SCAD is here for you
You're one of a kind. Your path to wellness should be, too.
Your wellbeing is essential to your creative success. That's why SCAD offers a range of programs designed to support your emotional, physical, and social health. Whether you're seeking individual or group counseling, opportunities to connect with your community, or resources to develop new routines, SCAD provides the support you need to thrive.
You take your creativity seriously. SCAD takes your health and wellbeing seriously.
Our approach to wellness
We are committed to helping you build a strong foundation for success through our Bee Well initiative, which focuses on providing tools within the three pillars of wellness: emotional, physical, social.
Emotional
Explore your emotions on the way to leading an uplifting, positive, and balanced lifestyle
Physical
Physical activity relieves stress, improves concentration, and sparks imagination. Find your favorite way to stay active and discover how movement improves the creative experience.
Social
Find your SCAD family. Through clubs, activities, and events designed to bring the student community together, you'll connect to others and to your own sense of purpose.
Resources and support designed for you
Through the coordinated efforts of multiple departments and programs, students can take a holistic look at their overall health and wellbeing.
Mental health support
With a wide network of counselors, the SCAD office of mental health can help guide you through your collegiate journey.
Services include:
- Individual and group counseling
- Workshops
- Online counseling through LiveHealth Online
University Recreation
Whether you're looking to take a Pilates class, head out on an overnight backpacking trip, or play a cricket match, University Recreation can connect you with the fitness centers, outdoor excursions, and intramural competitions you're seeking.
Get connected with your wellness through:
- Fitness centers
- Intramural sports
- Outdoor recreation
Accessibility resources
SCAD ensures equal access to all students by coordinating reasonable accommodations and creating tailored resources. Learn more about our office of disability resources, office of neurodiversity services, and our deaf and hard-of-hearing services.
Student health services
All SCAD students are enrolled in the LiveHealth Online app. LiveHealth Online connects you to licensed, board-certified physicians who can help with the diagnosis and treatment of a wide array of minor illnesses from anywhere in the world. Get doctor access 24/7 with no scheduling, no travel, no waiting rooms, no hassle, and no cost to you. In-person options are also available locally.
Mind Spas
SCAD Mind Spas are available for students to take care of their emotional and physical wellbeing. Schedule a private, 30-minute session to recharge and relax in a meditation chair, a yoga and stretching space, or a massage chair.
More ways to Bee Well
Wellness is woven into every aspect of life at SCAD. Learn about all the ways SCAD helps our community prioritize wellness.
Events
SCAD signature events set the scene for students to shine alongside today's visionary artists, designers, scholars and entrepreneurs.
Student involvement
SCAD sponsors student groups affiliated with professional organizations, community service programs, and more. As a new Bee, you'll find your hive through SCAD Squads — vibrant, built-in communities that host events and opportunities to connect.
Dining
A healthy creative mind requires nutritious fuel. From food prep to final bite and a focus on farm to table menus, SCAD dining is always designed with your health in mind.
Community standards
You deserve a place where you can develop as both a creative individual and a responsible citizen. Consistent with that purpose, we strive to foster the personal and social development of students as they are held accountable for violations of university regulations. As members of the SCAD community, students are expected to behave in ways that are respectful of the rights of all other community members to live, learn, work and teach in such an environment.