wellness program

Elizabeth R. Click, Case Western Reserve University medical director and assistant professor in the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, and Janetta M. Hammock, diversity program manager in CWRU’s Office for Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity and a certified diversity professional, gave t...

Case Western Reserve University faculty and staff can decrease their risk for heart disease or diabetes by participating in a free health-coaching pilot from Omada Health. For the second year, the CWRU Wellness Program will offer this program to those that qualify after completing their biometric sc...

Work groups of all sizes are invited to participate in the Healthy Department Toolkit program to build a more connected campus. The Healthy Department Toolkit is packed with ideas for making work groups more cohesive, successful and healthy. Over the fall semester, work groups will be encouraged to...

Cleveland children will have more books to read, thanks to the efforts of the Wellness Champions. This volunteer group of faculty and staff, supported by the Wellness Program, hosted a book drive last month. With the community’s help, the group collected six cartons of books to donate to the Cleve...

Faculty and staff can battle stress and computer fatigue with a seated massage this month. The Wellness Program and One to One Fitness Center will team up to offer mini breaks to faculty and staff two Wednesdays this month: Sept. 11 and 25. The seated massages will be offered from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ...

Each fall, benefits-eligible faculty and staff are invited to participate in on-campus biometric screenings to get a free snapshot of their health status. At the screening, height, weight, waist circumference, fasting blood glucose, cholesterol and triglycerides are tested. This fall, on-campus scr...

New sessions of the Books@Work program will be offered in fall. This program helps employees connect through literature during faculty member-led sessions. One spring 2019 participant shared: “[Books@Work] helped me feel more connected to the workplace and meet new people. Also, it let me learn ab...

It can take as little as five minutes a day to improve health and feelings of well-being with a meditation practice. To encourage the campus community to add a meditation practice to their self-care routine, the Wellness Program has teamed up with Health Journeys to offer “Take Five to Relax, Focus,...

The Case Western Reserve University Wellness Champions are leading a book drive requesting new and gently used board books, picture books and books for beginning readers. The drive will run Aug. 1–16. Three drop off locations are available: Adelbert Hall, Room 109;Thwing Center’s third-florr lobb...

Those who order meals for faculty or staff meetings or other events on campus are invited to learn how to plan a healthy and sustainable catered meal from campus catering partners. During this 90-minute session, lunch will be provided along with advice from the university’s Wellness Program and Offi...