Since launching in Fall 2022, the Cultivate Well-Being Action and Transformation Roadmap has guided Tech faculty, staff and students on ways to foster health and well-being over the next few years at the Institute. 

Over a year has passed since its debut, and the Technique has followed up on the progress of the Roadmap’s initial goals.

After a year of research and planning, the Roadmap was published to summarize previous well-being indicators at the Institute and outline strategies to improve these outcomes through 2030. Bounded by four major goals, the Roadmap lists a variety of initiatives and campus partners to contribute to the underlying objective of the Student Engagement and Well-being (SEWB) office: create cultural change.

“What we wanted to emphasize is that we’re not going to address issues of mental health and well-being by only focusing on clinical interventions,” said Luoluo Hong, Vice President for SEWB. “We have to get at some of the root causes and get at the organizational culture at Georgia Tech, and that’s shaped by many, many things for students.”

The Roadmap prioritizes changing the environment of Tech over time and from all angles, and Hong elaborated on some of the programs launched
in its early phases.

Last fall, the Center for Mental Health Care & Resources merged the Counseling Center and the Center for Assessment, Referral & Education (CARE), which Hong said would allow students to receive the appropriate resources in a more streamlined fashion. Additionally, prevention and outreach efforts have been launched in an effort to provide well-being resources before more serious situations arise.

“One area of particular focus is that we’re trying to do more on stress management and also sexual violence prevention,” Hong said. Specifically, the Wellness Empowerment Center was created to spearhead these efforts, enveloping existing resources like VOICE to provide upstream information to students. 

As more and more…