On behalf of NIRSA’s Health & Wellbeing Task Force and the Promising Practices Work Group, the Association is proud to share its fourth Promising Practice: University of Richmond. Promising Practices are collaborative or integrated wellbeing initiatives and campus-wide efforts that—driven and realized by the efforts of campus recreation staff and leaders—support the campus community.
Check out the video below to get a sense of how the University of Richmond has worked to become an innovative leader in integrated wellbeing through their upstream, settings-based approach.
Download the publication
“The Promising Practices concept is intended to be a three-part, multimodal learning experience that supports the pursuit of collaborative and integrated approaches towards holistic wellbeing,” says Darcie Burde, Senior Associate Director for Fitness & Wellness at the University of Florida and co-chair of the Health & Wellbeing Task Force. “By providing an example of how one school built its framework and how their campus came together on their initiative, we’re hoping to encourage other schools to lean-in to this work, because we believe it has the power to transform a campus community,” adds Josh Downing, Associate Director of Programming at Indiana University and co-chair of the NIRSA Health & Wellbeing Task Force.
Using both campus-specific data and national data to foster campus-wide change, the University of Richmond has been dedicated to creating and sustaining a culture of wellbeing.
NIRSA is proud to offer this publication for free so that members, and their colleagues across campus, can learn from the innovative efforts of the University of Richmond.
Join the July 18 webinar
After downloading the publication highlighting the University of Richmond’s journey towards integrated wellbeing, register to join the webinar on July 18 at 12:00pm Eastern/9:00am Pacific.
Marti Tomlin, Director, University Recreation, and Heather Sadowski, Director of Health Promotion, will offer further depth and insight into their institution’s upstream, settings-based approach; their use of data in telling their story; and lessons learned along the way.
Erin O'Sullivan is currently the Director of Advocacy & Strategic Partnerships at NIRSA.
