<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3wCQYp_1H1XAWNc00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3wCQYp_1H1XAWNc00" width="1762" height="1176" ><figcaption>This year's pilot expansion of Zags360 enrolled&nbsp; 500 first-year students living in Catherine Monica and Madonna residence halls. Bennett Hay IG: @bennett_hay_photo</figcaption></figure>Zags360 was created by the Rev. Tim Breen to emphasize the Jesuit concept of “cura personalis” by focusing on individual care and development for students in 2016. While the program was initially designed for student athletes, now, 10 years later, GU has expanded this program to include all students, featuring eight dimensions for personal improvement and resources on campus. The eight dimensions are intellectual, physical, emotional, social, spiritual, environmental, occupational and financial. Zags360 originally served the purpose of helping with athlete recruiting. Breen said the program helped with getting athletes to follow GU’s mission statement. “We’re committed to developing [the athlete] in all of these ways, and that’s only sometimes resonant for a student-athlete,” Breen said. “However, it’s always resonant for parents and family, so it’s helped us with recruiting.” Women’s cross country and track and field assistant coach, Alexi Fogo, is a former student-athlete. She interned with Breen and helped build the website last year, which provides guidance for navigating campus resources.“Something I definitely see on our team a lot is our women know that they need to be focused on more than just their running,” Fogo said. “The people they see in their day to day kind of ingrains in them the value of needing to take care of themselves as a whole person.” Breen opened the program to non-GU athletes after recognizing that it can be overwhelming for new students to know where to begin and what to prioritize when entering college.“Zags360 gives us a way to organize all these resources that we provide on campus,” Breen said. “It's saying, ‘How can we help our students better be aware of the resources that exist?’” Breen launched the expanded version of the Zags360 program in the first-year dorms Madonna and Catherine Monica, targeting around 500 students. The goal was to start out with a focused group and help students be intentional about accessing resources during their first semester of college in particular.The Zags360 dashboard can be accessed through GU’s official website, starting with the student support section on the Student Life tab, which features the eight dimensions of improvement. When this tab is clicked on, it will give a list of the support services offered for GU students.Fogo’s experience as a student-athlete gave the Zags360 project insight into the resources that could be expanded to serve the wider the student community. “It’s kind of a catch all, there’s actually a graphic that lists all the resources we have,” Fogo said, “I think it's a good reminder to our student-athletes as well.” Fogo said the program’s goal is not to change anything overnight, but for every student to have access to resources to form an adaptive mindset for dealing with the stress of everyday life in college. “It’s kind of a language and a mindset thing,” Fogo said. “I think that will take time, but has the potential to be really impactful in the long run.”</div></body>

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Zags360 was created by the Rev. Tim Breen to emphasize the Jesuit concept of “cura personalis” by focusing on individual care and development for students in 2016. While the program was initially designed for student athletes, now, 10 years later, GU has expanded this program to include all students, featuring eight dimensions for personal improvement and resources on campus.

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Zags360 was created by the Rev. Tim Breen to emphasize the Jesuit concept of “cura personalis” by focusing on individual care and development for students 

Living a well rounded life on campus with expanded Zags360 program

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