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WashU Champion News | August 2023
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Foster Collaboration in Your Department
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Fostering Collaboration
Fostering Collaboration is a Wellness Champion competency that focuses on building community within the Champion's Circle of Influence (see the Champion competency model located in the Champion Manual). This competency exemplifies how Wellness Champions listen to their co-workers and collaborate with HR and other Champions to increase well-being in their department. Successful Wellness Champions bring co-workers together to promote well-being initiatives and effectively communicate with their supervisors to gain support in their roles as Champions. Practical Ways to Foster Collaboration:
- Be a Team Captain during a Wellness Challenge
- Promote Well-being programs (i.e., mindfulness sessions, health screenings, MyWay to Health consultations, etc.)
- Have a conversation with your supervisor about what it means to be a Champion and discuss how they can partner with you to support you
- Communicate well-being initiatives to colleagues and encourage them to participate
- Provide feedback to HR Well-being on existing programs, which influences future programming
- Utilize Microsoft Teams to engage with other Champions and communicate with your co-workers
If have any questions or want to brainstorm ways to foster collaboration in your department, please reach out to me via email: lynchc@wustl.edu
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- Request a health screening for your department
- Join the Wellness Champions Microsoft Teams channel
- Register for the Wellness Champion Q3 Workshop
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Register for the Q3 Champion Workshop
It's time to register for the Q3 Champion Workshop! This quarter, we are offering two meeting options. Please select the option below that works best for you. At this workshop, we will highlight employee benefits, review a new financial well-being platform called Enrich, and learn about opportunities at the Sumers Recreation Center.
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The in-person workshop will be held in the Center for Advanced Medicine on the 3rd floor in conference room CAM 1. Instructions for parking will be sent prior to the meeting for employees who are not located on the Medical School Campus. Parking validations will also be provided for those traveling to the campus.
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Summer Wellness Challenge: Thank you Team Captains!
Thank you to the following Team Captains who led their teams in cultivating sustainable habits.
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Preview Enrich, a financial well-being tool
Enrich is a new financial well-being tool that is here to provide personalized, interactive courses available to you 24/7. This educational platform provides:
- Financial well-being check-ups that provide personalized recommend articles, tools, and videos
- Confidential 1:1 certified financial coaching associates
- Connection with WashU-specific benefits, like TIAA and Savi
- Spanish and Bosnian translations
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Wellness Champions have been invited to preview Enrich before it is available to all WashU employees.
If you have not done so already, we encourage you to create an account, take the "Check-Up" and "Money Personality" assessments, and explore the online articles, videos, and financial courses available.
Please note: The information you share in Enrich is confidential - WashU never receives any of your personal financial information.
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Once you have explored the Enrich content, we would appreciate your feedback via this anonymous survey. Please share your thoughts by Aug. 11, 2023
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Your Next Move: Transitioning to the New Retirement SeminarSeptember 26, 2023: Brown Lounge, Brown Hall, 5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m.
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Your Next Move, a 90 minute seminar, taught by Chris Frey, LCSW – provides experienced workers and learners with the skills and essential elements necessary for making a successful transition to retirement and a fulfilling next chapter in their lives. This seminar will use assessment, planning, seeking information, and enlisting support to help define what the New Retirement looks like for you. Attendees will learn the critical ingredients of retirement beyond finances: Purpose, Leisure, Social and Health and Well-being.
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Your Next Move: Transitioning to the New Retirement 8-Week CourseWednesdays, 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m, Beginning October 25, 2023
This 8-week course, taught by Chris Frey, LSW, will use assessment, planning, seeking information, and enlisting support to help define what the New Retirement looks like for you. Students take a deeper dive into material introduced in the 90-minute seminar (featured above) and will further explore the critical ingredients of retirement beyond finances: Purpose, Leisure, Social and Health and Well-being.
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Caregiver Resources
Knowing that family members are safe and well-cared for is the cornerstone of a healthy work-life balance. WashU partners with quality caregivers and facilities for older or other dependent adults.
Visit WashU's Family Care Hub for more information on the resources available to you.
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Contact our Family & Child Care FacilitatorLisa Eberle-Mayse works with employees and assists in their search for family care, including childcare, early childhood education, schools, and adult/elder care. She connects faculty and staff with university resources and benefits, as well as other local resources, matching their individual family needs. Reach out to Lisa with any caregiver questions: FamilyCare@wustl.edu
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Schedule your annual health screening!
Each calendar year, benefits-eligible employees qualify for a free health screening, and once complete, receive a $50 gift card. Your health screening includes the following tests: A1c, blood pressure, blood sugar, body mass index and cholesterol. At this time, onsite events are available on the Danforth, School of Medicine and Satellite Campuses. View our FAQs for more information Take Action: Email this flyer to your colleagues to encourage their participation.
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Upcoming Onsite Annual Health Screening Events:
- Tuesday, October 10 | 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Sumers Recreation, Take Care Health Fair, 330 N. Big Bend Blvd
- Friday, November 3 | 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. | EPNEC - Great Rooms A & B, 320 S. Euclid Ave.
- Thursday, November 16 | 8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Danforth University Center (DUC), Room 276, 6475 Forsyth Blvd.
Request a screening event
Request a health screening for your department this fall through the link below. Be sure to check "Annual Health Screening" and include information such as the preferred date and time, building name, address and the location within the building. We request eight weeks' notice and will reach out with more information.
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| HR WELL-BEING TEAM SPOTLIGHT
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Meet Emily Strong: Wellness CoordinatorEmily moved to St. Louis in 2004 after graduating from the University of Oklahoma and joined WashU Pediatrics in 2010. Emily was a Wellness Champion and enjoyed creating wellness opportunities for the pediatric fellows that she worked closely with. Emily now coordinates wellness programs and events for employees while being a direct point of contact for employees with questions regarding wellness program participation. Outside of the office, Emily is either looking for new off-road adventures with her fiancé and dogs, playing sports or planning her next trip to the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
Emily's role focuses on coordinating the bi-annual Take Care Health Fair, all of our wellness challenges and helping Champions host screenings in their departments. If you are interested in hosting a health screening, please fill out this form.
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HR Well-being is an employee health initiative that, in partnership with Washington University experts, offers opportunities for employees to improve their physical and emotional well-being. This initiative focuses on developing evidence-based programs and making personal connections to provide employees with valuable and fun experiences that improve their health. We aim to foster a culture that prioritizes employee health and well-being as integral to the mission of teaching, research, and patient care, and create an environment where the healthier choice is the easiest choice; where employees are empowered to choose wellness.
WashU Wellness Champions help us understand the needs within different work environments, promote the importance of personal health, and encourage their coworkers to engage in wellness program offerings.
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