LINKING LESSONS TO LIFE

One of the select missions of the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point is to "provide programs in wellness and health promotion". The Division of Student Affairs has fashioned goals, objectives and specific programs and services around the wellness concept in order to better support this important mission.

Leading a wellness lifestyle means developing an active awareness of how to function at a higher level of well-being. It requires active involvement in gaining knowledge and making informed decisions that will lead to a healthy productive life. Therefore, our student development programs and services attempt to connect theory and practice by linking lessons to life.

The student development programs below are grouped within the six dimensions of wellness most commonly utilized by the university. They are Social, Physical, Intellectual, Career, Emotional, Spiritual (SPICES). Programs from each unit are referenced by a specific objective which in turn responds to the goal we have established for each dimension.

STUDENT AFFAIRS

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, SERVICES & ENVIRONMENTS

SOCIAL DIMENSION GOAL - To challenge and support students in the creation of healthy families, communities and organizations which foster a relationship between others and their environments.

OBJECTIVES	PROGRAMS/SERVICES/ENVIRONMENTS
Counseling
- To encourage students to make responsible	- Individual counseling
choices which respect both self and others.	- Group informational sessions on topics such as relationships, assertive
	behavior, family issues, group living, etc.
Health Services
- To involve staff and lifestyle assistants in	- Leadership for the System mandated campus-wide environmental
efforts to improve the social milieu at	health and safety committee.
UWSP	- Advise, train and empower the Student Health Advisory Committee
	and the Student Lifestyle Assistant program
	- Campus outreach activities to halls, organizations, local schools, etc.
University Housing
- To encourage students to govern them-	- Clear democratic policy/decision making structures in each hall and
selves responsibly through various hall	on each floor (constitutions, job descriptions, etc.)
governance structures	- Establish community principles and fair policies throughout the halls
- To provide safe, clean, comfortable	- Advising, training and empowering student staffs and student
environments for living and studying	organization leaders
- To model responsible actions dealing with	- Assist individuals in resolving conflicts and provide consultation on
limited environmental resources through	roommate/house agreements
positive aspects of recycling and	- Skill development programs such as assertiveness, gender roles,
conservation	parent relationships, etc.
	- Hall/floor/wing activities such as family weekends, dances, films and
	various other social events
	- Clean, comfortable, well designed living areas with adequate common
	spaces, recycling chutes, kitchens, service desks and private spaces
	- Recycling and resource conservation programs

Social Objectives continued

Rights and Responsibilities
- To promote and provide for a just and	- Individual conduct hearings, consultation, and sanctions when necessary
secure campus culture	- Student conduct boards (residential community)
	- Educational programs on safety, sexual assault, harassment, community
	standards
	- Create and disseminate materials on rules, regulations, procedures and
	statistics related to behavioral expectations
University Centers
- To inform students of ways to actively	- Advise and train student governance bodies such as the Student Government
shape university life through campus	Association, the University Centers Advisory and Policy Committee and
connections	various activity boards/organizations
- To provide safe, clean, comfortable	- Provide services and officer training for 150 student organizations
environments conducive to the provision	- Administer to the service and training needs of the community
of the central services, educational	volunteer program and the student employment program
programs and a sense of community	- Provide social programs such as speakers, film, music, dance, etc.
- To provide programming designed to	- Coordinate Centers activities with other university athletic, arts,
challenge student’s interests and values	academic department events
related to the environment and other social	- Oversee the fraternity and sorority programs
issues	- Maintain and communicate the campus calendar
	- Publish a "Daily" news publication and a monthly newsletter to the
	campus community, and provide posting space for university events
	- Provide for numerous types and styles of gathering environments for
	our diverse population
	- Coordinate a large recycling program for all university centers’ units

PHYSICAL DIMENSION GOAL - To challenge and support students to develop attitudes which result in flexibility, strength, endurance, good nutrition, safety practices and medical self-care.

OBJECTIVES	PROGRAMS/SERVICES/ENVIRONMENTS
Counseling
- To provide information and assistance	- Consultation with students and staff experiencing psycho-physical distress
with psycho-physical problems	- Relaxation training
- To promote awareness of connections between physical and emotional well- being	- Test anxiety management - Individual counseling
Health Center
- To provide a responsive medicine	- A full range of clinical, pharmacy, and laboratory services
program so that health problems, illness	- Provide class required medical clearances
and injury may be assessed and treatment	- Coordinate the FIT STOP (fun, information and testing mobile physical
or access to treatment be provided. This	assessment unit)
includes the initiation of required	- Educational video library
programs of rehabilitation.	- Provide immunization, venereal disease screenings, sex education,
- To provide programs for the prevention	contraceptive counseling, athletic examinations, etc.
of illness and injury	- Programs by the Health staff and lifestyle Assistants such as smoke
- To provide programs which make it	cessation, weight management, body fat testing, men/women’s health
possible for students to improve their	issues, weight training, massage, nutrition information and STD/AIDS
own level of personal health and well-	information
being	- Provide health screening opportunities
University Housing
- To promote and support abstinence or	- Provide safety procedures and safety programs
responsible use of potentially addicting	- AODA programs and interventions
substances to minimize behaviors of risk	- Weapons control with Campus Security
- To encourage the development of healthy	- Staff modeling of physical care
sexual behaviors and attitudes	- Programs on sexual orientation and lifestyles
- To encourage students to develop	- Hall wellness clubs and a wellness hall
behaviors and attitudes which result in	- Weight/fitness rooms
healthy, on-going self-care practices	- Intramural coordination

Physical Objectives continued

Rights and Responsibilities
- To promote and support abstinence or	- LIVE program for AODA first offenders
responsible use of addictive substances
which lead to loss of behavioral control
University Centers
- To encourage and provide opportunities	- Indoor and outdoor recreation programs
for recreation, fitness and leisure time	- Provide support for recreational activities and club sports
activity	- Allen Recreation and Aerobics Center
- To promote safe, physically health	- Nutrition education and healthy dining alternatives
behaviors and attitudes	- Safety procedures and programs
	- Strict smoking and alcohol use policies
	- Wellness taught as part of staff and officer training programs

INTELLECTUAL DIMENSION GOAL - To challenge and support students to succeed academically and to utilize their knowledge, creativity and intellectual curiosity while

solving problems in and out of the classroom.

OBJECTIVES		PROGRAMS/SERVICES/ENVIRONMENTS
Counseling
- To provide psychological services to		- Individual academic assistance counseling
students experiencing difficulties with		- Testing for intelligence, career, achievement, study skills, etc.
academic work		- Testing services for academic departments
		- Group information sessions on becoming an effective student,
		becoming a better test taker, managing time, etc.
Health Center
- To provide support for the university’s		- Staff provide guest lectures and when requested by academic
academic mission		departments serve as instructor of record
		- Provide supervision for practicum experiences for students in wellness
		related majors
		- Support faculty, staff and students with wellness video library and information
University Housing
- To help teach students developmental		- Academic resource coordinator program
skills necessary for academic success		- Community established quiet hours
- To provide a wide range of programs	- Staff referral resources for learning assistance and advising
which stimulate intellectual curiosity		- Faculty mentor program
- To create opportunities for students to be		- Academic recognition programs
involved in creative problem-solving and		- Attend theater, cultural events, and social issue forums with residents
critical thinking experiences		- Computer labs and study lounges in each hall
		- Lifestyle options such as language wing and special quiet/study floors
University Centers
- To provide necessary support to the		- Textbook rental and University Store materials
university’s academic mission		- Non credit mini courses
- To create opportunities for student		- Co-teach a four level leadership series and provide informal leadership
involvement and programs which		workshops and leadership library
challenge and stimulate thinking		- Arrange for extensive conference/workshop schedule during school which
		maximizes the educational potential of our facilities
		- Promote campus cultural arts performances and lectures
		- Provide individual and group study areas

CAREER DIMENSION GOAL - To challenge and support students to seek progressive skill development opportunities and encourage the integration of each students’ unique talents, interests and values in their career preparation.

OBJECTIVES	PROGRAMS/SERVICES/ENVIRONMENTS
Counseling - To encourage career decisions based on realistic assessment of self, environment and opportunities	- Individual counseling related to career choices - Interest, ability and talent assessment - Career information resources
- To provide information and consultation
to students regarding college, major and
career related decisions
Health Services
- To provide career related experiences for	- Student employment opportunities in health services
those interested in the health field	- Outreach activities for the Student Health Advisory committee and the
	Lifestyle Assistant program
University Housing
- To facilitate programs which expand	- Individual career consultation
students’ awareness about career choices	- Skill development training for student staff, desk workers, academic resource
- To promote and support activities and	coordinators, and other employees
organizations which provide experiential	- Skill development training for student organization officers, hall/house
learning and skill development	government reps, orientation assistants, intramural coordinators, and other
- To assist students with the identification	volunteers
and development of their skills	- Presentations on resumes, graduate schools, skill articulation, etc.
University Centers
- To provide opportunities for involvement	- Skill development training and support for student organization officers and
in organizational, community service,	advisors
and student employment programs	- Student employment opportunities and training for the University Centers
- To provide training for students who	student employees
choose to participate in student	- Structure, advising and training for the community volunteer/service/learning
involvement programs	program
	- University Student Employment Office offers both Workstudy and Job
	Location and Development opportunities for hundreds of students

EMOTIONAL DIMENSION GOAL - To challenge and support students to understand and express their emotions in a healthy manner and to learn how to manage personal problems and crises.

Counseling
- To provide information and psychological	- Individual and group psychological counseling and psychotherapy
development opportunities through	- Crisis intervention services
psychological counseling, psychotherapy,	- Consultation with numerous on-campus programs, with parents and
educational self-help and consultation	and with outside agencies
- To assist students in identifying and resolving emotional difficulties	- Provide informational sessions on topics such as stress, esteem, etc. - Employee assistance program
	- Psychological assessment and evaluation services
	-Provide a self-help library
Heath Service
- To work cooperatively with the	- Direct referral from health service clinical staff
Counseling Center on cases related to	- Extensive video library on emotional well-being
emotional distress	- Programming through the Lifestyle Assistant program on topics such as
	healthy relationships, stress, massage, anxiety, self-esteem, etc.
University Housing
- To teach students to differentiate between	- Teach through conduct interventions
feelings and the behavioral response to	- Programming around self-awareness profiles such as MBTI and personality
those feelings	type

Emotional Objectives continued

- To teach students to take responsibility	- Train staff and hall leaders on mental health referral resources
for their own feelings in community	- Teach conflict resolution through roommate agreements and floor
matters and to address others appropriately	agreements
- To encourage students to seek	- Train staff and hall leaders in assertive language and behaviors
assistance from others in time of need	- Environments include private spaces
Rights and Responsibilities
- To enforce university policies and state	- Refer students to counseling, alcohol treatment or other community agencies
laws which demand that students manage	- Provide the SOAR program for students susceptible to peer pressure
their feelings and related behaviors	- Provide referral assistance to those experiencing the effects of violence
University Centers
- To teach students to become more self	- Place hundreds of students in responsible positions, train them, provide
aware and to take responsibility for their	feedback and promote them when appropriate
own feelings and actions	- Teach assertiveness skills, values clarification and self-awareness
- To provide opportunities for students to	methods in staff/officer training
develop competencies and to grow more	- Oversee the provision of mentors for every involvement opportunity
confident

SPIRITUAL DIMENSION GOAL - To challenge and support students in their search for meaning and purpose in life and to encourage them to live by values based on their on-going moral development.

OBJECTIVES	PROGRAMS/SERVICES/ENVIRONMENTS
Counseling
- To provide information and assistance	- Provide consultation related to value clarification and integrity
related to values clarification and	- Provide self-help information
behavioral integrity	- Individual counseling
University Housing
- To provide opportunities where students	- Values clarification training for staff and hall officers/leaders
can identify and develop their own values	- Challenge behaviors incongruent with university standards, and state
and beliefs	and local laws
- To provide opportunities for students to	- Create programs and support others which teach cultural understanding;
increase their awareness of different	Black History Month, Native American Pow Wow, International
cultures, values and beliefs	Festival, etc.
- To provide opportunities for students to	- Support student initiated religious study groups
become more accepting of self and others	- Feature an international hall experience
through improved self-esteem
Rights and Responsibilities
- To challenge students to look at the	- Adjudication/conduct board hearings and educational sanctions when
relationship between university	appropriate as per standards set down in UWS Chapters 14, 17, & 18
standards, their individual values and	- Referral to counseling, lifestyle assistants, community service
and their behaviors	programs, campus ministries etc.
University Centers
- To provide opportunities and create	- Teach values clarification and ethics as part of student training
situations where students will be	- Advise, administer to and encourage participation in the community
challenged to clarify their values/beliefs	volunteer/service/learning program
and consider those of others	- Produce and promote the social issues series
- To provide opportunities for students to	- Encourage and support student organization philanthropic fund-raisers
learn more about themselves through the	- Coordinate campus blood drive
unselfish service to others

The goals, objectives and programs listed above are sensitive to societal and environmental change. Student Development is continually assessing, researching and reviewing functions in order to keep them vital to the missions of the university and the needs of our students.