The CBE Office of Academic Affairs collaborates with the UW Resilience Lab – a unit in the Undergraduate Academic Affairs created to help build a culture of well-being at the UW. They have a wonderful four-part model of wellbeing that includes:
- Teaching for equity and access
Creating an atmosphere of belonging and addressing power, privilege, and oppression in the classroom (e.g., co-creating shared norms and expectations for class discussions). - Nurturing connection
Tending to the social connectedness students experience with others and supporting students as they build stronger connections and aware- ness within themselves (e.g., encouraging peer interaction through study groups). - Building resilience coping skills
Teaching and modeling everyday practices to develop the four cornerstones of resilience: mindfulness, growth mindset, gratitude, and self-compassion (e.g., opening class with a few minutes of reflective journal writing). - Connecting to the environment
Establishing an intentional and meaningful relationship between students and the places where they learn and grow (e.g., creating opportunities for students to learn outside).
3 min video of UW Resilience Lab Director, Megan Kennedy, explaining the lab in 15 seconds at a time.
Resistance through Resilience – The UW Center for Communication, Difference, and Equity draws important connections between resilience and equity work.
UW Medicine has a program called “Right as Rain” which features different programs and information about all sorts of wellness issues, mind, body, live-work balance, etc. They provide wonderful articles for self-care, health and well-being that are worth a read!