Fall into Well-being Fest

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Celebrate the season with the 2nd annual Fall into Well-being Fest on Wednesday, October 21, 2026 from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. on the Tower Lawn! Enjoy fun activities, giveaways, helpful resources, and real-life tips to boost your everyday well-being this season.

What to Expect

When you arrive, you’ll receive an Event Guide to help you navigate the fest. The fest is organized into three areas, where you'll explore the different Dimensions of Wellness:

Visit tables in each area, meet campus and community partners, participate in activities, and collect stamps in your Event Guide as you go. 

Earn a prize by collecting 4 stamps from each of the three areas (12 stamps total). Collect 8 stamps in the Positive Emotions & Relationships area to earn a T-shirt for Intimate Partner/Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Key Health Assets

This section is all about taking care of your physical well-being! Get hands-on with Narcan, prepare for cold & flu season, explore nicotine’s impact, build budget skills, and discover ways to support your physical and environmental wellness. You can even pedal your own smoothie on the Smoothie Bike!

Resources & Activities to Visit

  • Don’t End Up in the Upside Down: Practice Using Narcan — Stranger Things Edition
  • Cold & Flu 101 with SJSU Health Services & Pharmacy
  • Get Moving! Visit SRAC & Intramural Sports
  • Pedal Your Smoothie! with CHEW
  • Learn the Budget Basics with SJSU Cares
  • Nicotine: Beyond the Buzz with the SCC Tobacco Team

Health Education Tips 

  • Narcan saves lives. Learn how to recognize an opioid overdose and practice using Narcan.
  • Nicotine goes beyond the buzz. Explore its impacts on your body and the environment.
  • Cold or flu? Learn the difference, prevention tips, and grab a mini survival kit.
  • Get your FREE flu shot at the Student Wellness Center!
  • Fuel your wellbeing. Explore how different foods support energy and satisfaction—without counting or judgment.
  • Get moving! Discover ways to add movement to your day with SRAC & Intramural Sports.
  • Small actions, shared impact. Explore ways to support a more sustainable campus.
  • Build your budget skills. Learn simple strategies and resources to support your financial wellbeing.

Positive Emotions & Relationships

This section focuses on promoting emotional and social well-being through activities that foster healthy connections with yourself and others. Explore positive emotional expression, learn about healthy relationship dynamics, and connect with valuable community resources. Get your event guide stamped for all the tables with purple tablecloths for an opportunity to receive a free IPDVM t-shirt (while supplies last).

Resources & Activities to Visit

  • Craft and Chat with CAPS
  • Calming Kit with CAPS
  • Kick off your shoes and walk across the Mindful Steps Labyrinth
  • Friendship bracelets with PRIDE
  • Visit Survivor Advocacy Services
  • Survivor Support Letters with AACI
  • LGBTQ Wellness Coloring Sheets

Health Education Tips

  • Visit our Condom Co-Op in the Wellness Lounge in the Student Wellness for up to 10 free safer sex supplies per day (condoms, lube, dental dams, FC2, Plan B).
  • IPV/DV Month- go purple this month to honor survivors of sexual violence
  • Healthy Relationships - Use open communication, respected boundaries and consent to build strong, safe relationships with yourself and others.
  • Did you know depression is linked to changes in seasons, typically occurring in the fall and winter due to reduced sunlight?  Check out light therapy from the Wellness Lounge.

Interest, Purpose, & Belonging

This section provides space to explore community care through meaningful connection, engagement, and stress-reducing activities. Drop by the resource tables to learn about the organizations on campus who support students’ well-being and educational journeys. Join in on creative and purposeful activities that build and strengthen community.

Resources & Activities to Visit

  • ALGEE: Learn about a Mental Health Action Plan to support students in distress with Peer Health Educators
  • Learn the power of community when in recovery or exploring sobriety by challenging stigma with our CRC Peer Mentor.
  • FSL: What keeps your chapter rooted? Explore the traditions, values, and connections that create belonging.
  • Create a community collaborative bracelet or charm with SJSU Identity Centers
  • Visit Resource Tables: UndocuSpartan, Career Center, Peer Connections, and MLK Library
  • Contribute to the Community Mural
  • Explore breathwork, gentle movement, and self reflection with 'Lead with JOY: Empowerment Through Yoga' sessions

Health Education Tips

  • Discover new ways to relieve stress and find inner calm through activities like yoga, painting, and listening to music.
  • Discover the roots of Fraternity & Sorority Life and how shared traditions create connection, community, and belonging.
  • Belonging thrives where culture, ritual, and wellness connect.
  • When supporting a friend in distress- it's important to listen intentionally and nonjudgmentally.
  • Purpose isn’t discovered overnight—it’s a lifelong journey that can evolve with time. Keep checking in with yourself, and if your path no longer aligns, don’t be afraid to pivot.
  • Come as you are, find your community. Connect with students who continue to expand what it means to be one with their cultures, identities, and campus community.