It’s Great to Be a Part of EAFIT!
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EAFIT is committed to the wellbeing of each member of the community and focused on ensuring its institutional
policies become vehicles that promote self-awareness and reflection on each individual’s responsibility with respect to his/her quality of life.
To that end, different methods, spaces and resources are available for developing services that benefit students, professors, employees, graduates, retirees and their families. Those efforts are based on the conviction that what affects a person’s wellbeing has repercussions on all dimensions of his/her being: biological, psychological, social and spiritual.
That is why EAFIT, through the work led by the Human Development-University Wellbeing Division, offers members of the university community numerous opportunities not only to further themselves professionally but also use available spaces to improve their quality of life.
Student Groups
EAFIT’s student groups are an avenue for students to undertake activities and efforts aimed at achieving a common objective. These groups are made up of individuals with similar tastes, values or beliefs who
come together to establish their own identity and have a sense of belonging that strengthens their commitment to their projects.
Their interests, whether academic, ideological, political, artistic, sporting, or related to tutoring, health or volunteer activities, are translated into initiatives that promote active participation, bolster leadership skills and make an important contribution to the university’s academic, sporting and cultural agenda. Those groups are: Organización Estudiantil, Tutores, Club de Mercadeo, Periódico Estudiantil Nexos, TVU, Aiesec, Grupo Proyecciones Capellanía and Grupo de Proyección Gerencial (GPG).
Student Development
The Student Development Department understands the educational process to encompass different aspects of the human condition, from social, emotional and intellectual factors to the economic component and family relations. It is therefore important for students to have support in overcoming whichever obstacles may interfere with their success.
With that goal in mind, this division provides students with a space for reflection that encourages them to come up with questions, express their difficulties and reconsider their decisions.
Support, coaching and orientation is provided through induction and training programs for undergraduates, support to student groups, workshops that encourage reflection during the pre-practice stage, psychological and academic counseling sessions and vocational orientation offices, a study techniques workshop, individual and group therapy, interviews with candidates for leadership scholarships, as well as forums, seminars and workshops that encourage reflection.
Chaplaincy services are linked to this department.
Sports
Strengthening the body and spirit and generating lifelong habits that help individuals achieve a balance in their physical and mental health are objectives the university pursues through the Sports Department
and which address the needs of the community.
Meeting that goal requires designing and coordinating sports programs that are formative, representative and recreational and which include chess, track and field, basketball, soccer, rugby,
taekwondo, swimming, tennis, Ultimate and volleyball.
Artistic Development
The university firmly believes that creativity and expression play a part in an individual’s all-round development. In that sense, cultivating cultural and artistic skills gives students, employees, retirees and their families and the public at large new ways to appreciate life and art. Classes in jewelry making, film appreciation, dance, photography, painting, creative and contemporary dance, Middle Eastern dance and vacation camp for children are among the recreational activities offered by the Artistic Development Department.
Members of the university community also can belong to different groups that provide an outlet for artistic expression in areas such as music, dance, theater, literature and bird watching.
Health Services
Rather than focusing strictly on treating patients, EAFIT’s Medical Service and Occupational Health Department is oriented to promote self-care and disease prevention.
The programs and services offered by this department include general medical check-ups, dental exams and nutritional consults; prevention campaigns targeting members of the university community and their relatives; first aid; a health services directory; and activities to promote healthy habits that, in turn, improve work and study conditions for the community.
Some of these activities include vaccination campaigns and blood drives, the Health Festival and forums, workshops and other preventative medicine programs.
Employee Wellbeing
The university understands that good results are a product of assessment, respect and support. For this reason, ensuring the professional and personal well-being of those who contribute to fulfilling EAFIT’s mission and vision is one of its permanent tasks.
To that end, the Employee Development and Benefits and Compensation departments provide EAFIT faculty and staff with excellent working conditions and access to services that promote their growth and are reflected in a better quality of life for them and their families.
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