Campus Life
UCSF Fresno Expands Services to Promote Wellness and Campus Engagement By Barbara Anderson, UCSF Fresno Communications, barbara.anderson@ucsf.edu The UCSF Fresno Wellness and Community program expanded services in 2022–2023 to help support a more balanced approach to wellness for our regional campus community and added events to foster social wellbeing and engagement. The goal of the Wellness and Community program is to promote the eight elements of wellness: emotional, social, financial, career, environmental, intellectual and spiritual wellness for all staff, learners, faculty and visitors on our campus. 40
In 2022–2023, with the hybrid return to work (on-site and telecommuting work schedules for staff in departments that can accommodate remote work) there were initiatives and activities implemented to promote engagement and a sense of cohesion on campus. This included creation of Anchor Days, where staff, learners and faculty are brought together on-site once a month. “The previous year, we barely started back from COVID-19 restrictions, so we wanted to create something for cohesiveness and promote
everybody coming together,” said Pha Mouavangsou, Campus Life manager at UCSF Fresno. “We wanted everyone to have an opportunity to see faces that you interact with every day on email or over Zoom.” Anchor Days began in December 2022 with an appreciation luncheon and distribution of polo-style shirts. Another Anchor Day was a UCSF Fresno “swag” day for people to wear their swag on campus and share their campus spirit on social media.
