Below is more information on the specific WE courses offered through the Student Wellness Center.
The 8-week Foundations of Mindfulness course blends practice, reflection, and science to help students explore mindfulness in school, work, and daily life. Grounded in both ancient wisdom and modern research, the class weaves together historical roots, neuroscience, and psychology while offering direct experience and dialogue.
Participants leave with a practical, personal understanding of mindfulness that builds resilience, presence, and clarity to support wellbeing and growth across all areas of life.
This class will meet Tuesdays, 4:30-5:45pm beginning Sept 22, 2026.
Registration required through DartHub. CRN 92725
This 8-week course, developed by the Student Wellness Center (SWC) and the Teevens Center, is designed to help you strengthen your overall wellbeing and discover what it truly means to thrive—both at Dartmouth and beyond.
Grounded in evidence-based frameworks like Laurie Schreiner's Thriving Quotient, the SWC's Pathways to Wellbeing, and research from positive psychology, this class blends reflection, discussion, and hands-on experiences that support holistic wellbeing.
Each week focuses on a different dimension of thriving and gives you the chance to explore how it shows up in your life—through mindfulness, emotional awareness, mindset, rest, relationships, and purpose. Together, we'll practice tools that help you manage stress, build self-awareness, strengthen connection, and make choices that align with your values.
Throughout the course, you'll also help create a supportive, respectful community where everyone can feel a sense of belonging, share honestly, and grow together.
Register on DartHub; Class is held on Wednesdays, from 3:30-4:45pm beginning September 23, 2026.
The student experience at Dartmouth can be demanding. Fortunately, finding relief can sometimes be as easy as walking outside and into nature. Wellbeing Outside aims to provide opportunities for students to experience the restorative benefits of the natural world and relate them to their personal experience through diverse activities and ongoing reflection. In this class, students are invited to intentionally slow down, reconnect with their environment, and experience nature as a powerful partner in supporting wellbeing.
Register through DartHub. Class meets Wednesdays at 9-10am and begins September 23, 2026.
Dartmouth students have the opportunity to earn a Wellness Education Credit through the ASC/SWC Sampler by participating in and reflecting on 12 offerings from the SWC over the course of a term. Students must register for the course on Darthub using CRN 10133 (Winter 27) before beginning their participation. Participation is managed through a checklist in Dartmouth Groups in the SWC group.
If you are not able to get a space in Banner, please contact Christiana Fitzpatrick to be added to the waitlist. Priority will be given to students who are:
Winter Course Dates: January 11 - March 5, 2027
The first required class meeting is an orientation** to the sampler, held in the SWC/ASC Conference Room, Berry 178B.
**If you're registered for the Credit, please attend one of these meetings or email christiana@dartmouth.edu if you cannot make it due to a class conflict or other conflict.
Detailed instructions for fulfilling the requirement for each offering will be in Dartmouth Groups. Students who do not attend an orientation and/or are not making progress by the end of Week 3 may be dropped from the course.