03/20/2025
By Hannah Monbleau

Unwind Your Mind, UMass Lowell’s digital wellness campaign that encourages students to disconnect from their phones, has been recognized as the 2025 Collaborative Program of the Year by the Association of College Unions International (ACUI).

The Collaborative Program of the Year is awarded to “creative programs which exemplify the positive outcomes of a collaboration within or between institutions. The award advances the value and credibility of the college union on campus while improving communication, leadership and campus partnerships.”

Launched last fall by the Office of Student Life and Well-being, Unwind Your Mind is a multi-pronged effort to encourage students to set boundaries with their phones and laptops and connect with one another. A collaboration between student affairs, dining and faculty on campus, it includes boxes for storing phones at student events and in dining halls, as well as for professors who want to use them in class.

UMass Lowell received the award at the ACUI’s annual conference in New York City.