SWELL and
UnitedHealthcare
Partners in Wellness for St. John’s
OUR MISSION:
To Become One of the Healthiest Campuses in America
St. John’s University’s Department of Student Wellness (SWELL)
has created a strategic alliance with UnitedHealthcare on a series
of wellness initiatives to improve the health and well-being of St.
John’s students with the goal of becoming one of the “healthiest
college campuses in America.”
“College is a critical time for students to learn how to take care
of themselves, but it is often difficult to find time for good
self-care,” said Dr. Kathryn Hutchinson, Vice President for Student
Affairs. “Helping students attain a healthy weight and reduce
stress by encouraging them to exercise and eat nutritiously are
among our highest wellness priorities. Working with
UnitedHealthcare, we can help support students’ health goals and
provide them the information they need to make healthy decisions.
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St. John’s SWELL staff and student volunteers will launch a
“Healthy Student” initiative, host general health education events
(including wellness fairs and “healthy-eating days”), develop a
year-long social media wellness campaign and create stress
reduction activities and materials, which include the launch of the
Stressbusters mobile app offering tools, tips and exercises in
addition to other programs supported by UnitedHealthcare.
“UnitedHealthcare welcomes the opportunity to work with
organizations like St. John’s that share our commitment to helping
people live healthier lives,” said Jeff Alter, CEO,
UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual, and a St. John’s
alumnus. “We need to provide young people the tools and
support they need to establish healthy habits that will stay with
them long after graduation.”
More About SWELL
SWELL is charged with offering services and creating programming to
assist students at St. John’s University in making healthy choices.
The Department strives to create a University environment that
supports students in a holistic fashion addressing the many facets
of wellness. Numerous signature events are held throughout
the year as well as ongoing programming featuring teams of
specially-trained students who help to educate their classmates
about topics that are relevant to their needs while at
university. Wellness Peer Educators and Stressbusters hold
events and are dispatched all over campus to deliver wellness
education in a fun, relaxed and well-received way. Over the
past six years, St. John’s has created and systematically
integrated many of the best wellness practices seen on college
campuses across the country. There is a commitment to offer
St John’s students every opportunity to live and learn in a safe
and healthy environment and create lifestyle habits that will serve
them well beyond graduation.
More About UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare is dedicated to helping people nationwide live
healthier lives by simplifying the health care experience, meeting
consumer health and wellness needs, and sustaining trusted
relationships with care providers. The company offers the full
spectrum of health benefit programs for individuals, employers and
Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries, and contracts directly with
more than 650,000 physicians and care professionals and 5,000
hospitals nationwide. UnitedHealthcare serves more than 38 million
people and is one of the businesses of UnitedHealth Group (NYSE:
UNH), a diversified Fortune 50 health and well-being company.