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Healthy for Life Update

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Faculty & Staff—the clock is ticking to earn your Wellness Incentive and Healthy for Life doesn’t want anyone eligible to miss out! More than 3,000 of your peers have completed the program. Simply complete a personal health assessment (15 minutes) and a FREE health screening, which you can get at our largest screening event this semester. Primary subscribers to the UM Medical plans will receive $100 in a tax-favored account to use for medical expenses in 2012 Benefit Plan year. The requirements must be completed by April 30, 2012.

Get started now:

1.    Create your Cerner Health account by visiting www.healthyforlife.umsystem.edu.
2.    Enter your email address and join the program.
3.    Complete your personal health assessment – an online questionnaire that helps you understand your health risks and provides you with resources to improve your well-being.
4.    Schedule your FREE health screening at a convenient time and location on campus. Your health screening provide you a look at your cholesterol, blood sugar, blood pressure, height and weight. If your screening is before noon, fasting for 9 hours is recommended, but not required (6 hours if pregnant) and drinking 64 ounces of water the day before is suggested.

Upcoming Screening Events
Mar. 2    8-12 p.m.    University Hospital, MUPC 005
Mar. 6    8-11 a.m.    Hulston Hall, Room 204
Mar. 7    8-11 a.m.    Wellness Resource Center, Room G202 (WALK-INS ONLY)
Mar. 7     8-12 p.m.    Women and Children’s Hospital, Conference Room #4
Mar. 9    8-12 p.m.    University Hospital, MUPC 005
Mar. 13    8-12 p.m.    Jesse Hall Auditorium, Lobby
Mar. 14    9-12 p.m.    Heinkel Bldg, Room 205
Mar. 14    8-11 a.m.    Wellness Resource Center, Room G202 (WALK-INS ONLY)
Mar. 16    8-12 p.m.    University Hospital, Missouri Psychiatric Center 005
Mar. 20    8-11 a.m.    Hulston Hall, Room 204
Mar. 21    10 a.m.-2 p.m.    Memorial Union, Stotler Lounge
Mar. 23    8-12 p.m.    University Hospital, Missouri Psychiatric Center 005
*SCHEDULE YOUR APPOINTMENT AT www.healthyforlife.umsystem.edu
Questions? Email Blaine Snow at SnowB@umsystem.edu


Physical Activity classes now enrolling
Take advantage of these classes that fit your budget. Full payment is due at the beginning of the first class and space is limited. Please contact the instructor directly to register or for questions. All classes are designed so that exercises can be performed in work clothes.
•    Mar. 6-20: Core Conditioning. Memorial Union, rooms vary. Class meets on Tuesdays from 12:10-12:50 and costs $12 for the three-week session. Pre-registration by Feb. 24 is required. To sign up, e-mail Ashley Jenkins.
•    Mar. 7-21: Flex and Flow. Memorial Union, rooms vary. Class meets on Wednesdays from 12:10-12:50 and costs $12 for the three-week session. Pre-registration by Feb. 24 is required. To sign up, e-mail Ashley Jenkins.
•    Drop In, ongoing: Lunchtime-Me Time Strength Conditioning. Ellis Library, Room 4F51. Class meets every Monday and Wednesday from 12:15-12:45 p.m. and costs $1 for each class (Fee is donated to the food bank). No registration is needed and class is taught by Nani Fudge. If you have questions, click here to email Nani.
•    Drop In, ongoing: Yoga. Ellis Library, Room 4F51. Class meets every Tuesday and Thursday from 12:15-12:45 p.m. and costs $1 for each class (Fee is donated to the food bank). No registration is needed and class is taught by Glenda Moum. If you have questions, email Glenda.


Taking Care of YOU: Body-Mind-Spirit
Join MU Extension for an eight-week program teaching practical strategies to deal with stress. If you would like more details and registration information for the program go Taking Care of YOU or contact Vera Massey, Nutrition & Health Education Specialist at masseyv@missouri.edu.
Class:  March 6, 13, 20, 27  April 3, 10, 17, 24
Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30 p.m.
Registration Fee: $25 Registration Deadline is February 28.   Class size is limited.


Get moving in March—participate in a 5K!
Support your health and the Health Sciences Graduate Student Association by participating in its HSGSA 5K on Mar. 10th at 9 a.m. Packet pick-up and race day registration is from 8-8:45am on race day at the North entrance of the Veterinary Medicine Building. Race begins and ends at the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine. Parking is available. Registration (Feb. 19-Mar. 9) is $15. Event day registration is $20. Contact: Leryn (e-mail ljbq58@mail.missouri.edu; phone 573-882-6892) for registration form.

“Food Sense” taking registrations
Join the MU Life Sciences & Society Program at its annual symposium “Food Sense,” Mar. 16-18, 2012 on the Columbia campus. The department’s website says this about the event:

“Can sensible eating be reconciled with the sensory gratification of taste? And where does our sense of a normal or a healthy diet come from? This symposium will investigate how our taste for food is shaped by biological triggers, cultural norms, economic activity, and social surroundings and will examine how individuals, communities, and societies can make healthy choices about food in this context. We will gather experts in nutrition, taste science, psychology, cultural studies, marketing analysis, and food-science journalism, as well as chefs, to explore why we eat the way we do.”

Register on the department website: http://lssp.missouri.edu/foodsense

Director’s Calendar: February 27 – March 2, 2012

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Notable meetings from the calendar of Jim Cogswell, Director of MU Libraries

Tuesday, February 28st
1:00-2:00 pm – Library Assembly, 159 Ellis Library

Wednesday, February 29th
1:00-3:00 pm – ARL Program – Fair Use Best Practices, Memorial Union

2:30 – 4:00 pm – Black History Month Event: Four Women – A Conversation about Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Camilla Williams, and Mary J. Blige; Ellis Library Colonnade

4:00 – 6:00 pm – Mizzou Inclusive Excellence Award, Reynolds Alumni Center

Physical Processing Open House

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The members of Physical Processing/Preservation invite you to an open house on March 8th 2012, 9 am – 11 am in the Acquisitions Department.   There will be equipment demonstrations (including the new industrial paper cutter, the ultrasonic welder, the security strip machine and the creaser) and step-by-step displays and dioramas of many book repair techniques.   Come see the services we provide, come see what we’re all about, and get that repair question you’ve had answered (to the best of our ability, at least)!

 

Upcoming Changes to Findit@MU (open URL resolver)

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OCLC’s announcement that it would cease supporting 1CATE and Swets’ subsequent decision to move to TDNet will result in changes to the MU Libraries’ open URL resolver.  We will lose access to SwetsWise Linker on March 31.  Due to the short time frame and the massive amount of data to be managed, we have elected not to utilize TDNet.  Serials Solutions’ 360 Link has been selected as the interim link resolver because the majority of our holdings data is already in the Serials Solutions’ system due to our current Summon subscription and an existing contract was in place with the other 3 UM campuses.

A team comprised of Ann Riley, Diane Johnson, David Walsh, Karen Darling, Felicity Dykas and Rhonda Whithaus are working on the implementation of 360 Link.  The service will still be called Findit@MU but there will be changes in the screen displays and how it works.  A list of the tasks identified for this implementation is listed below for your review.  If you think of items not listed that need to be addressed, please contact a member of the implementation team.

We will be updating links on the libraries’ web pages, LibGuides, in the databases and online resources, etc., to the new resolver by the end of March.  However, we are very pleased and thankful to report that OCLC has agreed to support the existing in-bound links to 1CATE until the end of the semester in May.  This means that we do not have to worry about replacing the links to 1CATE in ERes and Blackboard until the semester is over.

If you have questions, please contact a member of the implementation team.

DAC Invitation: Safe Spaces Training

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The MU Libraries’ Diversity Action Committee invites you to learn to be a resource for LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer) and ally students, faculty and staff on campus. Safe Space is a training designed to give you the tools and knowledge you need to be an effective ally. This training session will be conducted by Struby Struble, coordinator of the LGBTQ Center. The session will take place March 29, from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. room 4F51-A Ellis Library.

What is Safe Space? Participants in the training learn about the challenges of homophobia, campus resources, and how to be supportive to members of the LGBTQ community. At the conclusion of the training, participants have the option to display a Safe Space symbol as a signal to LGBTQ individuals that they maintain a safe and affirming environment. Homophobic and heterosexist comments, language, and actions will not be allowed in a Safe Space, but they will be addressed in an educational and informative manner.

The Safe Space symbol sends a message to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer students, faculty, and staff that people displaying it are understanding and supportive resources for LGBTQ or ally individuals who are seeking help, advice or simply someone with whom they can talk. Those who identify as LGBTQ are members of often invisible minority groups and so are their allies and friends. The Safe Space Program is designed to help LGBTQ people identify supportive people and offices. Students, faculty, and staff are invited to become Safe Space allies in order to make the allies of the LGBTQ community more visible so that LGBTQ students, faculty, and staff can easily identify places where they can feel at ease because they know that they will not face discrimination due to their sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

RSV’s are requested for head count purposes. Leo will send an Outlook meeting notice.

Reminder Third Annual DAC/MULSA International Tea & Snack Event

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The Diversity Action Committee and MULSA invite you to participate in a gathering on March 6 to enjoy a variety of international teas and snacks. The event will take place from 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. in the Ellis Library Staff Lounge.

We invite library employees to contribute food associated with your cultural heritage.  If you choose to contribute food, please contact Leo at AgnewL@missouri.edu with your dish name and approximate number of servings.  DAC and MULSA will also contribute items to make sure we have enough.

RSVP’s are not required. Release time is available with supervisor approval.

Reminder: Black History Month Event in Ellis Library Colonnade

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Four Women: A Conversation about Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Camilla Williams, and Mary J. Blige
DATE/TIME: Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2:30 – 4:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Ellis Library Colonnade

PRESENTERS: Dr. Maya Gibson, Assistant Professor, MU School of Music; Dr. Treva Lindsey, Assistant Professor, MU Women and Gender Studies, and Dr .Stephanie Shonekan, Assistant Professor, MU School of Music

DESCRIPTION: Nina Simone’s iconic 1966 song “Four Women” brilliantly highlights the roles that have defined (and confined) black women in the United States. Simone herself was an artist that broke through the boundaries of these stereotypes to create her own way, to define her own terms, and to ultimately establish herself as a distinctive voice in American music and culture. Reflecting on this legacy, three scholars discus the lives and work of three black female musicians: jazz vocalist Billie Holiday, opera diva Camilla Williams, and queen of hip-hop Mary J. Blige. The discussion will explore the contributions of these artists on the history of American music and culture.

Release time is available with supervisor approval. RSVP’s are not required.

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Also, don’t miss Naomi Tutu on Feb. 28, 6:30 p.m. Tate Hall auditorium (room 22). Naomi is the daughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The title of her presentation is Now you have struck the women, you have struck A Rock: Women, Africa and the Diaspora Struggling for Justice.  Naomi will explore the roles women of Africa and the African Diaspora have played in the struggle for human rights.  Too often the story told of these women is as submissive objects of history. The truth is, throughout the world and throughout history, they have been actors and activists often leading the pace of change.