1. Mission
 a.   The Living Well Program is located on the second floor of Ehringhaus Residence Hall.  It exists to better the lives of its members through the emphasis it places on leading a healthy and balanced lifestyle.  Living Well does not seek to define for members what this lifestyle entails; rather, it seeks to help residents discover this themselves in an environment encouraging this pursuit.  Living Well aids in the personal development process by focusing on various aspects of wellness.  These aspects include nutritional, physical, academic, spiritual/cultural, social and service wellness.  By providing various programs pertaining to these six categories, Living Well assists residents in formulating healthy, balanced lifestyles suitable to their unique goals and values.  Residents are also encouraged to create their own programs that focus on aspects of wellness.  Residents must choose to participate in at least seven programs a semester—one from each aspect of wellness, plus one extra from any aspect—to remain in Living Well.  In the pursuit of better health, Living Well maintains a zero-tolerance policy concerning violations of its substance-free atmosphere.  Living Well typically eases the transition to college for first-year students, while simultaneously providing upperclassmen with experiences conducive to success in college and beyond.
 b.  Living Well offers on average 2 programs a week.  We have equal numbers of programs in each of the six categories, so it is easy for the residents to fulfill their required quota of credits.  We enforce a zero-tolerance policy regarding substances to ensure a substance-free atmosphere.  This means that if a resident is caught using or possessing alcohol, tobacco or any illegal substance on the floor, they are immediately removed.  Freshmen report that the sense of community they experience on the floor helps them acclimate to college life.  Upperclassmen appreciate the career services programs we offer.  This helps them get internships and prepare for life after college.  Living Well encourages recycling, giving blood and plasma and other community-supporting actions.  We also plan many events with other campus organizations so that we expose our residents to other cultures and lifestyles.
 c.  The biggest marker of how much our residents relate to the Living Well program is that we had a 50% retention rate last year.  Half of our residents chose to live on South Campus another year simply for this program.  Ehringhaus Residence Hall also relates to our mission.  The suite system encourages bonding of small groups of eight people.  This encourages the community feeling of the floor.  Last year one suite, the MTS suite, even printed t-shirts reading “MTS” and sold them to the floor!  People also like to hang out on the balcony where they talk, do homework and even sleep.  The volleyball pit provides physical stimulation and another meeting place.  The kitchen is well furnished, having its own pots and pans, so that the residents can practice good nutrition.  The kitchen also serves as a gathering place for programs and birthday parties as well as a place to do homework when it is too cold on the balcony.

2. Goals and Objectives
 a. Living Well’s goals and objectives are clearly stated in our mission statement, the answer to question 1a.
 b. To accomplish our goals, we provide many opportunities for programs in each of the different aspects of wellness.  We maintain a zero-tolerance substance-free atmosphere.  In addition, we plan many programs with other campus groups to broaden both our program offerings and our personal experiences.  We try to create a close community on the floor that helps in the transition for first-year students, while also providing opportunities for residents to plan for their future in various programs.
 c. The Living Well Coordinators meet once a week for an hour to discuss program ideas and scheduling, problems on the floor, budgeting etc.  In addition, the coordinators meet with the Advisory Board once every other month.  The Advisory Board consists of University teachers or employees who can help with one or more aspects of wellness, or who work with housing.  Most of the work done by the coordinators occurs on their own time.  The application process for future coordinators begins in April with a paper application and then an interview.  New coordinators should be informed of their new positions before the end of the spring semester to plan how early they will return in the fall.
 d. “Living Well is funded by appropriation given by the department of housing and residential education.”  This is currently all we know about our funding.  We would really like to understand where the money comes from, but we have not been able to find out whom to talk to for this information.  We have money in a SAFO account, from which we cut checks.  Most of our spending takes place with the use of a P-card held by Kristy Kent.  She goes to the grocery store with this card and charges our account.  She is also responsible for paying for the other programs that cost money.  Our understanding of this system is rudimentary, at best, and again, we have tried to find out how the process works.

3. Academic Initiatives
 a. Our main interactions with faculty occur within the context of the Advisory Board.  We also interact with faculty whom we ask to talk in programs for different aspects of wellness.
 b. We are not associated with a department.
 c. We do not have any academic component.
 d. We do not have any other interactions.

4. Individual Residents
 a. We currently have 52 residents in our program.
 b. Currently anyone who wants to get into the program can.  One simply fills out an online application and is accepted.  A large number of people are placed into the program due to a lack of housing availability.  We are dissatisfied with this process and would like more communication with future residents before they actually move in, as well as more involvement with the application process.
 c. The residents must complete a total of seven credits.  They must attend one program in each of the six different aspects of wellness plus one extra in any category they choose.  They must also remain substance-free while on the floor and are responsible for seeing that their guests do the same.
 d. Since there are so many programs offered, below is a list of our most popular programs for each aspect of wellness:
  Nutritional—Boston Market dinner discussion, sports nutrition, ask a nutritionist
  Physical—Laser Tag, Camping, Flag football, volleyball, basketball, swimming
  Academic—Career Services, SURGE discussion, Chancellor visit, Art museum visit
  Spiritual/Cultural—CHISPA salsa dance, religious discussion, MSA discussion
  Social—Pizza parties, spaghetti dinner, Ropes course, other food parties
  Service—Blood and plasma drives, kitchen recycling, give candy to trick or treaters
 e. When the residents complete the requirements they are allowed to stay on the floor the next semester or year.  This year we are giving Living Well T-shirts to residents after they complete the required credits.
 f. When the residents do not complete the requirements, we would like to remove them from the floor.  This is because we offer so many credit opportunities that it is easy to complete the required credits.  However, in practice we are not allowed to remove residents because of housing shortages.  We dislike this policy strongly, and would like to make resident relocation mandatory if he or she does not complete the required programs.
 g. Currently about 40 residents have completed the requirements.

5. Activities
 a.
Program date, Title, Number in attendance
9/7 MTV Music Awards 23
9/9 Swimming 4
9/10 Scavenger Hunt 20
9/14 Spaghetti Dinner 27
9/16 FYI Semi-Formal 3
9/21 SURGE 6
9/26 BSM 17
9/30 Laser Tag 27
10/10 MSA 14
10/17 Web Space 6
10/19 Boston Market Social 22
10/22 Paint the Earth 13
10/25 Trick or Treat 16
10/26 Halloween Cards 12
11/2 Blood Donation Info 13
11/7 Career Center 11
11/8 Fitness Info 2
11/13 Blood Drive 4
11/14 CHISPA Salsa dance 23
11/15 Habitat for Humanity 9
11/17 Estes Kids 1
11/28 Sports Nutrition 15
11/29 Pizza Party 16
N/A Take out kitchen recycling 30
N/A Donate Blood 8
N/A Volleyball team 20

 b. Dec. 2 @ 9:00 AM—Ropes course (physical and social)
     Dec. 4 @ 8:00—Hillel (spiritual)
     Dec. 6 @ 7:00—How to make a personal fitness schedule (academic)
     Dec. 7 @ 8:00—Spiritual discussion (spiritual)
     Dec. 8 @ noon—Jingle Bell jog (physical)
     Dec. 9 @ 10:00 AM—Exam break breakfast (nutritional)
     Dec. 9 @ 12:30—Candy Gram help (service)
     Dec. 9—last day for credits

6. Educational Benefits
 a. Residents on our floor enjoy interactions with other campus organizations as well as with professors and other University employees.  Through the different programs, they are introduced to a wide range of healthy lifestyles and are given varied perspectives on life.  They also get to know others who share similar interests.  Residents learn from these relationships and therefore expand their minds.
 b. We measure learning with a ruler!  Just kidding!  There are no tests involved with Living Well, and we do not give any academic credit for living on this floor.  However, we do keep attendance records, and the more programs one goes to, the more one learns.
 c. Any UNC student can attend most of the Living Well programs.  The only exceptions are those such as Laser Tag, Camping, and others that require reservations and involve only a limited number of people.  In these cases, we give first priority to Living Well residents.

7. Proposed Changes
 a. The main change we have made this year is to change the spiritual aspect of Living Well to spiritual/cultural.  We decided to do this because we had many programs with cultural organizations and had problems deciding which classification they fell under.  We also created committees this year.  Residents participate in the kitchen, newsletter, and website committees.  The coordinators have tried to offer a greater diversity of programs this year, as well as offering an equal number in each category.
  In the future, we would like to be able to actually remove those residents who do not complete the requirements.  We would also like to try to view the applications, even if the residents would be accepted no matter what they wrote.  In addition, we would email all residents prior to the beginning of the fall semester to inform them about what Living Well is and what is expected of them while they live on this floor.  We would like to have a link to our home page from the main housing page.  Housing has not yet responded to us on this request.

8. General Information
 a. The head coordinator is in charge of overseeing the Living Well Program.  He or she is responsible for making sure the correct number of programs and a balance of categories is being offered.  He or she must also prepare an agenda for the coordinator meetings and take reliable notes.  This person makes sure the other coordinators are planning their programs or doing their duties and also talks with other organizations.  The program coordinator(s) plan most of the programs, especially those in the academic, spiritual/cultural, nutritional and social categories.  The outreach coordinator plans the service programs and also is in charge of the listserv and the website.  The communications coordinator makes flyers for each program and keeps records of attendance for each program and person.  The recreation coordinator plans the physical programs, including the volleyball and basketball teams, Laser Tag, camping, swimming and so forth.  The RHA liaison plans events in conjunction with Living Well.  The AAD helps with budgeting and logistics and the RA provides floor support and plans programs as well.
 b. Veronica Franco—Head Coordinator
 Brad Morris—Program Coordinator
 Kate Tucker—Program Coordinator
 Jen Swierz—Outreach Coordinator
 Melissa Armbrester—Communications Coordinator
 LaMont Council—Recreation Coordinator
 Jemima Boncales—RHA liaison
 Lorna Biscocho—Floor RA
 Kristy Kent—AAD for Ehringhaus
 c. Our advisory board consists of Ross Bryan, AD for Ehringhaus, Dr. Laurie Maffly-Kipp, a religious studies professor, Tausha Robertson, coordinator of fitness and nutrition for CHSB, and David Jones, AD of Housing and Residential Education.
 d. To promote our floor to other UNC students, we use our webpage (or would if we could get housing to add a link for us).  We also have a page in the yearbook which many students read.  Living Well advertises its programs through the use of flyers on the floor and in the building.
 e. Jen Swierz controls our email account.  She and Kate Tucker are in charge of the webpage committee.
 f. Our theme house has been on the second floor of Ehringhaus since 1991.
 g. Our biggest success is getting those who did not sign up for the floor to enjoy it and stay on the floor next semester.  We are also very proud of our 50% retention rate from last year!
 h. Our biggest challenge is definitely the large number of people who did not want to be on Living Well, but were placed here.  We also struggle with unequal promotion and representation of our program.  We cannot get a link from housing to our webpage.  Also, those who answer the phone and take questions about Living Well are very misinformed.  They told numerous people this year that Living Well was “like substance-free but not really”.  Also, FYI sends lots of information to freshman, whereas we were told this was not allowed any more.  Our greatest on-the-floor problem is kitchen usage.  The kitchen becomes very dirty and many people do not clean up after themselves.  This is why we created the kitchen committee.  We also have problems with other organizations using our kitchen without reserving it, not allowing our residents to use the kitchen, and not cleaning up after themselves.