Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 38.03
Liaison Bradley Flamm
Submission Date March 1, 2019
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STARS v2.1

West Chester University of Pennsylvania
PA-13: Wellness Program

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Bradley Flamm
Director of Sustainability
Office of the President
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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 staff?:
Yes

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

A brief description of the institution’s wellness and/or employee assistance program(s), including information to support each affirmative response above :
The Office of Wellness Promotion offers a variety of programming for West Chester University students. Programming content includes mental health, sexual health, social justice, sleep and stress management, and much more. The majority of our programs are available to all currently enrolled students, although some programs are for targeted populations. In addition to providing universal programming to campus, we also offer various forms of programming and direct support for folks who fall under the selective and indicated prevention programming umbella. For employees (all staff and faculty): SEAP is a confidential service that is operated by a third party vendor, Optum. Examples of services include: Alcohol or drug dependencies, aging parents, anxiety, coping with grief & loss, debt management, depression, eating disorders, financial counseling, gambling, legal advice, marital & relationship issues, parenting & family concerns, physical abuse, stress management, and work related issues.

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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Student wellness services are described at https://wcupa.edu/_services/stu.inf/wellness.aspx. Sources of information regarding student wellness programs: Sherry Mendez (Director, Wellness Program; smendez@wcupa.edu, x0732). For employee wellness programs: Diane Copehnaver (Assistant Director of Human Resources; dcopenhaver@wcupa.edu, x2338).

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