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Health and Wellbeing in Higher Education: A Commitment to Student Success

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NACAS has signed onto a 15-association strong commitment to health and wellbeing in higher education. Through the pledge, originated by NIRSA and NASPA, organizations commit to innovating, supporting, and fostering a holistic, integrated, and strategic approach to well-being from the association level to the institutional level.
 
"We believe it is time to transcend reactive, siloed, programmatic approaches to health and establish foundational, proactive, well-being initiatives for the campus community. While students must receive appropriate and reactive care when needed, there are large-scale benefits to proactive, upstream approaches that will allow increasing numbers of students to flourish and thrive. By focusing on the whole — the whole person, the whole educational experience, the whole institution, the whole community — well-being becomes a multifaceted goal and a shared responsibility for the entire campus…" View Full Statement
 

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NACAS (National Association of College Auxiliary Services), headquartered in Charlottesville, Va., is a nonprofit higher education association serving auxiliary services and student support services professionals at colleges and universities in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland and Asia. NACAS provides extensive opportunities for members to share ideas, develop business solutions, enhance programs and revenues, and develop meaningful professional relationships.
For more information visit: www.nacas.org