Better Together-NEW!
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Limited Towel Service: Towel service is limited until further notice. Patrons are encouraged to bring a personal towel when possible. We apologize of any inconvenience.
Better Together is an initiative created to encourage students to strengthen their social and emotional well-being.
Social well-being involves creating and maintaining healthy relationships and establishing supportive social networks. This area of our lives is crucial because we are social beings, and a sense of belonging, inclusion, and connection, is unarguably vital. The lack of those things can lead to several issues in the long term, including both mental and physiological diseases.
In a highly stressful academic environment, social wellness can further refer to our ability to budget time for leisure and recreation with other people. Social connections can also serve as a source of encouragement and reinforcement for practicing healthy behaviors, creating even more positive impacts.
Nourish & Connect is a student dinner series that supports students holistically and fosters community support. Students are invited to share a meal and connect with fellow UMB students from other schools and programs for thoughtful discussions centered around themes of personal growth, cultural wellness, healthy relationships, and finding joy. Nourish and connect dinners will take place in the Intercultural Center in the SMC Campus Center and are co-facilitated by peer health and wellness educators from URecFit and Wellness and student affairs staff members.
Upcoming Events:
Vision Boards and Self-care, Monday, February 24, 4:30-6:30 p.m., SMC Campus Center, Room 115, Unleash your creativity and focus on your dreams and goals by creating a personalized vision board! Join URecFit and Wellness for a dinner and craft night. This craft activity provides a fun, relaxing space for students to reflect on their aspirations for the upcoming year—whether academic, professional, or personal—and bring them to life through visual storytelling. Using printed images, and art supplies, participants will design their board that captures their vision for themself and inspires motivation. Feel free to bring your own crafts if you’d like to add it to your board as well. Food and supplies will be provided. Register here.
Coffee Connect is an opportunity to make interprofessional connections and meet up with a fellow student from any of the UMB schools for a coffee hangout. We will randomly match you with a different student each month. You can opt out of coffee connect at any time.
Sign up here to be matched with a new student to meet each month.
**An email will be sent monthly to connect you with your coffee connect match.
Coffee with a Colleague (for staff and faculty)--NEW!! Now introducing, Coffee with a Colleague! Coffee with a Colleague is an opportunity through URecFit and Wellness for UMB faculty and staff to connect over coffee. Sign up here to be matched with a new faculty or staff member to meet with each month. Meet virtually or in-person. Make a new connection, it's good for your health!
Gym Buddies is a program designed to assist students in meeting their physical health and well-being goals and to improve social and emotional well-being. Sign up each semester with a friend or be paired with another UMB student to meet up for workouts. You and your gym buddy can join our Monthly 5K, Weightlifting 101, Group Exercise, or Intramural Sports. Working out with a friend can be more fun, and can help us stay accountable to our goals.
Sign ups are open from January 27, 2025 through February 21, 2025. Sign up here.
The Spring semester program will run March 1- April 11, 2025.
URecFit and Wellness Group Exercise classes are another way to connect with others.
URecFit and Wellness Intramural Sports are another way to make connections while having fun and staying active.
Facility Hours
Weekdays: 6 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Saturdays: 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Sundays: Closed
URecFit and Wellness
Contact
621 W. Lombard St.
4th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21201