| Overall Rating | Gold |
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| Overall Score | 65.14 |
| Liaison | Bremen Leak |
| Submission Date | July 10, 2024 |
Brigham Young University
PA-14: Wellness Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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Bremen
Leak Associate Director Sustainability & Continuity |
Part 1. Wellness program
Does the institution have a wellness and/or employee assistance program that makes counseling, referral, and wellbeing services available to all academic staff?:
Does the institution have a wellness and/or employee assistance program that makes counseling, referral, and wellbeing services available to all non-academic staff?:
A brief description of the institution’s wellness and/or employee assistance program(s):
STUDENTS
Student Wellness promotes life-long behaviors that lead to a healthier and happier life, providing facilities, programs, and services that inspire and assist individuals in becoming their best selves. For example, students seeking to improve their physical wellness can find BYU exercise facilities, register for an activity class, visit the Health Center, meet with a wellness coach, rent outdoor equipment, and find meal prep guides. Student Wellness is housed under the Student Life Vice President and overseen by the Dean of Students Office. A Wellness Wise Committee provides additional support, assessment, and education, including resources for six areas of wellness: physical, emotional, intellectual, financial, social, and spiritual.
Counseling and Psychological Services provides confidential counseling and assistance for students. It also provides consultative services to the campus community, including administration, housing, faculty, and ecclesiastical leaders. For students in crisis, it offers daytime walk-in appointments, after-hour crisis services, a suicide and crisis lifeline, and information about nearby emergency rooms and behavioral health centers. All of BYU's full-time clinical faculty are licensed doctoral-level clinicians, and treatment is provided at no cost. A Student Outreach Council holds booths and presentations, shares positivity and resources on social media, and designs events to help students become more aware of their mental health. It meets weekly.
At BYU's Health Center, students, staff, their spouses, and their children can receive comprehensive health care services, including vaccinations and urgent care. A pharmacy is located within the Health Center.
The Office of Belonging guides university-wide efforts to create a community of belonging, provides access to belonging advisors, and hosts campus events and campaigns. Advisors are available to meet with students one-on-one to discuss individual concerns, questions, and ideas.
Careers and Experiential Learning offers specific career counseling for each major. Located centrally in the Wilkinson Student Center, it also provides information about job fairs, experiential learning opportunities on campus, internship opportunities, and job openings. It also helps students with resumes, cover letters, interviews, and assessments.
International Student and Scholar Services provides personal, cultural and academic advisement while assisting non-US Citizen students and scholars with regulatory support.
Multicultural Student Services seeks to develop a BYU environment of "fellow citizenry," where multiculturalism can flourish. It organizes cultural events that educate and include all students. It also serves American minority students and the university community.
The Student Connection and Leadership Center is a campus resource devoted to inspiring BYU students to create lasting connections, foster a welcoming campus, cultivate skills and talents, and live with integrity. It provides leadership opportunities and creates meaningful student-focused experiences.
Women’s Services and Resources provides individual consultations, support groups, educational outreach, and referral services to facilitate the personal, academic, and spiritual success of women at BYU.
The University Accessibility Center partners with the campus community to connect students to effective accessibility-related resources that mitigate barriers and facilitate access to all opportunities at BYU.
The Honor Code Office helps to develop students of character. Its staff participate in training on trauma and sexual assault, suicide prevention, addiction, mental health, and other topics, and they come with a variety of experiences and backgrounds.
The Dean of Students Office is committed to providing meaningful co-curricular experiences that support, strengthen, and reinforce academic, spiritual, personal, social, cultural, and recreational growth in the BYU student. Beyond many of the wellness services already offered, the office also works to address food and housing insecurity among BYU students.
The Title IX Office handles inquiries regarding discrimination and harassment on the basis of sex, offers information and resources, and provides training.
The Academic Support Office provides support for students who are academically underperforming — through sessions with a counselor, referrals for resources, or through the office’s Academic Improvement Plan program.
Enrollment Services provides information about discontinuance or withdrawal from classes and the effects that such action may have on financial aid and scholarships.
SafeWalk is a feature in the BYU Mobile App Suite that allows users to send their movements (during active SafeWalk sessions) to BYU Security
The Equal Opportunity Office works to ensure that all faculty, staff, and students enjoy a work and learning environment that is comfortable, productive, and safe. It does that by addressing complaints of unlawful discrimination within the campus community, providing training on discrimination issues, assisting employees who request leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act, and assisting employees with disabilities who request accommodation in fulfilling their essential job functions.
STAFF
Many of the above mentioned services are available to staff. For example, Wellness Wise works to advance wellness for all members of the campus community. Likewise, the Health Center provides high-quality, comprehensive care for staff and their dependents.
Additionally, BYU provides an employee assistance program through Beacon Health. BYU employees and members of their household can connect with a professional for legal, financial, or emotional counsel. This benefit can be an important source of help to employees and family members who are feeling stressed and overwhelmed and is available at no cost to the employee.
The Benefits Services Office provides a variety of programs and services for university personnel, spouses, dependents, and retirees. Programs encompass basic insurance coverages (medical, dental, life, and disability), supplemental insurance options (life and accident), retirement programs (pension plan, savings plans), and BYU benefits (flexible spending account, educational benefits, ID cards, activity privileges). These services provide individuals with information, processing, personal data, and general assistance.
The Employee Relations Office provides counsel, advice, and training to managers and employees to help them resolve conflicts, solve problems, address complaints, and review grievances.
Human Resource Development provides leadership and employee training programs for faculty and staff. HRD also manages the university’s wellness program for all full-time employees and their families. These services are intended to enhance professional development and to promote the health and well-being of all employees.
Part 2. Smoke-free environments
Does the institution restrict outdoor smoking?:
Does the institution prohibit smoking and tobacco use across the entire campus?:
A copy of the institution's smoke-free policy:
The institution’s smoke-free policy:
BYU's Drug-Free Work Policy and Drug-Free School Policy prohibit tobacco use, including smoking, across the entire campus, including athletic venues, while the Church Educational System Honor Code commits BYU community members to voluntarily abstain from tobacco use.
The university absolutely prohibits the unlawful manufacture, use, dispensing, possession, or distribution of controlled substances by any employee, student, volunteer, or other individual participating in the university workplace (collectively referred to in this policy as “workforce participant(s)”). As a condition of employment or participation in the university workplace, BYU requires all workforce participants, to abide by this BYU Drug-Free Workplace Policy.
The Church Educational System Honor Code also addresses workforce participants’ use of controlled substances or abuse of medically prescribed substances. In addition to the requirement to abide by this policy, all workforce participants are also required to adhere to the more restrictive prohibitions outlined in the Church Educational System Honor Code.
Brigham Young University encourages an academic environment that promotes the health, safety, and welfare of all university members. As a condition of enrollment or employment, the university requires that all students and personnel abide by the Church Educational System Honor Code (Honor Code), which includes a personal commitment to abstain, both on and off campus, from alcoholic beverages, tobacco, tea, coffee, vaping, and substance abuse. The possession, use, or distribution of illegal drugs or alcohol is prohibited.
The Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act Amendments of 1989 provides that, as a condition of receiving federal funds under any federal program, a higher education institution must certify that it has adopted and implemented a program to prevent the unlawful possession, use, or distribution of drugs and alcohol by students and personnel. To comply with this law and further its commitment to support society’s effort to eliminate drug and alcohol abuse, the university has adopted this Drug-Free School Policy to supplement the Honor Code.
CHURCH EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM HONOR CODE
Brigham Young University and other Church Educational System institutions exist to provide an education in an atmosphere consistent with the ideals and principles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. That atmosphere is created and preserved by a community of faculty, administration, staff, and students who voluntarily commit to conduct their lives in accordance with the principles of the gospel of Jesus Christ and who strive to maintain the highest standards in their personal conduct regarding honor, integrity, morality, and consideration of others. By accepting appointment, continuing in employment, being admitted, or continuing class enrollment, each member of the BYU community personally commits to observe these Honor Code standards approved by the Board of Trustees “at all times and in all things, and in all places” (Mosiah 18:9):
- Be honest.
- Live a chaste and virtuous life, including abstaining from any sexual relations outside a marriage between a man and a woman.
- Respect others, including the avoidance of profane and vulgar language.
- Obey the law and follow campus policies.
- Abstain from alcoholic beverages, tobacco, tea, coffee, vaping, and substance abuse.
- Participate regularly in Church services (required only of Church members).
- Observe Brigham Young University’s Dress and Grooming Standards.
- Encourage others in their commitment to comply with the Honor Code.
See also LAVELL EDWARDS STADIUM POLICIES and MARRIOTT CENTER POLICIES:
Alcohol and tobacco are not permitted anywhere on BYU Campus, including inside the stadium or in its parking lots. Smoking of any kind (including e-cigarettes) is strictly prohibited.
Optional Fields
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