Tying it all Together: How the Past Informs the Present, and How We Forge a Path for the Future as Health Promoting Campuses
Oct. 14 - 16, 2024
Albany, N.Y.
The University at Albany is proud to host the third U.S. Health Promoting Campuses Network Summit, a conference organized by the U.S. Health Promoting Campuses Network and the University at Albany to convene designated Health Promoting Universities (HPU) and those interested in advancing well-being within higher education. The multi-day, in-person event highlights innovative approaches, strategies and practices that support a whole-system approach to promoting well-being for students, faculty and staff at higher education institutions. Designed to provide participants with a better understanding of the key aspirations of the Okanagan Charter featuring tools and information that will allow them to implement opportunities to move their campus toward a focus on the health of a person, place and planet.
Titled “Tying it all Together: How the Past Informs the Present, and How We Forge a Path for the Future as Health Promoting Campuses,” UAlbany President Havidán Rodríguez will introduce a Presidents panel on Oct. 14, with Brock Tessman, president of Northern Michigan University, Matthew Shaftel, president of Russell Sage College and Javier Reyes, chancellor of University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Highlights also include:
keynote speakers Kiyaana Cox Jones from the International Institute of Restorative Practices and Dr. R. Kelly Crace from William & Mary
sessions on how to adopt the charter
guidance on assessing and evaluating impact
information about policies, systems, and structures to support healthy campuses
programs on building a sustainable environment
case studies of successful institutional adoptions of the Okanagan Charter
Visit the USHPCN Summit website for more information or to register.