Zen Quest
A quest to find calm and stay balanced.
Are you interested in exploring UND's campus and resources? Do you want to learn about different de-stressing activities? Join Wellness & Health Promotion in this 6 week quest challenge to collect the most coins and discover what is available on campus!
Zen Quest Challenge Details
Zen Quest is a 6-week wellness challenge designed to help you reduce stress, build healthy habits, and connect with others. Each week, your team will complete a new “quest” activity that promotes calm, creativity, and connection. Earn virtual coins for completed quests and compete for prizes!
Kick-off Meeting
Attendance at the Kickoff Event is required to participate in Zen Quest. This event serves as the official start of the challenge and is where all important information will be shared, including how the challenge works, how to earn coins, and what the expectations are for submissions.
Teams will also be formed during this time, and each group will be paired with a Peer Educator who will support them throughout the challenge. If you're interested in joining Zen Quest, make sure to attend!
- Date:
- September 12, 2025
- Time:
- 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
- Location:
- Wellness Center Classroom (Rm 120)
- Zen Quest runs from September 25 to October 26.
- Each team is responsible for submitting its quest each week.
- Weekly submissions earn virtual coins toward your team’s total.
- Submissions must be emailed to your team’s assigned Peer Educator.
- Each submission must include:
- Team name
- The quest completed that week
- A group photo during or after the activity
- Submissions are due every Sunday by 11:59 p.m.
- Submissions that are late or incomplete will not earn coins.
- The Journal Quest is a bonus quest and must be completed by November 1 at 12 p.m. to earn extra coins.
- Final coin totals will be calculated and prizes awarded the week of November 3.
- In the event of a tie, each team member must identify two wellness dimensions they experienced for each quest to earn bonus coins. These will be pooled into the team’s final score.
- Peer Educators will track progress and update the leaderboard weekly.
- The team with the most coins at the end of the challenge will each win a Garmin Forerunner 55 watch.
- The team with the second most coins will each win a Toloco Massage Gun.
Quests
All quests must be completed between September 15 and October 26. Quests can be done in any order, but teams may only complete one quest per week and cannot repeat any quests.
| Quest |
Objective |
Activities Can Include | Photo Requirement | Coin Vaule |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outdoor Excursion |
Spend 20 minutes outdoors with your group You can participate in this quest twice in a week to collect more coins |
|
|
15 coins (30 coins max) |
| Workout at the Wellness Center |
Complete one 30-minute workout at the Wellness Center with your group (Reach out to Peer Educator for any physical limitations) |
|
|
25 coins |
| Cooking Class |
Attend a cooking class at Culinary Corner with your group |
Culinary Corner offers a variety of free cooking classes:
|
|
20 coins |
| Meditate |
Meditate for at least 10 minutes with your group You can participate in this quest twice in a week to collect more coins |
|
|
15 coins (30 coins max) |
| Read |
Read for fun for at least 1 hour this week with your group You can participate in this quest twice in a week to collect more coins |
Pick your venue of your choice:
|
|
15 coins (30 coins max) |
| The Outpost Rental |
Rent any equipment from The Outpost and have an adventure with your group |
The Outpost offerings:
Discounted prices for UND students |
|
25 coins |
Bonus Quest
The Journal Quest will be offered as a bonus quest the week of October 27-31 and must be completed by November 1 at 12 p.m.
| Quest | Objective | Activities Can Include | Photo Requirement | Coin Vaule |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jounaling |
Write in Journal at least 10 minutes every day this week (Monday-Friday) |
|
|
10 coins per day (50 coins max) |
Challenge Questions?
- meghan.livers@UND.edu
- 701.777.0769
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Wellness Center
Grand Forks ND 58202-8365