SLO Identification Rubric: Wellness
Learning: a comprehensive, holistic, transformative activity that integrates academic learning and student development, processes that have often been considered separate, even independent of each other*

Wellness: Wellness is an active process through which people become aware of, and make choices toward, a more successful existence.***
Student
Outcomes* / Outcome
Dimensions* / Definition / Action Words** / Student Developmental Experiences for Learning* / Sample Student Learning Outcomes
/ Physical / A state of physical well-being is not just theabsence of disease. It includes lifestyle behavior choices toensure health, avoid preventable diseases and conditions, andto live in a balanced state of body, mind, and spirit. /
  • Analyze
  • Apply
  • Argue
  • Arrange
  • Assemble
  • Calculate
  • Classify
  • Compare
  • Create
  • Criticize
  • Defend
  • Define
  • Describe
  • Develop
  • Differentiate
  • Discuss
  • Explain
  • Formulate

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  • Exercise
  • Intramural Sports
  • Sports Clubs
  • Group Fitness
  • Fun Runs
  • New Student Orientation
  • Rock Climbing
  • Counseling Services
  • Mind/Body Classes
  • Share the Wealth
  • Peer Educators
  • PETE Program
  • America Recycles Day
  • Challenge Course Instructor Training
  • Greek Life
  • Student Orgs
/ 1.) Students who participate in the Colvin Crash Course will identify three benefits of physical activity. 2.) As a result of participating in Department of Wellness activities students will report adding at least two additional healthy habits to their daily routine
Spiritual / Spiritual well-being is about our inner life and its relationship with the wider world. It includes our relationship with the environment, our relationships with others and with ourselves. Spiritual well-being does not just reflect religious belief although for people of a religious faith it is obviously a central feature. Each person’s spirituality is greatly impacted by the community they are a part of and their relationships. To be spiritually well will mean a positive engagement with others, self and our environment. / 1.) Students who participate in America Recycles Day will be able to list at least one benefit of recycling for the environment.
Emotional / Emotional well-being enables an individual to be able to function positively in society and meet the demands of everyday life.A positive sense of well-being enables an individual to be able to function in society and meet the demands of everyday life; people in good mental health have the ability to recover effectively from illness, change or misfortune. Everyday emotional well-being also involves identifying, building upon, and operating from your strengths rather than focusing on fixing problems or weaknesses. The better you are able to master your emotions, the greater your capacity to enjoy life, cope with stress, and focus on important personal priorities. / 1.) As a result of participating in New Student Orientation students will demonstrate the ability to locate and identify two services available on campus that promote emotional wellness.
Social / Social well-being refers to our ability to interact successfully within a community and throughout a variety of cultural contexts while showing respect for yourself and others. It encompasses our interpersonal relationships, social support networks, and community engagement. As a member of a community, we may develop satisfying relationships, a capacity for intimacy, an understanding of self in relation to others, and a sense of belonging. To achieve social well-being, we can acquire the skills to communicate effectively, resolve conflicts, transcend differences, and provide leadership in community. Social well-being is interwoven into other dimensions of well-being through an emphasis on orienting the individual within a community context. / 1.) Students in the UHS share the WEALTH program will identify at least two
occasions in which they’ve positively engaged with peers socially on campus since completing the program.
Professional / Professional well-being refers to personal satisfaction and enrichment in one’s life through work. At the center of professional wellness is the premise that professional development is related to our attitude about our work. Traveling a path toward, our professional wellness, we’ll contribute our unique gifts, skills, and talents to work that is both personally meaningful and rewarding. We’ll convey our values through our involvement in activities that are gratifying to us. The choice of profession, job satisfaction, career ambitions, and personal performance are all important components of our path’s terrain. / 1.) Students who attend the Challenge Course Instructor Training will describe one additional skill they’ve gained upon completion of the program.

Bodies of Knowledge* - (Insert bodies of knowledge from where rubric elements are drawn)

*Learning Reconsidered

**Bloom’s Taxonomy

***National Wellness Institute