Bowdoin College
PA-14: Wellness Program

Bowdoin recognizes that individual and community well-being is essential and has a significant impact on our professional and personal lives. Through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), the College provides free, confidential counseling services to all benefits-eligible employees and members of their immediate families. These services include problem assessment, in person and virtual counseling (up to eight sessions per issue fully paid by the College). You do not need to be enrolled on Cigna's health plan to avail yourself of these services.

In addition, the WellSpace@Work benefit covers the first eight therapy sessions at no cost each calendar year to all benefits-eligible faculty and staff and their immediate family members. You do not need to be enrolled in one of the College’s Cigna health plans to be eligible.

As part of our ongoing efforts to support employee well-being we have partnered with Calm. The Calm app is available to all faculty and staff, and up to five of their dependents, at no charge.

Bowdoin maintains a robust fitness and wellness program with classes and workshops as well as a summer yoga series that are free to students, staff, faculty, and their families. Athletic facilities, including a gym, pool, ice rink, and outdoor fields are also available for use.

In addition Bowdoin offers the following throughout the year:

• Flu-shot clinics


• Organic CSA Farm Shares 


• Omada for Cigna a program available to employees and their dependents who are enrolled in one of the College’s Cigna health plans and who are at risk for type 2 diabetes or heart disease. - Worksite evaluations 


• CPR/AED Training

Philosophy and Purpose: This non-smoking environment policy was adopted to provide for the improved health and safety of all College students, staff, and visitors. The policy is in compliance with the state of Maine's Workplace Smoking Act of 1985, and Maine's Act to Protect Maine Citizens from the Effects of Environmental Tobacco Smoke (effective January 1, 1994).

Policy: There is no smoking or use of vaping devices (including but not limited to, mods, pens, hookahs, JUULs, and e-cigarettes) in any campus buildings or within fifty feet of any campus building, including entryways, open windows, and stairwells.

As of July 2018, individuals must be twenty-one (21) years of age or older to purchase, possess, or consume tobacco and tobacco products in Maine (except individuals born before July 1, 2000). It is illegal for minors (twenty years of age or younger) to purchase, possess, or consume tobacco products in Maine.

Smoking is also prohibited in all college-owned vehicles.

Although the College sponsors smoking-cessation programs and encourages employees to refrain from using tobacco products for health reasons, the College will not discipline or discriminate against an employee who uses tobacco products outside his/her employment. However, the College may discipline or discharge an employee who uses tobacco products at work in violation of the smoking policy. Employees who smoke outdoors should dispose of smoking materials in appropriate receptacles. Supervisors in each area are responsible to enforce the smoking policy and determine when breaks are appropriate for smoking. Complaints about smoking in the workplace should be directed to Human Resources or the Office of Environmental Health and Safety.