What do greeting cards, knitting, and bees have in common? They all are workshops being offered this month as part of our Go Create programming. All family and friends are invited to attend our weekly workshops via Zoom.
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Summer is right around the corner and with travel plans being postponed and summer camps canceled, we will, fortunately/unfortunately have extra time on our hands. Optimally we will spend this time taking action and making positive and healthy changes to our lives. This opportunity aligns nicely with our June wellness focus on intellectual wellness. Intellectual wellness is defined as "recognizing creative abilities and finding ways to expand knowledge and skills." An intellectually well person actively challenges mental growth and stimulation, is involved in intellectual and cultural activities, and is engaged in the exploration of new ideas and understandings.
To help nurture intellectual wellness development this month, we are offering the Go Read Challenge and Go Create workshops. Reading helps to improve the functioning of the brain, increases vocabulary, increases knowledge, and sharpens the mind. And our creative workshops, led by various staff members, help to expand our knowledge and skills and it's a great opportunity to learn something new.
Although our eighth annual Young Minds at Work will not be offered this year, these workshops will be a fun, relaxing, educational break for the day. The workshops are open to all family members and friends.
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USF Athletics honored its best and brightest student-athletes and teams last Sunday, May 17 at the ninth annual Hilltop Awards. This year the Hilltop Awards were held online for the first time ever, and Dons from across the globe celebrated the successes of 2019-2020. Watch here.
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| CURRENT AND UPCOMING CHALLENGES
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April 1–July 31 (extended until we are back on campus)
By popular demand, we have created this exercise challenge which is open to all faculty/staff and students, and is similar to the October Go Dons Get Fit Challenge. Check in each time that you exercise and include the length of time and what you did in the description section. No maximum of daily check-ins or minutes. Let's get moving and see which group is most active during this time of shelter-in-place!
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June 1–30
Check out the virtual workshops by GoUSF and staff members that focus on intellectual wellness. Boost your IQ by joining the Go Read Challenge and virtually attending the various workshops.
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Tuesday, June 2 | 1–1:30 p.m. | Via Zoom (Meeting ID: 964 5607 9434)
There is no better time than to give and receive a special handwritten card for your friends and loved ones. Participants will have an opportunity to send their cards to be shared and displayed to COVID19 workers at test centers and hospitals. All ages are welcome. Materials: 8.5 x 11" paper, markers, colored pencils, watercolor or acrylic paints, brushes, scissors, and glue.
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Thacher Art Hour
Wednesdays, June 3,10,17, 24 | 11 a.m. –12 p.m. | Via Zoom
Missing community? Need to find ways to keep your (or your kids’) hands busy? Have a creative project you would like to finish?
Join Thacher Gallery staff and artists for a family-friendly arts session. Each meeting, we will suggest and lead a new project using household supplies. You are invited to join in or bring whatever you are working on, from knitting to coloring books. Stop by for a short time or the whole hour.
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Thursday, June 4 | 12 –1 p.m. | Via Zoom (Meeting ID: 988 4061 0377)
“My Very Basic Guide to Knitting with Kimberly." We will go over basics and start a scarf or a baby's blanket. Materials: a pair of straight knitting needles (long or short), US size 8 or 10, yarn (medium weight), a crochet hook, a tapestry needle, and scissors.
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Tuesday, June 9 | 11 a.m. –12 p.m. | Via Zoom (Meeting ID: 983 9721 1304)
Did you know the average bee will make only 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime and the bees’ buzz is the sound made by their wings which beat 11,400 times per minute? Learn more interesting facts at our seminar offered by our very own bee aficionados.
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Saturdays | 9–11 a.m. | Upper Koret Parking Lot
USF’s Star Route Farms located in Bolinas, California is at peak production right now with the freshest local, organic produce. With the ongoing health crisis preventing restaurants from purchasing Star Route Farms’ produce, the farm and USF wish to serve the community by making the bounty available to you.
Order a box of produce each week and come pick it up on Saturdays in the Koret Health and Recreation Center upper parking lot. Each box costs $30 and contains the freshest produce picked that week. Contents of the boxes will change from week to week based on the produce available at harvest. Order by Friday at 9 a.m.
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Are you passionate about wellness? Help publicize upcoming GoUSF events and increase campus-wide participation by becoming a GoUSF wellness champion today!
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