Center for the Advancement of Well-Being

Enhancing the Well-Being of International Students

Perspectives from a Community College by Catalina Novac, Ph.D., Northern Virginia Community College Many international students choose to study at George Mason University. These students […]

Leadership, Resilience, and Well-Being Degree Alumna Founds Training Center

by Whitney Hopler, Communications Manager Laura Buckwald, the first recipient of Mason’s MAIS – Individualized Concentration: Leadership, Resilience, and Well-Being degree, studied under the individualized […]

Positive Leadership Certificate Program Empowers Leaders

by Whitney Hopler, Communications Manager Leaders face many stressful situations and challenging problems in the workplace, but in the middle of all that, one simple […]

Collective Well-Being: Looking Beyond Yourself

by Helena Águeda Marujo and Luis Miguel Neto, University of Lisbon, Portugal This article is the first in a series by well-being researchers around the […]

Mentoring Strengthens Student Well-Being through the Elena Prien Scholarships

by Whitney Hopler, Communications Manager A new group of Mason students and employees is working together on well-being mentoring through our center’s Elena Prien Scholarships […]

Wealth and Well-Being

  By: James Maddux, Ph.D., CWB Senior Scientist, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, GMU Department of Psychology “Economic things matter only insofar as they make people happier.” […]

Worlds of Well-Being: Why Where We Are Matters

by Irma Eloff, Ph.D., University of Pretoria, South Africa This article is part of a series by well-being researchers around the world, featuring insights from […]

A Positive Leadership Journey

by Philip Wilkerson, University Career Services I appreciated how the Positive Leadership certificate program focuses on leading with kindness, appreciation, and service. This approach is […]

Materialism, Debt, and Well-Being

  By: James Maddux, Ph.D., CWB Senior Scientist, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, GMU Department of Psychology In her 1913 novel The Custom of the Country, […]

CWB Executive Director Dr. Nance Lucas Shares Her Expertise at the Chronicle of Higher Education Roundtable

  CWB Executive Director Dr. Nance Lucas was one of several well-being experts invited to share insights at the 2019 Chronicle of Higher Education Roundtable […]