Worcester college students do not spend enough time outside due to their workload and limited access to nature. This project improved the well-being of Worcester college students by creating a sustainable plan to revamp the Worcester Intercollegiate Outdoors Initiative (WIOI). We gathered data on college students through surveys and interviews, ran an outdoor hike, and created a proposal to sustain the program. Hike participants’ self-reported a mean increase in well-being of 44.6%. We recommended using email, Instagram, and word of mouth to reach students. We also recommended the program be student-run by engaging TerraCorps and Federal Work Study students.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Veccia, Madelyn
• Onyema, Daniel
• Gray, Andrew
• Nollman, Emma

Subject

• Health
• Community
• Well-Being
• Environment
• Inclusion
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121322-135013
• 82641

Keyword

• College
• Nature
• Intercollegiate
• Outdoors
• Mental Health
• Well-being

Advisor

• Roberts, Laura

Year

• 2022

Center

• Worcester Community Project Center (Massachusetts) - IQP

Sponsor

• Greg Doerschler

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 3 - Good Health and Well-being
• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 15 - Life On Land

Date created

• 2022-12-13

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-121322-135013

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-01-13