally as you explore the world and pursue your personal interests.
Intellectual Wellness recognizes the importance of cultivating a love of learning
and taking a lifelong interest in expanding one’s knowledge and developing new skills.
Academic Resources
Academic Programs
Student Financials
Research
Occupational Wellness
Occupational Wellness recognizes the personal satisfaction and life enrichment that we receive through
meaningful work. It involves exploring career options and choosing a career path consistent
with your personal values, interests, and beliefs that provides you with a sense of
purpose.
Social Wellness
Social wellness recognizes the importance of cultivating healthy, nurturing, supportive relationships
and fostering connection and a sense of belonging in your community. Maintaining your
social wellness involves becoming actively involved on campus and working to build
a community that is friendly, supportive, and inclusive.
- Fraternity and Sorority Life
- Student Government Association (SGA) and Campus Activities Board (CAB)
- Student Organizations and Clubs
- Campus Philly
- Visit Philadelphia
Cultural Wellness
Cultural Wellness recognizes the importance of feeling connected to our cultural heritage in defining
ourselves and sense of place in the world. Cultural Wellness also involves learning
about and appreciating the diversity of cultures and beliefs in our community and
celebrating the richness that this diversity brings to our experiences.
Spiritual Wellness
Spiritual Wellness involves exploring and understanding our own beliefs, values, and sense purpose.
Our sense of spirituality can help us to make healthy choices that honor ourselves
and our values, and can help us to create meaning in our lives. Like Cultural Wellness,
Spiritual Wellness also includes understanding and appreciating the diversity of beliefs
in our community.
Environmental Wellness
Environmental wellness recognizes the innate connection between ourselves and our environment, and encourages
us to live in a manner that is appreciative of nature and respectful of the Earth.
Environmental Wellness may include spending time outdoors connecting with nature,
developing environmentally friendly habits, as well as caring for our personal spaces
– keeping our spaces organized, clean, and free from hazards.
- Community Service and Advocacy
- Sustainability Council
- Single Stream Recycling
- Outdoor Parks in the Philadelphia Area
Contact:
Address:
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4495
Phone:
215-596-8535
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