Wellness Resources
Explore resources that support your mental, physical, and financial well-being.
Mental & Emotional Wellness
Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FSAP)
FSAP offers confidential, no-fee counseling and organizational support services to all campus-funded faculty and staff, and all Postdocs, visiting scholars, emeriti, and retirees.
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Employee Support Services
Find services, tools, and support resources to help you thrive at work and at home. Whether you’re navigating parenting, caregiving, health challenges, or looking for guidance on wellness and work-life balance, these programs are here to support UC San Diego employees and their families through every stage of life.
Center for Mindfulness
The UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness offers evidence-based programs rooted in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and decades of research. They have trainings that help individuals and organizations cultivate focus, resilience, and well-being through practical mindfulness and compassion practices.
Veteran Suicide Prevention
One of the missions of the Student veteran Resource Center coalition is to reduce veterans suicides on campus by creating an environment of connectiveness and support for student veterans.
Physical Wellness
Employee Wellness
Employee Wellness supports UC San Diego staff in building healthy habits and prioritizing their well-being through programs, activities, and resources available across campus.
Explore opportunities to support your physical and overall wellness, including fitness classes, wellness challenges, health education, workshops, and special events throughout the year. Whether you're looking to get moving, learn something new, or connect with colleagues, Employee Wellness offers activities designed to make well-being part of your workday.
Recreation
UC San Diego Recreation offers a variety of ways for staff to stay active, try something new, and support their physical well-being right on campus.
Staff can explore fitness and instructional classes, recreation facilities, and other programs throughout the year. From a workout between meetings to joining a class or discovering a new activity, Recreation provides opportunities to make movement and wellness part of your routine.
Staff can explore fitness and instructional classes, recreation facilities, and other programs throughout the year. From a workout between meetings to joining a class or discovering a new activity, Recreation provides opportunities to make movement and wellness part of your routine.
Smoke Free
UC San Diego Smoke Free offer a variety of resources and services to help staff, faculty, and students live a smoke and tobacco-free life.
Walk UCSD
Walk UCSD makes it easy to get moving while exploring campus. Developed in partnership with Human Resources, the program features mapped walking routes for a variety of distances and fitness levels.
Menopause
The Women's Center has a list of comprehensive resources, and a support group for those approaching or experiencing peri/menopause through the process of aging or by medical/surgical means.
Financial Wellness
Employee Discounts
UC San Diego Employee Discounts help staff make the most of their employee benefits with special offers and savings available through UC San Diego and participating organizations.
Explore discounts on entertainment, attractions, travel, recreation, technology, shopping, and other products and services. Offers may change throughout the year, so staff are encouraged to check available discounts regularly and take advantage of the perks available to the UC San Diego community.
Fidelity/UC Retirement
UC employees can access retirement counseling, planning workshops, online tools, and individual support. Fidelity also provides resources for UC’s Retirement Savings Program, including help with 403(b), 457(b), and Defined Contribution plans, investment options, contributions, and retirement planning.
Whether retirement is years away or right around the corner, these resources can help you better understand your options and take steps toward your financial goals.
University Credit Union (UCU)
As the dedicated and official financial institution partner to the UC San Diego community, University Credit Union is committed to supporting faculty, staff, and students with personalized banking solutions and financial wellness resources.
