Shanks Health & Wellness Center

The Shanks Health & Wellness Center and the Student Health & Counseling Center are the hubs of wellness on campus! From running on the treadmill to getting an appointment with a counselor, Oberlin looks out for students’ wellbeing.

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Oberlin College Virtual Tour: Athletics

Three students in athletic wear stand in front of a brick building with the words "Go Yeo" in the window.

Five students hold tennis rackets and posters to promote the club table tennis team.

People in athletic wear do ab exercises in a fitness room.

A group of students celebrate their win as they hold up a poster that says 35th Champion of the North Coast Athletic Conference.

A gray brick building with the sign 'Student Health and Counseling Center' is where students can find mental and physical health support.

Knowlton stadium is full of fans on a fall evening.

A drop-in no cost yoga class at Oberlin.

A few students climb on the colorful rock-climbing wall.

Mental Health at Oberlin

Athletics at Oberlin

💪 Mental Health at Oberlin

Oberlin’s Student Health Center is located centrally on our campus in Dascomb Hall, one of our first-year dorms. Here you can receive medical attention if needed. In the same building, the Counseling Center provides free mental health resources to students. Oberlin students have access to individual counseling and crisis support, among other services.

🏋️ Athletics at Oberlin

We boast 21 varsity sports and additional club and intramural sports open to any and all Obies. Whether you want to join the national champions and All-Americans on our Track and Field team, or the 2019 national championship-winning Women and Trans Ultimate Frisbee team, all our student athletes are excited to welcome new students to campus.

Athletic Facilities

The Patricia ’63 & Merrill ’61 Shanks Health and Wellness Center, adjacent to the Jesse Philips Physical Education Center, encompasses 16,000 square feet of new space, plus a new 25 yard by 25 yard pool and Cooper Recreation Lane. The center is designed to encourage healthy connections between the body and mind as it features spaces that support both mental and physical activities and programs.

In Shanks, you can find a number of different spaces to be active, including yoga and dance studios; the Abeles Wellness room equipped with TRX bands, medicine balls, and dumbbells; our 25-foot climbing wall; the Kobbes Spin Room; or an updated cardio room and weight room.

Yeofit Classes

Our students, coaches, and community members teach and take YeoFit classes, offered to students free of cost. Anyone can drop in and take a class on cardio kickboxing, Vinyasa yoga, or nutrition among many others.