Purpose

The role of the Chancellor's Committee on Wellness is to assist in establishing and maintaining a healthy and well campus environment.  It is the responsibility of the Committee to develop the mission, goals and objectives for health and wellness programming at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as well as review and advocate for future planning proposals and programming for students, faculty and staff.

Charges

• Review current wellness programming at UNL and develop plans to improve coordination and promotion of those efforts.
• Review Faculty and Staff Health Risk Assessment (HRA) results and recommend appropriate wellness programming to address the needs of all employees outlined in the survey.
• Develop a proposal for the implementation of a full-fledged wellness program for the UNL community.
• Develop a strategic plan for future wellness programming (3-5 year plan).

Committee Priorities for 2009

Focus Wellness efforts on the Top 5 topics identified by faculty/staff

1. Weight Management

2. Physical Activity / Exercise

3. Cooking tips

4. Healthy eating

5. Financial retirement planning

Create awareness of wellness as a UNL priority.

1. Identify resources on campus that educate/provide ongoing support for wellness.

2. Promote identified resources: Promotion may encompass placement of resource on the wellness website, faculty/staff e-news or Scarlet articles, sponsorship of wellness programs such as N-lighten Nebraska, and/or supporting media events.

3. Identify and support monthly wellness educational campaigns/programming/endeavors for faculty/staff. Supporting these endeavors may include sponsoring, advertising, or financially contributing to wellness activities. Financial resources could support items such as faculty/staff health fairs, catering services for kickoff event, production or purchasing of educational and/or promotional materials, purchasing incentives and awards for wellness resources, biometric screenings, and/or speaker and workshop fees. Please provide budget parameters or guidance to secure financial resources.

Committee

The Committee on Wellness consists of representatives from a cross-section of campus including the following areas of 13 members. Future sub-committees may be added as needed. Committee members will be recommended by the chair and appointed by the Senior Administrator for a 2-year term except the student members who will serve a 1-year term.

• Representation after the first 2-years will be staggered to allow for continuity.
• Representatives wishing to remain on the committee after their 2-year appointment may do so with the approval of the chair and Senior Administrator.

The Committee Chair will be appointed by the Chancellor initially and elected by a majority vote of the committee after the first 2-year term.

• An additional representative from the Committee Chair's area will be appointed

Representatives are not required to have a health or wellness background only a desire to meet the purpose of the committee.