WELLNESS CENTER MISSION STATEMENT:
We promote a culture of life-long wellness by developing innovative programs and services for the NDSU community.

We do this through:  

• State-of-the-art facility and fitness equipment
• Innovative fitness, recreation and aquatic programming
• Convenient and affordable Child Care
• Comprehensive student employment program
• Promotion of the 7 Dimensions of Wellness

Vision: A destination that inspires healthy lifestyles.

The purpose of the Wellness Center is to support the academic mission of NDSU by providing an environment where students may learn behaviors conducive to creating healthy lifestyles. Wellness, which is about making healthy lifestyle choices regarding mind, body, and spirit, is the common thread of the Wellness Center's programs and services.

The Wellness Center is funded by a $94.40 wellness fee paid with tuition for full-time students each semester (pro-rated for part-time students). The wellness fee provides operational and personnel funding, which includes but is not limited to debt reduction, salaries, benefits, and programs and services that promote student wellness. In the spring of 2013 students voted to support an additional fee of $56.28 each semester to fund an aquatic addition.

Wellness is an active, lifelong process of becoming aware of choices and making decisions toward a more balanced and fulfilling life.

• Process means that we never arrive at a point where there is no possibility of improvement. 
• Aware means that we are by our nature continuously seeking more information about how we can improve.
• Choices means that we have considered a variety of options and have selected those that seem to be in our best interest.

Wellness combines seven dimensions of well-being into a quality way of living. Wellness is the ability to live life to the fullest and to maximize personal potential in a variety of ways. Wellness places responsibility on the individual; it becomes a matter of self-evaluation and self-assessment. Wellness involves continually learning and making changes to enhance your state of wellness.

The Seven Dimensions of Wellness

A healthy body maintained by good nutrition, regular exercise, the avoidance of harmful habits, informed and responsible decisions about health, and medical assistance when necessary. Physical wellness requires a well-balanced diet, plenty of physical activity and exercise, proper weight maintenance, sleep, avoidance of risky sexual behavior, limited exposure to environmental contaminants, and restricted intake of harmful substances.

A state in which your mind is engaged in lively interaction with the world around you. Intellectual wellness involves unbridled curiosity and ongoing learning. This dimension of wellness implies that you can apply the things you have learned and create opportunities to learn more. You engage your mind in lively interaction with the world around you.

The ability to understand your own feelings, accept your limitations, achieve emotional stability, and become comfortable with your emotions. Emotional wellness relates to the ability to express emotions appropriately, adjust to change, cope with stress in a healthy way, and enjoy life despite its occasional disappointments and frustrations.

The ability to relate well to others, both within and outside the family unit. Social wellness gives us the ease and confidence to be outgoing, friendly, and affectionate toward others. Social wellness involves not only a concern for the individual, but also an interest in humanity and the environment.

The sense that life is meaningful and has a purpose; the ethics, values, and morals that guide us and give meaning and direction to life. Spiritual wellness implies a search for meaning and purpose in human existence, leading you to strive for a state of harmony while working to balance your inner needs with the rest of the world.

Preparing and making use of your gifts, skills and talents in order to gain purpose, happiness, and enrichment in your life. Occupational wellness means successfully integrating a commitment to your occupation into a satisfying and rewarding lifestyle. The development of occupational satisfaction and wellness is strongly related to your attitude about your work.

The capability to live in a clean and safe environment that is not detrimental to health. The quality of our environment has a direct effect on personal wellness. To enjoy environmental wellness we require clean air, pure water, quality food, adequate shelter, satisfactory work conditions, personal safety, and healthy relationships.