The mission of the Office of Residence Life was derived from the Wellness Model and the Student Involvement Theory. The Wellness Model is a student development theory that supports the growth of the whole individual during the college experience. The model promotes the social, physical, intellectual, cultural, emotional and spiritual learning of the student. Social wellness means much more than having personal interaction with other individuals.
Social wellness involves the students interactions with society as a whole.
It asks students to examine the world in which they live and to act in order to make it a better environment for themselves. More completely, social wellness deals with understanding the social interconnections of the world society and acting in a manner that optimizes a wellness lifestyle. Physical wellness is, perhaps, what most people think of when they think of wellness. This may be due to the fact that deficiencies in the physical area of wellness are most easily recognized. The physical dimension incorporates nutrition, physical fitness and physical competence.