As a community that values personal wellness as paramount for academic success, Wheaton provides educational opportunities to enhance the safety of our students in all aspects of their lives. To accomplish this, we require every new student to complete five online educational courses provided by Vector Solutions before the start of the academic career at Wheaton:

  1. AlcoholEdu for College is a non-opinionated, science-based course taken by hundreds of thousands of students each year. Whether you have or plan to drink alcohol or not, AlcoholEdu will empower you to make well-informed decisions about alcohol and help you better understand the drinking behavior of your peers.
  2. RespectEdu for College provides you with an overview of creating and maintaining healthy and informed relationships and sexual interactions. Through this interaction module, you will learn about consent, avoiding assumptions, managing rejection, bystander intervention, and how to seek support and resources.
  3. Diversity, Inclusion, & Belonging for Students takes a social justice approach in highlighting concepts such as inclusion, power, privilege, identities, and communication, as well as strategies related to ally behavior, self-care, and creating inclusive spaces. Through interactive scenarios, personal reflection, and skill-building activities, you will explore your own identities and learn how to create inclusive communities through allyship, bystander intervention, and respect for different perspectives.
  4. Mental Well-Being for Students provides undergraduates with essential skills and information to navigate the stressors and emotional challenges associated with college life. This course helps learners practice self-care strategies, recognize when they or their peers are in distress, and take action to find additional support by teaching them to respond with supportive and empathetic language and behavior. There is a “Talk to Someone” feature within this course that can directly connect you with the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. You will also be introduced to resources available on campus.
  5. Hazing Awareness and Prevention for Students provides students with a better understanding of hazing so that they can identify when it’s happening and possibly prevent incidents in the future. 

You will receive more information in your email from the Dean of Students Office in June regarding these courses. Please be sure to follow the directions listed in that email to complete these requirements as a component of your orientation to Wheaton College.