Our research cluster is partnering Georgetown University through the Engelhard Project which represents an innovative approach to integrating student wellbeing issues into academic contexts. The Engelhard Project for Connecting Life and Learning builds on the principles of whole-person education by supporting faculty and campus resource professionals as partners in incorporating health and wellbeing issues into the classroom. This curricular approach enhances academic learning, encourages students to reflect on their attitudes and behaviours, and fosters faculty, staff, and student connections both in and out of the classroom that support students’ engagement in their learning. In addition we are working with The Red House which seeks to shape a new learning paradigm that expands high-impact practices at Georgetown University, confronts systemic injustice, improves wellbeing and healing, while controlling the rising costs of a transformative education.
