Wellness Incentive
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. 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
Win a free massage or running shoes from Healthy for Life
Healthy for Life, your wellness program, is working to offer programs that meet your needs. Help them out by completing a brief 14-question survey about how you use social media for your health education and your understanding of their Eat for Life course. You don’t need to have taken the course to complete the survey. It should take no more than five minutes. Responses are anonymous and will not be used to identify you in any way. Click here to begin. At the end of the survey, email your name to wellness@umsystem.edu be entered in a raffle for a free massage or a pair of running shoes.

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.
•    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.
•    April 16 through June 11: Hatha Yoga. Missouri Psychiatric Center. Class meets on Mondays from 12:10-12:50 and costs $24 for the eight-week session. Pre-registration is required. Must have 10 participants to begin the class. This is a welcoming environment and is perfect for those who may be suffering from arthritis, chronic disease, and minor joint discomfort, along with healthy individuals. To sign up, e-mail Kate Walker.
•    Mar 9 through May 18: Hatha Yoga. Missouri Psychiatric Center. Class meets on Fridays from 12:10-12:50 and costs $24 for the eight-week session. Pre-registration is required. This is a welcoming environment and is perfect for those who may be suffering from arthritis, chronic disease, and minor joint discomfort, along with healthy individuals. To sign up, e-mail Kate Walker.  (There will be no class on Mar 30, April 6, and April 27).

“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

Sean and Jeremy Memorial 5K
April 14, 9 a.m., MU Campus
Fee is $15 for early bird and $20 for day of registration. The run is in honor of Sean Radclif and Jeremy Porter, both Phi Mu Alpha and Marching Mizzou members, who died in a car crash this past summer. Proceeds will go to fund a commemorative bench on the quad and commission a piece of music in their memory. In future years, the 5K is intended to establish a scholarship fund in their honor. This event is sponsored by Tau Beta Sigma, Kappa Kappa Psi, Phi Mu Alpha and Sigma Alpha Iota. For more information, visit http://sj5k2012.weebly.com/