RHC Health Promotion

Healthy Campus Initiative Goals & Objectives
 

Goals & Objectives for October 2008 - December 2009

1. Goal: Build awareness for all University stake-holders of how they fit into the mission and vision of the Healthy Campus Initiative.

  • Objective 1: Give 12 presentations and represent the HCI on committees and task forces.

Presentations given to following groups: Leadership and Civic Engagement, Tom Jones (Solid Green), Keith Moody (CAT Bus), EMpower, Justin Carter (OCES), Julie Newman (MCC), Kathy Hobgood (Housing), HEHD/SA Institute, Student Organic Farm Committee, Fitness Programs (Fike), Nutrition in Aramark, Elaine Hiott (Community Counseling Graduate Internship Coordinator)

  • Objective 2: Increase student awareness of opportunities to address health disparities as a social justice issue and opportunity for leadership and civic engagement by partnering with Center for Student Involvement, Gantt Intercultural Center, Office of Community and Ethical Standards, International Student Association, Graduate Student Government, EMpower and the Michelin Career Center.

Work on this is beginning with groups whom I have been able to present to already and will evolve more this semester as opportunities for collaboration are developed.

  • Objective 3: Increase awareness and participation in health and wellness programming provided by Housing by partnering with First Year Experience (FYE), Sophomore Year Experience (SYE) and other target populations.

The focus for this will be on the Tiger Fitness challenge for this semester.

  • Objective 4: Identify and develop methods of garnering support for Clemson University's transitioning to a pedestrian campus as part of ensuring a healthy environment.

This will continue to be a topic that I will champion at the Solid Green meetings and also at the CU Environmental Committee (CUEC) meetings.

  • Objective 5: Increase awareness of and opportunities for initiatives that benefit Solid Green by fostering collaborative opportunities with dining services, parking services and CAT bus.

Collaborating with Solid Green and CUEC on second teach-in to be held in February. Working with CAT Bus to inform riders of the environmental impact of public transportation. Collaborating with Dining Services to implement marketing that will highlight positive mesaures already in place.

  • Objective 6: Initiate a "take the stairs" campaign by Fall 2009 by collaborating with housing and facilities.

Will begin planning this in Summer.

  • Objective 7: Promote Fike's Fitness programs and assist in the implementation of a four week Fitness Challenge beginning in January 2009 that targets students who want to increase their level of fitness.

This started January 14 and involves Housing, Fike, CAPS, CAT Bus, Health Promotion and Dining Services who are offering healthy campus choices that are low calorie and low in sodium. The goal is that students will begin to think of health and wellness in a more holistic way. There has been a positive article in the Tiger and an active Facebook page.

  • Objective 8: Increase awareness of Restorative Justice program and its connection to the social justice aspects of the Healthy Campus by being involved in the training of facilitators.

Continuing to serve on the Restorative Justice committee to ensure that the healthy campus is incorporated into its design.

2. Goal: Design and launch Healthy Campus logo and Web site that will be a portal or virtual office and will serve as a resource center and networking site for Healthy Campus Initiatives.

  • Objective 1: Develop narrative content by December 1, 2008.

COMPLETE

  • Objective 2: Student Affairs IT create Web site by January 30, 2009.

COMPLETE

  • Objective 3: Promote programs that specifically target emotional and mental health through CAPS Web site.

COMPLETE (though continually being updated)

  • Objective 4: Foster opportunities for collaborative research by establishing a research page on Web site that hosts the data and research repository.

IN PROGRESS

3. Goal: Create a campus-wide strategic Healthy Campus Initiative Plan.

  • Objective 1: Establish a student team for Spring Semester 2009.

COMPLETE

  • Objective 2: Complete the Ecological Booklet by February 2009.

IN PROGRESS

  • Objective 3: Establish priorities by March 2009.

IN PROGRESS

  • Objective 4: Define outcomes by March 2009.

IN PROGRESS

  • Objective 5: Develop plan for achieving outcomes by April 2009.

IN PROGRESS

4. Goal: Improve scores on the Student Affairs staff's work/life balance in response to the concerns to the SA Reorganization Survey as demonstrated on a follow-up survey by working with the SA Vice President's Office to address concerns raised on the initial survey.

  • Objective 1: Meet with Gail DiSabatino and Joy Smith to set objectives.

Will work on this as schedules allow.

5. Goal: Integrate the Healthy Campus concept into the College of Health, Education and Human Development Living Learning Community.

  • Objective 1: Serve as a resource and assist in the facilitation of the HEHD/SA Institute's planning and implementation of the HEHD LLC that will function as research and implementation site with an all-campus focus on health.

This project is progressing on schedule and the Healthy Campus concept will serve as a focal point for the LLC. I will partner with CAPS and the Community Counseling Master's Degree Internship program to provide Graduate students lead psycho-educational groups for the LLC students in their building. One benefit of this model is that we will provide services to students who are low risk with the hope that this will potentially free up time for CAPS for students who are higher risk.

  • Objective 2: Provide, through the collaborative efforts of Student Affairs and the College of HEHD, stress-reducing programming to an HEHD Living Learning Community that will restult in a statistically significant decrease in negative outcomes due to stress by 2010 as measured by a pre and post assessment.

The groups mentioned above will serve for this as well as other programming that is being considered by the LLC committee. We will use the NCHA data as well as the NSSE data and may implement another survey if we feel it necessary.

6. Goal: Develop intentional developmental programming that address making health and wellness a part of career development.

  • Objective 1: Collaborate with Michelin Career Center to create presentation on how to negotiate employment contracts with health care in mind.
  • Objective 2: Collaborate with Michelin Career Center to create presentation on developing stress-reduction skills as part of the preparation for the interview.

Have partnered with MCC to offer a workshop that addressed the depressed job market and managing the stress of the job search.  Was held in Redfern January 14 from 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.  Had an overwhelming response to the workshop.  Over 40 people attended the workshop and all of our learning outcome measures were met.  (see survey results).

 

7. Goal: Adminster the National College Health Assessment. 

IN PROGRESS

  • Objective 1: Get approval from IRB.
  • Objective 2: Purchase survey.
  • Objective 3: Administer survey.
  • Objective 4: Post report on Web site by June 1, 2009.