The health promotion department collaborates with various campus partners (student groups, staff, and faculty) and external organizations to support student wellbeing.
If you want to collaborate with The Well, please email us at thewell@ucr.edu to receive our request form.
Organization Initiatives
Under the direction of Dr. Jones, Policy Analyst
Purpose and Stakeholders: Several UCR divisions (Health Well-being Safety, Undergraduate Education, Enrollment Management, Student Affairs, ITS, and more) are working together to strategize on the best way to support newly committed UCR students before they experience challenges by surveying students before arriving at UCR so that we can create more targeted (holistic) outreach, and get a pulse on student trends (incoming) to be more responsive to their needs. It could also help us follow students – longitudinally – to assess our work's impact and collect measurable student success outcomes.
The Okanagan Charter is an International Charter for Health Promoting University and Colleges, which calls on post-secondary schools to embed health into all aspects of campus culture and to lead health promotion action and collaboration locally and globally.
This charter provides a vision, purpose and responsibility for our work with UCR Healthy Campus .UCR was the 28th US institution to adopt this charter and making a pledge to be a health-promoting campus for students, staff, faculty and our community at large.
Health Promotion and Education
The Well and CAPS are currently collaboration on Mental Health Allies, Send Silence Packing, and Mental Health training for UCR
The Well is currently collaborating with CNAS to provide HWS presentations during Fall Quarter Week 2 to all CNAS NASC093 classes
The Well is a partner with Riverside University Health System- Public Health, Injury Prevention Branch to conduct presentations and education programs at UCR on alcohol impaired, drugged or distracted driving.
The Well is collaborating with Underground Scholars Initiative to promote their AA/NA/recovery meetings and working with CAPS to create a recovery resource sheet
Research
The Well is currently collaborating with SOM and SHS on an emoji research project.
The Well is currently collaborating with SOM on The Engaging the Academy Project.
The Well is part of the Community Advisory Board for a study about drug overdose in Riverside County. UCR Professor of Anthropology, Jennifer Syversten, is the Principal Investigator for this study funded by National Institute of Drug Overdose Abuse (NIDA).
Awareness Campaigns
The Well is currently working with RUHS-Behavioral health on conducting suicide prevention videos for faculty and staff, as well as bringing Send Silence Packing exhibit on October 25th
The Well partners with ASPB for the Enjoy the Experience campaign to create a culture of safety and care at large-scale UCR concerts.