President’s Council on Wellness: Accomplishments, Goals and Plans for the Year

A huge thanks to the members of The President’s Council on Wellness who accomplished a great deal last year!  

Here are the highlights of the accomplishments:

Marketing

• Defined 6 Dimensions and the creation of UMW Wellness Wheel
• Created of UMW Wellness Social media accounts
• Created and published website content.
• The Wash Post editions

Programming

• Launched a Wellness Passport incentivizing participation in wellness programming.
• Collaborated with CommonHealth for Faculty and Staff programming
• Recognized as an Exercise is Medicine Silver Campus

Policies

• Safe Sammy – Alcohol and other Drug Amnesty Policy
• Nicotine Use on Campus

Facilities

• Secured budget for extended early morning and evening hours at the fitness center
• Improved safety and security of Goolrick Hall through staffing, locking and alarming doors.
• Communicated with facilities to address mold issues
• Increased appointment hours at Talley Center and Health Center to include 12-1pm

Faculty/Staff Projects

• Collaborated with Human Resources to incorporate wellness into Supervisor Training
• Created a new session at new Employee Orientation focusing on employee wellness.

2019-2020 goals include:

• Enhancing Preventative and Coping Resources for Mental Wellbeing
• Engaging and Educating the UMW community
• Creating a culture where wellness is understood and encouraged

If you or your colleagues are interested in learning more or serving on the President’s Council on Wellness, please email wellness@umw.edu or attend our open meeting on Tuesday, September 10^th at 8:30am in the UC Colonnade Room.