Wellness Program

The Nena Amundson Lifetime Wellness Program at Luther College promotes a wellness-supporting environment on campus. It offers individual and group health education. The program also provides services, resources, and initiatives to students and employees.

An estate gift by the late Nena Amundson ’56 makes these wellness opportunities possible. Amundson taught physical education and coached women’s athletics, primarily at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks.

Nena Amundson Lifetime Wellness Program Goals

1. Increase opportunities and environments for wellness promoting behaviors
2. Expand knowledge of wellness promoting behaviors
3. Improve attitudes and perceptions of wellness and related intentions to engage in wellness promoting behaviors
4. Boost engagement in wellness promoting behaviors

Wellness Coaching

Meet with a certified Health and Wellness Coach to set personalized goals for your well-being across all areas of life! Wellness coaching is client-centered, confidential, and driven by you—you’re in control of what you want to work on. Unsure where to start? A Wellness Coach can help with that too! To schedule an appointment, email wellness@luther.edu

Making Healthy Choices (BASICS & CASICS)

Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS) is an evidence-based educational program aimed at addressing problematic alcohol use.

Adapted from BASICS, the Cannabis Screening and Intervention for College Students (CASICS) applies a similar evidence-based approach to help students with problematic cannabis use.

Students interested in making healthier choices or reducing their alcohol or cannabis use can contact wellness@luther.edu for more information.

eCHECKUP TO GO

Developed by psychologists at San Diego State University, the eCHECKUP TO GO programs are personalized, evidence-based online interventions designed to motivate users to make positive changes and improve overall well-being and mental health, particularly regarding alcohol and cannabis use.

Nena Amundson Distinguished Professorship

Part of the Nena Amundson estate gift to Luther supports a competitive distinguished professorship. Special consideration is given to proposals that focus on health and wellness issues for women, as they were central to Amundson’s career.