Wellbeing literacy is a capability involving the vocabulary and knowledge about wellbeing, and skills of communicating, via multimodal pathways, for the wellbeing of oneself and others, in a way that is context sensitive and intentional. Wellbeing literacy offers three key benefits. Firstly, it may orient our focus towards wellbeing capabilities and processes, allowing for measurement and consideration of factors enabling or blocking wellbeing development. Secondly, wellbeing literacy provides an avenue to integrate positive education into education systems, drawing on existing multimodal learning and teaching capacities and strengths, while addressing existing curriculum requirements. Thirdly, wellbeing literacy is contextually sensitive and applicable to individuals and the systems in which they exist. Importantly, wellbeing literacy may provide the essential conduit between wellbeing interventions and wellbeing outcomes, and thereby be a necessary component for creating and sustaining well lives, providing a common language to build wellbeing capabilities within schools and their communities.

Four focus groups with 12 students indicated three themes on the topic of wellness: (a) wellness was an important, complex construct unique to the individual, (b) wellness as an ''opening of the eyes'' through awareness, translation, and integration, and (c) emerging counselors' recommendations. Implications for training and research are discussed.

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Dan G. Dimitriu has been practicing engineering since 1970 and taught engineering courses concurrently for more than 20 years at various institutions. In 2001, he joined San Antonio College full-time as the Coordinator of its Engineering program. He has been involved with several engineering societies and became a member of the Two-year College Division of ASEE in 2002. His research interests are in engineering graphics, 3-D Visualization, fuel cells, plastics, and engineering education. He received the 2015 Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring.

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