Get Moving…Avoid the Flu
Flu shots are now available through Healthy for Life, the faculty and staff wellness program. Mark your calendars for campus flu clinics listed below . Faculty, Staff and their dependents who are 12 years and older AND are enrolled in a UM Health Care plan can receive a FREE flu shot. To do so, please bring your insurance card (for each individual receiving the vaccine) and a completed Flu Consent Form. No appointment needed, just show up! Not a UM Health Care plan enrollee? That’s ok, those 12 years and older can still receive the vaccination. Please bring $15 (cash or check made payable to Healthy for Life), as well as a completed Flu Consent Form.

*The MU Student Health Center is giving $12 flu shots to all Mizzou students. Bring your ID to any of the flu clinics because it’s student charge only or call for an appointment at the Health Center.

Date	Time	Location
Oct. 19*	10 a.m.-2 p.m.	School of Nursing, Room S265
Oct. 29	1-3 p.m.	MOREnet Office, Conference Room
Oct. 30*	10 a.m.-2 p.m.	Lewis & Clark Hall, Lobby
Oct. 31	8 a.m.-12 p.m.	Memorial Union, Stotler Lounge
Nov. 1*	10 a.m.-2 p.m.	Ellis Library, Colonnade
Nov. 7*	10 a.m.-2 p.m.	School of Medicine, Atrium

Flu shots are sponsored by the University System’s myTotal Rewards, Healthy for Life, and the UM Faculty and Staff Benefits Office.
Earn Your $100 Wellness Incentive
As part of your 2013 benefits, you are eligible for a wellness incentive. Healthy for Life is an incentive-based wellness program designed to help you earn your incentive and actively manage your health. By completing a personal health assessment, health screening, and 240 minutes of physical activity, primary subscribers to the UM health plans will receive $100 in a tax-favored account to use for medical expenses in 2013 Benefit Plan year.

Earn $100 in 3 Easy Steps:

1. 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. (between Oct. 15, 2012 and Apr. 30, 2013)
2. Complete your health screening, which includes cholesterol, blood sugar, blood pressure, height and weight. You can schedule a FREE on campus screening or visit your health care provider (valid screenings are between June 1, 2012 and Apr. 30, 2013).
3. Track 240 minutes of physical activity in any calendar month (between Oct. 15, 2012 and Apr. 30, 2013).

Ready to get started?

1. Create or return to your Cerner Health account by visiting www.healthyforlife.umsystem.edu.
2. Enter your email address and join the program.
3. If you need help, call Cerner at 877-621-8014.

2013 Screening Schedule:

1. MU
2. UMKC
3. Missouri S&T
4. UMSL

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Spring Wellness Classes

Learn to eat for health and enjoyment
Discover the benefits of this innovative approach to weight management through Healthy for Life’s Eat for Life course.  This 10-week program uses mind-body practices (meditations and yoga), the principles of mindful and intuitive eating, skills training, and group support to guide you in making lifestyle changes that will help you create a healthier relationship to your food, mind, and body. If you have a history of chronic dieting, have rigid “healthy” rules about eating, or find yourself eating when you’re stressed, bored, or unhappy, this may be the program for you. 

Columbia:

• In Person Orientation: Jan. 23 (12-1 p.m.)
• In Person Class: Jan. 30-Apr. 17, no class on Feb. 8 or Mar. 27 (12 – 1pm)
• Online Orientation: Jan. 18
• Online Class: Jan. 25-Apr. 5 (except spring break)
• Cost: $50 for faculty, staff and family members ($25 refunded with full participation); $180 for community members
• Watch informational videos, complete your registration form and email RossyL@umsystem.edu to enroll.

Lower your stress in just 8 weeks
Helping employees manage stress effectively is a key goal of Healthy for Life. The wellness program offers eight-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction classes at minimal cost to benefit-eligible employees looking to manage today’s busy lifestyles in a healthy way. This is an 8–week class teaching meditation, yoga and other mind-body techniques for managing stress. There is a $40 registration fee, $20 reimbursement if you attend seven of the eight classes. 

Columbia:

• Orientation: Jan. 16, at 5:30 p.m.
• Classes: Jan. 23-Mar. 20, from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
• Full Day Retreat: Saturday, Mar. 9,  9 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
• Contact: Lynn Rossy, Ph.D. at RossyL@umsystem.edu

Free Better Choices Better Health Workshop
Better Choices Better Health is a FREE workshop that teaches you the skills you need to manage your symptoms & take control of your health! Participants receive a Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions book and a Time for Healing CD. If you are interested in leading a group, contact Amber Phelps at phelpsam@missouri.edu or call her at (573) 882-8097. *See attached flyer.

Diabetes classes scheduled
The University Physicians-Green Meadows Family Medicine Clinic will host a series of diabetes classes during November. The classes will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. each Tuesday from Nov. 6 to Nov. 27 in the Green Meadows Family Medicine Gold Team Conference Room. Marilee Bomar, APRN, a clinical nurse specialist; Tamara Day, RN, a nurse clinician; and Kate Allhoff, RD, a registered clinical dietitian, will teach the classes, which will be based on the national standards of diabetes self-management education. The classes are free and open to the public. To register, please contact Rosie Powell, administrative assistant, at (573) 882-9097 or powellros@health.missouri.edu.

Division of IT to hold data-shredding event
In recognition of October as National Cyber Security Awareness Month, the University of Missouri Division of IT is hosting a data-shredding event for employees to bring old computer hard drives, CDs and other data devices to be properly destroyed. Employees can bring their materials between 2 and 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, to the MU Surplus Property building on Rock Quarry Road. For a schedule of cyber-security workshops, please visit http://makeitsafe.missouri.edu/awareness.html.

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Blaine Snow,

Healthy for Life: TE Atkins UM Wellness

myTotal Rewards,­­­ Wellness

Program Coordinator, MU, UM System and MU Health Care

205 Heinkel Bldg.| Columbia, MO 65211 | 573.884.1312 (Phone) | 573.884.3123 (Fax)