Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 65.36
Liaison Ian Johnson
Submission Date June 8, 2015
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STARS v2.0

Colorado College
PA-11: Wellness Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Ryan Simmons
VP of People & Workplace Culture
HR
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Does the institution make counseling, referral, and wellbeing services available to all members of the following groups?:
Yes or No
Students Yes
Staff Yes
Faculty Yes

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A brief description of the institution’s wellness and/or employee assistance program(s):
CC offers a variety of wellness programs for students. To begin, the Wellness Resource Center coordinates and integrates efforts to promote health and prevent health problems, including education of campus constituents on a range of wellness-related topics, such as healthy relationships, healthy sexual engagement, alcohol and other substance use and abuse, mental health and life balance. Furthermore, Boetcher Health Center offers students six counseling sessions free of charge. The college also offers assistance programs to faculty and staff. The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) offers assistance to employees, spouses & dependent children (two and under) dealing with marital and family problems, anxiety and depression, chemical dependency & co-dependency, grief and loss, job stress, co-worker conflict, child and elder care, financial and legal services, identity theft and fraud resources, and referral services. Furthermore, Pinnacol Assurance, CC's worker's compensation benefit provider, has resources to perform ergonomic evaluations throughout campus and make recommendations for an employees workstation. In addition, Colorado College has partnered with Cigna (its medical provider) to offer the on-site biometric health screenings in the fall and spring, on-line health risk assessment surveys, and other wellness information that is available on their website. Finally, CC offers wellness workshops (i.e., Laughter Yoga, Being Fit at Your Desk, etc.) during working hours and at lunch to all employees.

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The website URL where information about the institution's wellness program(s) is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
http://www.coloradocollege.edu/offices/counseling/

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