If you’re dealing with mid-semester stress, you’re worried about your career plan or you want some financial help, you’ve got resources right here on campus.
On Sept. 24, students and staff gathered outside the Hoag Student Center at the University of North Georgia’s Dahlonega campus for the Live Well Signature Event, part of the school’s Live Well UNG initiative.
The program offers students skills, knowledge and perspective to live a healthy, balanced life by exploring eight dimensions of well-being: career, environmental, financial, intellectual, mental, physical, social and spiritual. Well-being Coordinator Rebecca French, says the university hosts one in-person event each spring and fall.
“Live Well is a campuswide initiative that we have to help with student well-being,” French said. “We do at least one event a semester just to help students and staff know what resources they have on campus. We have eight dimensions of well-being, and we have a booth for each dimension. A campus partner is representing each booth, so students can go to each booth and find out what resources they have.”
Departments and organizations represented at this semester’s event included Campus Recreation and Wellness, the Dean of Students, Academic Coaching, the Library, Financial Well-being, the Anti-Hazing Taskforce, Career Services, Student Accessibility Services, Student Counseling, Student Health Services and Public Safety.
This year’s event featured a weather-related theme. “We have different themes every time,” French said. “This one is a weather theme — so it’s rain or shine, we’ve got you covered. Every booth has a different weather theme associated with it or a weather activity.”
French also stressed that many of the resources promoted through Live Well UNG are already included in student fees, but many students are unaware they exist. “I think it just makes them more aware of what they have available to them,” she said. “A lot of the stuff is already included in their student fees. They’re paying for it, and we’re just trying to help them figure it out. You don’t need to be struggling in your classes — we have tutoring services, we have academic coaching. We can help you. We want you to succeed, so we are just trying to make students more aware of everything that they have available to them.”
