Elon University
PA-11: Wellness Program

Elon University’s RN Ellington Center for Health and Wellness houses the Faculty and Staff Wellness Center, Student Health Services, Student Counseling Services and Health Promotion. These offices provide well-being services as well as counseling and/or referral services both independently and collaboratively. The Faculty and Staff Wellness Center offers services including medical provider appointments (to treat minor illnesses such as flu, colds, etc.), lab and wellness screening tests, massage therapy, an employee assistance and counseling program through the local hospital and a smoking cessation program. Programming and activities offered through the Faculty/Staff Wellness Center include educational lunch and learn sessions, movement classes (Zumba, Yoga, Pilates, HITT classes, Weight Lifting) and wellness challenges, such as an annual pedometer competition program. The Faculty /Staff Wellness Center has also partnered with the university’s health insurance provider to provide a program called Healthy Outcomes. Healthy Outcomes gives employees the resources they need to live healthier and make healthier lifestyle choices delivered through an informative, easy to use website. The University also has an Employee Assistance and Counseling Program (EACP) that provides free confidential counseling for employees and dependents. Student Health Services provides acute care for illnesses and injury as well as woman and physical exams, health education and counseling, allergy injection service, prescription delivery service and vaccines and other injections. Student Counseling Services provides crisis intervention, psychological support, individual counseling, mental health wellness outreach and clinical collaboration. Health Promotion provides inclusive health programming, advocacy and outreach to support mental, physical and social well-being. The Office of Student Health and Wellness also coordinates additional wellness related activities for students including flu vaccine clinics, massage therapy appointments, maintenance of over 30 AED units on campus, and free Adult and Child CPR/AED Trainings. The Alliance for A Healthy Elon, a programmatic and service alliance committed to supporting the goals and strategies of the International Healthy Campus 2020 initiative, provides a framework for improving the overall health status on campus through the collaborative efforts of health, academic, student life, student organizations and administrative areas. The Alliance for A Healthy Elon is chaired by the Associate Vice President and Dean of Student Health and Wellness and brings together representation from all facets of campus to: •Identify current and ongoing nationwide health improvement priorities in higher education; •Increase campus community awareness and understanding of determinants of health, disease, and disability and the opportunities for progress; •Engage multiple stakeholders to take actions that are driven by the best available evidence and knowledge to strengthen policies, improve practices, and empower behavior change; •Collaborate to implement state of the art strategies, programs and initiatives to promote good health for all; •Identify and promote relevant assessment, research, and data collection needs. As part of the International Healthy Campus 2020 Initiative, The Alliance for A Healthy Elon has evolved to: include national health objectives for students and faculty/staff; promote an action model using an ecological approach; and provide a toolkit for implementation based on the MAP-IT (Mobilize, Assess, Plan, Implement and Track) framework. The Alliance sponsors a variety of wellness-related activities including Healthy Monday outreach activities and an annual Wellness Fair that brings together over 50 wellness related organizations and vendors and is open to all students, faculty and staff. http://www.elon.edu/e-web/bft/wellness/ http://www.elon.edu/e-web/students/health_services/