Whaleness Scavenger Hunt (Monday 8/19 – Sunday 8/25)

Learn about the Ithaca College dimensions of wellness model and the resources available to support you during your time at Ithaca College. This fun-filled scavenger hunt will lead you to different campus resources where participants will answer trivia questions and receive entries to win wellness prizes. All participants will win a Wellness (or Whaleness) whale! Several participants will also win a wellness prize of their choosing! 

How to Play:

- Follow the clues to find the 9 places on-campus that are correlated with the different dimensions of wellness; emotional, environmental, financial, intellectual, physical, social, spiritual and vocational wellness and the outer-ring of the wellness wheel; equity, inclusion & belonging. 

- When you find one of the 9 places, scan the QR code at the location and answer the trivia questions about that resource. You can ask people in the office for help with the questions or use their webpage to find answers! 

- All participants that go to at least one wellness resource and complete the trivia questions can receive a whale-ness prize (super awesome and exclusive whale toy). If you find at least one location you can pick-up your wellness whale from the Campus Center Information Desk between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m.; complete the scavenger hunt and find all 9 locations to get entered in a raffle to win some wellness goodies!  

- Wellness Raffle: Go to all 9 locations and receive 10 bonus raffle entries for larger wellness prizes. On Monday August 26th names will be randomly drawn and participants will be emailed at their IC email addresses if they are a winner and with instructions on how to claim their prize

All students are invited and welcome to play! We encourage folks to pair up and participate in groups if you would like to connect with others as you play! If you take pictures along the way please share them with healthpromotion@ithaca.edu or tag @Wellness_at_IC for 5 bonus raffle entries! 

Scavenger Hunt Clues: 

Emotional Wellness: This resource provides free and confidential short-term counseling, group therapy and workshops, same day crisis services, an after-hours, on-call counselor, and a virtual drop-in service for consultations. 

Environmental Wellness: This Office coordinates on campus housing, provides living resources, and oversees multiple residential learning communities.  

Equity, Inclusion & Belonging: This office can help students with a disability develop and implement accommodation plans to ensure equal access around Ithaca College’s academic, testing, housing, and dining spaces.   

Financial Wellness: Located in the central hub for students, this place stores food and grocery items, personal care products, household paper products, dairy products, frozen foods, and some fresh produce, which is available to all members of the campus community, with no income confirmation required.  

Intellectual Wellness: Looking to expand your knowledge – this is the perfect place! Here, you can access guides, books, archives, journals, databases, research services, music, and films.

Physical Wellness: At this campus space you can access a fitness room, group fitness classes, an aerobics room, two floor gyms, and rock wall, and rent outdoor equipment. 

Social Wellness: This Office, housed in the central hub for students provides opportunities for making friends, learning and empowerment through a variety of programs that include the Jumpstart Program, clubs and organizations, leadership development, and community involvement.  

Spiritual Wellness: This space on campus is where the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life is located, is also home to noon meditation sessions offered to all campus community members on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. 

Vocational Wellness: This Office assists students with alumni connections, job coordination, internships, and fellowships, skill building, and hosting career fairs and networking opportunities.