Mission:
To sustain and grow the work of the Healthy Campus Network after the sunsetting of the UC Global Food Initiative.
Projects:
Draft Goals:
*Please note that these goals were drafted by the Emotional and Psychological 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 Katie Maynard.
Short-term Goals:
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Centralize information about existing resources within websites already available.
- Create a quarterly wellness newsletter.
- Establish wellness ambassadors in each department.
- Create a central wellness calendar.
- Document existing workshops on video.
- Develop metrics and evaluation program for the Healthy Campus Network and its key programs.
- Identify which departments can support staff and faculty wellness program and better understand their missions and future expansion plans.
- Map out funded projects and goals across potential departments that might be able to support them.
- Seek ways to expand the number of departments that can work with staff/faculty.
- Create a cohesive and engaged coalition.
- Vet the draft goals with key campus stakeholders
- Ensure consistent and broad participation in sub-committees.
- Ensure that there is a high level of awareness of the work and successes of the HCN.
- Better understand existing funding resources on the campus.
- Create a partnership with campus development.
- Map out potential grants for each goal and funded project.
Mid Term Goals:
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Create a centralized website for all the HCN subcommittees that can grow over time.
- Seek commitments from each department who work with staff/faculty programming to participate in at least one HCN funded project or goal moving forward.
- Find long-term homes for at least ¼ of the funded projects and short-term goals.
At least one new department that did not offer services to staff and faculty now can.
Long-term Goals:
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Regular email communication from high-level administration supporting wellness initiatives & encouraging staff and faculty to engage & participate.
- Annual evaluations for supervisors, managers, and directors include questions pertaining to "how do you support your employees' levels of wellness" and "how are you making your workplace safer?"
- Integrate requirements of wellness ambassadors into job descriptions.
- Expand capacity of staff/faculty serving departments.
- Expand the number of pilot programs who find long-term support.
- Develop a plan for expanding the number of departments that can support staff and faculty over time.
Visionary Goals:
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Integrate health goals from all sub-committees into the campus wide strategic plan
- Identify external funds to support the creation of a full time position of campus-wide wellness coordinator.
- Identify departments that could potentially house each funded project and HCN goal over time.
- Some of these departments may still rely on external funding to do so.
- All of the programs with successful pilots will find long-term support through a mixture of internal and external funds.
- The responsibility of offering services to staff and faculty expands to a level that is sustainable for all departments involved.