Columbia-JED Campus Objectives

An enhanced utilization of wellness checks and on-call team support is available.

Work begins to increase opportunities for students to engage with Core Curriculum faculty earlier in the semester.

First-year community lounges transition to being reservable by individual students as well as groups of students that are unaffiliated with a recognized student group.  Additionally, the John Jay Lounge piano is relocated to Broadway Hall.

Rather than host a week of programming, a month-long calendar of offerings occurred. Programs geared toward first-year transitions and students hoping to find connections included: Multicultural Affairs Open house/House Party, Students of Color @ Columbia Welcome Week (offered a Queer and Trans SOC Mixer, Mixed Mixer, Men of Color Alliance Opening and Women of Color Kick-off event, First-Gen Low-Income (FLI) @ Columbia Open House/Social, LGBTQ @ Columbia Open House and International @ Columbia Open House.

Work begins so that identity-based groups can begin expanded programming in Spring 2019, utilizing the Lerner 476 A&B spaces.

Work begins to expand awareness of the online wellness check-in form available to staff throughout Columbia College. This will help increase check-ins on students who seem lonely, disconnected or isolated.

Alice! Health Promotion begins work to host monthly puppy study breaks in Spring 2019 to enhance stress management, lower levels of stress and increase feelings of connectedness among students.

With varying participation, the decision is made not to renew the weekly social/community-building programing pilot. More focus will be placed on increasing participation at existing programs; working with partner offices to identify events in which Undergraduate Student Life programming can be added; and looking to increasing the occurrences of the most popular programming.