Eligibility + Nomination Information

Eligibility

Our campus community includes many people who contribute to our culture of wellness. The Wellness Champions program recognizes those who go above and beyond their regular responsibilities to support student, staff and faculty wellbeing.

Important: If the efforts you're highlighting are part of the nominee's job description, they may not be eligible for the Wellness Champions program. However, you can still recognize their valuable work through these alternative awards:

• Support Staff Recognition award
• Awards for Teaching Excellence

In making your nomination, we encourage you to consider the various factors influencing the well-being of the U of A community and the different ways a culture of wellness can be created, shared and promoted.

All students, staff and faculty can nominate a person or group as a Wellness Champion. Self-nominations are also encouraged. All applications will be reviewed for their completeness.

Evaluation Criteria

Nominators must demonstrate how the nominee has:

• Improved the well-being of the university community
• Been involved in initiatives, programs, processes or policies that have contributed to campus health
• Positively influenced one or more of the factors influencing well-being ( e.g. physical, academic, emotional, social, financial, spiritual, environmental, and or career wellness)

Nominations will be reviewed with the following considerations:

• The level impact or influence the nominee has had of the campus community. This may relate to a description of how the nominee had a lasting impression on an individual or group, collaborations or partnerships created, ideas sparked, wellness information shared and/or knowledge gained, and time commitment of the nominee to improving campus health.
• The type of influence of the contribution on the campus community. This may relate to a description of actions, activities, and initiatives the nominee has either been a participant or leader. Some examples include connecting peers to resources on campus, offering workshops, bringing groups together to work on wellness-related projects, considering campus health in processes and policies, etc.
• The degree to which the nominee has influenced various dimensions of well-being on campus.
• The completeness and uniqueness of the application