What is USC Healthy Campus?
USC Healthy Campus is a comprehensive, collaborative, and long-term strategy that emphasizes the value of employee and organizational health and well-being. USC Heathy Campus has formed partnerships to develop, implement, and institutionalize practices, policies, and environments essential for sustainable change, making the healthy choice the easy choice.
Vision: USC will be a model healthy campus with a culture of health & well-being.
Mission: To collaborate with campus and community partners to create and sustain a campus culture that infuses health & well-being into all policies, practices, systems, and environments.
Healthy Campus Leadership Team
Steven Siegel, MD, PhD
Vice President for Behavioral Health, Office of Health Affairs, University of Southern California
Lara Hilton, PhD, MPH
Director,
USC WorkWell Center
Julie Chobdee, MPH
Associate Director,
Health & Well-being Program
USC WorkWell Center
Healthy Campus Advisory Committee
The USC Healthy Campus Advisory Committee consists of USC faculty, staff, and community partners who serve as a driving force in supporting health & well-being and collaborate to ensure culture change by:
- Providing leadership, guidance, priorities, communications, and action for the Healthy Campus strategy.
- Leading or participating in subcommittees to recommend, plan, and implement projects while continually reporting progress and accomplishments.
- Serving as a network hub and aligning and integrating health & well-being into campus practices and operations.
Wellness Ambassador Program
In alignment with USC’s Unifying Value of Well-being, Wellness Ambassadors play a vital role in supporting the promotion of health and well-being among USC faculty and staff. Wellness Ambassadors are faculty and staff volunteers that serve as USC’s key communicators of USC Healthy Campus, helping to direct employees to wellness programs, activities, and resources. Wellness Ambassadors also assist with driving local-level engagement and implementing strategies to create and sustain a campus culture that integrates health and well-being into all policies, practices, systems, and environments. Coming soon…
Healthy Campus Subcommittees
The Healthy Campus subcommittees are cross-functional teams consisting of faculty and staff who provide valuable support and expertise in developing and implementing actionable projects and recommendations to promote culture change.
Join a Subcommittee!
USC faculty and staff can volunteer for any of the following subcommittees at any time. Getting involved is a great way to earn service credit, advance your professional development, and engage in leadership roles.
Making USC a healthy place to work, learn, and live.
Contact Julie Chobdee, Associate Director, Health & Well-being Program, to get involved.
Donate
Support our campus community by giving towards projects that advance individual health and well-being while fostering a health-promoting campus culture.