Wellness Resources
The McDonald Center helps students build the skills they need to thrive. From creating everyday mindfulness practices to identifying ways to decrease risks related to current behaviors, the McDonald Center offers a variety of resources to improve students’ quality of life and help them to flourish at Notre Dame and beyond.
Peer Listening Program
The Peer Listening Program is led by trained Peer Listeners who provide empathetic, non-judgmental support in spaces where fellow students feel comfortable sharing their thoughts and feelings.
GreeNDot
As our bystander intervention strategy on campus, greeNDot teaches, through the lens of a bystander, the skills necessary to recognize individual decisions, moments, values and actions that contribute to a culture of harm and bystander inaction.
Wellness and Resilience
Wellness and Resilience empowers participants to create and maintain an optimistic mindset, learn how to put catastrophic thoughts into perspective to reduce anxiety and increase purposeful action, and strengthen positive emotions.
I CAN Help Suicide Prevention
I CAN Help is a suicide prevention and mental health literacy program designed to help students, faculty, and staff identify those who are at risk, respond in a compassionate and helpful manner, and connect them with resources.
Restorative Spaces
Students can reserve restorative spaces within the McDonald Center on the second floor of Saint Liam Hall to study, meditate, pray, play, socialize, or for telehealth appointments.
Happy Lights
The McDonald Center offers a form of light therapy known as Happy Lights to replace the missing daylight hours in the shorter days of winter.
Zoo Passes
To help students enjoy the benefits of naturalistic settings, the McDonald Center provides students with the opportunity to borrow a pass to the local Potawatomi Zoo.
Sleep Management
The McDonald Center offers free sleep kits and support resources to students to aid in better rest.
Assessments
Students are invited to more intentionally engage with the influences that shape their behavior by assessing their well-being, mental health, and habits.