Fitwell Events
Join our FITWELL email list for details on our free quarterly FITWELL events including campus walks, fitness challenges, campus-wide health celebrations, giveaways, and more!
Go BruIN Go 26-27: Move, play, de-stress, and connect with colleagues all year long at our energizing employee wellness events. Attend events and collect stickers for a chance to win raffle prizes!
Wellness Events
Let's get active! Explore upcoming and past events from your friends at FITWELL. Events are designed to get UCLA faculty and staff moving and improve their UCLA experience. We encourage you to register for FITWELL events and share with your colleagues so they can join in on the fun.
FITWELL Talks Speaker Series
Conversations with UCLA Health and community experts on the latest wellbeing research and trends, practical recommendations, and more. Just thirty minutes via Zoom during your lunch hour. Join live, listen in, and come ready with questions. Take good care.
Attend for a chance to win raffle prizes! Raffle prizes have included a yoga mat, Fitbit Smart Scale, water bottle, golf towel, camp chair, and more.
From heart health and gratitude to space medicine and beach safety, FITWELL Talks offer engaging insights on a wide range of wellness topics.
Listen to Previous FITWELL Talks HereFall 2026 Workshops
FITWELL Talks: Nutrition & Lifestyle Strategies for Breast Cancer Risk Reduction with Eve Lahijani, MS, RDN, UCLA Health
In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, join FITWELL Talks to explore how nutrition and other lifestyle factors may influence breast cancer risk.
Day: Wednesday, October 28
Time: 12:00-12:30p
Register for the October TalkFITWELL Talks The Future of Health Detection: How Saliva Can Reveal Disease Risk with Dr. David T.W. Wong, D.M.D., D.M.SC.
Learn how UCLA researchers and the Wlab are exploring noninvasive methods to identify biomarkers associated with cancer and other diseases, assess disease risk, and support earlier detection.
Day: Monday, November 23
Time: 12:00-12:30p
Register for the November TalkFITWELL Talks: Being Mindful for a Joyful Holiday with Diana Winston, Director, UCLA Mindful
Learn about mindfulness for managing stressful situations that the holiday season often presents, which will include tips and tools for topics like balancing emotions, seasonal depression, managing family dynamics, and social and financial anxiety. Includes a brief expert-led guided meditation with Diana Winston.
Day: Wednesday, December 9
Time: 12:00-12:30p
Register for the December Talk
2026 UCLA Recreation Halloween Walk for UCLA Staff, Faculty & Students
Thursday, October 29 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Treasure Your Health & Register for the Halloween Walk1️⃣Sign Up Today! Register now to be part of this spooktacular campus adventure!
2️⃣ Bring Your Halloween Walk Stamp Card. Your Stamp Card will be emailed to you before October 29. Print it out and bring it with you to collect stamps!
3️⃣ Walk, Stamp, & Earn a FREE t-shirt*! All hands on deck! Stroll solo or with your crew (aka friends and co-workers) to at least 3 haunted stations across campus on Thursday 10/29 between 11:00 AM and 2:00PM. Costumes encouraged!
👻Get a stamp at each Halloween Walk Station:
- UCLA Teaching Kitchen (outside of Los Angeles Tennis Center)
- Wilson Plaza (bottom of Janss Steps)
- NW Corner of Westwood Blvd. & Le Conte Ave.
- Kinross Recreation Center
- Court of Sciences
- Dickson Court North
🎁Activities or giveaways* at each Station
👕 Earn a FREE Halloween-themed t-shirt* when you finish at the John Wooden Center with 3 stamps!
🎟️Attend the walk and enter to win a FREE Apple Watch Series 12*, courtesy of the UCLA Computer Store in Ackerman Union!
*while supplies last
UCLA Staff & Faculty: Sprinkle more FUN, PLAY, & GOOD HEALTH into your holiday season!
☃️11/16/26 - 12/11/26
❄️Enjoy four weeks of in-person & online activities, included a 2026 UC Health for the Holidaysapp-based wellness challenge, Self-guided puzzle walk, Line dancing lesson, Bruin Bake-Off, Pickle-ball tournament, and more!
Register for Holly Jolly Play DaysSave the Dates
Go BruIN Go 26-27: Move, play, de-stress, and connect with colleagues all year long at our energizing employee wellness events. Attend events and collect stickers for a chance to win raffle prizes
February 2027: I HEART Walking 2027
Past Events
Thank you to all those who attended our FITWELL events! You are truly #ActiveBruins! Check back on this page for the dates of all your favorite and new events.
Active Working Day 2026
You're an Active Working Bruin....
Of course you joined us for Active Working Day on March 11, 2026!
Make every day an active working day with Bruin PAWS, MoveMails, Fitzones, and other FITWELL free resources.
Halloween Walk 2025
Thank you for joining our annual UCLA Recreation Halloween Walk on 10/30! You WALKED A LATTE, to at least 3 stations around campus for giveaways, to earn a FREE t-shirt!
Keep moving and save the date for 2026! Costumes encouraged!
2026 UC Moves Challenge
Great job Bruins! You MOVED more in May and represented UCLA/UCLA Health in the 2026 systemwide 4-week movement challenge!
Participants recorded daily physical activity with the the Spring into Motion app, with an all-things-spring theme that awakened a fresh, energetic outlook with weekly spring themes, daily inspiration, healthy recipes, and more!
I Heart Walking 2025
Thank you for joining us for our I Heart Walking campus walks! Keep walking together!