Well-Being for All

Flagship Fund Fuels Innovation for Campus

Kayli Julius knows what it takes to help students build the life management skills they need for college and career success. The board-certified health and wellness coach has worked at Curry Health Center since 2009. In 2021, she developed a new program that embeds student well-being support coordinators across campus.

Students pet a dog during UM's Stress Less Days.
Well-being support coordinators encourage students to take advantage of campus resources available to help support mental health, like UM's Stress Less Days at the University Center.

“We help students build skills and provide prevention support,” she said. “We focus on time and stress management, healthy eating and sleeping habits, organization, relationships.”

The program recently grew thanks to an award from the Flagship Fund, a donor-funded initiative launched in 2022 to invest in ideas from the campus community that translate UM’s vision into action. The support allowed Julius to more than double the number of students served by the embedded well-being support coordinators.

“My time at UM has been spent supporting students individually, and I know it works,” she said. “By scaling this program and helping students, we can change their lives – forever.” 

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