IX Coordinator for Education and Compliance, and Andrea Eklund, Professor, Family & Consumer Sciences, gave some history and updates on what the council has been working on. A CWU Safe Work Group was established November 10, 2022. The group conducted extensive fact finding, research, and listening sessions. They made extensive recommendations and suggested formation of a Culture of Respect Leadership Council. The council was established Fall of 2023 with the purpose of guiding and supporting the university’s ongoing responsibilities to assure trauma- informed and equity-minded policies, practices, and procedures for the prevention and handling of gender-based violence. The council has accomplished many things in a short time. They have developed charter documents, membership, and leadership. Members of the council engage in regular education to create a community of learning, and they have begun work on establishing regular collection of campus climate data. The team is also reworking various policies and procedures related to mandatory employee training, response to sexual misconduct procedures, update of timely notification, new Title IX regulations, and standardized outcomes rubrics for employees and students. Education has been enhanced as well. Training for students is available through Health Promotion/PATH and the Diversity Education Center. Gender-based violence prevention and response has been infused in curriculum, and statements have been added to syllabi. In the future, the council will focus on the following: • Implementation of new Title IX regulations: August 1. • Support creation and commitment to a culture of accountability. • Research, study, and recommend strategies for assessing university climate. • Explore development of resources, guidance, and incentives for faculty to incorporate gender-based violence prevention in curriculum and high impact practices. • Create a timeline for implementation of all other CWU Safe recommendations (mandatory training, and formal integration of requirements in university policy). Joy Stochosky, Executive Director of Health and Wellness, presented on Holistic Well-Being and Student Services. Ms. Stochosky explained that CWU’s Health and Wellness unit includes Office of Case Management, Office of Health Promotion, Student Counseling Services, Student Health Services, and University Recreation. When full staffed, the unit has about 50 staff members and 90 student employees. Their working definition of holistic well-being recognizes the interconnections between domains of wellness and promotes living integrated lives within the context of a healthy, engaged, and inclusive community. A priority of the unit during the academic year 2023-24 was to set a common language and introduce the holistic wellbeing philosophy to CWU stakeholders. The nine dimensions of wellbeing include physical, emotional, environmental, social, intellectual, financial, occupational, cultural, and spiritual. Through this philosophy, partnerships are being built, sample initiatives have been launched, and reported service delivery improvements via the interconnected efforts are being made within SES and throughout campus. Core Value 1: Engagement Goal 2: Partner with businesses, nonprofits, governmental agencies, tribal agencies, and other entities, as well as with individuals, to increase opportunities for students. • Initiative 2.3: Foundation & Alumni Paul Elstone, Vice President, University Advancement, gave an update on the CWU Foundation and Alumni Relations. Alumni has launched a new online platform for Wildcat alumni engagement. It is
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