Health Promoting Campus

WPI’s adoption of the Okanagan Charter reflects the university’s values and its commitment to prioritizing the health and well-being of our entire campus community, while also benefiting society at large. We recognize an essential interdependence between people, place, and planet in elevating community health and well-being for those occupying our campus and its environs, both now and into the future.  

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Current examples of the People, Place, and Planet categories within the charter are listed below. 

People: Growing and supporting an engaged and compassionate community  
  • Enriching various levels of peer support within our community  
  • Supporting the growth and development of all members of the community  
  • Recognizing and embracing important differences among those who live, learn, and work at WPI  

Place: Developing and enhancing spaces which promote health and well-being  
  • An established Center for Well-Being as a gathering place to renew and restore  
  • Multiple affinity spaces where students with various identities can gather  
  • LEED-certified buildings in all new construction  

Planet: Actively engaging with partners on campus and worldwide to nurture well-being  
  • Commitment to sustainability positioning WPI as a “sustainability living and learning laboratory” 
  • Regional and global health initiatives through student project-based learning  
  •  Connecting and contributing nationally around evidence-based well-being initiatives  

 

WPI recognizes the people of the Nipmuc Tribe as the traditional custodians of the land on which we work, live, and learn. We honor their elders, past, present, and emerging. WPI strongly advocates for our community to honor the land, the original tribal occupants, and the history of where we are located.