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Our Strategic Plan

We are leaders in everything we do — including creating an inclusive, thriving and resilient community.

Current Plan

The NC State wellness strategic plan takes a coordinated and collaborative approach to wellness, bringing students, staff and faculty together to design a campuswide blueprint for wellness.

Our mission is to advance a culture that fosters the well-being of the campus community. We seek to position NC State as a leading institution for creating a safe, inclusive and thriving community.

Goals

Goal 1: Programs and Services

Deliver innovative programs and services at the individual and community levels.

Academic Year 2019-20

  • Provide access to healthy food and vending on campus.
  • Facilitate campuswide 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 the Disability Resource Office, the Counseling Center, Prevention Services, Campus Health, nutrition counseling, the Exercise Is Medicine program 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 campuswide 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.

Goal 2: Academia

Integrate wellness into curricular education, advising, experiences and research.

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.

Goal 3: Sense of Community

Foster a safe, supportive and inclusive community.

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

  • Use 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.

Goal 4: Communication and Collaboration

Build and maintain collaborative opportunities with campus and community partners to increase awareness of wellness at NC State.

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 other 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.