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What does this priority area mean? 

• In order to integrate health and wellness into the core operations of the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ, it requires commitments at all levels of the institution, including our senior our leadership. Effective leadership in health promoting universities is defined as having a balanced approach of :
• Senior-leadership commitments, where leaders are able to articulate what being a health promotion university means and effectively advocating for this in their role (Newton, Dooris, & Wills, 2016; Dooris, Farrier, & Powell, 2018), and 
• Wide-ranging, meaningful engagement and participation across the whole university (Dooris, Farrier, & Powell, 2018). This means that everyone has a role to play in supporting wellness at UÀ¶Ý®ÊÓƵ. Future resources will be available that will increase the capacity of our university to engage in this work

Why is this important at UÀ¶Ý®ÊÓƵ? 

• 57% of employees feel that the University shows care and concern for its employees, Employee Engagement Survey 2019 
• 42% of graduating year UÀ¶Ý®ÊÓƵ students reported that the university emphasized support for overall wellbeing, National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) 2017