The Wellness Action Team for Captain’s Health (WATCH) is a group of students, faculty, and staff who seek to promote the institutional wellness of the CNU community through collaboration with student organizations, campus offices and academic departments.
Our Goals
Promote communication about, and awareness of, mental health and wellness among students, faculty and staff.
Identify and highlight current wellness initiatives at Christopher Newport, and build on community capacity to meet the mental health and wellness needs of students, faculty and staff.
Promote and support mental health and wellness education on campus.
According to the World Health Organization, health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
Mental health is defined as a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community.
We define wellness not just as physical or mental health, but the combination of those two things with intellectualism, social relationships, environment, occupational satisfaction and safety, financial stability, and spirituality. Each area has the potential of impacting the others and thereby impacting your overall wellness and wellbeing.