Employee Wellness

Invest in Your Well-Being

Taking care of your health and wellness is an important part of thriving both personally and professionally. Wellness@Dickinson offers a variety of programs, resources, and activities designed to support employees throughout the year. Register for upcoming events through EngageD via the Gateway, and stay informed by viewing Vitality, our employee newsletter.

Preventative Health: Participate in biometric health and wellness screenings, seasonal flu vaccination clinics, and other programs that help you stay healthy and informed.
Campus Wellness Challenges: Join colleagues in our popular annual wellness initiatives, including Fall Into Wellness and Spring Into Fitness, designed to inspire healthy habits and friendly competition.
Fitness Opportunities: Stay active with eight-week fitness classes offered each semester and take advantage of additional fitness programming through Athletics.

Discover opportunities to improve your health, build healthy habits, and connect with the Dickinson community. Explore the links above and below to learn more about available programs and upcoming events.

Questions about Wellness@Dickinson employee programs? Contact us at devwell@dickinson.edu.

YMCA 360 Employee Wellness App

Through a partnership with the Carlisle Family YMCA, full and part-time faculty and staff will have access to YMCA360. The application provides access to virtual classes to help support your wellness journey.

Campus Wellness Challenges

Looking for a way to add some FREE fun and fitness to your activities? Join the 2026 Spring Into Fitness Challenge beginning on Sunday, March 15 and continuing through Saturday, April 25.

Emotional Wellbeing

Mental health and emotional wellbeing keeps us balanced in our everyday lives. The college offers employees a variety of programs each year to focus on the overall wellness, including our EAP benefits. Click to explore more!

Exercise

Each year, Wellness@Dickinson presents a variety of fitness class options. Click to view examples of the fitness sessions offered over the years. Current available programs are listed in EngageD via the Gateway!

Financial Wellbeing

Financial challenges stress our overall wellbeing. Check out programs and information sessions offered to employees of the college via EngageD in the Gateway!

Healthy Behaviors

Taking care of yourself through preventive screenings and other actions is important! Click to view a variety of programs and opportunities to take care of yourself and your loved ones.

Nutrition

Nutrition information is available for all employees of the college. Nutrition Roundtable groups are provided by the college's registered dietitian to discuss select topics and to help answer nutrition questions. Click to see more information!

Wellness Program Notice

Dickinson College’s wellness program is a voluntary program available to all employees. The program is administered according to federal rules permitting employer-sponsored wellness programs that seek to improve employee health or prevent disease, including the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, as applicable, among others.

Please note: If you earn and receive an incentive reward for your participation in Wellness@Dickinson programs, the IRS considers incentive rewards, awards and gifts to employees as taxable income.

Wellness@Dickinson | Award-winning program

2020 above and beyond silver winner workplace wellbeing aetna award

Dickinson College was recognized by Aetna as an Above and Beyond Workplace Well-being Silver Winner for our employee wellness programs in 2020.

2015 AHA Fit Friendly Worksite

Dickinson College was recognized by the American Heart Association as a gold-level Fit Friendly worksite in 2014, and also as a platinum-level Fit Friendly worksite for 2015 and 2016!

Bicycle Friendly University Gold

Dickinson College was recognized as a silver-level Bicycle Friendly University in 2014, and has been recognized as a gold-level Bicycle Friendly University beginning in 2018 through 2022!