Temple College will create a brand new Well being and Effectively-being Division and dedicate $1 million to psychological well being and wellness, wrote Provost Gregory Mandel in an electronic mail to the Temple group Monday.
These funds will probably be used for hiring further counselors, supporting and retaining present counselors and aiding the expansion of psychological well being companies.
The brand new methods are based mostly on suggestions from the college’s Job Pressure on Psychological Well being and Wellness. The duty pressure, established by President Jason Wingard final February, is made up of scholars, school and workers. They made suggestions in three areas together with tradition and local weather, companies and assist and administration.
The college will set up a Well being and Effectively-being Division, which is able to mix Pupil and Worker Well being Companies, Tuttleman Counseling Companies and the Wellness Useful resource Middle below one organizational construction, Mandel wrote.
Mark Denys, senior director of well being companies, will lead the brand new division in a brand new position of affiliate vice provost for well being and well-being.
Moreover, Temple can even develop a devoted location for counseling on the Well being Sciences Campus, and the Wellness Useful resource Middle will increase its companies to workers, Mandel wrote.
Mandel reminded the Temple group of latest enhancements to the college’s well being and well-being technique, together with preliminary counseling session appointments inside two days of a pupil’s request, and extra versatile hours and appointment choices for college students.
“With these suggestions at high of thoughts, we’re transferring ahead with adjustments and methods that can incorporate a tradition of wellness into the material of our group,” Mandel added.
