Student Life

The Health and Wellness Collective Impact (HWCI) for Student Life is an initiative to advance the Student Life Health and Wellness Common Agenda and Learning Outcomes.

Student Life's Counseling & Psychological Services offers a number of undergraduate and graduate groups on a wide variety of topics, see below. Groups meet on the 3rd floor of the Michigan Union and starting dates vary, but typically begin 3-5 weeks after the start of the semester. Groups are free for U-M students.

• Use cloth napkins and dish towels instead of paper towels.
• Buy products with minimal packaging.
• Avoid disposable kitchen items like plastic utensils and paper plates.
• Carry an insulated mug for coffee to-go.
• Use single stream recycling bins.
• Know the difference between waste, recyclable, and compostable materials and dispose of them in the appropriate bins.

• Michigan Dining composts pre- and post consumer food waste in all dining halls.
• Michigan Dining partners with The Food Recovery Network to donate uneaten, prepared foods to Food Gathers, a local food bank.
• During the growing season, weekly farmers markets are held on campus, in collaboration with Central Student Government.
• The UM campus farm is piloting a CSA with hope to incorporate the produce into the dining halls to create a closed loop system.
• Michigan Dining purchases produce from local farmers.

• Housing and University Unions use Aqueous Ozone Custodial services, eliminating the need for many cleaning chemicals.
• With the participation of Central Student Government, 11 residence halls, all University Unions buildings, and several Recreational Sports buildings have water refill stations.
• All first year students are given BPA-free, reusable water bottles.
• When it comes time to replace fixtures, low-flow fixtures are used.
• We use Energy Star certified appliances ovens, grills, coolers, freezers, fryers, washers, driers & more.