Exploring the effectiveness of WE required course
Chelsea Seabold, Feature Writer
November 5, 2019
Bleary-eyed students shuffled into a lecture hall, clutching coffee mugs and iClickers as they prepared for their first class of the day, Healthy Brains Healthy Bodies. According to the Wellness Environment’s page on the UVM website, all students living in WE are required to take Healthy Brai...
Closer to classes, far from community
September 27, 2019
Do you wish you could go back in time and tell your younger self to try something different? If I could, I would have told myself not to live in Central Campus Residence Hall as a first-year. I remember touring UVM in 2017, knowing that I wanted to live in CCRH. The residence hall was built in 20...
Community and students show up for Wellness 5K
Allie O'Connor, Assistant Culture Editor
April 26, 2019
Despite the rain and overcast weather, several hundred students and community members gathered on the indoor tennis courts and turf of the Patrick Gym for the fourth annual 4/20 5K for Wellness April 20. At the same time, students from all across campus trekked to Redstone campus to participate in a ...
Medical amnesty faces conflict in WE
Jackson Schilling
January 18, 2019
In December of 2018, CBS This Morning released a segment on UVM’s Wellness Environment. The segment praises the Wellness Environment for its ability to create a safer environment in a school that is notorious for partying. According to the segment, students in WE see improved GPAs and reduced bing...
First-year programmed housing plan moves forward
Lily Young, Staff Writer
November 28, 2018
There will be 100 percent participation in learning communities by first-years by fall 2019. Next school year, all first-year housing options will be in learning communities. Residential Life Director Rafael Rodriguez said that this has been a major goal for Reslife for the past three years. Sophomor...
Wellness Environment oversteps its realm
January 18, 2018
Although relatively new, the Wellness Environment has made a name for itself on campus. It’s known for its focus on health and wellbeing and its new residence hall, but also infamous for the contract its members must sign upon joining. When a group of WE students crafted a penis from sticky notes ...
Blue Penis Gate: Wellness Environment Investigation
Cynic Staff
January 17, 2018
A blue sticky note penis has left eight first-years fearing they will lose their housing in the Wellness Environment. It was mid-September when the students sat in their new dorm watching a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the courtyard below. They were messing around with sticky notes on the window a...
WE announces changes to code of conduct
Alek Fleury, Staff Writer
December 7, 2017
The Wellness Environment announced Nov. 13 that it has made changes to the WE Code to better reflect its commitment to student safety. The WE Code is a set of guidelines that WE Students must follow to remain a part of the living community. First-year WE student DJ Snide is happy with WE...
Hudziak talks WE progress, concerns
Kassondra Little, Staff Writer
November 17, 2017
After a public forum with the director of the Wellness Environment, SGA president Chris Petrillo says his questions remain unanswered. Wellness Environment founder Dr. Jim Hudziak addressed SGA during public forum at the Nov. 7 meeting to give a “WE update” and to the answer questions from t...
WE residents circulate petition to re-hire RA
Emma Jarnagin, Staff Writer
November 16, 2017
Central Campus Residence Hall residents have started a petition to have their RA reinstated after her dismissal. Sophomore Carter Bradshaw has been relocated to Wellness Environment housing in Christie Wright Patterson after being fired Oct. 16. The petition stated she was terminated for “havin...
Converse will be converted to WE housing next year
Alex Verret, Staff Writer
November 7, 2017
Construction on Converse Hall has been underway since summer 2017. Starting next fall, Wellness Environment residents will live in the hall after repairs on the building have been completed. Converse will become additional housing for first-year Wellness Environment students with some spaces a...
Beds open in WE residence halls
Emma Jarnagin, Staff Writer
November 6, 2017
Spots in Wellness Environment dorms across campus are opening as students are removed for violating their housing contracts. There are five empty WE beds, according to WE director Jim Hudziak. Eleven students have been removed from WE dorms on both Redstone and Central campuses so far this academ...
