Maintaining a healthy body, good physical health habits, good nutrition and exercise, and obtaining needed health care.
ScarletWell
A public health and prevention-focused approach to mental health and wellness for Rutgers–New Brunswick's students, faculty, and staff
Supporting Your Health and Wellness
ScarletWell is a holistic wellness initiative dedicated to bolstering the health and wellness of the Rutgers–New Brunswick community of 72,000+ students, faculty, and staff.
ScarletWell provides programs, resources, and initiatives designed to support the well-being of the Rutgers–New Brunswick community. Using the 8 Dimensions of Wellness model, we are committed to fostering a vibrant community for all, facilitating a sense of connection and belonging, and ensuring that Rutgers serves as a national model for an educational and work environment that prioritizes mental health and wellness.
Together, we can commit to making significant strides toward a healthier community.
- Chancellor Francine Conway
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Get Connected and Be Well
The ScarletWell Wellness Connection Grants empower Rutgers–New Brunswick students to create events and spaces at Rutgers–New Brunswick that foster lasting communities of connection—a critical component of wellness. We are proud to award our first round of grants to support student-directed wellness activities in Winter/Spring 2025.
Wellness Resources
Find resources to support your holistic well-being in each of the eight dimensions of wellness, which are varied areas of health that collectively contribute to an individual's quality of life.
Lifelong learning, applying what you learned, and sharing what you have learned.
The ability and skills to express feelings, enjoy life, adjust to emotional challenges, cope with stress, and recover from traumatic life experiences.
Having enough money to meet practical needs and a sense of control over and knowledge about personal finances.
Having relationships with friends, family, and the community, and having an interest in and concern for the needs of others.
Having meaning and purpose and a sense of balance and peace.
Participating in activities that provide meaning and purpose, including employment.
Being and feeling physically safe, in safe and clean surroundings, and being able to access clean air, food, and water.