Healthy Essence, the student-run massage clinic at Ivy Tech Community College’s Fort Wayne campus, will open to the public this semester from Sept. 17 to Dec. 8. Students from the Therapeutic Massage program will provide hour-long full-body relaxation massages. The following hours are available by appointment:

• 4:30, 6, and 7:30 p.m. Mondays
• 4:30, 6, and 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays
• 1, 2:30, 4:30, 6, and 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays
• 10:30 a.m., noon, 1:30, 3, and 4:30 p.m. Fridays (only Sept. 21, Oct. 5, Oct. 19, Nov. 2, Nov. 16, and Nov. 30)
• 10:30 a.m., noon, and 1:30 p.m. Saturdays (only Sept. 29, Oct. 13, Oct. 27, Nov. 10, and Dec. 8)

The clinic will be closed the week of Thanksgiving, from Nov. 19 to 24.

Massages are $25 for the community and $20 for Ivy Tech employees and students, military personnel, and those 55 and older. The clinic accepts payment in cash and credit card. Tips are not accepted, but clients who wish can donate to a charity chosen by the students.

To make an appointment, email fw-tmsclinic@ivytech.edu or call 260-480-2094.

Visit IvyTech.edu/fortwayne/massageclinic to learn more.