How to Flourish

How to Flourish is a series of workshops hosted by Trotter Multicultural Center to help incoming undergraduate and graduate students “flourish” by exploring the different dimensions of the Wolverine Wellness Wheel. Using the Wellness Wheel model developed by the University Health Service's Wolverine Wellness program, we discuss the importance of holistic well-being while acknowledging how a student’s identity, culture, and heritage can affect their wellness experience. Using interactive workshop-based modules with wellness experts from on and off-campus, students will have access to tools, resources, and knowledge that support their holistic well-being at the University of Michigan and beyond. 

Program Goals

  1. Explore what the dimensions of wellness are and their importance. 
     
  2. Support historically marginalized student’s access to a diverse set of tools, tips, and resources that promote wellness.
     
  3. Explore the intersections of holistic wellness, identity, culture, and heritage.
     
  4. Facilitate intercultural conversations about the importance of wellness.

Learning Outcomes
By the end of the session, students should be able to….

  1. Identify areas within the dimension of wellness explored that need more of their attention.
     
  2. Identify resources & tools that can assist in cultivating and maintaining wellness.
     
  3. Create action steps to take after the event to work towards personal wellness goals.

2023-2024 Academic Year Events

Fall Semester 2023 Events

  • Intellectual Wellness: Reclaiming Your Time
    Date: September 14
    Time: 5-6 p.m.
  • Environmental Wellness: Wander & Wonder
    Date: September 20
    Time: 5-6 p.m.
  • Mental & Emotional: Believe & Achieve
    Date: September 27
    Time: 5-6 p.m.
  • Occupational Wellness: Building Your Network
    Date: October 4
    Time: 5-6 p.m.
     

Winter Semester 2024 Events

  • Social Wellness: Day of Insight
    Date: January 20
    Time: 12 - 3 p.m. 
  • Physical Wellness: Shake & Sweat
    Date: January 31
    Time: 6-7 p.m.
  • Financial Wellness: Ballin’ On A Budget
    Date: February 13
    Time: 6-7 p.m.
  • Spiritual Wellness: Standing in Purpose
    Date: March 6
    Time: 6-7 p.m.