UCI Wellness Ambassador Updates – September 2019
Wellness Highlights
- DON’T MISS OUT! Deadline Extended: UCI Engagement Survey Open Until Monday, 9/9 at 7:00 a.m. https://survey.gallup.com/uci2019q12 (Note: The ‘survey code’ is your UCInetID)
- Don’t miss your opportunity to be heard! UCI’s enterprise-wide staff engagement survey deadline has been extended through Sunday. Final opportunity promotional flyer attached. Please support your local engagement ambassadors and leaders in their efforts to drive staff completion.
- Last Chance to Participate in the Stress Free UCI Study
- Enroll before the end of the year in an app-based Meditation Study and receive a one year free subscription to Headspace™ and a chance to win a $75 gift card. The Stress Free UCI study is part of a UC systemwide research program focused on workplace stress in employees across UCI. This is a research study led by Dr. Sarah Pressman, PhD, Dr. John Hunter, PhD and Meryl Olah, BA in the UCI Department of Psychological Sciences and is being promoted to UCI employees in partnership with UCI HR Wellness. Promotional flyer is attached. Please help promote this opportunity to your department.
- COMING SOON: 2019-2020 Step Up UCI Challenge
- Step Up UCI is an annual wellness challenge designed to improve the general health of all UCI faculty and staff through increased cumulative daily movement. Individual registration for Step Up UCI 2019 will begin on 9/16. (Team registration 9/20 – 10/4) More information available soon. Start recruiting coworkers for your department’s team now.
Upcoming Events
- Summer Fit Squad Fitness Classes: Ends 9/12
- Summer Self-Defense Class Series: Ends 9/13 (Campus)
- Step Up Registration: Starts 9/16
- Bright Horizons Benefit Webinar: 9/17
- Health Plan Wellness Webinar: Pain Management Alternatives: 9/18
- Fall Fit Squad Fitness Classes: 9/30 – 12/6
- Fall Self-Defense Class Series: Fridays, 10/4 – 12/6 (Campus)
- Fall Staff Soccer League (Campus)
- Farmers Markets: Ongoing
- Financial Education Classes: Ongoing
- Weekly WW Meetings: Ongoing (Campus. 12-week Fall series 9/5 – 11/21)
Action Items
- Promote upcoming events and new resources.
- Take the UCI Engagement Survey and encourage your co-workers to do the same.
- Make a plan to implement a wellness program in your department.
- Reach out to your local UCI HR Wellness Coordinator for questions and support.
