What is GUWellness?: GUWellness: Mind, Body, Soul

• Overview
• Vision
• Goals
• Key Partners
• Core Initiatives

Overview

In the spring of 2007, Charles DeSantis, associate vice president and chief benefits officer, convened representatives from across the university to consider how to create a culture of wellness at Georgetown University.

GUWellness: Mind, Body, Soul is a university-wide initiative to provide Georgetown University faculty, AAP and staff with tools, resources and support to achieve their own wellness goals. 

Vision
GUWellness Committee members identified the following statements as key components of the "vision" for GUWellness.

• Providing GU faculty and staff with access to wellness resources and programs
• Integrating a Wellness philosophy across departments and campuses
• Encouraging and rewarding healthy choices
• Making wellness FUN
• Engaging faculty and staff in physical activity
• Promoting preventive healthcare
• Responding to the specific needs of the Georgetown University community
• Empowering individuals to take charge of their physical, mental and spiritual health
  

Goals
The following are the goals by which the success of GUWellness will be measured.

• Contain health care costs for both employee and employer 
• Reduce absenteeism
• Improve productivity
• Reduce employee turnover
• Improve morale
• Create a stronger sense of community among faculty, AAPs and staff

Key Internal Partners

• President DeGioia and executive leadership
• Yates Field House
• School of Nursing and Health Studies
• Student Health
• Faculty and Staff Assistance Program
• Human Resources
• Chaplain to the Staff
• Campus Ministry
• Mission & Ministry
• GUWellness Committee Members
• University Information Systems
  

Core Initiatives

• Wellness Captains
• wellness.georgetown.edu
• GUWellness Fairs @ Main, Law and Wisconsin Ave.
• Free health screenings, flu shots, depression screenings
• Health Assessments
• Monthly Wellness Themes & Programming
• Monthly Roving Wellness Clinics
• Departmental and University Initiatives and Challenges
  

GUWellness: Mind, Body, Soul is a dynamic and evolving program.  If you have ideas, challenges or feedback you'd like to share, email them to wellness@georgetown.edu.

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