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Dear Center Friends-
I think by now, all of us can agree that we have tested and stretched beyond our wildest imaginations over the last several months with multiple pandemics -- health, social, economic – happening simultaneously. It’s also a time when our world needs more social visionaries to help us move beyond these seemingly intractable challenges. I like to think of social visionaries as passionate, compassionate, and innovative individuals committed to making a positive difference so that everyone can thrive. Committed to long-term impact and change, social visionaries generate solutions to problems that prioritize the human condition and the well-being of everyone.
Social visionaries exist throughout communities and organizations, in all sectors of our society. Kathleen deLaski and the Education Design Lab are examples of social visionaries who are re-imaging education in the most creative ways toward the future of work. Our center’s Senior Scholar Dr. Wendi Manuel-Scott and her team of student researchers created The Enslaved Children of George Mason project that demonstrates the power of historical narratives of unheard voices to the traditional narrative of ones like George Mason. As a way to increase the number of young women of color in tech fields, Black Girls Code empowers girls ages 7-17 to become innovators in STEM fields. CWB Senior Scholar Dr. Gail Christopher recently launched the HOPE Initiative (Health Opportunity and Equity), advocating for the best possible health and well-being for everyone. These are examples of how social visionaries create conditions where all of us can thrive together.
In this newsletter, you’ll see another example of how we’re casting the net wider through our newly designed digital Resilience Badge that’s easily accessible to all students. In the near future, our badge will be available to all universities and colleges. I’m grateful for the many social visionaries working to uplift well-being at Mason and beyond.
With gratitude,
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Nance Lucas, Ph.D.
Executive Director & Chief Well-Being Officer
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Mason's Resilience Badge is Now Fully Online |
More students will have the opportunity to learn vital 21st century resilience skills now that Mason’s Resilience Badge program has moved fully online:
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Thriving Together Well-Being Weekly Articles
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Every week, we post well-being practices and resources around a different theme. These Thriving Together articles can help you keep growing in your well-being journey:
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Resilience, one tenet of Mason’s definition of well-being, is the capacity for successful adaptation in the face of challenge, stress, and adversity. You can use these resources to become more resilient:
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New Group of Students Selected for Elenas's Scholarships for Student Well-Being
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Six Mason students are recipients of Elena's Scholarships for Student Well-Being during this 2020-2021 academic year:
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Learn how to apply well-being science to your leadership for success in these challenging times. Join us for our Leading to Well-Being programs, which are now 100% virtual.
Learn how to deal successfully with polarities (interdependent forces that create tension in complex situations) in our Polarity Thinking certification program. This certification helps you see how "both/and” Polarity Thinking helps create leverage for the complex and critical challenges that all leaders, teams, and organizational systems face. We are offering two sections of Polarity Thinking, both of which begin this October.
Become a certified leadership coach through our Leadership Coaching for Organizational Well-Being certification program. You can lead your team and organization to achieve vital goals, using the well-being leadership skills you'll develop with us. We are accepting applications for cohorts in 2021.
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The Leading to Well-Being conference will take place from Thursday, November 11 to Friday, November 12, 2021 at the Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel. At the conference, you will learn vital insights from renowned experts to successfully achieve your professional and organizational goals. Network with top leaders from diverse industries, including: higher education, business, nonprofit organizations, government, military, and healthcare. Keynote speaker Jeffrey Pfeffer, author of Dying for a Paycheck: How Modern Management Harms Employee Health and Company Performance – and What We Can Do About It, will challenge you to become part of a well-being workplace revolution. Other speakers and workshop facilitators will show you how to increase human and organizational flourishing, engagement, and productivity while challenging your traditional notions of leadership.
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You can help us teach the science and practices that lead to a life of vitality, purpose, resilience, and engagement. Your gift to the center enables George Mason University to continue its position as a model well-being university, while also expanding our presence to the community to increase public awareness and engagement in critical issues and practices of well-being, mindfulness, and leadership.
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