Live Well, Be Well…
The health and wellbeing of The University of Missouri faculty and staff is vital to our mission of teaching, research, service and economic development. Healthy for Life: The T.E. Atkins UM Wellness Program is here to help. With a variety of programs and resources, we encourage you to take charge of your health. Visit Healthy for Life’s website to find newsletters (current and past issues), success stories, upcoming events and information about all our programs.
Learn how to ACT Healthy with new class offering
ACT Healthy is a new six-week class held during the lunch hour or after work that helps you learn how to be successful making healthy changes in your life. Only 50-minutes, once a week, can help you learn to be successful doing what you want to do!
Classes are FREE to University of Missouri faculty and staff and will be offered at various locations and times on campus. This class is a research study sponsored by the Healthy for Life: T.E. Atkins UM Wellness Program and the School of Health Professions. The purpose of the project is to see if this self-management education program offered at the workplace can help employees make healthy changes in their lives. If this sounds like something you are interested in doing, contact Jaclyn Heider, HeiderJ@umsystem.edu.
We are currently enrolling faculty and staff who work in the following buildings: A-B Natural Resources, Chemistry, Crowder, Defoe, Graham, Gwen, Lefevre, Life Sciences Center, Math Sciences, McKee Gym, Medical Sciences, Memorial Union, Pershing, Physics, Reed Hall, Schlundt, Schweitzer, Stanley Hall, Stewart, Student Recreation Center, Tucker, University Hospital and Whitten. The class will open to other buildings later this school year.
Interested in Helping?
We need your help to make the fall 2009 Wellness Fairs successful! We are in search of volunteers for clinical & non-clinical jobs. If you are interested in helping Healthy for Life in any capacity for any amount of time, please contact Jenny Workman, workmanjl@umsystem.edu.
• MUHS- University Hospital; Thursday, Oct. 22nd, 8 a.m.– 3 p.m.
• MU- Reynolds Alumni Center; Thursday, Oct. 29th, 8 a.m.– 3 p.m.
Weight Watchers Open House
Weight Watchers at Work will be hosting an open house meeting Sept. 30 in the School of Medicine, Room M586 from 11:45-12:45 p.m. No need to register, just show up! These meetings are open to everyone, so if you have a friend who’s not an employee, bring them along. This 13-week session costs $156. Payments can be made in three installments of $52 each and will be taken at the first meeting and deposited monthly. Weight Watchers accepts checks, cash, and credit card. All faculty and staff who attend 12 of the 13 classes qualify for a 25% rebate through Healthy for Life. Weight Watchers fees are fully reimbursable through the Flexible Spending Account with appropriate medical documentation. Questions? Call 884-1312.
Brown Bag Lunch
GetAbout Columbia will be providing a FREE brown bag lunch presentation about the benefits of active transportation, bicycle and gear selection, and safety. The presentation will be Sept. 29 from 12-1 p.m. in Memorial Union’s Stotler Lounge. Join Healthy for Life and GetAbout Columbia by walking or biking to work in September as a celebration of GetAbout’s Way to Go To Work program. GetAbout Columbia will provide reminder cards that help you set goals of active commuting. You can turn in the card to the GetAbout office and receive a pedometer or a pants protector and become eligible for an active commuting grand prize. Along with words of encouragement and incentive gifts, Get About Columbia is also including activities for those who want a little more than a friendly boost. There are guided bike rides that will tour current and completed GetAbout infrastructure projects and offer information about these. For more information, please call 442-7189 or visit www.getaboutcolumbia.com.
Farmers Market
Enjoy the taste of fresh and locally grown produce at the Columbia Farmers Market. Items in season include melons, tomatoes, berries, peppers, jams, fresh breads, meats, and plants. The Columbia Farmers Market is held behind the city’s Activity & Recreation Center (ARC), on the corner of Clinkscales & Ash streets on Saturdays 8-12 (March-Nov) and Mon. & Wed. 4-6 (May-Oct). The Market is open rain or shine. For more information please visit The Columbia Farmers Market website.