Wellness Activities
Human Resources to host retirement conference in October
WVU Division of Human Resources recognizes that retirement will be a consideration and a “new beginning” for many of its current employees in the coming years. For conference details please visit… http://www.hr.wvu.edu/benefits/retirement_conference.cfm.
Recruitment continues through the summer for a weight loss study
WVU doctoral candidate Eric Goedereis is recruiting participants for a study that consists of how a person’s perceptions of personal goals, physical activity and mood change impacts his or her weight loss goals.
Men and women between the ages of 35 and 64 who are trying to lose weight are being recruited for the study. If interested, contact Goedereis at (304) 906-8394 or Eric.Goedereis@mail.wvu.edu.
Participants may receive up to $15 for their participation, and names will be entered in a drawing to win a Palm Pilot hand held organizer.
PEIA’s Tobacco Cessation Benefit
If you want to quit using tobacco, PEIA offers a cessation benefit through Free & Clear, an industry leader in tobacco cessation services. Free and Clear provides one-on-one telephone-based coaching sessions with a professional tobacco treatment Quit Coach.
When you enroll in the program you will receive:
Phone-based treatment sessions scheduled at your convenience
Unlimited toll-free telephone access to the tobacco treatment Quit Coaches and Web Coach for the duration of your treatment
Recommendations on type, dose, and duration of medication if appropriate
A Quit Kit of materials designed to help you quit tobacco through active self-management
Nicotine patches are available at no cost to the member; both the deductible and the co-payment are waived on nicotine patches when prescribed by a physician and purchased at a network pharmacy.
All other prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) tobacco cessation products will be covered after deductible with the applicable generic, preferred or non-preferred co-payment, depending on their status on PEIA’s Preferred Drug List.
For more information visit: http://www.westvirginia.com/peia/page.cfm?section=118&storyid=5919
WVU’s “Kid Fit” Artwork
WVU’s Division of Human Resources Employee Wellness Program will be offering regular opportunities for children and grandchildren of University employees (preschool through middle school preferred) to submit artwork that illustrates ways to live longer, healthy living.
The current submissions being collected should be related to Safe Summer Activities.
So, have you children draw their favorite ways to have fun in the summer. This can be a great opportunity to spend some time brainstorming all of the ways to make summer fun safer.
Send submissions to Kimberly Zaph, Wellness Program Manager, P.O. Box 6640, One Waterfront Place, Morgantown, WV 26506-6640.
Deadline to submit “Kid Fit” Artwork: Aug. 30, 2008. Please include the following information on the back of the original artwork: Child’s Name, Age, School, Employee (Parent’s or Grandparent’s) Name, Title/WVU Department, Work Phone, Campus E-mail, Campus Address. We can not accept anything larger that 11’’ x 17’’. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Some of the submissions will be posted on line; artwork will be returned upon request.
For more information, e-mail kimberly.zaph@mail.wvu.edu .
Survivors Club, formerly HOPE, meets monthly
The Survivors Club, a community support group for cancer patients, their families and friends, meets from 6-8 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month at Suncrest United Methodist Church. Dinner is provided. For more information, contact Jennifer Craddock, 304-598-4564 or e-mail CraddockJ@wvuh.com. WVU employees and their family members are welcome.
Employees encouraged to compete in WVU intramurals
Intramural sports as diverse as walleyball and dodgeball and as common as flag football and basketball are open to all employees as well as students. League and tournament formats exist. To check out the intramural offerings as well as the spring, fall and summer activities, go to: WVU Intramural Sports. Participation in intramural sports is a great way to keep physically fit and fine tune those leadership and sportsmanship skills, plus meet new people and have fun, WVU wellness officials say.
WVU Libraries Wellness Committee recommends health websites
For a wealth of health and wellness information, any University employee can also search MountainLynx for books or one of the health sciences databases (http://www.libraries.wvu.edu/databases/) for articles. The director of the Health Sciences Library, Susan Arnold, has recommended the following list of web pages to get employees started with finding health information.
For additional help, call one of the Reference Desks: Downtown 293-3640; Health Sciences, 293-6810; or Evansdale 293-4695. E-mail the library at ask_a_librarian@mail.wvu.edu or instant message with the name wvulibraries.
- MedlinePlus
- Healthfinder
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- MayoClinic.com
- User’s Guide to Finding and Evaluating Health and Information on the Web
Incorporate experiential education, challenge course into your job
The WVU Challenge Course is hosting several training opportunities this spring. To find out more, call 293-9650 or email wvuchallengecourse@mail.wvu.edu. The WVU Challenge Course is part of the Mountaineer Adventure Program which is best known for the Adventure WV freshmen programs.
WVU Healthy Recipe Contest
The deadline to submit a Healthy Recipe was February 14, 2008
The following employees have been selected as the winners of the Health Recipe Contest
APPETIZER:
Cheryl Phillips
SR HRIS Specialist
Human Resources
SALAD:
Traci Liebig
Executive Secretary to the Provost
AcadAff-Provost’s Office
MAIN DISH:
Bonnie Anderson
Associate Director of Graduate Programs
Business & Economics
Pathways to Wellness Health Screenings
The road to good health begins with self responsibility. Take charge of your health today by participating in a health screening through the PEIA Pathways to Wellness program. The confidential, voluntary and free baseline screening will provide employees with information on your total cholesterol, glucose, blood pressure, weight, height, etc. Please contact your worksite wellness coordinator to see when the next screening is scheduled, or contact Kimberly Zaph (Kimberly.zaph@mail.wvu.edu) if your worksite does not yet have a designated coordinator.
Please note that individual data is never shared with the Division of Human Resources. Your data (without any of your personal identifying information) is aggregated with all other results and used for measurement to benefit program design. PEIA has contracted with beBetter Networks to administer the Pathways to Wellness health screening. They are required to adhere to the same stringent regulations that your health plan does to keep your information private and secure. These programs are designed to help you live as healthy as possible, but participation is your choice.