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Thrive Dimension Champion Awards presented to eight recipients

President Nathan Hatch spoke at the Thrive Dimension Champion Awards celebration.

The Thrive Dimension Champion Awards were presented to eight faculty and staff members, recently.  The awards are presented annually by the Office of Wellbeing to faculty and staff who demonstrate leadership and commitment to individual and campus-wide wellbeing.

The categories for awards include: emotional, environmental, financial, intellectual, occupational, physical, social and spiritual wellbeing.

The 2017 champions are:

  • Denisha Champion, assistant director for programming and prevention in the University Counseling Center; emotional wellbeing
  • Lee Collette, assistant director of outdoor pursuits in the Campus Recreation Department; environmental wellbeing
  • Barbara Meredith, business manager in the Office of the Provost; financial wellbeing
  • Deborah Newsome, associate professor of counseling; intellectual wellbeing
  • Melanie Bullock, associate director of student leadership and engagement in Campus Life; occupational wellbeing
  • Adam Carlson, system administrator in Information Systems; physical wellbeing
  • Sgt. Lesia Finney, University Police Department; social wellbeing
  • Sylvia Green, chief marketing officer in the School of Business; spiritual wellbeing

Speakers at the award celebration included President Nathan O. Hatch and Vice President for Campus Life Penny Rue.

January 2015 staff milestones

Lacy R. Watson, a maintenance technician at Graylyn, has been a part of the Wake Forest community for 25 years. Below is a list of other staff members celebrating milestones this month.

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WFU joins The Jed & Clinton Health Matters Campus Program

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144b1acefef7f2e2217ba591a4156b30Wake Forest University is among 56 colleges and universities that have joined The Jed & Clinton Health Matters Campus Program in support of wellbeing and mental health.

The program is designed to help schools prevent the two leading causes of death in young adults — accidents, including those caused by prescription drug overdoses or alcohol poisoning, and suicide.

The Campus Program, which launched in June 2014, is designed to help colleges and universities assess and enhance mental health, substance abuse and suicide prevention programming.

“We’re proud to be a part of The Jed & Clinton Health Matters Campus Program’s efforts to reduce risk while at the same time improving student emotional wellbeing,” said James Raper, interim director of the University Counseling Center. “Denisha Champion, one of our staff counselors, has been spearheading our efforts to become a Jed Foundation certified campus, which has required a thorough self assessment of our campus’s strengths and areas of growth.”

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