The UCLA Healthy Campus Initiative Eudaimonia Award is an annual award to recognize members of the UCLA community, past or present, who exemplify Eudaimonia by living a life full of purpose and meaning. The UCLA HCI Eudaimonia Society highlights members of the UCLA community who, through their immense personal efforts, inspire others to seek Eudaimonic well-being.
2020 Eudaimonia Award Nominations Now Open
What is Eudaimonia?
Aristotle distinguished hedonia, the brief, fleeting happiness derived from immediate satisfaction of drives, from eudaimonia, the sustained happiness that comes from living a life rich in purpose and meaning.
Core concepts of Eudaimonia include:
- Generosity
- Resilience and overcoming hardship
- Selflessness
- Dedication to the common good and society at large
- Inspirational
- Commitment to long-term goals in the face of obstacles
To learn more: Read Q&A with Dr. Joseph Raho, Clinical Ethicist at UCLA Health.
Award Description
The Semel Healthy Campus Initiative (HCI) Eudaimonia Award is an annual recognition award given to a member of the UCLA community past or present who exemplifies a life full of purpose and meaning. The 2020 Eudaimonia Award recipient will be honored directly after a TEDxUCLA Salon in Spring.
Eligibility
All members of the UCLA community- including alumni, students, staff, and faculty- are eligible for nomination. Nominations may be made posthumously. You may not nominate yourself for the Eudaimonia Award.
The year after the Boston Marathon bombing, Mebrahtom “Meb” Keflezighi stunned the world by entering the competition and becoming the oldest man (at age 40) to win the event. Keflezighi is an Eritrean refugee, four-time US Olympian, winner of the 2009 New York City Marathon, and a four-time NCAA Champion with the UCLA Track & Field team. UCLA honored Meb Keflezighi with the inaugural Eudaimonia award in April 2017 following a TEDxUCLA salon on the subject of Eudaimonia
