Frederick Community College Facilities Master Plan Chapter 1 Overview of the College 1-8 May, 2023 and communi�es both now and in the future. The sheer volume of people who live, work and visit academic ins�tu�ons can allow for a greater collec�ve impact, with work done collabora�vely in transdisciplinary and cross-sector ways. Higher educa�on ins�tu�ons can incorporate health promo�on values and principles into their mission, vision and strategic plans, and model and test approaches for the wider community and society. According to Gallup (Marken & Matson, 2019), faculty and staff who are emo�onally and psychologically engaged are more commited to their work and produce beter student outcomes than less-engaged peers. Based on their research, only 34% of faculty and staff within higher educa�on are engaged at work, which is lower than those in industry se�ngs. Challenges include over ambi�ousness and has�ness in taking on too many ini�a�ves at one �me, poor project planning, or taking on projects that do not fit the needs and culture of the ins�tu�on. Top-down leadership can also lead faculty and staff to feel that their input and exper�se are not valued. Higher educa�on needs to con�nue to make the case for crea�ng a culture of wellness that will benefit all of society, star�ng locally on our college campuses, to improve popula�on health and decrease fiscal strain on our healthcare system.”27 Frederick Community College embraces a holistic definition of wellness for its students, faculty, staff, administrators, and community. This embodies the following dimensions: emotional, spiritual, intellectual, physical, social, environmental, financial, and occupational.28 Living a balanced life encompasses all of these dimensions and each 27 Amaya, M., Donegan, T., Conner, D., Edwards, J., & Gipson, C. (2019). Crea�ng a Culture of Wellness: A Call to Ac�on for Higher Educa�on, Igni�ng Change in Academic Ins�tu�ons. Building Healthy Academic may impact the other. Accordingly, daily encounters formally or informally impact success whether you are a student, faculty, staff, administrator or the external community encountering FCC. Accordingly, FCC is seeking to incorporate wellness throughout campus operations. These efforts are foundational to the FCC Board of Trustees (BOT) and the Presidential Search Committee’s selection of Dr. Cheek as its transformational leader. Dr. Cheek is charged with: a. Fostering a vibrant and empowered community by evoking trust and welcome collaboration; b. Engaging the knowledge and experiences of the administration, staff, and faculty in accountable decision-making; c. Building upon the college’s proven track record of academic success; and d. Modeling an authentic commitment to enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion and infusing those values throughout academic programs, student life, and college operations. Athletics, Fitness, Recreation “The benefits of physical activity have been extolled throughout western history, but it was not until the second half of the [20th century] that scientific evidence supporting these beliefs began to accumulate. By the 1970s, enough information was available about the beneficial effects of vigorous exercise on cardio respiratory fitness that the American College of Sports Medicine Communi�es Journal, 3 (2) htps://doi.org/10.18061/bhac.v3i2.7117 28 Swarbrick, M. (2006). A Wellness Approach. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 29(4), 311-314.
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