2025–26 Wellness Explorer Event Guidelines

The official 2025 – 2026 SGA Capstone Wellness Explorer Program event schedule will begin at our Capstone Wellness Explorer Kickoff Event on September 25th from 5-8pm at The Student Center Lawn. Any organization planning to register an event as a CWE event may begin applying for approval on September 1st.

Your step-by-step guide:

  1. Understand the Guidelines: Familiarize yourself with the SGA Capstone Wellness Explorer Guidelines. This ensures your event aligns with our objectives and helps determine the best event category.
  2. Event Registration: Head to MySource and register your event.
  3. Opt-in for SGA Capstone Wellness Explorer: You’ll be prompted with a question during registration. If you’d like your event considered for the SGA Capstone Wellness Explorer, fill out the form provided. You must apply for CWE points no less than 10 days before the event takes place.
  4. Validation and Confirmation: After your submission, give us 5 business days to approve your event.
  5. Post-confirmation, you’ll receive an email with your next steps, as well as an event attendance code.

General Event Guidelines

  • Register all programming events of Organizations and Departments through MySource.
  • Complete the secondary SGA Capstone Wellness Explorer Event Registration form linked in the MySource event submission process.
  • All events must be submitted for approval at least 10 days before their scheduled date.
  • Events on the SGA Capstone Wellness Explorer can count for one of the 7 dimensions of Student Wellness: academic, social, spiritual, career, financial, psychological, and physical wellness. Examples are listed below:
    • Academic and Career Development: Career fairs, alumni networking sessions, and skill-building workshops.
    • Financial Literacy: Budgeting seminars, investment basics, and financial planning for post-graduation.
    • Physical and Psychological Wellness: Fitness challenges, mental health awareness talks, and recreational sports activities like drop-in basketball.
    • Social and Spiritual Engagement: Campus-wide social events like social gatherings and meditation sessions.
  • All events should be accessible to every UA student. This means that all events should be free of cost for attendance.
  • Events should be held at neutral venues.
    • Allowed: Student Center, Lecture Halls, etc.
    • Not Allowed: Greek Houses, Off-Campus Locations

Event Categories

1 Point

  • Focus on peer-to-peer relationship building and/or interactive programming with an educational lens
  • Drop-in events are allowed

2 Points

  • Minimum 30-minute time requirement
  • Must have a clear educational focus (e.g., lecture, workshop, speaker, etc.)

3 Points

  • Meets all criteria of a 2-point event, and
  • Must be co-hosted by two or more UA organizations or departments