Community Structure

 

Community Living Standard

• All students agree to foster a clean living environment free of alcohol, illegal substances, and destructive behavior. Additionally, they commit to attend consistently and participate actively in scheduled community sessions, to support the group application of wellness technique, strive for excellence in achieving their set goals, and positively inspire others!

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Educational Programming

• Retreats: The Fall and Spring retreat are full-day experiences that serve as the launching and concluding events of the year. They are filled with fun and engaging teambuilding activities facilitated by Residence Life staff, CAPS staff, DUWELL staff, other campus partners, and Triangle area resources!

 

• Wellness Wednesday: Every first Wednesday DUWELL and other campus partners will facilitate an in-house wellness-focused group session. Sessions will range from nutrition/cooking workshops to stress management workshops and fitness assessments and workouts. Members of the community are required to attend the four programs each semester.

 

• Health Coaching: This mentorship relationship with DUWELL staff will help students to understand how the different dimensions of wellness relate to each other, equip students to identify areas to be brought back into balance, and set an action plan to do so. Students are required to have three sessions in the Fall semester and two in the Spring semester as they work towards their wellness goals.

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Social Programming

• First Friday Fun Nights: The Residence Life team will coordinate a variety of social events on campus and in the Triangle after dark as an “alternative social experience” for residents.

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Goals

• Develop and increase awareness of the influence that societal practices and values have on individual lifestyle choices and accepted norms;

• Explore health and wellbeing from multiple and diverse perspectives and reflect on how different experiences, perspectives and perceptions influence attitudes, values, and choices regarding health and wellbeing;

• Invest in a broad range of integrated, interdisciplinary mediums to facilitate the development of a variety of strategies that promote healthy lifestyle choices for self and community;

• Identify, understand, and incorporate a personal definition of wellness into their lifestyle that integrates all six domains of health and wellbeing;

• Learn about others that are different from one’s self and demonstrate an openness to views different from one’s own;

• Demonstrate leadership, involvement, and activism through shared personal and educational experiences;

• Develop a sense of belonging to the community and the greater Duke community.

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