Wolfpack Wellness Badge Program
Explore the six elements of wellness through engagement opportunities to earn your badge and display your commitment to personal well-being.
What is the Badge Program?
The Wolfpack Wellness Badge program recognizes the completion of engagement in experiences that expand personal knowledge across the six elements of wellness: purpose, financial, physical, emotional, social and community.
The program provides community members with an opportunity to experience a variety of activities, services, events and programs at NC State and beyond. Earning your Wolfpack Wellness badge demonstrates your commitment to bettering your personal health and well-being.
Criteria
The first 50 participants to earn their badge will receive a Wolfpack Wellness giveaway. In order to receive a badge, participants must:
- Watch the Wolfpack Wellness Overview video.
- Scan the QR code at the end of the video to complete the form.
- Complete at least one experience per element.
- Please see below for experience ideas that apply to each element.
- Experiences not listed may be submitted for consideration.
- Submit a reflection form for each experience.
- Claim your badge from Credly and display it proudly!
Experiences Within the Six Elements
Purpose
Regularly engaging in meaningful and satisfying work that aligns with personal values and goals.
- Complete a Clifton Strengths Assessment.
- Create a vision board.
- Create a LinkedIn profile.
- Volunteer with a nonprofit organization.
- Attend a career fair.
- Participate in a mock interview.
- Participate in a professional development activity.
- Register for e-Pack and upload a resume.
- Register for the Career Identity Program.
- Register for USC 202, Career Exploration for Purpose.
- Try an Informational Interview through Ask the Pack.
- Meet with a career/academic counselor.
- Meet with a mentor.
Financial
The awareness of current financial position and budgets and having resources to meet basic needs by saving and spending wisely.
- Create a personal budget.
- Complete a scholarship application.
- Attend a Ready to Retire workshop.
- Obtain an on-campus job.
- Download an app to help with budgeting.
- Create a savings plan.
Physical
Managing health through regular exercise, eating a balanced, nutritious diet and maintaining adequate sleep.
- Participate in a wellness challenge (movement, sleep, nutrition).
- Register for a physical exam at Campus Health.
- Meet with a registered dietitian.
- Try a Wolf Approved food in a C-store or dining hall.
- Meet with a personal trainer with Wellness and Recreation.
- Participate in two group fitness classes.
- Join an NC State intramural sports team.
- Complete a one-week sleep diary.
- Register for an Outdoor Adventures Trip.
- Attend a cooking demonstration in the teaching kitchen.
- Join a walking group.
- Participate in an organized running event (Krispy Kreme Challenge, Kay Yow, Veterans Day Run, Moonlight Howl and Run, etc.).
- Explore a new park/trail.
Emotional
The ability to be self-aware and cope with challenges and needs while developing overall resilience.
- Attend two drop-in spaces.
- Attend a wellness workshop.
- Meet with a wellness coach.
- Complete a gratitude worksheet.
- Complete Mental Health First Aid training.
- Complete QPR training.
- Create a self-care action plan.
- Attend Mindful Monday.
- Take a personality assessment.
- Download and use a mindfulness app (Calm, Headspace, etc.).
Social
Developing supportive networks by cultivating new or existing relationships.
- Attend a Wolfpack Wellness Power Lunch.
- Join a student organization.
- Attend an event in Get Involved (Howl and Chill, LDOC, etc.).
- Create/join a study group.
- Attend a 501 Club event.
- Attend a group fitness class with a colleague.
- Participate in an Office of Global Engagement event.
- Attend LIVE@Lake Raleigh.
Community
The opportunity to contribute and connect individual passions and strengths that foster a safe and supportive environment.
- Attend an NC State athletics event.
- Become a Wellness Champion.
- Attend an Arts NC State event.
- Donate to Feed the Pack Food Pantry.
- Attend two Staff Senate meetings.
- Acknowledge a colleague with Paws and Say Thanks.
- Visit all nine Hallowed Places on campus.
- Attend Packapalooza.
- Take a walk and talk with Howling Cow ice cream.
- Visit the Agroecology Farm.
- Take a class at the Crafts Center.
- Visit the Gregg Museum of Art & Design.
- Visit JC Raulston Arboretum.
- Visit the Compost Facility.
- Attend a Chamber of Commerce event.
- Participate in a Campus Community Center event.
- Attend a Chancellor’s Open House.