May 2019
Save the Date
10th Annual UC Walks - Cal Walks at Work Day
Friday, June 14, 2019
Join your campus colleagues for the 10th Annual UC Walks in celebration of Staff Appreciation Week. Group walks will depart at 12:10pm from four campus locations to converge at the Memorial Glade. Mark your calendar to join in the fun this year and commit to an energized 30-minute walk on this day.

If you or someone you know has attended all previous nine UC Walks , we want to hear from you! Please send an email to Cori Evans at corievans@berkeley.edu to tell us your story, and whether you have collected every T-shirt!

Participants in the UC Walks: Cal Walks at Work day will have a chance to:
  • Pick-up a free UC Walks T-shirt (while supplies last)
  • Participate in Samba/ Zumba at 12:40pm
  • Speak with Health Plan vendors
  • Enjoy light refreshments
  • Win great prizes!

Note: Must register and be present at the celebration event to win.
Active at Work
Dancing for Fun
and Fitness

5/10 Zumba/Samba
12:10-1pm | 251 Hearst Gym 
Instructor: Nadia Qabazard
Yoga for Tension
and Stress Relief

5/3 12:10-1pm 251 Hearst Gym  
Instructor: Laurie Ferris

Click linked dates to register
Nutrition Resources
May is National Bike Month
Biking can be a fun and functional form of exercise for individuals and families. This month as the temperatures begin to rise, give biking to work or running errands on your bicycle a try!







Join the fun on the biggest bike day of the year! Pledge to ride and you’ll receive a map of Energizer Stations. There you can get your free Bike to Work Day bag filled with snacks, coupons, including $10 off at Mike’s Bikes, and other useful information for your ride around town. Station hosts will also provide tasty snacks and high fives to cheer on your morning ride. 

This year, Berkeley's Campus Bike Committee will operate two Energizer Stations at Sproul Plaza (Bancroft and Telegraph) and at the Richmond Field near the Bay Trail from 7-9:30am.
Campus Happenings
What's Next? A Practical Approach to Improving Your Well-being and Resilience Over 50

Tue 5/21 | 2:30-4:30pm | 150 University Hall
In this highly interactive workshop, the presenter will describe a simple but powerful research-based framework that participants will use to assess their current resilience in nine different areas to identify where they most need to focus, and the practical steps that they can take to increase their resilience and well-being. Career and non-career implications will be explored.
R.A.D. Self Defense for Women
Fri 5/31 and 6/7 | 8:30am-1pm | Tang Ed Center
Instructors: Karen Patchell & Kim Guess (Cost:$10)

R.A.D. for Women is a 9-hour comprehensive, women* and femmes course that begins with risk awareness and progresses to the basics of hands-on defense training. 

* We welcome all UC Berkeley affiliates and community members who experience life through the lens of wo(man) in body, spirit, identity - past, present, future, and fluid.  Note: Participants must attend both sessions.   
People holding plants to be planted
Save the Date: Staff Appreciation Week Gardening Event

Tue 6/11 | 11:30am-1:30pm | Outside of Li Ka Shing, Mulford, Morgan and Genetics & Plant BIology

More details to come!