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Welcome, future Bruins!

What is the Semel Healthy Campus Initiative?

The Semel Healthy Campus Initiative (HCI) is an organization at UCLA that is dedicated to fostering a culture of physical, emotional, and social well-being. We offer new and interesting approaches to exercise, mental health, eating well, and more. We also encourage the creation of new health projects and provide everyone at UCLA with fun and exciting ways to try to make living well easy.

Past Projects

Semel HCI has created and been involved in the development of numerous programs, such as…

Bruin Plate: Semel HCI was a part of the initiative to construct one of UCLA’s most popular dining hall that features fresh, nutritious, and sustainably sourced menu items.
ThursYays!: In collaboration with UCLA Rec, we invited students to join us in the Court of Sciences to play life-size games, including giant Jenga, checkers, and more.
Piano Project: Jeremy Barrett, a member of the Semel HCI team, created the Piano Project, which consists of multiple pianos scattered throughout campus. Anyone is allowed to play them and express their creativity!

Resources We Offer

Semel HCI offers multiple resources for students to help with their overall well-being, some of which include…

GRIT Peer Coaching: UCLA students receive individualized support from trained peer coaches to manage stress, foster positive social connections, set goals, and navigate campus resources.
Free Mindfulness Meditation Sessions: These 25 minute sessions are open to all, including beginners.
Resilience Peer Network (RPN): This group of UCLA students are trained to support others. Their skills include providing active listening and empathic responding, motivational support, and mindfulness approaches to resilience.

… and many more!

How to Become Involved with Semel HCI

If you are interested in joining our initiative, there are many ways to do so!

Volunteer: Everyone is welcome to volunteer at our jane b semel HCI Community Garden located in Sunset Rec.
Sign up for our newsletter: Join our newsletter listserv for quarterly updates on health and well-being resources and activities
Attend our pod meetings: Come to our open pod meetings to discover what each individual pod focuses on, listen to other’s ideas, and even pitch your own!

Engaging the UCLA community to support a campus where the healthy food and drink choice is the easy choice. Making fresh and whole foods accessible to the entire UCLA community while promoting knowledge about the foods we eat and where they come from.

Promoting wellbeing, resilience, social connectedness, and creative achievement throughout the UCLA community.

It’s time to get moving! Making moving “the easy choice” for the UCLA community.

Assuring healthy, safe, and sustainable physical environments that promote walking and bicycling, physical activity, and clean air for all of UCLA.

Developing and implementing the research and evaluation needs of HCI, HCI pods and HCI-funded student projects.

Ensuring a clean air environment for UCLA, particularly through an emphasis on sustaining and enhancing UCLA’s tobacco-free campus policy.

Fostering healthy and strong social relationships at UCLA through increased social connection, quality, and civility.