Wellness Programs and Events

Free Spring 2012 Wellness programs

From the Winter Blues to Depression

Winter 2012

The Counseling & Health Center has a “Sun Box” to assist students, faculty and staff who experience Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) during the short sunlight hours of winter.  You can read or do your homework while you sit in front of the light for 30 minutes.  Please contact Dr. Jack Locicero jack.locicero@salem.edu for more information.

Exercise Planning with a Personal Trainer       

Mondays 5-8 p.m. & Wednesdays 1-4 p.m.

Jump start your fitness program for the spring!  Whether your goals are to get stronger, reduce stress, increase concentration, feel energized, lose weight, improve posture or just spruce up your old routine, be sure to sign up to meet with our Personal Trainer in a small group setting.  Let her help guide you to feeling great! The Salem College Wellness Program is offering free exercise planning sessions with a personal trainer to all students.  Faculty and staff may fill in slots not taken by students.  Participants will meet in small groups of three with Sherry Crane, our personal trainer, in the fitness center for forty-five minutes.  She is available by appointment only.  If you would like to schedule an appointment, please call Rachel at 336-721-2713.

240 Mile Challenge! 

Daily until May 5                                                                      

Celebrate Salem’s 240 years of Excellence by dedicating yourself to walking, running, biking, or swimming 240 miles this academic year!  Log your miles between September 1 and May 1 and turn your log into Health Services. You will receive a special anniversary T-shirt once you complete the 240 miles as well as incentives every 40 miles.   Join your Salem Sisters in this 240 mile challenge and ongoing celebration of Salem’s 240 years of Excellence.

Women in Nature One Day Program (WIN)             

January 7

This day-long workshop invites women to delve deeper into the natural world, while exploring the inner landscape we all long to uncover and be connected to.  Most of us have lost our soulful connection to the natural world, with all of its wonder and mystery.  With this loss of connection to Nature, we have also lost connection with the true nature of ourselves...our essence, our soul.  In a setting in Nature (possibly Tanglewood shelter), we will explore these connections through movement, expressive art, conversations with the “more-than-humans” in Nature, and with personal reflection and small-group sharing.  During this workshop, participants will be introduced to the “larger story” of themselves and the natural world.

ReAct Training       

Jan Term & Spring Semester                                                         

Jan. 9, 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. & Feb 28, 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
(reserved for student leaders) Science 102

ReACT is Salem College's interpersonal violence prevention training. This training is designed to help you assess situations to makes sure they are safe and to provide you with the comfort to ReACT when safe and necessary. The training involves learning the different types of abuse, what constitutes abuse in legal terms, where to seek help, and how to help someone else who might be in an abusive situation. At the end of the training you are encouraged to think of actions you can do in order to be an active bystander.

Sleep Hygiene Program       

February 7

Poor sleep habits (referred to as hygiene) are among the most common problems reported by Salem women. Staying up too late and getting up too early are common problems associated with college life. Students can get over-stimulated with late-night studying, social activities, and the electronic media, all of which can disrupt sleep patterns. Come and take a sleep quiz, have a cup of Chamomile tea and enter a drawing for sleep and relaxation items.

Yoga Classes

February 9 – April 19

Angela Gallagher will instruct students Thursdays 4:30p.m. – 5:30p.m. in the Little Chapel.  Yoga can provide college students with many benefits such as stress relief, emotional wellness, flexibility, improved strength, reduction in fatigue, enhancement of the immune system, improved balance and weight management.  Those are good things!  Plus, yoga is easy for anyone to practice and previous experience is not necessary. 

Women in Nature Weekend Program (WIN)

April 13 - April 15

This retreat is designed to offer experiences for women to deepen into practices that nourish, challenge, inspire and heal. With more time to immerse into Nature, women will have the opportunity to experience silence, some solitude and community reflection. In this natural environment, these women will encounter questions for their lives...those questions that “have no right to go away”. This immersion experience will provide a context for encountering themselves and hopes to inspire a more sure connection with the deep longing we all have to be in communion with Nature and our own souls.

Pisgah National Forest Overnight Hike  (WIN)

April 8 -  April 9 (Overnight Backpacking)

Charles Bunion Loop (12.8 miles), Pisgah National Forest.

Student will leave from Salem College Saturday at 8am and return Sunday around 8pm.  This trip will be limited to 6 participants (possibly 8 if students have previous overnight hiking experience).  Dr. Megan Silbert will lead this backpacking event.  Participants should be in generally good health and able to carry 25 lbs.  Students should contact the Dean of Students Office to sign up.

Free Depression Screening

April 9-13

Salem College Counseling Services is offering free, confidential mental health screenings April 9-13 for all students, faculty and staff. The mental health screenings can help answer some of the questions you might have about your moods and feelings, such as sadness and anxiety.