Five Years of Mindful Mondays—Expanding Impact with the Wellbeing Fund

Stress, anxiety, and burnout May be at an all-time high. In honor of Mindful Mondays’ 5th anniversary, we’re launching the Wellbeing Fund to sustain and expand these vital programs. Your gift ensures accessibility, growth, and healing when it’s needed most. Join us in making a lasting impact. 

Give to the Wellbeing Fund
 

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"Mindful Mondays has helped me these past 5 years in managing my  stress and the challenges of aging. I have been able to attend these sessions online as I live out iof state. It is my hope that this new fund will help others to take advantage of programs offered by Bakken Center both in person and online. Life is a journey." - UMN Class BA 1968, BS 1970

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Invest in Student Success

Students flourish when they are guided by compassion, innovation, and education. With your support, we can ignite the potential of the next generation of leaders, creating a dynamic landscape for integrative health. 

Contribute to established student scholarships such as those listed below or establish your own named scholarship fund:

A. Marilyn Sime Scholarship 
Expand scholarship opportunities for students with interest in integrative therapies and healing practices.

Margaret Hagen Smaby Arts and Healing Scholarship
Support graduate students in health and wellbeing, with a special emphasis on arts and healing.

Maxine G. Strege Scholarship
Champion students at the Bakken Center.

Tibetan Healing Initiative India Study Abroad Scholarship
Make the Tibetan Medicine Study Abroad program in India more accessible to students with financial constraints. 

Invest in Academic Excellence

Academic excellence is the cornerstone of transformative education. With your support, we can deepen our impact by promoting rigorous academic programs and curricula that challenge students and faculty to achieve their highest potential: 

Empower People and Communities through Education and Engagement

Equipping individuals with effective tools and resources fosters deep and enduring change. With your support, we will offer meaningful opportunities to enhance mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing, fostering resilience and reducing stress while deepening connections to oneself and others

Mindfulness: In Recognition of Mariann Johnson
Remove program participation barriers and support the hiring, retention, and training of quality mindfulness facilitators.

Survivorship Resilience Fund
Invest in Bakken Center survivorship initiatives to deliver essential resources and programs that enhance the quality of life for survivors and their families

Wellbeing Events Fund 
Safeguard sustaining free or sliding scale pricing in programming, like the Wellbeing Series and webinars.

Tibetan Healing Initiative Legacy (THI) Fund 
We are striving to preserve and develop Tibetan culture by forging partnerships contributing to initiatives like the UMN Task Force for Death, Dying, Disposition; and supporting educational resources for the Tibetan community.

Arts, Healing & Wellbeing Fund 
Supports initiatives such as "Waking the Oracle" events that ignite healing, and wellbeing through music, dance, storytelling, and dialogue, fostering connections to self, community, and the planet for a positive future. 

Nurturing Wellbeing: The Power of Nature
Support connecting people with nature to enhance mental health and wellbeing, while also ensuring that planetary health is at the heart of our work.

Fuel Research and Discovery

Through groundbreaking research funded by national agencies, as well as generous private support, our faculty are addressing health challenges to include low-back pain, health provider burnout, lack of knowledge about healthy eating, mindfulness as a recovery intervention from cardiac events, and chronic stress and so much more. 

Integrative Health and Wellbeing Research Program
Shape agile health researchers, fund innovation, and generate pilot data needed to pursue federal grants.

Arts, Healing & Wellbeing Fund 
Provides resources to support pioneering research endeavors, driving innovation and evidence-based practices in the intersection of arts, healing, and wellbeing, ultimately advancing knowledge and understanding in the field.

Invest in Growth and Sustainability

Philanthropy secures the future. For 30 years, the Center has been lean, nimble, and flexible. With your support, we can respond to exciting, new opportunities and bolster infrastructure to ensure successful outcomes in academic, research, and business and community outreach work

Kreitzer Strategic Initiative Fund
Seed and support strategic initiatives identified by the Center director that advance wellbeing and human flourishing.

Center for Spirituality & Healing General Fund
Strengthen the Bakken Center's core functions underlying our transformative learning experiences, pioneering research, and compelling outreach activities.