Texas Well-being Faculty Ambassadors

About the Texas Well-being Faculty Ambassadors pilot program

Texas Well-being is launching a pilot program in which faculty will collaborate as leaders of well-being efforts across The University of Texas at Austin. To participate, a faculty member will submit a proposal with their ideas for leading well-being efforts in their department and/or college. If their proposal is selected, they will receive a stipend to put these ideas into action over the next year and a half.

Goals of the Texas Well-being Faculty Ambassadors pilot program

  • Extend the impact of Texas Well-being by recruiting and collaborating with faculty to lead well-being efforts in their specific college and/or department.
  • Create a more coordinated system of faculty who explicitly support student well-being across the University.
  • Develop faculty well-being leaders who can support their fellow faculty, staff, and administrators in creating well-being programs that have direct impacts on student well-being both inside and outside classrooms.

Examples of Texas Well-being Ambassadors’ Activities

  • Develop and deliver workshops to fellow faculty
  • Form and lead a committee of faculty and staff to develop activities for supporting student well-being both inside and outside classrooms
  • Conduct observations with feedback specifically focused on well-being strategies and methods within classrooms
  • Develop and deliver workshops about supporting student well-being in the classroom to graduate students
  • Identify a specific set of well-being strategies to create workshops, resources, etc. for implementation department- or college-wide
  • Create a Canvas course, website, etc. for the college/department that provides ideas and resources for supporting student well-being in different learning environments
  • Develop resources to support specific well-being needs of students in their college/department
  • Organize well-being events for faculty, staff, and/or students to participate in

Funding

Faculty members selected for the Texas Well-being Ambassadors program will receive a stipend and programming funding.