Mission

The mission of the Employee Wellness Program is to promote and improve the wellness of the campus community as a whole by empowering each employee to be physically active and demonstrate health-promoting behaviors with the intent that the benefits gained by each employee individually who elects to participate will be compounded and manifest globally within the campus community.

Goals

The goals of the program are to:

Promote physical activity, healthy behaviors and wellness among employees

Educate employees on the benefits of physical activity and healthy behaviors and on risk factors associated with chronic disease and reduced health/wellness

To achieve these goals it is the aim of the program to:

Provide on-campus physical activity programs and promote other opportunities on campus and in the community that encourage employees to be active.

Provide on-campus lectures, classes and individual consultations on healthy behaviors and wellness and promote other on-campus and community resources that do the same.

Assess the current level of fitness and wellness of employees and identify potential risk factors associated with chronic disease and reduced health/wellness