NIRSA HEALTH AND WELL BEING COMMISSION AND COMMUNITIES OF

PRACTICE

EMPHASIS AREAS

• Increase the dialog among campus recreation student and professional members of holistic health

• Empower campus recreation staff through knowledge of best practices, trends in the field of health and wellbeing

• Create and enhance resources that allow campus recreation staff to collaborate within their institutional partners to improve health and wellbeing outcomes

NEXT STEP: MEMBER ENGAGEMENT

• Contribute to Habitat discussions on topics shared by commission and of your own interest

• Discuss ways to involve staff in spectrum of wellbeing: Physical, Social, Occupational, Environmental, Financial, Psychological, Intellectual, and Spiritual

• Provide best practices included in the resources section of the Communities of Practice section of the NIRSA website

• Attend the planned Health and Wellbeing Pre-Conference Workshop in Nashville

• Seek collaborative partnerships with institutional partners for improved health outcomes

COMMISSION MEMBERSApril Moore (co-chair)- Florida State University

admoore2@fsu.edu

George Brown (co-chair)-University of Alabama gbrown@sa.ua.edu

Heather Sanderson –North Carolina State

Kimberly Barrett-University of Nebraska

Chris Arvin-Indiana University

Joanne Greene-Washington State University

Karen Miller-University of Nebraska

Jennifer Sexton-Stanford University

Adrian Shepard-Winona State University

Tricia Tort-Purdue University

Johanna Valencia-Texas Tech University

COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE MEMBERS

Community of Practice

Chair-Eric Stein elstein@stanford.edu

Sarah Hunt- University of Central Florida

Christopher Nasti- DePaul University

Eric Appiah- Northern Illinois University

Lauren Hanley-Massachusetts Institute of Technology

NIRSA National Center Representative- Mary Callender mary@nirsa.org