Creating a Culture of Integrated Wellbeing

Recorded On: 07/01/2020


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This presentation details Butler University’s intentional efforts to advance student wellbeing and the student experience. Butler’s “BU Be Well” model, developed through a strategic and collaborative campus-wide approach, is comprised of eight dimensions that provide the framework for a transformative student experience through holistic wellbeing. BU Be Well fosters a positive environment for student learning and development both inside and outside of the classroom. Co-author: Bridget Yuhas, Director of Student Affairs Assessment & Planning, Butler University

Learning Objectives

  1. Define how your department can work and collaborate with campus stakeholders to form a transformative and holistic approach to student wellbeing.
  2. Be able to describe three to four ways that collaboration with campus stakeholders can enhance the student experience.
  3. Develop a marketing and branding strategy that supports a culture of wellbeing.

Competencies

  • Business Management
  • Facilities Design & Management

CEUs

  • 1.0 NIRSA CEUs


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Joshua Downing

Director of Recreation & Wellness

Butler University

Bridget Yuhas

Director of Student Affairs Assessment and Planning

Butler University

Dr. Bridget Yuhas has worked in student affairs functional areas such as student activities, alumni engagement, development, housing, and assessment. She also spent five years at the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) where she frequently wrote experimental item sets for NSSE’s partner survey, the Faculty Survey of Student Engagement. Since arriving at Butler University in 2018, Dr. Yuhas has created ways to measure the efficacy of BU|BeWell, Butler’s framework for student wellbeing, and share results of those measurements to inform stakeholders’ practices across campus. She has presented original research on student wellbeing at NASPA Strategies, NASPA Annual Conference, Assessment Institute, NIRSA Annual Conference, and NIRSA’s Summer of Learning; and is currently partnering with the National Wellness Institute to study professional wellbeing practitioner competencies both within and outside of higher education.