About
Healthy IU is Indiana University’s workplace wellness program, serving the following populations:
- Full-time faculty and staff
- Part-time faculty and staff (adjunct faculty and hourly with retirement benefits)
- Spouses on an IU Medical Plan
- IU Medical and Optometry Residents
- SAA Graduate Appointees
- IU Retiree Status (*not eligible for taxable incentives/benefits)
Hourly students and Graduate Assistants (GAs) are not eligible. Students can reach out to their Student Health Center, Health and Wellness Office, or the Office of the Chief Health Officer for student wellness resources.
Healthy IU offerings are free for eligible participants. Check out what’s happening on your campus.
Healthy IU is a Center of Expertise of IU Human Resources.
Mission
Healthy IU will provide educational and environmental resources to foster individual wellbeing and support a culture of wellness in the workplace and beyond.
Vision
To inspire the IU community to integrate wellness into every aspect of life.
Values
- Respect for the uniqueness of each individual and campus.
- Transparency in program design, delivery, and evaluation.
- Evidence-based resources, internal expertise, and collaborative partnerships.
- Environments, systems, and policies supportive of a healthy lifestyle and work + life needs.
- A welcoming, inclusive, and equitable environment for all.
- Innovation and quality improvement.
Objectives
Healthy IU is fortunate to have stellar resources within our campuses. Our objectives are to raise awareness, build skills and create an environment where the healthy choice is the easy choice. IU is a complex system; working together we will weave a culture of wellness into the fabric of IU at the individual, departmental, campus, and university-wide levels.
Philosophy
Healthy IU's approach is based on the whole-person model of the 8 Dimensions of Wellness.
Why the 8 Dimensions? According to the National Institutes of Health, people often think about wellness in terms of physical health — nutrition, exercise, weight management, etc., but it is so much more. Wellness is a holistic integration of physical, mental, and spiritual well-being, fueling the body, engaging the mind, and nurturing the spirit. Although it always includes striving for health, it’s more about living life fully, and is “a lifestyle and a personalized approach to living life in a way that… allows you to become the best kind of person that your potentials, circumstances, and fate will allow." Learn more.
