Slattery
Center
At Elon University, wellness is being woven into the everyday campus experience. Slattery Center will serve as the heart of the university’s HealthEU initiative, creating a destination where academics, recreation, counseling and interdisciplinary research come together to support a more connected and resilient campus community.
Located within Elon’s Innovation Quad, the 135,000 SFt facility will anchor the university’s Boldly Elon strategic plan through 2030 while advancing a holistic approach to wellness rooted in six dimensions: community, emotional, financial, physical, purpose-driven and social well-being. Made possible in part through a transformative gift from Elon Trustee Bill Slattery and his wife, Tish Slattery, the three-story center is designed to support the success of students, faculty and staff across every dimension of campus life.
Slattery Center brings together classrooms, student-faculty research spaces and offices for academic departments focused on health and wellness, including Exercise Science and Education & Wellness. Interdisciplinary labs and dedicated spaces for health and nutrition coaching, personal training, fitness assessments and financial literacy programs will create opportunities for experiential learning and cross-disciplinary collaboration. A demonstration kitchen will support Elon’s Food Studies minor and co-curricular nutrition education initiatives that encourage healthy habits across campus.
The facility will also significantly expand access to wellness and mental health resources through the inclusion of the Mark and Kim Tyson Counseling Center, providing individual and group therapy, workshops and outreach programming in a centralized and welcoming environment.
Recreation and fitness amenities include a competition-sized aquatics center, gymnasium, indoor track, climbing and bouldering walls, outdoor fitness areas and dedicated spaces for meditation, mindfulness and yoga. A physical therapy and athletic training clinic, along with employee wellness programming, further reinforces the university’s commitment to supporting the well-being of students, faculty and staff alike.
Designed as a collaborative and multifunctional destination, the Slattery Center is envisioned as a place where wellness is embedded into daily campus life. The facility will equip students with lifelong skills and practices that support health, resilience and personal success while fostering a stronger, more connected university community.