Wellness Case Study

As someone who is in charge of the wellness program here at UIW, my job is to oversee all the aspects and find out what needs amending or implementation. There are six dimensions of wellness and each one has their benefits. The purpose is to take a look at each dimension of wellness and try to make some improvements for the staff and students.
The University of the Incarnate Word has an excellent wellness program dedicated to their faculty and staff. They are offered a wide range of services. They also focus on multiple sections of wellness such as emotional, physical, social, environmental, spiritual, and intellectual. These multiple dimensions of wellness are for the overall wellbeing of their faculty and staff. In their website,

This is a really good thing because it is there to educate people on how to be healthier. They offer the staff not only classes to attend, but seminars as well. Personal wellness is all about being healthy. I also believe that it goes hand in hand with physical wellness. For this part, I would like to implement a link on their page that leads them to My Fitness Pal in order to help them log in their food intake. I believe that this would help them track what their dietary intake looks like and also keep them on the right track. I would also look into hiring a professional nutritionist on board who is also an expert in fitness. This would be a huge benefit for those who work on campus. They would have advice from a professional who can help them get to where they need to be. Another thing I found online that I thought was a great idea was to eliminate all sugary snacks and drinks on campus and offer healthy snacks instead. This would help reduce temptation and teach the staff to eat a bit healthier as

In their website, they state that intellectual wellness is the ability to open our minds to new ideas, to seek challenges, and to improve skills (Employee Wellness, n.d.). I would like to implement something along the lines of group meetings or seminars of those who work in the same department. This would allow the staff members to bring their ideas together and come up with new and invigorating ways to get their creative juices flowing. Events such as seminars and meetings allow for discussion and it also allows for people to come together and speak their minds. Healthy debates and discussions are good ways to keep the intellectual side of you