Members of the CALS community are invited to join the second session of the CALS Equity and Diversity Committee’s spring 2022 Lunch and Learn series.

“Teaching for Well-Being Using the Healthy Academics Toolkit”
Presentation by Paris Wicker and Kelsey Weddig
March 28, 2022
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Virtual via Zoom: https://go.wisc.edu/upbmc9

Paris Wicker (she/her) is a graduate project assistant in University Health Services for Prevention and Healthy Campus Initiatives. In this position, Paris supports initiatives at the policy and structural level to advance health equity and cultivate well-being, especially in academic settings (e.g., classrooms, labs, etc.). Paris is also a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis with a doctoral minor in sociology at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. She researches personal networks, relationships, policies, and processes in Higher Education that shape well-being for Black and Indigenous women, from pre-college programs to post-tenure. Prior to the doctoral journey, Paris worked for 10 years as a higher education practitioner within college admissions and student affairs and has a master’s degree in professional counseling.

Kelsey Weddig (she/her) was born and raised in Door County, Wisconsin, and is a senior graduating in May with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). Kelsey is Healthy Academics Prevention Intern with UHS. In this role, she helps develop the Healthy Academics Prevention Toolkit. She also is a member of Cardiac on Campus, a student organization on campus whose primary mission is to promote cardiovascular health and prevention by teaching CPR and AED classes, as well as raising money for AED placement on campus. When school isn’t consuming her life, she loves going to concerts, watching sports, traveling), and spending quality time with family and friends.

Paris Wicker and Kelsey Weddig will be the presenters for the April 18 Lunch and Learn session as well, on supporting student well-being in academic environments through a policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) change framework.

To access information and materials from previous EDC Lunch and Learn sessions, visit: http://equitydiversity.cals.wisc.edu/lunch-and-learn/.