"Student-centricity is at the core of what we do at Nazareth, and we have worked to create interdisciplinary teams and initiatives to prioritize and promote student wellness, mental health, and safety."

— Kim Harvey, Associate VP for Student and Campus Life and Dean of Students

Create supportive campus environments.

Enhance the campus environment as a living laboratory, identifying opportunities to study and support health and well-being, as well as sustainability and resilience in the built, natural, social, economic, cultural, academic, organizational and learning environments.

Generate thriving communities and a culture of well-being.

Be proactive and intentional in creating empowered, connected, and resilient campus communities that foster an ethic of care, compassion, collaboration, and community action.

Support personal development.

Develop and create opportunities to build student, staff, and faculty resilience, competence, personal capacity, and life-enhancing skills – and so support them to thrive and achieve their full potential and become engaged local and global citizens while respecting the environment.

Create or re-orient campus services.

Coordinate and design campus services to support equitable access, enhance health and well-being, optimize human and ecosystem potential, and promote a supportive organizational culture.

Embed health in all campus policies.

Review, create, and coordinate campus policies and practices with attention to health, well-being, and sustainability so that all planning and decision-making takes account of and supports the flourishing of people, campuses, communities, and our planet.