{"600401":{"#nid":"600401","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Well-Being Activator Application Deadline Extended!","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Office of Health \u0026amp; Well-Being (HWB) is recruiting students, faculty, and staff to become Well-Being Activators for the spring 2018 semester!\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWell-Being Activators are ambassadors and champions whose mission is to enhance a culture of health, wellbeing, and caring at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp;They\u0026nbsp;serve as well-being role models within their respective group or department, inspiring others to flourish physically, emotionally, spiritually, professionally, socially, and personally.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHWB hopes to have one activator representing every community group on campus from student organization to residence hall to faculty or staff department.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Well-Being Activators play a key role in moving the well-being needle on our campus,\u0026rdquo; says HWB Executive Director Suzy Harrington. \u0026ldquo;The Activators help infuse health, well-being, and caring into everyday life at Tech from making healthy options for food and drinks available at meetings to encouraging participation in events on campus related to health and well-being.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWell-Being Activators commit one hour per week to implement programming or promoting health, well-being, and caring in addition to a meeting every month. They are also charged with communicating health and well-being messaging to their respective group or department and encouraging participation in programs and events on campus.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Activators are the \u0026lsquo;first to know\u0026rsquo; about the latest health and well-being happenings on campus,\u0026rdquo; said Health Initiatives\u0026rsquo; Health Educator Jocelyn Resnick. \u0026ldquo;Those who are selected will gain a variety of skills related to leadership, well-being, and fostering healthy behavior change that are not only relevant to their everyday lives and transferable into their future professional goals.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EApplications to become a Well-Being Activator in spring 2018 are currently available and due on January 22nd. Those who are selected will be required to attend a training on January 26\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information and to apply, go to \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/healthinitiatives.gatech.edu\/WBA\u0022\u003Ehealthinitiatives.gatech.edu\/WBA\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Well-Being Activators play a key role in moving the well-being needle on our campus."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Office of Health \u0026amp; Well-Being (HWB) is recruiting students, faculty, and staff to become Well-Being Activators for the spring 2018 semester! The application deadline has been extended to Monday, January 22nd due to the campus closures over the past week.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Office of Health \u0026 Well-Being (HWB) is recruiting students, faculty, and staff to become Well-Being Activators for the spring 2018 semester!"}],"uid":"34604","created_gmt":"2018-01-04 18:22:42","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 17:09:36","author":"Jessica Kolis","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-01-19T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-01-19T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"600140":{"id":"600140","type":"image","title":"Well-Being Advocates","body":null,"created":"1513719015","gmt_created":"2017-12-19 21:30:15","changed":"1513719015","gmt_changed":"2017-12-19 21:30:15","alt":"well-being activators","file":{"fid":"228787","name":"ask_me_about-06.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ask_me_about-06.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/ask_me_about-06.png","mime":"image\/png","size":56921,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/ask_me_about-06.png?itok=xtZTNGN9"}}},"media_ids":["600140"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/healthinitiatives.gatech.edu\/well-being-activators","title":"Well-Being Activators"}],"groups":[{"id":"428961","name":"Health and Well-Being"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJocelyn Resnick\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jocelyn.resnick@health.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}