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:
- 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)
- 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).
- Track 240 minutes of physical activity in any calendar month (between Oct. 15, 2012 and Apr. 30, 2013).
Ready to get started?
- Create or return to your Cerner Health account by visiting www.healthyforlife.umsystem.edu.
- Enter your email address and join the program.
- If you need help, call Cerner at 877-621-8014.
2013 Screening Schedule:
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)