FAIRFIELD, Conn.—The Business Council of Fairfield County has honored Sacred Heart University as a platinum award winner in its annual Healthy Workplaces Best Practices competition.
The council honored Sacred Heart for the 10th straight year for the promotion of a healthy lifestyle in the workplace. This is the second time Sacred Heart has earned the platinum award, in addition to receiving eight gold awards.
In 2007, Sacred Heart’s Office of Human Resources initiated the SHU Employee Wellness Program. It promotes good health and helps provide faculty and staff with various ways to improve their well-being.
Beside this program, there is also an incentive that credits employees $360 annually to offset medical premium costs.
“We believe that providing employees with access to health and wellness programs will translate into a positive and productive workforce,” said Robert M. Hardy, vice president of human resources.
PHOTO CAPTION: 2019 Healthy Workplace Awards – From left are SHU Fit Wellness Center Supervisor Dan Warzoha, Executive Director for Human Resources Julia Nofri, Director of Employee Benefits Elizabeth Henderson, Human Resource Manager Sally Schettino and Matthew G. Fair of USI Insurance Services.
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About Sacred Heart University
As the second-largest independent Catholic university in New England, and one of the fastest-growing in the U.S., Sacred Heart University is a national leader in shaping higher education for the 21st century. SHU offers more than 80 undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and certificate programs on its Fairfield, Conn., campus, which is located about an hour from Manhattan and 2.5 hours from Boston. Sacred Heart also has satellites in Connecticut, Luxembourg and Ireland. More than 8,500 students attend the University’s eight colleges and schools: Arts & Sciences; Communication, Media & the Arts; Computer Science & Engineering; Health Professions; the Isabelle Farrington College of Education; the Jack Welch College of Business; Nursing; and St. Vincent’s College. Sacred Heart is rooted in the rich Catholic intellectual tradition and the liberal arts, yet at the same time develops students to be forward thinkers who enact change—in their own lives and professions and in their communities. A spirit of service, entrepreneurship and social justice is the essence of who we are and can be seen inside and outside the classroom as students learn how to make a difference far beyond Fairfield. The Princeton Review includes SHU in its Best 384 Colleges–2019 Edition, “Best in the Northeast” and Best 267 Business Schools–2018 Edition. It also placed SHU on its lists for “Happiest Students” and “Most Engaged in Community Service,” each of which comprises only 20 U.S. schools. Sacred Heart has a Division I athletics program. www.sacredheart.edu