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The Bard Health and Wellness Education Department coordinates diverse opportunities for students to succeed, increase their health, and achieve balance while being in college and beyond. We strive to provide students with the opportunity to reflect and grow from life’s challenges by tapping into their inner guidance. Wellness Education offers resources, education, support, and information to help students be resilient and create their best life.

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What's New?

  • Spreading the Word: The Bard College Food Pantry
    Over a year into the pandemic, food insecurity has spiked among college students across the country due to factors like increased unemployment rates and mandatory self-isolations. At Bard, a team of student leaders is working to combat food insecurity on campus.
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  • The TMI Project Comes to Bard
    The TMI Project teaches true storytelling workshops that focus on the parts of stories that are typically left untold due to shame or stigma, bringing conversations about mental health and suicide in particular to the fore. Bard students worked for months with facilitators to prepare a deeply personal piece to perform at a live event at the College.
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A Message from Bard Wellness

To Our Cherished Community of Bardians,

The Peer Health and Wellness Education Department firmly stands in solidarity with the collective vision to end systemic oppression. Our hearts are broken as we continue to see injustice and violence spread across the country. Our hearts are also filled with hope, as we witness the power of unity, community, connection, love, and understanding.

Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Are Precious
Black Lives Are Needed
Black Lives Are Loved

A Message from Bard Wellness

It is more important than ever for us to ground ourselves firmly in our bodies and let our truth guide our actions. We can do this effectively when we increase our awareness, utilize our internal and external resources well, lean on each other for support, and take the time to slow down to look within. Let's put our well being at the forefront of our minds by integrating self-care into our daily activities. There is much pain, grief, and trauma we are holding in our hearts. We invite you to take the time you need to honor your experience and heal from these wounds.

If you are interested in having more tools to explore and defeat prejudice in society and in yourself, we encourage you to delve into the following resource from the Greater Good in Action.

To help you stay grounded and well, we invite you to take a few minutes to review the attached resources: SCOPE Safety Aid and a Trauma-Informed and Crisis Care Resource Guide, whose goal is to "help you process and move through whatever is coming up so that you can be the best leaders, strategists, family members, partners you can be in this radically transforming and painful time."

Please know that many college support services continue to be offered during this time. I am available remotely to help you make a self-care action plan via zoom. If you would like to channel your energy into fitness, we encourage you to contact our Community Fitness Coordinator at [email protected] or visit fitness.bard.edu for updates. If you need more support counselors are also available.

Peer Health and Wellness look forward to working together to create a healthier, equitable community for all in the fall of 2020 and beyond.

Yours in health,

Annia Reyes
Director of Health and Wellness Education

COVID-19 and Emotional Health: Selected Reading

  • Coping and Staying Emotionally Well During COVID-19-related School Closures
  • Supporting Learning and Well-Being During the Coronavirus Crisis
  • Addressing Stress and Anxiety in College Students
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Students thrive at Bard College in all domains of life with the support and resources from a variety of avenues, including peer and College staff support, family, friends, and community members.

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To create a culture of health and wellness at Bard College in which students thrive by  achieving a balance lifestyle which inclusive of their intellectual, emotional, spiritual, social, physical, occupational, financial and environmental well being.

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The Wellness Committee

The Wellness Committee is made up of students, athletes, health educators, medical providers, and social workers whose goal is to create programs and events that benefit the Bard College community. The Wellness Committee represents the following programs and offices: Athletics and Recreation | Bard EATS | Bard Educational Opportunity Programs | Bard Office of Sustainability | BRAVE | Career Development Office | Center for Civic Engagement | Dean of Student Affairs Office | Office of Student Activities | Student Counseling Service | Student Health Service

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  • Annia Reyes
    Director of Health and Wellness Education 
    [email protected]
    Sottery Hall, Room 104 (DOSA)
    845-752-2096
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