Case Study: Lakeland Community College Student Wellbeing
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Objective
Lakeland Community College’s Counseling and Advising Department is using WellSort within its First Year Experience (FYEX 1000) course to help new students clarify wellbeing needs, connect with counseling and campus resources, and build skills and behaviors that support academic, career, and personal success.
Lakeland Community College at a Glance
Location: Kirtland, OH
Enrollment: 4,620
Campus Lead: Dr. Kenneth Browner, Campus Psychologist
Implementation Strategies
Incorporate WellSort into FYEX 1000 courses to support first year students in understanding the 8 Dimensions of Wellness and identifying their personal wellbeing priorities as they start college.
Introduce campus counseling and wellbeing resources to students as they reflect on their top priorities - helping raise awareness and connect them to the most relevant support for their personal needs.
Survey students who’ve completed WellSort to get a pulse on their impressions of the activity as a reflection and action planning tool and to guide future course planning.
Use aggregate WellSort data to inform counseling and wellness programming and courses, and to help secure grant funding for additional programs.
Data Insights
Financial stability, physical activity & sleep topped students’ priorities.
Top Ten Student-Reported Wellbeing Priorities, Lakeland Community College, August–December 2025 (n=296)
Student Survey Data
Lakeland administers a follow-up survey to all students who have completed WellSort to get a pulse on student experience with the platform, and plan for future courses and activities.
Learnings & Next Steps
Lakeland Community College will continue using WellSort in their FYEX 1000 course, expanding to all sections of the first-year course.
WellSort is also being incorporated into Lakeland's Skills for Self-Care and Resilience class, led by counseling center faculty.
Lakeland plans to utilize WellSort data to guide the programming and other efforts of the college's Mental Health and Wellness Task Force.
The college has also secured grant funding to renew WellSort for at least an additional two years.
The card sort gave a wide variety of prompts that included goals I would not have thought about prior to this activity...it also gave me a place to organize all my goals, which motivates me to complete them.
-Lakeland Community College First Year Student
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