Purchase College supports a holistic approach to education and believes in fostering the development of the whole person- intellectually, artistically, professionally, socially, emotionally and spiritually. 

WELLNESS@PURCHASE provides services which are central to the overall mission of the college. 

WELLNESS@PURCHASE is a collaboration of many student services and departments including The Center for Student Engagement (the Office of Residence Life), The Center for Student Development (the Counseling Center, Substance Abuse Services, Health Services), Campus Dining, the Department of Physical Education, University Police; the Spiritual Wellness Alliance at Purchase and the Career Development Center. 

WELLNESS@PURCHASE offers programming and services in the following areas:

• Full service gymnasium with fitness center and pool; recreational activities; sports teams
• Individual and group counseling
• Alcohol and other drug individual and group counseling
• Prevention and awareness programming
• Healthy relationship awareness programming
• Violence against men and women prevention and awareness programming
• Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) training
• Inter-faith programming
• Wellness and substance free housing options
• Career counseling; job placement; career skill building programs
• The Holistic Health Discussion Series
• Free HIV/AIDS testing
• Residential and campus wide programming in the following Areas of Wellness: Physical, Intellectual, Vocational/ Occupational, Financial, Emotional, Social (relating to Culture, Society, Family, and Community), Environmental and Spiritual. 

The goal of WELLNESS@PURCHASE is to enable students to make full use of their potential as members of the Purchase College community and the community at large.