Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 67.84
Liaison Noah Upchurch
Submission Date March 1, 2024

STARS v2.2

Catawba College
PA-14: Wellness Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.58 / 1.00 Noah Upchurch
Senior Sustainability Specialist
Center for the Environment
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Part 1. Wellness program

Does the institution have a wellness program that makes counseling, referral, and wellbeing services available to all students?:
Yes

Does the institution have a wellness and/or employee assistance program that makes counseling, referral, and wellbeing services available to all academic staff?:
Yes

Does the institution have a wellness and/or employee assistance program that makes counseling, referral, and wellbeing services available to all non-academic staff?:
No

A brief description of the institution’s wellness and/or employee assistance program(s):
Students at the College have access to a number of wellness programs for counseling, referral, and well-being services. The College's four staff members in Counseling Services, all trained mental health professionals, offer free and confidential appointments with for students. Services offered include psychological testing, personal counseling, educational programming for organized groups of students, and a set of self-help and referential guides entitled the "help-yourself library". More information can be found at https://catawba.edu/counseling/services/

Faculty of the College have access to mental health services through the employee benefits guide, which provides the ability for Faculty to seek and obtain services through the College's health insurance plan.

Part 2. Smoke-free environments

Does the institution prohibit smoking within all occupied buildings owned or leased by the institution?:
Yes

Does the institution restrict outdoor smoking?:
Yes

Does the institution prohibit smoking and tobacco use across the entire campus?:
No

A copy of the institution's smoke-free policy:
The institution’s smoke-free policy:
See the attached file.

Optional Fields

Website URL where information about the institution’s wellness programs is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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