Wellness Committees

Mission: The mission of the AOD Prevention Team is to reduce substance use and related harm among Ithaca College students to maximize student health, safety, learning, and success. Toward this goal, the AOD Team membership works in an interdisciplinary and collaborative manner to create policies, practices, and programs that align with best practices.

2022 - 2023: Workgroups and Identified Goals

• Policy & Procedures: This group will be reviewing campus policies and procedures as well as looking at national and statewide policies relating to alcohol and other substance. They will make recommendations for updates and review data to ensure that campus policies are equitable and having the intended impact.  
• Prevention Strategies: This group will be working on communications, outreach, alternative programming, and strategies to reduce harm during higher risk times of the academic year for substance use.
• Recovery Support: This group will be working to create, implement and access a recovery ally training and bolster recovery resources (JED Recommendation)
• Substance Access: This group will be working to implement 2 drug takeback events annually, pumpkins for pills (fall) and popcorn for pills (spring). Additionally, this group will increase communications and trainings for opioid overdose prevention (JED Recommendation)

Time Commitment: 4 to 6 hours per month including biweekly, 1-hour full team meetings with 30-minute workgroup time built into meetings, 1-2 hours of outside work or ongoing learning opportunities. Meetings will be every other Friday from 10am to 11am beginning Friday September 2nd.

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Mission: The Mental Health Flock (previously: JED Campus Committee) is a campus-wide team working to improve mental wellness and suicide prevention. This team is working with the national JED Foundation to implement best practices which allow our campus to assess and enhance the work already being done, as well as foster positive, systemic change both on campus and in the greater community.

2024 - 2025 Subcommittees:

• Communications subcommittee

  • Mental Health Goose Campaign and G.E.E.S.E. initiative 

• Training Implementation & Coordination subcommittee

  • Implement You Can Help trainings 

• Mental Health Awareness Events subcommittee

  • Coordinate Stop and Breathe Efforts
  • Implement campus mental health screening days 

Time Commitment: 1 to 3 hours/week (biweekly subcommittee meetings, 2 full team meetings per semester). 

Mission: The Wellness Leadership Council works as a campus-wide team that aims to create sustainable systems and infrastructures that support the holistic well-being of the campus community, specifically students, staff, and faculty.

2022-2023 Goals:

• Communications Goals:
  • Launch and keep updated a wellness information hub linking students and employees to campus wellness resources
  • Launch communications plan that includes public health columns, intercom posts, social media and other communications strategies to promote wellness utilizing the Dimensions of Wellness framework
• Infusing Wellness into the Classroom:
  • Creating and seeking out wellness classroom activities that could be infused into courses by faculty
  • Launching a Canvas platform and tracking system for faculty to access and be able to use classroom activities
  • Promoting and growing this resource to the campus community, particularly to key stakeholders

Time Commitment: 1 to 3 hours/week (weekly workgroup meetings, monthly full team meetings, 1-2 hours of outside work or ongoing learning opportunities)  

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