2012 NASPA Annual Conference s Phoenix, Arizona s March 10–14, 2012

Driving Student Leadership to Shift the Campus Wellness Culture

March 12, 2012Bryan Ashton, Chair, Council on Student Affairs

Connie Boehm, Director, Student Wellness

Learning OutcomesParticipants will: • be able to examine and assess the benefits of

engaging students throughout their wellness programs,

• identify areas where they can expand student involvement on their campuses to further address wellness while providing leadership opportunities for their students,

• leave the session with the beginning of an action plan and guidance to implement from the ground up.

Clicker Question

• How many of you engage students as peer educators for wellness?

Clicker Question

• Do you consult students when you build your educational curriculums?

Clicker Question

• Did you connect students to your service development staff when approached by students to change or enhance services?

Clicker Question

• Do students serve as active members on all of your committees? Policy reviews?

Sharing What has been your most rewarding

interaction with a student or students in your career?

History of OSU Student Wellness • 1992 HIV and Alcohol and other Drugs• 1996 Student Wellness Center• 2002 Financial Wellness added• 2004 Independent unit (no longer reported to SHS)• 2005 Moved into the new Recreational and Physical

Activity Center (RPAC)• 2005 Sexual Violence Education and Support• 2006 Nutrition Education• 2007 Sexual Violence Advocacy• 2011 Wellness Coaching and Outreach to regionals• 2012 Financial Wellness expanded

Wellness at OSU-2012• Chief Wellness Officer • Health and wellness discovery theme• Nine-dimension wellness model • Multicultural wellness emphasis• Transformational residential experience• Student government involvement• Student Life Wellness Collaborative• Shift

Expansion of SWC• Engagement of over 200 student

volunteers/year– state of the art knowledge, enthusiasm and peer

to peer rapport– single most potent source of influence on

undergraduate student affective and cognitive growth and development during college (Astin, 1993; Terenzini, 1999)

– Peers feel more comfortable talking with other peers about wellness issues (sex and alcohol)

SWC Peer Education• HIV Counselors• Scarlet and Gray Financial• BASICS Facilitators• Choices Facilitators• Community Ambassadors• Sexperts• Sexual Violence Student Advocates• It’s Abuse. Advisory Board• Generation Rx

Student Government Leaders

• Undergraduate Student Government (USG)• First Year Intern Program• Health and Wellness Committee Members

• Council on Graduate Students (CGS)• InterProfessional Council (IPC)• Council on Student Affairs (CSA)

Practicum and Interns• Grant writing• Social media managers• Newsletter contributors/creators• Marketing• Tobacco cessation environmental scan• Focus group facilitation• IRB proposals• BASICS Facilitators• Programming assessment

Enhancement of Student Involvement2011-2012

• Sexual Violence Committee• Student Life Wellness Collaborative• Shift• Tobacco Initiative• Suicide prevention gatekeeper trainers• Quarterly orientation for volunteers

Shift

• Student idea and student developed • Student management team• Agile development model• Student organization format• Pipeline of students• Meeting students where they are

Volunteer Assessment Results

• Worked an average of 4.25 hours/week• 3% 1st year• 10% 2nd year• 30% 3rd year• 40% 4th year • 14% grad or professional student• 25% male• 76% female

Greatest Skills Developed

• Decision Making• Listening Skills• Flexibility/Adaptability• Responsibility• Critical Thinking• Integrity• Oral Communication• Creativity• Dependability

Personal Impact

Over 80% very satisfied– Learn from other people– Help other people– Enhance awareness of personal values– Enhance awareness of personal wellness– Can see results of their work– “Be somebody” in the OSU community

What Students Tell Us

• Help students connect experiences with their future careers

• Need more organization in experiences• Too many silos in student wellness, more

inter-project collaboration• Ongoing involvement most beneficial

Victory

Think ahead five years and if everything was there for you to move the campus towards a wellness culture:–What would it look like? –What would it smell like? –What would it sound like?–What would it feel like?

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