| Overall Rating | Gold |
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| Overall Score | 83.87 |
| Liaison | Yolanda Cieters |
| Submission Date | March 1, 2024 |
Seattle University
PA-14: Wellness Program
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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1.00 / 1.00 |
Yolanda
Cieters Associate Director CEJS |
Does the institution have a wellness program that makes counseling, referral, and wellbeing services available to all students?:
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):
FOR STUDENTS:
(1) The office for Wellness and Health Promotion along with its student organization, Health and Wellness Crew (HAWC), empower healthy decision making through education, prevention, and peer support. They address wellness holistically with physical, emotional, spiritual, intellectual, and social components central to how their approach our work. At Seattle U there is more to being healthy than eating right and exercising!
Staff are available to discuss physical wellness, mental health, alcohol and other drugs, as well as healthy relationships. They work with students individually to provide resources and help develop a plan for sustainable wellbeing.
See: https://www.seattleu.edu/wellness/
(2) The Health and Wellness Crew (HAWC) is made up of students who are trained as certified peer health educators. They answer questions, offer support, provide resources and develop and implement programs and awareness campaigns across campus. HAWC members host student events regularly and hold office hours for private conversations and referrals.
https://www.seattleu.edu/wellness/hawc/
(3) The Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) at Seattle University is a team of licensed clinicians. They provide time-limited individual psychotherapy for undergraduate and graduate students. They also offer support with finding off-campus referrals for those requiring specialized or on-going care. CAPS services are provided free of charge to all currently enrolled students. CAPS also offers workshops and programs designed to provide students, faculty, and staff with the knowledge and skills to maintain psychological health and wellness on campus.
See: https://www.seattleu.edu/caps/services/
FOR EMPOYEES (ACADEMIC AND NON-ACADEMIC STAFF):
(1) The Office of the University Ombudsperson promotes an inclusive and collaborative campus community by providing informal, independent, impartial, and confidential* conflict management services to all employees of the university. This office provides a safe, off-the-record space to share concerns on a broad range of workplace issues.
See: https://www.seattleu.edu/university-ombudsperson/
(2) SU’s Human Resources hosts a webpage with resources for SU employees (academic and non-academic staff) related to physical, mental and emotional health and well-being. See: https://www.seattleu.edu/hr/well-being-resources/. Those resources are:
--SU’s University Recreation: where students and employees can enjoy a variety of activities all centered on fun, fitness and personal development; many at no additional cost. https://www.seattleu.edu/recreation/
-- Airrosti partnership and workshops: specializing in eliminating chronic or acute pain and soft tissue complaints
--Cariloop partnership: Provides faculty and staff with individualized caregiving support and resources targeted at helping to relieve the stress of balancing one’s work with caring for loved ones. Cariloop partners with families who plan and manage care for children, special needs, aging family members and much more.
-- eM Life partnership: an online program free for faculty and staff that provides purpose-driven mindfulness solutions by creating personalized strategies to integrate into daily life. eM Life offers live or on-demand activities to build and sustain healthy habits in areas such as stress, weight, anxiety, depression, diabetes, chronic pain, addictive behaviors, cancer recovery, tobacco cessation, and compassion fatigue.
--Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Resources For Living is a Seattle University sponsored program, available at no cost that provides counseling sessions for emotional well-being and daily life assistance (face to face or online with televideo) with up to 9 sessions available per issue per year.
Does the institution prohibit smoking within all occupied buildings owned or leased by the institution?:
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:
Website URL where information about the institution’s wellness programs is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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