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Empower

(verb): 1. To give (someone) the authority or power to do something, 
2. To make (someone) stronger and more confident, especially in controlling their life and claiming their rights

Dr. Damian Francis
Dr. Damian Francis, Director for the Center of Health & Social Issues »
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We will promote and foster an environment that encourages and supports holistic wellness, nurturing connectedness, resilience, well-being, and the desire to lead and thrive for all students, faculty, and staff.

Goals

1. Develop an actionable campus plan that enhances the holistic health and well-being of students, faculty, and staff.

a. Develop and implement GCSU’s next QEP: Bobcats FIRST: Finding Inner Resilience and Skills to Thrive.
 
b. Increase the percentage of faculty and staff trained to offer support to students all along the continuum of the mental health spectrum. 

c. Define, inventory, and minimize campus practices, policies, and procedures that hinder a climate of health and well-being. 

d. Increase awareness and utilization of campus and USG resources that support health and wellness for students, faculty, and staff.

2. Create a campus climate that actively encourages, supports, and fosters the campus plan for health and wellness.

a. Enhance clinical services for mental health and substance misuse. 

b. Develop networks of peer-to-peer mentors/educators to serve in a capacity of first-level support to fellow students. 

c. Develop strategies and structures of support to foster staff and faculty well-being.

3. Create innovative initiatives and programming to enhance GCSU’s increased commitment to student, faculty, and staff well-being.

a. Identify and build/enhance community partnerships for wellness and well-being. 

b. Create activities and experiences for faculty and staff that increase opportunities for on-campus health and wellness. 

c. Implement campaigns/programs to encourage help-seeking by de-stigmatizing mental health and substance misuse problems on campus.

4. Foster shared responsibility for promoting and enhancing the overall health and wellness of students, faculty, and staff.

a. Increase academic departments’ commitment to overall student health and wellness by developing a health and wellness plan for students in their respective academic programs. 

b. Recognize and identify campus offices that demonstrate exceptional commitment to the overall health and wellness of students, faculty, and staff.

Progress

Progress and metric information coming soon!