Published: Oct. 5, 2023

Health and Wellness Summit

精品SM在线影片 hosted their sixth annual Health & Wellness Summit in September. This event featured expert speakers, panels, workshops and interactive activities to provide support and engage students, staff and faculty around wellness topics.聽

As part of a growing effort to incorporate wellness practices across the CU system, particularly for university employees, this year鈥檚 event featured speakers and presenters from multiple campuses. 鈥淭his year, we wanted to highlight not just the research taking place on the 精品SM在线影片 campus鈥 [but] that of our colleagues across the CU system. The opportunity to learn from and share with each other speaks to many of the dimensions of wellness that the summit aims to promote,鈥 said Jess Morris, program director for Employee Wellness and Engagement at 精品SM在线影片.聽

Here are a few highlights from this year鈥檚 event.聽聽

Employee Benefits and Wellness Fair聽

精品SM在线影片 hosted an in-person Employee Benefits and Wellness Fair to share resources, services, programs, benefits and information related to faculty and staff well-being. Nearly 400 university employees circulated among booths featuring both campus and community vendors related to recreation, affinity and community groups, public health, assistance programs, employee benefits and more.聽

In addition to campus and community vendors, the fair featured hands-on experiences to help staff and faculty improve their well-being. Activities included yoga, flu shots, acupuncture, chair massages and meal kit distribution.聽

If you would like to learn more about community resources available to CU employees, visit the聽Employee Benefits and Wellness Fair聽page. Please note, this page also includes benefits and resources specific to 精品SM在线影片 employees.聽

聽Student Wellness Experience

To mirror the staff and faculty wellness fair, the summit also featured a Student Wellness Experience. Students were able to connect with resources on campus, try out new activities on campus and learn how to build sustainable wellness routines. Programs included F45, CrossFit, mindful painting, meditation sessions, yoga and more.聽

聽Campus Presentations

Colleagues from across the system shared research findings, training tools and information on a variety of wellness topics during the second day of the summit. Here are a few highlights from those presentations that ultimately drew nearly 500 in-person and virtual attendees.聽

If you would like to view the full schedule of presenters or watch recorded sessions, visit the Health & Wellness Summit 飞别产蝉颈迟别.听

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  • Suicide Prevention Training for Student Populations聽
  • A Storytelling Workshop to Build Personal Skills and Professional Success聽
  • The Benefits and Practical Application of Heart-Focused Breathing聽
  • Human Factors: Factors of Success聽

鈥淚 was honored to be a part of the Health & Wellness Summit. It is critical that we bring together diverse communities and interested parties from across all four campuses to talk about common concerns and identify best practices. I鈥檓 grateful that the team from Boulder made this happen and I鈥檓 hopeful that conversations from the summit will turn into solutions for all of our communities.鈥澛犅

鈥 Matt Mishkind, PhD, deputy director of the Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Depression Center at CU Anschutz聽

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  • Fitness Buddies: Supporting Enjoyment and Flourishing in Peer-led Physical Activity聽
  • Population Resilience聽
  • Understanding University Employee Health & Wellbeing聽
  • Snapshot for the UCCS Integrative Care Model: How We Make It Work聽

鈥淭he CU Health and Wellness Summit provided a great opportunity to connect with colleagues from Boulder and Anschutz and learn about some of the amazing initiatives happening on all of our campuses. It takes a system-wide commitment to address the complex wellbeing needs of our communities; I am looking forward to additional collaborative efforts to help our students and employees thrive at CU.鈥澛

鈥 Chrissie Bailey, assistant director of Wellness Promotion, 鲍颁颁厂听

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  • Understanding the Science of Happiness聽
  • Dying to Talk About Death: Identities, Challenges and Cultivating Best Practices to Increase Health & Wellness聽
  • Nursing the Spirit: Care, Public Life and the Dignity of Vulnerable Strangers聽
  • Single Living in a World Built for Two聽
  • Intergenerational Trauma: Breaking the Cycle聽
  • The Bene铿乼s of Identifying with a Disability聽
  • The True Story of Zero Waste and Your Wellness聽
  • How to Stop Harm Before it Happens: The Power of Early Intervention聽

鈥淭he day was refreshing, both personally and professionally. I appreciated the variety of presentations and even had trouble deciding between fascinating topics related to aspects of wellness. It was also wonderful to see long lost colleagues I had not seen since before COVID.鈥澛

鈥 Meloni Rudolph Crawford, assistant vice chancellor for Student Health, Wellbeing and Advocacy, CU Denver聽