The first in a two-part webinar series presented by US Healthiest and its HealthLead initiative, this webinar will focus on student peer-to-peer "Wellness Champions" within institutions of higher learning. Featuring Ohio State University's student well-being program and its student wellness champions as a case study. Learning Objectives As a participant, you will learn how to: Recruit and train student wellness champions Leverage your network to promote your wellness initiatives Engage your student population in wellness initiatives

1. Getting Started: Planning, Designing, and
Implementing a Student Wellness Champion
Network
June 19, 2014

2. US Healthiest HealthLeadTM
Academic Accreditation Program - Intent
• Be the first of its kind in defining what constitutes
a “healthy academic community”
• Provide a working roadmap in helping
institutions of higher learning evolve and
develop a comprehensive approach to the
health of their employees and students.

3. US Healthiest HealthLeadTM
Accreditation Program - Process
• Each Accreditation (worksite + campus) is a
two-step process.
1. Assessment
2. Onsite Audit

4. Advisory Board
Experts Students
Colgate University Bowling Green State University
Emory University Brigham Young University
Georgia Gwinnett College Colgate University
Kent State University Georgia Gwinnett College
Oklahoma State University Ohio State University
Ohio State University University of South Florida
SUNY Brockport University of Wisconsin Stevens Point
UC Berkley
UCLA
University of Wisconsin Stevens Point
University of Virginia
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5. Campus Health Assessment Tool (CHAT)
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Institutional
Engagement &
Alignment
Population
Health
Management
& Wellness
Outcomes
Reporting
Culture of Health and Continuous Quality Improvement

6. Alpha Pilots
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7. Accreditation
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8. Student Wellness Champion Webinars
– June 19th: Getting Started: Planning, Designing, Implementing a
Student Wellness Champion Network featuring The Ohio State
University
– September 25th: Establishing Peer Educators as Part of Student
Wellness Programming featuring Bowling Green State
University
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9. Getting Started: Planning, Designing &
Implementing a Student Wellness Network
Connie Boehm, Director, OSU Student Life Student Wellness Center
Blake Marble, Program Coordinator, OSU Student Life Student Wellness Center

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Learning Outcomes
1. Identify the positive impacts that wellness
champions may have on the campus
community & departmental mission
2. Identify effective strategies to recruit and
train student wellness champions
3. Identify strategies to engage the student
population in wellness initiatives

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Progress
Time (years)
EARLY YEARS
HIV, AOD, Nutrition,
Student Health
1990-1996
MIDDLE YEARS
Independent unit, RPAC,
Sexual Violence, Dietitian,
Financial Wellness
1997-2005
TODAY
Wellness Coaching, Wellness
Ambassadors, Expansion of
financial wellness
2006-2014
History

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OSU Student Life Student Wellness Center
• 9 Staff Members
• 6 Graduate Assistants
• 25 Student Assistants
• Over 200 student volunteers

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Foundational Themes
• Wellness is Interconnected
• Partner across campus to change Culture
• Peer Engagement strengthens the
community
• Cross train students to address multiple
behaviors

14. 14
OSU Wellness Model
• Career
• Creative
• Emotional
• Environmental
• Financial
• Intellectual
• Physical
• Social
• Spiritual

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- Dr. Javaune Adams-Gaston
Vice President for Student Life
“Almost everything we do in student life
can be tied either directly or indirectly to
wellness..”

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Wellness Collaborative partnerships
• Wellness Inventory and Wellness Assessment
• Wellness Coaching
• Financial Wellness Advisory Board
• Tobacco Free Clean Up teams
• Aesthetic Wellness changed to Creative Wellness
• Additional outreach space for wellness
• Additional first year success series wellness
presentations
• National presentations-faculty and student life staff
• Partnerships in writing grants
Student Wellness Center

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Wellness
Ambassadors

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Wellness Ambassadors
Wellness Ambassadors serve to further our students’ ability to connect
with others and resources, truly experience wellness, and maintain a
healthy lifestyle

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Wellness Ambassadors
Wellness Ambassador Staff
• 1 full-time Program Coordinator
• 1 Graduate Assistant (20 hours/week)
• 1 Student Assistant (15 hours/week)
• 41 Volunteer Peer Educators (3 hours/week)

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Wellness Ambassadors
Program Overview
• Campus-wide, holistic wellness outreach
• Presentations & Workshops
• LiveWell Hut

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Wellness Ambassadors
Program Overview
• Innovative Programming & Increasing Reach
• Social Media & Video
• Fraternity & Sorority Workshops
• Residence Halls
• First Year Success Series
• Second-year Transformational
Experience Program (STEP)

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Wellness Ambassadors
Training
• Wellness Ambassador Development Program
(WADP)
• 14 students in Sp 2014
• 8 week training program
• 6 weeks of general training
• 2 weeks of specialization training
• Shadowing process

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Wellness Ambassadors
Training
• WADP Specializations
• Nutrition Education
• Healthy Relationships
• Alcohol Education
• Stress/Time Management
• Sexual Wellness
• Prescription Drug Misuse Education
• Ongoing Trainings & Professional Development
• Benefits of new direction

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Wellness Ambassadors
Student Learning Outcomes
• Students in the Wellness Ambassador Program will:
• Foster an understanding of and appreciation for holistic wellness
• Learn to design and implement innovative strategies to connect
with peers
• Develop effective communication skills for both 1:1 and group
settings
• Become knowledgeable of resources available to OSU students,
as well as proper referral procedures
• Understand effective peer education techniques

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Wellness Ambassadors
“This session helped me make a conscious effort to keep balance in my holistic
wellness. Along with maintaining balance, I will try to improve in areas that I
have failed to focus on…”
“It helped me to better understand the interconnectedness of parts of my life and
how they can each affect my health and wellness”
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“Being involved in the WA program has shown me how I lead and has proved to
me that I am on the right career path.”
“The program has given me opportunities to test my abilities and learn to reach
out to others”
“The Wellness Ambassador program has allowed me to work for something I'm
passionate about”

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Student Wellness Network
Looking Ahead
• Wellness Ambassador Program Expansion
• Graduate/Professional
• Athletes
• Student Volunteer Assessment
• Alignment of Core Competences with Office of Student Life
Learning Outcomes

27. Coming Soon and Featured Information
• US Healthiest HealthLeadTM Academic Accreditation Program
National Roll Out – Fall 2014
• Webinar - September 25th: Establishing Peer Educators as Part of
Student Wellness Programming featuring Bowling Green State
University
• Check out the National Consortium for Building Healthy Academic
Communities http://healthyacademics.org
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28. Questions
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29. Thank YOU!
For more information:
Jennifer Childress, MS, MCHES
HealthLead Consultant
US Healthiest
515-422-4498
jchildress@ushealthiest.org
Connie Boehm, MA
Director, Student Wellness
Office of Student Life
The Ohio State University
Boehm.19@osu.edu
Blake Marble, MEd
Wellness Coordinator
Office of Student Life
The Ohio State University
marble.11@osu.edu
The Office of Student Life Student
Wellness Center
SWC.OSU.EDU
wellness@osu.edu
614-292-4527