Strengthening
Well-Being, Together
The Well-Being Collective is a grassroots network of changemakers connecting people, ideas, and initiatives across UConn.
The Health Promoting University Movement is an institutional commitment to embedding well-being in all aspects of university life.
Together, they co-lead wellbeing.uconn.edu, connecting grassroots energy with institutional action to align and amplify the many people and initiatives working to create the conditions for everyone to thrive.
This website is ours.
Ours to identify what matters most right now, and to build a well-being home that serves us all. You belong here.
Ecosystem of Well-Being
These are the interconnected areas that shape well-being at UConn.
Have a person, program, grant, or idea that contributes to one or more of these areas? Share it with us.
This form helps us connect the people and work shaping well-being across UConn.
Our Roots
The Well-Being Home is a shared, university-wide space.
Initially created through dialogue and partnership among the Well-Being Collective, Health Promoting University Movement, Institutional Insights & Innovation (i3), and University Communications. Together, these partners bring grassroots relationships, institutional commitment, human-centered design, digital innovation, and university-wide storytelling under one roof.
This website is for you
Use this website with openness and generosity: adapt what resonates, challenge what doesn’t, add what is missing, and bring your community’s wisdom into the work. Here is your key, an invitation for you to help shape this resource and make the well-being house a home.
“Well-being is a political choice. It is the outcome of the policies, institutions, economies and ecosystems in which people live. It requires a whole-of society approach involving action across all levels, stakeholders and sectors, from communities and within organizations to regional and national government.”
-World Health Organization Geneva Charter, 2022
Well-being is the outcome of efforts to improve health on all of our campuses. Departments, teams, programs, and individuals engage in essential work that this website strives to recognize, celebrate, and connect.