campus-wide program benefits at a glance

Campus communities, student participants and sponsoring departments realize a wide range of benefits from Stressbusters--immediately and over the life of the program.

Benefits for Campus Communities (via Stressbusters events)

• Provides large numbers of students and staff with regular relaxation opportunities
• Actively addresses top barriers to learning repeatedly identified by the National College Health Assessment including stress, depression, sleep and back pain
• Captures hard-to-reach students not seen in traditional healthcare and health promotion settings
• Creates increased opportunities for in-person interactions
• Establishes new alcohol-free programming options
• Increases the number of alcohol-free events on campus

• Models healthy behavior including stress reduction, taking breaks, student service and student-staff interaction

• Adds a unique and welcome component to all types of campus programming including wellness fairs, monthly meetings, orientation activities, recruitment events and holiday receptions
• Fits into any space including residence hall lounges, student waiting areas, meeting rooms, hallways and outdoor plazas
• Adapts to scheduling needs (events can run from ten minutes to ten hours
• Operates during the day, at night, during the week and on weekends
• Operates all year long
• Serves all campuses

Benefits for Student Stressbusters

• Teaches stress prevention and reduction skills for life-long use
• Provides healthy communication skills training for situations involving physical contact
• Offers leadership training
• Includes program and event management experience

• Sets up staff-to-student, and student-to-student, mentoring opportunities
• Offers ongoing learning and skill development training workshops

• Generates social connection and support opportunities
• Creates new community service options

• Includes undergraduate and graduate students
• Attracts culturally and ethnically diverse student participation
• Engages athletes, theater majors and activists alike
• Interests men and women
• Permits continuous involvement year after year—even from undergraduate to graduate school
• Requires minimal time commitments
• Uses email and other Internet-based tools to manage student participation and program coordination

Benefits for Departments that Produce Stressbusters Programs

• Creates student ambassadors to other students, staff and the community
• Innovates, re-tools and revitalizes peer education programs
• Establishes many new campus outposts for health information, screenings, referrals and products
• Elevates department visibility and image
• Serves as a marketing vehicle for events, awareness campaigns, workshops and other health promotion activities
• Includes strategies and materials that can enhance other programs and events
• Offers opportunities for referrals to counseling, support groups and other campus support services
• Enables provision of a new service to academic departments, administrative offices and campus organizations
• Cultivates working relationships with campus leaders, student organizations, administrative departments, and even faculty. 
• Builds and expands community wellness networks
• Provides Jordan Friedman as an ongoing expert resource for other health promotion events and efforts
• Creates survey, evaluation and other data collection opportunities
• Generates favorable press
  

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