Living & Learning Communities
Wellness
Faculty and Staff
Kate Ross, MSW
- Craig Hall 273
- 303-871-2842
- kate.ross@du.edu
Focus:
As the Faculty Director of the Wellness Living and Learning Community, Kate works collaboratively with the Program Coordinator to ensure that students in the WLLC experience a comprehensive wellness curriculum that includes courses in wellness, experiential activities, and opportunities to participate in the community at large from a wellness perspective. In addition, programming within the learning community allows students to experience a greater depth of connection to wellness and to each other.
Kate's experience as the founder and Co-Executive Director of the nonprofit, Yoga for the People, allows her to cross coordinate programs between the Denver community and the students in the LLC. Yoga for the People brings yoga, nutritional programs, and meditation to people who would not otherwise have access to the ancient wellness practice of yoga. In addition, Kate brings her experience as a Clinical Assistant Professor on the field education team, at the Graduate School of Social Work at DU. She coordinates field sites, meeting individually with students, and serving on various committees. She has been an adjunct professor in the Community Track since 2003 and became an appointed faculty member in 2006. Her past experience includes wilderness programming, high risk youth and families, job-training and preventative program development. Also important is her role as a mother to her daughter and her role as the yoga and pottery teacher at her daughter's school. Her passion is "community mind-body social work" including yoga and integration of spirit into daily practice.
Background:
BA Elementary Education, University of Pennsylvania, 1989
MSW, Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver, 1997
