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Wellness Newsletter
June 2023
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NEW! Wellness Walk & Talk Series
Take a walk outside, connect with fellow faculty and staff, and expand your awareness of the innovative and creative activities occurring at CWRU with the new Wellness Walk & Talk Series! Walk & Talk sessions will be offered weekly during the months of June, July, and August. The day of the week varies from week to week (Monday/Thursday/Friday). All sessions will take place from 12:30-1:30 pm.
Although this is a series, please register for each individual session you would like to attend. Registration is limited to 50 people for each event to ensure the group can stay together and the speaker can be heard. Please make sure you are available on the date before registering for a session. Click on the hyperlinked dates below to register.
Thursday, June 29 - Entrepreneurship and Building a Network, Michael Goldberg
Friday, July 7 – Historical Center Tour, Janice Gerda
Monday, July 10 – Garden@Case: History, Future, & Campus Partners, Brian Gray and Juan Jeffrey
Monday, July 17 – Nutrition, Katie Nabors
Thursday, July 27 – Physical Activity, Curtis Bickham
Monday, July 31 – Sustainability and Green Spaces, Stephanie Corbett
Thursday, August 10 – Women's College Historical Tour, Janice Gerda
Friday, August 18 – Safety on Campus, Public Safety Team
These events are open to all faculty and staff. Those who are Monthly Wellness Incentive recipients can earn a $100 Wellness Program Incentive in the Community Well-being category for attending at least 7 of the 8 sessions. If you are interested in earning an incentive for this series, register early, as space is limited.
Wear comfortable shoes and bring water along. We will notify participants if a session needs to be rescheduled or cancelled due to inclement weather. We hope you will join us!
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Move Your Physical Activity Outside This Summer!
The Wellness Program and One to One Fitness have partnered to offer Yoga on the Quad (it's back!) and Outdoor Tai Chi this summer for CWRU faculty and staff. Please note that the 12-1 pm time frame for each class includes a small amount of buffer time for arriving and departing. The outdoor location for each class is weather permitting. An indoor, inclement weather location will be communicated to registrants on a case-by-case basis.
For those who are Monthly Wellness Incentive recipients: Engage in regular physical activity over a minimum of 12 consecutive weeks, consisting of at least 3 moderate-intensity 30-minute sessions per week, to earn the Physical Activity Wellness Program Incentive of $100. You must attest to reaching this goal in HCM no later than Nov. 30, 2023, to earn the incentive.
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Yoga on the Quad
Join instructor Katie Nabors for a 10-week, fast-paced Vinyasa Flow Yoga class. Bring your yoga mat and water bottle for a great outdoor workout. This class is appropriate for those who already have experience with yoga.
Thursdays, June 8 - August 10
12-1 pm, near the wind turbine next to One to One Fitness
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Outdoor Tai Chi
Join Steve Zimcosky for this 6-week Tai Chi class to improve your balance, stimulate circulation, and reduce stress with a series of continuous, circular, slow, relaxed and smooth flowing movements designed to maintain the body’s integrity.
Tuesdays, July 11 - August 15
12-1 pm, near the wind turbine next to One to One Fitness
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Mindfulness Meditation Meetup Thursday, June 8
Join Suzanne Rusnak, MEd, MSSA, LSW., our meditation facilitator on June 8 from 1-1:30 pm for this monthly meditation meetup. These gatherings provide an opportunity to meditate alongside fellow CWRU employees. It is time you can take for yourself to increase your sense of calm and centeredness, as well as cultivate a sense of community and connection. This opportunity can support an existing meditation practice or help you start one. These sessions will last a maximum of 30 minutes, which includes time for brief discussion of a topic within mindfulness/daily life, and a guided meditation.
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Treat Yourself to a Chair Massage
Has spring semester been stressful for you? Massage is not just a luxury but an important component of helping our bodies to recover from the stressors of desk-bound posture and sore muscles from exercise. Wellness is partnering with One to One Fitness to offer 13-minute chair massage appointments from 10 am - 1 pm on Wednesday, June 14.
Massages are $15. Registration and pre-payment are required. Appointments will take place at Thwing Center Meeting Room 224. You can see available time slots, reserve your appointment, and pay for your chair massage via the link below. You deserve it!
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Last Chance to Register:
E.A.S.E. Into Peace of Mind
Let's E.A.S.E. into the moments at hand with this practice-based, methods-centric program. Join Heidi Weiker for our series designed to harmonize our bodies, minds and hearts in order to be more fully present. Throughout the sessions we'll:
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Engage in quick, high-impact movement to dump distress and expand relaxation;
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Activate breathing more deeply to cultivate calm and focused energy;
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Savor moments and experiences to create peace and comfort; and
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Elevate to lift us up in delight, strengths, and joy.
Come find out how much moments matter in our lives as we E.A.S.E into them together.
Wednesdays, June 7 - August 30 (no class 7/5)
12-12:45 pm via Zoom
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Monthly Wellness Incentive recipients seeking a $100 Stress Management Wellness Program Incentive would need to participate in at least 10 of the 12 sessions and attest to program completion in HCM by Nov. 30. | |
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Phone support and servie triage is available around the clock on an unlimited basis for you and your family members. Just call 800-227-6007. Your call will be immediately answered by a qualified mental health professional 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. | |
Impact Solutions Employee Assistance Program
You may know that Impact Solutions, CWRU's Employee Assistance Program, offers 5 free counseling sessions (per problem/per year) for university faculty and staff, plus their family members, but did you know you also have access to the following services through Impact?
- Legal assistance
- Financial counseling
- Identity theft protection and recovery
- Child and eldercare support
- Nutrition counseling
- Mindfulness coaching
- Member portal, featuring articles, online learning, assessments, locators, and more!
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Well Traveled Recap
Well Traveled, a 12-week physical activity and healthy behavior program, wrapped up at the end of April. Over 400 CWRU employees chose to make their health a priority and challenge themselves to move more, practice self-compassion, and intentionally appreciate differences.
Participants showed impressive progress along the way, and we are very proud of their dedication and effort. Congratulations to all who participated! Here are a few statistics:
- As a university, our final average daily step count was 9,691 - fantastic!
- Weatherhead School of Management ended the challenge with the highest step average with 13,108 daily steps.
- The College of Arts and Sciences earned the highest average score on the leaderboard.
- 41 employees won a trunk organizer and LED safety walking wand via a prize raffle.
Interested in joining your colleagues for the next challenge? Read on for a sneak peak of a new financial well-being challenge coming in July...and stay tuned for details about Walktober this fall.
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Gratitude Month Recap
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today and creates a vision for tomorrow.” - Melody Beattie
In our newsletter last month, we encouraged our community to practice and celebrate gratitude. We included a link to a video from the April 2019 Gratitude at CWRU event, sponsored a book raffle for two copies of "Thank You Very Much: Gratitude Strategies to Create a Workplace Culture that ROCKS!" by Lisa Ryan (winners have been notified), and invited faculty and staff to share messages of gratitude via an online Gratitude Graffiti Board. The results of our shared art can be seen in a screenshot below. For a closer look, or to add your own sentiment of gratitude, visit the Gratitude Graffiti Board.
The Wellness team is grateful for all of you and your continued engagement in programs that support a culture of well-being. Our employees make CWRU a terrific place to work!
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Coming this July...
NEW Financial Well-being Program:
Right On the Money
Right On the Money is a 4-week program that makes the sometimes-intimidating task of learning about money matters fun. It is a financial education program wrapped in a game you play on your desktop or mobile device, where you earn virtual dollars by learning about topics most important to you. Participants will gain confidence to make smart money choices now and in the future.
Right On the Money begins on Monday, July 10. Registration will open later this month and be communicated via The Daily and the July Wellness Newsletter. In the meantime, get excited by learning more about Right On the Money via this short video.
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CWRU Wellness Team
Elizabeth Click, Medical Director - erc10@case.edu | 216-368-5790
Deanna Duffy, Wellness Manager - dxd516@case.edu | 216-368-5997
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