What if institutions centered student wellbeing as a core part of their institutional mission? What if the term “wellbeing” was thought through in detail and clearly defined in official college policy documents? What if it formed the backbone of all student services?

In this case study, we explore how the Metropolitan State University of Denver is working to answer these and other questions as they implement the college’s first ever Student Well-being Strategic Plan. Over the last two years, leaders have been working to align all student services with a wellness framework and plan to market student wellness as their core student engagement strategy. Leaders are also working to institutionalize their efforts by retooling data systems to better understand student wellness and by hiring their first ever Assistant Vice President of Health & Well-being.

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A Primer for the Student Engagement Strategy – This linked primer by MSU Denver features the university’s strategy for developing student engagement. These cross-institutional efforts have been in progress since 2022 and include the efforts of the student wellness working group, the Student Affairs Strategic Plan, and the Student Success Launch and other individual contributors. This proposed strategy is a synthesis of the work of these three entities over time.

The linked information is intended to build a base-level foundation for understanding and to provide a broader community of professionals and students at MSU Denver the opportunity to contribute to the design of the final strategy and its associated interventions. Learn more in the linked pdf above.