End of the Year Report: Mental Wellness Student Assistant 2015-2016

End of the Year Report: Mental Wellness Student Assistant 2015-2016

Student Assistant: Jing Mai

Supervisor: Merril Lavezzo

Table of Contents

1. Fall Quarter

A) Nap Campaign

B) Relationships Booklet Content Final Edits

C) PCCHA Conference Presentation

D) Nap Room Pilot Implementation

E) Financial Wellness questions for Wellness Jeopardy

G) Drowsy Driving Materials

H) Jeopardies

I) Nap Campaign Redesign

1. Logo

2. Messaging

3. Giveaways

4. Activities/programming/outreach

J) Happiness Campaign

1. Giveaways Focus Grouping

2. Activities/programming/outreach ideas

K) Sleep Campaign Guide for Wellness Team

L) Turn the Curve Advertising

M) Financial Wellness Expansion Ideas

2. Winter Quarter

A) Happiness Campaign

Best Self Write-up
Happiness Kit Budget
Economics of Happiness
Collaborations with other student orgs/Wellness Ambassadors

B) Outreach and Events

Turn the Curve
BHCOE Tabling
Wellness and Sex Jeopardies

C) Blogs

Social Media Relationships
Adderall and Sleep
Sleep Disorders

D) Projects and Research

One Health Resources Guide
Nap Room/Beanbags
First Year Housing Packing List
Relationships Booklet
Suicide Means Reduction

E) Upkeep

Inventory of Mental Wellness Materials

3. Spring Quarter

A) Happiness Campaign

B) Turn the Curve

C) Nap Room Project

D) Pass the Baton

1. Incorporate suggestions into training

2. List of Mental Wellness speakers

3. Compilation of articles for new SA to read

E) Relationships Booklet
F) Blog: Glorification of Burnout

G) Materials Inventory

H) Miscellaneous

Fall Quarter

A. Nap Campaign

Materials:

Total Nap Kits Given: 265

Total Catnap Buttons Given: 160

Summary:

Updated Nap Map to reflect closed spaces due to MU remodeling; edited introduction section and tightened descriptions to optimize viewing on phones/tablets
Social Media heavy campaign; worked with Marketing to establish campaign material distribution schedule to encourage 20-30 minute naps and receive giveaway materials
Re-evaluated effectiveness of Instagram contests and what promotes engagement and outreach
Contacted and prepared Nap Campaign giveaway materials (Nap Kits/buttons) to be distributed within the center and to spread our messages
Volunteer flyering in building locations; received feedback on which buildings still had bulletin boards and which had been taken down. Introduced the need for more online presence since bulletin boards appear to be phasing out of campus.
Final Evaluation at HEP>Mental Wellness>2015-2016>Nap Campaign

B. Relationships Booklet Content Final Edits

Materials:

Online survey

Summary:

Major edits to ongoing redesign of Relationships Booklet. Content and imagery will be revised for the upcoming version of the Booklet.
Focus grouping feedback online and made edits as needed for content
Major expansion on following topics: How to Network Effectively, Relationships with Faculty and Professionals
Sent materials to Marketing to begin creating draft of redesign. Goal is to develop animal mascots, in a comic-book style cover page and with themed imagery inside of the booklet to capture student interest
Distributed Relationships Booklets to student centers/others throughout summer and fall

C. PCCHA Conference

Materials:

5 Happiness Kits

Summary:

Co-presented at the annual PCCHA conference with Merril Lavezzo
Content area: positive psychology
Gathered information for future growth in campaigns at UC Davis

D. Nap Room Pilot Implementation

Materials:

Beanbags (6)

Summary:

Worked with ASUCD senator Roman Rivilis to establish Nap Room pilot on campus to create and receive feedback on a designated area that allows for 20-30 minute naps
Found materials online and co-drafted proposal; sent to Chief of Library Staff William Garrity. Library is open for further discussions on working on spacing for student interests.
Future plans: Associate with ASUCD to advocate for a more permanent napping space in the library, the ARC, or other potential. Long term goal – will need to keep ASUCD interest.
Features of this Nap Room: Semi-private. Can be reserved in advance or on the day of for 40 minutes. Can features cots and/or beanbags.

E. Financial Wellness Section for Jeopardy

Materials:

Online. Please refer to Nutrition student assistant final evaluation for full details.

Summary:

Financial Wellness questions drafted (4) with Nutrition student assistant Amrita Pattar
Connected to food insecurity and education around student loans; as well as educate students about concepts linking financial health to student stress levels.
Wellness questions will be added onto the Jeopardy board; will be available in early Winter quarter

G. Drowsy Driving

Materials:

Server (Mental Wellness 2015-2016>Social Media Messages>Drowsy Driving Final)

Summary:

Created draft for drowsy driving materials to be distributed on social media sites during Finals week. This highlights several aspects of the Drowsy Driving blog post on SHCS as well as new materials and messaging, including watching for warning signs and presenting statistics.

Next year’s suggestions:

Prepare and distribute drowsy driving materials during Drowsy Driving Awareness Week
Create an infographic about drowsy driving with Marketing: Contact in advance

H. Jeopardies

Materials:

Jeopardy materials

Summary:

Co-presented Wellness Jeopardy on December 3rd for AMSA with Nutrition student assistant Amrita Pattar
8 total participants
Span of Jeopardy: 1 hour
Please refer to Nutrition Student Assistant’s Fall Quarterly Report for full details

Winter Quarter

A) Nap Campaign Redesign

Materials:

Server (Mental Wellness 2015-2016>Nap Campaign Focus Groups)

Summary:

Focus grouping to redesign Nap Campaign: Barriers for students, re-focus group imagery for the campaign
Brainstorm campaign strategies and collaborations with other campus groups like the WRRC for upcoming campaign redesigns
Explore more potential collaborations with campus groups to encourage napping as a healthy behavior; i.e. introduce nap or meditation workshops

B) Happiness Campaign

Materials:

Server

Summary:

Happiness Campaign activities and giveaways will be focus grouped and redesigned in preparation for Spring quarter. This will involve further collaboration between the Wellness Ambassadors and student mental wellness organizations to help promote both positive psychology and greater mental health conversations.
Plans to integrate PCCHA conference ideas of implementing positive psychology workshops within the campaign and within Mental Health Awareness Week in Spring quarter

C) Sleep Campaign Guide for Wellness Team

Materials:

Summary:

Briefing of Sleep Campaign to Wellness Team
Includes strategies on how to tackle campaign specifics such as establishing the date, connections to activities and brainstorming possible activities/connections/contacting student centers to have sleeping materials

D) Turn the Curve

Materials:

Turn the Curve activities sheet

Summary:

Promote Turn the Curve as an evaluation tool and activity for stress relief/community building to identify and target main stressors for UC Davis students (in classes)
Developing more rigorous feedback system and next steps of action; develop outreach strategies to reach more underrepresented student groups
Evaluate and redesign Turn the Curve to streamline the activity as an information gathering tool for further probing into the campus environment and gauge student stress levels
Development of Turn the Curves for other topics, such as Sleep, to be offered to students

E) Financial Wellness Expansion

Materials: N/A

Summary:

Financial Wellness peer ambassadors will be beginning work in early Winter quarter. Establish contacts with ambassadors early on to collaborate on Financial Wellness campaign idea and messaging
Update Financial Wellness resources and information webpage

Happiness Campaign

1.Best Self Write-up

Phone interview with founder Catharine Vader from Western Washington University
Drafted a summary of response and preliminary proposal to discuss with Wellness Ambassadors and Dr. Renee Lopez
Looking to incorporate this as a part of Resiliency training (Wellness Ambassador lead)

2.Happiness Kits

Created and saved proposed budget with materials (Mental Wellness>2015-2016>Happiness Campaign>Happiness Proposed Expenses 2016)
Sent out orders; supplies should all arrive by early Spring
Continue brainstorming with Wellness Ambassadors for positive psychology event ideas
(Possibly) reserve some kits to be unmade for a DIY activity that the Ambassadors will head

3.Economics of Happiness

New student-led course headed by Student Assistant to the Chancellor, Joshua Wild
In communication with him and Wellness Ambassadors to potentially give a talk about mental health, positive psychology and the Happiness Campaign during a lecture. Ambassadors enthusiastic about the idea. Following up in beginning of spring.

4.Collaborations with other student orgs/Wellness Ambassadors

HEP’s role: Promotion of campaign, developing messages and managing Happiness Kits (distribution, creation)
Wellness Ambassadors’ role: Brainstorming activities to complement messaging, such as tabling, activities, workshops. Will help distribute happiness kits. Also will help promotion and campaign message development
Ideas from meeting during last week of Winter quarter outlined below:

1) Tasks and Ideas:

- Have a meeting with Marketing to see if we can label the takeout box in any way and work on further marketing plan for the Happiness Campaign (aka asking if large signage is possible; online marketing strategies)

- "DIY Happiness Kit" activity; reserve some supplies for interested individuals to make their own happiness kits with what they want within them; HEP will have to test run how long/how difficult it is to put the kit together beforehand to see if it's feasible

- Obtain a large chalkboard/poster wall; have individuals fill the wall with dots of various colors so that the dots eventually make an image; each color represents an aspect of positive psychology that individuals value the most. This poster wall can slowly be filled in by the public starting Monday and be brought out for further display during the mental health fair on Thursday

- Contact Joshua Wild on his Economics of Happiness course to make an announcement/be a guest speaker and develop some material regarding positive psychology/mental wellness/happiness

- Request for the President of NAMI to see if they can reserve Therapy Fluffies during the Mental Health Fair (Contact: Linda Cooper at "Lend a Hand") and whether or not they can reserve a larger part of the quad during the event

- Contact outside companies asking if they can host Yoga sessions

- Contact dance clubs and student organizations to see if they are open to a Happiness Flash mob the day of the fair

2) Potential issues/Things to Keep in Mind:

- Wellness Ambassador coordinators are very busy in Spring quarter; may want to ask for people to sign up for a Happiness Campaign task force to help brainstorm/develop/implement creative positive psychology outreach and activities

- Implement Happiness Campaign activities/volunteering as a part of the Ambassador mentor/mentee development opportunity.

- Logistics: HEP bring their own tablecloth(s) and tents; coordinate with Ambassadors to split tasks and bringing of materials to events

F. Outreach and Events

Turn the Curve

Turn the Curve activity on 2/4/2016 for SPH101 (Instructor: Dr. Dennis Pocekay)
Gathered data and uploaded to server (Mental Wellness>2015-2016>Turn the Curve)
Plans for Spring Quarter: Determine method of action on how to process data for future use/brainstorm ways to do alternative Turn the Curves

BHCOE Tabling

Tabling to represent HEP during mental health talk with mental health advocate and daughter of Darrell Steinberg, Joanna Steinberg
Provided Happiness Wheel, nap kits and pamphlets

Wellness and Sex Jeopardies

Please see Wellness Team and Sexual Health Team final reports

G. Blogs

Social Media Relationships

Blog about building and maintaining healthy online relationships; explored the concept of detachment when interacting with others online and social media’s relationship on mental health
Published on 2/8/2016 (
See Mental Wellness>2015-2016>Blogs

Adderall and Sleep

Collaboration blog between ATOD student assistant (Justin Hong). Discussion about prevalence of Adderall on college campuses, reasons for use, adverse effects on sleep and mental health, and alternative resources
Turned in draft to ATOD health educator; publication TBA

Sleep Disorders

Sleepiness and sleeplessness on campus – exposed students the occurrence of insomnia and other sleep disorders and encouraged them to consult with a medical provider if students experience abnormal sleep patterns for an extended period of time and it was adversely affecting their academic/work performance/personal life
Published on 3/9/2016 (

H. Projects and Research

One Health Resources Guide

Participated in brainstorming meetings to draft a campus-wide resource dedicated to mental health and connections to on and off-campus locations and organizations
Resources guide will be developed by the major mental health advocacy clubs on campus; draft is still in progress and will continue to be worked on in Spring
HEP has offered to proofread and suggest alternative resources when the guide draft becomes available

Nap Room/Beanbags

SRRC Nap Room pilot results came back; discussed with SRRC on next steps
Possible idea: take away 3 beanbags from the SRRC and pilot a nap room on the 3rd floor of SHCS (still pending approval and SRRC reply)
Looking for alternative spaces and funding for beanbags with ASUCD
Contacts: Alex Lee (President) , AbhaySandhu (VP), , IrveenGrewal (Senator)
ASUCD advocacy for nap rooms during library renovations (keep conversation active; ASUCD serves on library renovations committee)
Discussed with Melissa Hsu (), VP of Berkeley’s Associated Student Body about the implementation of Nap Spaces on UCB’s campus and how it could be feasible for Davis. Follow up in Spring to see how successful implementation was
See full report from discussion at Mental Wellness>2015-2016>Nap Room>Berkeley Nap Interview
Currently seeking for funding/spaces by appealing to Advisory Committee to the Chancellor. Follow up in Spring

First Year Housing Packing List (Richard Ronquillo)

Added nap kit supplies to the checklist (see:

Relationships Booklet

Submitted Relationships Booklet final draft to Marketing
Ordering for kits pending

Suicide Means Reduction

Suicide means prevention: Looked through Harvard’s website for environmental means reduction and reduction of access to harmful materials/locations

I. Upkeep

Inventory of Mental Wellness Materials

Created a Google Drive of mental wellness inventory; upkeep and note inventory at beginning of every quarter to reorder materials on time
See sample below (inventory noted in early January)

Item / Amount
Eye Masks / 2000
Earplugs / 2200
Kit Bags / 5300
Door hangers / 2500
Bottles / 61
"You're Awesome" / 146
"Yes, You Can" / 73
"Your life is just beginning" / 210

Spring Quarter

A) Happiness Campaign

Overview

Happiness Campaign preparation started in early Winter quarter and was executed on May 9th-May 13th 2016
Created promotional materials with the help of the volunteer team, distributed flyers and worked closely with the Marketing student assistant to craft and execute a social media presence for the campaign, and to cross-promote NAMI’s annual Mental Health Fair
Collaborated with campus partners (Wellness Ambassadors, NAMI at UC Davis, ASUCD, independent photographers of Humans of Davis + Humans of Davis staff Parteek Singh and Charles Miin)
Discovered specific place of improvement within campaign: work on maximizing efficiency of campus collaborations/communication/distribution of tasks
Passed out 234 out of 400 Happiness Kits during the 3 hours of Mental Health Fair tabling. 166 Happiness Kits are left over for use in other events
Passed out 44 out of 100 Happiness Posters. 66 posters left over for future events
Please see full campaign debrief and recommendations on HEP>Mental Wellness 2015-2016>Happiness Campaign>Campaign Debrief

B) Turn the Curve

Overview

Conducted 2 Turn the Curve activities this quarter, a community needs assessment to help reduce high student stress levels
Audience: SPH101 classes, HEP volunteers and Letters and Science peer advisors (total of 9 groups)
Data gathering period: November 2nd 2012 – May 13th 2016 (approx. 5 years)
Compiled all results (starting in 2013 and ending in 2016) into a recommendation report [White Paper] to encourage conversation about student-sensitive policy suggestions to improve student stress levels
Please find the White Paper on HEP>Mental Wellness 2015-2016>Turn the Curve>TTC White Paper

C) Nap Room Project

Overview

Gathered survey results from the Student Community Center about nap room pilot feedback, see HEP>Mental Wellness 2015-2016>Nap Room>SRRC Open Study Space – Survey Summary
Moved 3 Napping Beanbags from the SCC to the third floor of SHCS; no official advertising/announcement of relocation
Took brief control of the project to allow ASUCD to transition into new Nap Room project leads; now (and in the future) should serve as sources of research/data and also as advisors for nap room logistics. ASUCD will head discussions and lead further project development and coordinate funding for the nap space
Current partners: ASUCD (Alex Lee [President], AbhaySandhu [Vice President], IrveenGrewal [Senator], Joshua Wild [Student Assistant to the Chancellor], Bill Garrity [Deputy Librarian, Shields Library], Robin
Granted a space on the second floor (an indoor alcove) of Shields Library to begin a staffed, safe nap room
Waiting on ASUCD progress – need to follow up
See all other materials in HEP>Mental Wellness 2015-2016>Nap Room

D) Pass the Baton

a. Incorporate suggestions into training

Asked Student Assistants on what could be improved and what would have been helpful in training, based on what work they engaged in this past year?
Results: Suggest more training on how to send outreach emails/effective marketing strategies, how to create and sustain successful collaborations with other campus/student organizations or units, how to keep oneself updated on current news, articles and research on their topic area

b. Speakers and Self-Growth

Searching for Mental Wellness speakers to come in
Compilation of articles for new SA to read. Articles relating to Sleep, Stress, Mental Health, and positive psychology for incoming Mental Wellness Student Assistants in HEP>Mental Wellness 2015-2016>Introductory Readings
Met with the 2 incoming Mental Wellness Student Assistants and gave an hour and a half long introduction to server, the environment around HEP, and current projects that they would engage in

E) Relationships Booklet