Healthy UND 2020 Second Steering Committee Meeting Minutes
River Valley Room Memorial Union
Monday, October 19, 2009
10:30am – 12:00pm
I. Call to Order – Jane called the meeting to order at 10:34am.
II. Approval of Minutes – The minutes from the 9/21/2009 meeting were approved as revised without objection.
III. Questions from Previous Meeting/General Comment –
A. Sandi stated that it is Alcohol Awareness week this week. She encouraged the group to take a sober challenge the upcoming weekend.
B. Wilbur commented that Orlynn provided an update to the University Senate regarding healthy dining options
on campus. He thought the information may be interesting to the Healthy UND 2020 steering committee. Discussion was held on having Mike send the link for Orlynn’s document to the Healthy UND 2020 steering committee through email and also post a link on the Healthy UND 2020 website.
C. Laurie read an email from Marcia Kelley who was unable to attend.
D. Mike shared the updated Healthy UND 2020 link on the Healthy UND website at www.healthy.und.edu
E. Danielle Refsland suggested adding a link to “Healthy Mondays.” Mandy Dockendorf further explained that Healthy Mondays will use fun ways to get messages across, targeting physical activity, stress, alcohol, nutrition. It will target freshmen this spring.
F. Jane Croeker described the Healthy UND Coalition, which works on what is happening now, whereas this
group (2020) is looking at the future.
IV. Visioning a Healthy UND 2020 – Mike led a small group exercise to create a large group vision. The steering committee broke into four small groups. Each individual had five minutes to collect his/her own thoughts. Then each small group had 10 minutes to draw a collective vision. Finally, each small group had three minutes to present to the steering committee as a whole. *Please see attachments A, B, & C for further details.
V. Revisit Charge – Mike pointed out a large foam-backed poster which details the steering committee’s charge and membership expectations. It will be posted at every Health UND 2020 steering committee meeting to help members focus on their purpose and responsibilities. Mike also pointed out that the membership charge is displayed at the bottom of every agenda as well.
VI. Ecological Framework – Jane led a small group exercise to help the Healthy UND 2020 steering committee understand the ecological framework and start to become familiar with how it can be used when talking about wellness issues. She explained the purpose of thinking in the ecological model. That is what we will try to do throughout the work of this committee. We want to encourage broad thinking at all levels. She stressed that the examples given to the group for this exercise were not intended to guide their eventual decisions on priority issues, but just to serve this demonstration.
A. Jane described the strategy and approach for using the ecological framework by using a Tobacco Example:
1. Individual level– Barriers to quitting
2. Relationships level – Family environment, norms, people look at me funny,
friends use it
3. Organizational level – Services available, ask if students use tobacco
4. Community level – Policies smoking in bars, not in work places
5. Environmental level – Policies/norms
B. The steering committee broke into four small groups. Each small group was assigned a group topic at random such as alcohol, preventable injury/safety, stress, and physical exercise. A worksheet was passed out to the small group. Each small group then had 10 minutes to fill out worksheet together. Finally each small group presented its results to the steering committee. *Please see attachment D for further details.
VII. Next Steps – Jane commented on what the committee can expect for the next two meetings. The third meeting will be held Monday, November 16 in the Badlands room of the Union. Pat Campbell will present NCHA information, Sandi Luck will present Core information, and Amanda Bentow will present Wellness Survey information.
The fourth meeting will be held Monday, December 14 in the River Valley Room of the Union. Laurie Betting will present Institutional Research, and Susan Splichal will present Opinion Surveys/Focus Groups information.
After the committee listens to the presentations and all questions are answered, it will then be prepared to move forward. The committee will venture into 2010 armed with the proper framework and student data so that the prioritization process may start next January.
VIII. Adjourn Meeting – 12:00pm
22 Present - Fawn Behrens-Smith, Vincent Bulus, Dennis Caine, Jessica Doty, Kathy Fick, Lucy Heintz, Clint Hosford, Joan Jorde, Sandi Luck, Vicki Morrissette, Shari Nelson, Orlynn Rosaasen, Karina Stander, Wilbur Stolt, Pauline Stonehouse, Jane Croeker, Laurie Betting, Danielle Refsland, Mandy Dockendorf, Mike Little, Sam Lohstreter, Sean Crawford, & Nikki Seabloom
3 Excused Absences – Cara Halgren, Doris Wang, & Marcia Kelley
0 Unexcused Absences
Minutes respectfully submitted by Michael J. Little on October 29, 2009