Mission:
To promote a healthy campus environment that supports students, staff, and faculty learning, working and living on all campus properties. In doing so, we hope that there will be a culture on the UCSB campus such that healthy living in the form of food choices, physical activity and overall fitness is a central part of daily life for our campus community.
Projects:
Draft Goals:
*Please note that these goals were drafted by the Environmental Health Sub-committee and the Emotional and Physical Health Sub-committee of the Healthy Campus Network and are still in the vetting process. If you would like to give feedback on these goals, please email the Sub-committee Chairs Mo Lovegreen, Ginnie Thomas, Shannon Hinrichs, Katie Maynard.
Short-term Goals:
- Make a commitment to well building and indoor air quality standards.
- Develop a communication campaign to raise awareness of critical environmental health issues such as air quality, noise, lighting, outdoor emissions from idling vehicles, etc.
- Increase access to and use of hydration stations.
- Assess bicycle, skateboard and pedestrian networks for areas of the highest risk. Reduce skateboard and pedestrian collisions.
- Survey staff and faculty to find out what times they would like to see workshops/programming. Make sure to include staff that work at shifts other than 8am-5pm and/or do not take their lunch from 12-1.
- Expand use of hand sanitizer on campus. Find out which departments may be willing to pay for hand sanitizer refills on an ongoing basis.
- Expand the Food, Nutrition and Basic Skills program to Staff and Faculty.
- Develop programs based in departments that can be used for team building activities as well as health and fitness.
- Expand healthy options in campus vending machines and help implement the statewide vending machine policy at UCSB.
- Document food policies, discuss in mixed audience focus groups.
- Label foods in UCen dining franchises with composite index score.
Mid Term Goals:
- Develop a report on current indoor air quality.
- Work with Environmental Health & Safety to address indoor air quality issues identified in short term goals.
- Increase pedestrian and bicycle safety.
- Increase accessibility of wellness resources to people of all abilities.
- Look for ways to continue the Take the Stairs Campaign for faculty and staff.
- Apply for a TGIF grant to support new bike lockers on campus.
- Expand capacity of the Wellness and Fitness Institute.
- Offer weight management courses on campus.
- Expand noon ball and other intramural activities for staff and faculty.
- Offer more beginner level fitness programs specific to staff and faculty.
- Offer more workshops that are located where staff work.
- Identify stakeholders on campus to develop a flu vaccine campaign and research other successful campaigns at peer institutions.
Long-term Goals:
- Work with Planning to ensure Well Building standards and UC Ergonomic Workgroup new building and remodel standards are a standard part of new construction and remodels.
- Expand Bike Share pilot to Goleta and surrounding areas.
- Expand bike parking requirements in new construction policies.
- Raise funding for expanded recreational facilities.
- Raise funding for expanding wellness programming for staff and faculty.
- Employees interested in doing so, will have personal health tracking devices and will use these in peer to peer, motivational programming.
Visionary Goals: