Balancing your personal well-being with the demands of Princeton life can be tough at times, but it is absolutely doable. Allow us to guide and support you as you figure out how to Live Well & Be Well at Rocky.
Throughout the fall and spring semesters we will offer a variety of formal and informal activities, spaces, and resources meant to empower and inspire a healthy lifestyle and sense of well-being.
Study breaks related to personal health and well-being: Look out for our Rocky Reminders and social media posts on a variety of topics, as well as suggestions for how to get support at Rocky at within the university community.
Wellness options, at your fingertips: Rocky College and Princeton have much to offer as you explore your personal path to wellness. We will keep you up to date on the many offerings, including wellness workshops, yoga and mindfulness classes, study breaks, and other pop-up programs.
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Rocky Resources
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Monica Fung-Janardhan, your Assistant Dean for Student Life (ADSL)
She supports students around health and wellness and serves as the primary liaison between the college and other University departments, including UHS, CPS, and ODS.
Resident College Advisers (RCAs) and Community Living Advisors (CLAs)
There are 15 RCAs and 3 CLAs at Rocky and you can find them all listed here.
They are your built-in support system and they love hearing from their zees! Your RCA is interested in what you have to say, whether it's a big concern or just something small that's been nagging you.
Rocky also has PHAs:
Peer Health Advisers (PHAs) are an on-campus group of students, who are supervised by HPPS staff and provide support and referrals for students seeking support. In addition, they stimulate awareness of and decrease stigma around health issues by implementing health promotion programs, work to reduce disparities in health and wellness outcomes, and help students to navigate UHS' services.
PHAs are knowledgeable about a wide variety of health issues, including alcohol, mental health, nutrition, physical fitness, sexual and reproductive health, sleep, and stress.
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Campus-wide Resources
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UHS, University Health Services
UHS is a fully accredited health care facility that provides quality medical, mental health and wellness services to Princeton University undergraduate and graduate students. Staff are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week during the academic year.
CPS, Counseling and Psychological Services
If you’re not sure whether counseling can help, make an appointment for an initial consultation to talk about it. There’s no obligation to continue after the first appointment, and it’s free! Call 609-258-3141 or just walk in during business hours to make an appointment for an initial 20-minute consultation. You can also schedule your initial consultation appointment online.
Bookmark the UMatter Now mobile website on your phone's home screen for easy, on-the-spot access.
UMatter Now has great information about mental distress, as well as alcohol and interpersonal violence (link is external), that can help you intervene quickly and safely. Connecting Matters is part of the UMatter framework, and focuses on mental health distress.
Take the UMatter Wellness Assessment and learn more about the Wellness Wheel.
TigerSafe is Princeton’s official health and safety app for the campus community. The app features emergency contacts, crisis alerts, in-app tip reporting, location services, and a variety of health, safety and wellness resources. The app empowers you with the tools you need to be prepared, mitigate dangers and respond appropriately to situations that occur.
TigerSafe is available to download free from iOS or Android.The chaplains in the Office of Religious Life are available to provide pastoral care and spiritual counseling. The denominational chaplains are also glad to be in pastoral conversation with you and can be found by following this link to the chaplaincies.
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Additional Wellness Resources
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- Free guided meditations online in English and Spanish.
- Free QuietKit meditation for beginners.
- Try these one-minute stress strategies or listen to stress reduction audio guides.
- Try these self-compassion exercises.
- Watch Brene Brown's TedTalk on The Power of Vulnerability.
- Wellness Phone Apps
- Try some yoga with The Daily Yoga app.
- Gratitude Diary is a free gratitude journal app.