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Programming can provide students with an avenue for stimulating their development socially, intellectually, physically, culturally, and spiritually.  It encourages an environment conducive to studying, learning, and becoming more aware of oneself and those around us.  The programs that the Resident Assitants (RAs) at Thiel College plan and implement are focused on achieving these goals and building a strong, healthy community within the residence halls in which the students are living.  The model that the RAs use to design their programs is called the Wellness Wheel.

The Wellness Wheel is used in this context to describe a particular process through which the student becomes aware of and learns to make choices to develop a healthy lifestyle.  It involves viewing the student as a whole person which includes mind, body and soul.

The foundation of our definition of wellness lies within the development of a student's self-responsibility.  Our goal in the Residence Life Department is to introduce opportunities for each student to become an active, responsible participant in his/her own health and well being.  Our strategic objectives for wellness encompass the development of programming within the following dimensions: