The University of Iowa is committed to embedding well-being and mental health into all aspects of campus culture to better support students, faculty, and staff. This includes evaluating and improving existing well-being programs, creating a cohesive framework of services and resources for well-being, increasing access and awareness of mental health resources, and expanding curricular and co-curricular learning for all students.
Promoting well-being and success is critical to our future. By providing the appropriate resources for students, faculty, and staff, we can become a destination university for talented individuals who support the achievement of the university's mission and goals.
Strategic Plan Priority
One of the five goals of the university's strategic plan is to support the holistic well-being and success of all students, faculty, and staff. The university has outlined the following objective and strategies to complete this goal:
Embed well-being and mental health into all aspects of campus culture to better support students, faculty, and staff.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of and recommend improvements to existing well-being programs, and identify service gaps based on population data.
- Identify the well-being and mental health needs of diverse groups and evaluate the effectiveness of existing programs in meeting those needs.
- Create a cohesive framework of existing holistic well-being services and resources for students, faculty, and staff to ensure a more inclusive and equitable well-being and mental health infrastructure.
- Increase access to and awareness of mental health and well-being resources.
- Expand curricular and co-curricular learning for all students that provides foundational well-being knowledge and skills.
Well-Being and Mental Health Campus Collaborative
The Well-Being and Mental Health Campus Collaborative is a structured, coordinated effort to substantively improve the health and well-being of all members of the University of Iowa community.
The Collaborative consists of participants who oversee mutually reinforcing activities around health and well-being on campus or in the community. The Well-Being and Mental Health Collaborative is charged with implementing the above objective and strategies of the University of Iowa Strategic Plan.
Perspectives on Well-Being
Meet students, faculty, staff, and other members of the university community. Learn what well-being means to them, the resources instrumental to their well-being goals, and how health, connection, and purpose contribute to academic and career success.
“The university fosters a sense of community and belonging, which has allowed my well-being to thrive. With all these resources and support services, I know I am not alone.”