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Employee health & wellness is focus of seminar series
By Andy Clendennen In an effort to promote health and wellness among Hilltop Campus faculty and staff, the Office of Human Resources is introducing a brown-bag lunch seminar series called "Wellness Connection." Six programs are scheduled through the end of the academic year. The first lunch is at noon Nov. 21 in Mallinckrodt Student Center, Room 100A. Connie A. Diekman, director of University nutrition, will speak on "How to Eat Healthy During the Holidays." "We've been working on this program for almost a year, and the goal is to promote gradual healthy lifestyle changes and help employees find work-life balance," said Lorraine Goffe-Rush, director of employee relations in human resources. "One of the ways to do that is to offer educational programs." Other lunch topics include a smoking cessation program, safety tips for outdoor sports and stressless workdays. "These are areas that tend to be of the most interest to people," Goffe-Rush said. "We spoke to campus experts, and we plan on getting more information from people as part of the pilot so we can continue to develop the program and add more activities next year. "Another goal of the program is to provide a communication mechanism. There are a lot of activities on campus that we don't always know about, like group exercise programs, discounts available from BJC's health club or the YMCA. So the Wellness Connection Web site will pull those resources together and provide helpful information all in one place." For more information about the Wellness Connection, call Goffe-Rush at 935-8046 or go online to hr.wustl.edu, follow the "Benefits" link and click on "Wellness Connection." |
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