Wellness Program

The Brandeis Wellness Program is designed to enhance health awareness, motivate actions to change lives, create environments that support good health practices and prevent illness, injury and disability. The multidimensional program promotes the six dimensions of health: physical, social, spiritual, psychological, occupational and intellectual.

Promoting wellness involves assisting others in increasing their awareness of personal and community health, helping to adjust attitudes so changes in behavior are possible and searching for alternatives to improve health and overall well-being. A fuller measure of health and a better quality of life is within each employee's personal grasp.

Ford Athletic and Recreation Complex

Brandeis takes pride in providing outstanding facilities for the everyday athlete. The centerpiece of Brandeis athletics is the Joseph P. and Clara Ford Athletic and Recreation Complex, one of the largest and best-equipped indoor athletic facilities in the Northeast. It includes the Gosman Center, which houses:

  • A 70,000-square-foot fieldhouse
  • A 200-meter, six-lane indoor track
  • Three indoor tennis courts
  • Nine squash courts (two international)
  • A state-of-the art fencing room
  • Fitness rooms with free weights, Nautilus equipment, life cycles and stair machines
  • Dance and aerobics rooms

Areas to Walk or Run at Brandeis

  • Outdoor Track: Four times around equals one mile
  • Indoor Track: Eight times around equals one mile
  • Loop Road: One time around equals 1.1 miles

Shapiro Gymnasium

The Shapiro Gymnasium includes practice, training and workout facilities. See the current facility schedule.