Wellness Strategic Plan

Academic Year 2019-20

• Provide access to healthy food and vending on campus.
• Facilitate campus-wide wellness challenges (steps, hydration, sleep, etc.).
• Plan, implement and evaluate comprehensive financial well-being programs.
• Promote the use of the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program and similar resources.

Academic Year 2020-21

• Expand access to support programs such as Disability Resource Office, Counseling, Prevention Services, Student Health Services, nutrition counseling, Exercise Is Medicine® and wellness coaching.
• Continue and expand a diverse array of physical activity interventions, including outdoor adventure experiences, group fitness classes, intramural sports and personal training.
• Plan and implement a resilience and coping campaign to highlight the importance of mental health and well-being.

Academic Year 2021-22

• Provide resources for individuals in need of food, housing, financial and educational support.
• Create and implement a campus-wide wellness badge program that recognizes completion of engagement in experiences that expand personal knowledge across NC State’s six elements of wellness: purpose, financial, physical, emotional, social and community.

Academic Year 2022-23

• Plan and implement an event recognizing individuals and organizations demonstrating a commitment to wellness on campus.

Academic Year 2023-24

• Expand online assessment and education offerings to increase access to wellness-based education opportunities.

Academic Year 2019-20

• Increase the visibility of NC State wellness-related research.

Academic Year 2020-21

• Create a health and wellness toolkit for faculty and staff to increase their personal wellness outcomes.
• Increase the visibility of academic courses incorporating one or more elements of wellness into their learning outcomes and/or coursework.

Academic Year 2021-22

• Coordinate high-impact co-curricular wellness opportunities to engage students, staff and faculty across colleges, learning styles and identities.

Academic Year 2022-23

• Develop and implement wellness advising training for academic advisors to provide them with tools and resources to support undergraduate and graduate students.

Academic Year 2023-24

• Develop a training for faculty on incorporating well-being into the classroom.

Academic Year 2019-20

• Include wellness and safety education in employee onboarding and managerial training.
• Offer certified peer educator training for all peer educators across departments.
• Support NC State Transportation’s strategic efforts to provide a variety of alternative transportation modes to help with bikeability and walkability on campus.

Academic Year 2020-21

• Utilize climate survey data to create interventions for target populations.
• Analyze the results of and track changes in wellness from local and national assessments.

Academic Year 2021-22

• Standardize wellness education for all incoming students through pre-arrival online programs, Wolfpack Welcome Week, First Year Experience and graduate student orientation.

Academic Year 2022-23

• Promote wellness-based education opportunities for on-campus students.

Academic Year 2023-24

• Implement a comprehensive interpersonal violence prevention education program.

Academic Year 2019-20

• Forge partnerships with all communicators on campus to help promote wellness and build brand awareness of the wellness framework and strategy.

Academic Year 2020-21

• Establish an integrated communication plan for wellness messaging.
• Promote wellness events and programs through a centralized calendar to increase collaboration and reduce redundancies.

Academic Year 2021-22

• Promote wellness programs, services and events through print and media. 

Academic Year 2022-23

• Implement population-level health promotion and education on all priority wellness topics through evidence-based communication strategies.

Academic Year 2023-24

• Optimize digital resources and interactive tools that connect people to health and wellness resources.