News and Info for Org Staff

May is Mental Health Awareness Month

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Anne Grady of the Anne Grady Group shares why you should, and how you can, create a mental fitness routine. Watch her short video here and check out more on her webpage, or look into this playlist of mental health classes from top instructors, brought to you by burnalong.com.

First Amendment Training

All faculty, staff, and students must complete Free Speech training at least annually.
Access your compliances from HR Self-Service My Training, search "First Amendment", "Free Speech" or course WFIRST.

My Compliances

Check out all the L&D Series Offerings!

Need help with performance management? First time supervisor? Looking to grow your DEI knowledge? The UI Learning and Development team has the resources to get you there!

Leadership Development Programs

DISCOVER YOUR UNIVERSITY

Discover Your University is a program for University of Iowa faculty and staff to spend time during normal working hours participating in guided tours of various sites around campus. Check out the page for upcoming events. Participants can earn liveWELL points for attending!

Discover Your University

Bookmark this page to reference for current and upcoming activities, events and information related to human resources and your employment.

YOUR WELLNESS IS IMPORTANT!

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December Wellness Update

LiveWELL Trainings, via Zoom 12:10-12:50pm

Thursday, May 4
- Meal Planning for Busy People
Wednesday, May 17
- Financial Wellness: Planning for a Car Purchase
Friday, May 19
- Did You Know: Wellness Overview

Wellness Heroes

Wellness Heroes is a program to recognize faculty and staff members who are practicing healthy behaviors that are inspiring to others in the workplace. Wellness Heroes are nominated because they are contributing to a culture of health and well-being at the University of Iowa.

Any faculty of staff member can nominate any other faculty or staff member.

A nominated person must meet the following criteria:

Make a positive impact in health and wellness in their workplace through a demonstrated behavior or attitude
Be a UI employee
Give permission to share their nomination on social media (Twitter) and the quarterly liveWELL newsletter.

NOMINTE a WELLNESS HERO!

May is Mental Health Awareness Month - a great time to reduce the stigma by starting conversations, increasing understanding, and educating those around you about mental illness throughout the month of May. Check out this Mental Health Checklist.

University of Iowa employees can also access our Employee Assistance Program!

MAKTE IT OK!

Take Your PHA now and Receive:

-A tailored feedback report on your responses around health, well-being, and productivity. This report will direct you to UI, local, and national resources on various health topics.

-Sign up for text messages to receive liveWELL tips tailored to your health and well-being.

-100 points added to your My LiveWELL Portal at Employee Self-Service

-Entry into a monthly drawing for $250 (two winners each month!)

-Eligibility for the Recreation Membership Incentive Program. Membership includes access to free in-person and virtual fitness classes and four facilities.

-Access to Free Health Coaching to work on specific areas you want to improve related to your well-being. A Health Coach may refer you (at no cost) to other programs such as Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, Personal Training, or Lifestyles Prevention Programs.

May Wellness Update Email

Recharge+ by LiveWELL

Recharge+ utilizes the Resilience Evaluation Measure (REM), an innovative, validated, assessment of resilience to provide you with a snapshot of your current level of resilience and immediate feedback on how you can improve.

Tailored text messages provide you with guidance in three key domains; reset, rethink, and reconnect.

LiveWELL/Recharge