UCSB Health & Wellness WELLNESS.UCSB.EDU 2017 Winter Events Calendar
GRADUATE WELLNESS WELCOME Come celebrate the opening of the Graduate Weekly Wellness Center! Enjoy a free 10-minute massage, delicious snacks from the IV Co-op, stress balls, and coloring books. You deserve a respite from the ceaseless demands of graduate school! Thursday, January 12, 11am-2pm, GSA Lounge (MCC Building 2nd Floor) TAKE THE WHEEL CHALLENGE Participate in 1 challenge from each wellness category this quarter, and earn a FREE T-Shirt and a chance at great prizes like Fitbits and a MacBook Air! Register at www.takethewheelchallenge.com STARTS: Monday, January ENDS: Wednesday, March 15 #TakeTheWheelChallenge U CAN SLEEP BETTER CHALLENGE Take this week long online sleep challenge to improve your sleep habits, improve test performance, and boost your health! Register at www.ucansleepbetterchallenge.com STARTS: Monday, January 30 ENDS: Tuesday, February 7 ADVOCATE MEETINGS All students interested in Health & Wellness are invited to attend Advocate meetings on a drop-in basis. Meetings include professional development, hands-on experience with health promotion, social connection, and volunteer opportunities ranging from short-term community service to paid internships. Regardless of level of experience, topic of interest, or major, all students are welcome to participate. Healthy snacks provided at every meeting. Every Wednesday at 7pm, Building 434, Room 147
COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS PRACTICE Take a moment to join us in our safe and comfortable space for a free guided mindfulness and compassion meditation. These sessions may help reduce stress, improve your ability to concentrate, and enable you to understand your thoughts and feelings better. Please come as you are and feel the powerful benefits of meditation after each session. Our programs do not require any particular experience or beliefs and are available throughout the quarter. Guided Meditation with Dawa Phillips SRB Student Conference room, 1st floor, January 10 March 14, 1:05-2pm Mindfulness For Social Justice with Spencer Sherman, PhD South Hall, Room 1623, January 13 March 17, 1-2pm FOOD, NUTRITION AND BASIC SKILLS The Food, Nutrition and Basic Skills program provides students who may have a limited understanding regarding nutrition, food preparation, grocery shopping, and budgeting with increased knowledge and practical skills. The program consists of a free series of workshops in four tracks: Cooking and nutrition, Connecting to your Food, Budgeting and Planning, and Kitchen Basics. This program is provided to students in partnership with the UC Global Food Initiative. Free food samples provided. Any student that completes 1 workshop in each track will receive a free kitchen start up kit! NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY: Sharpening Your Cooking Skills Learn the way of the blade! Come practice basic knife skills and safety while building the perfect snack! No experience necessary. El Dorado Apartments, 7-8pm MICROWAVE MEALS SRB, 1st floor conference room, 5-6pm MEAL PREP: DINNER FOR DAYS Miramar Center in Sierra Madre Apartments, 5-6pm HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR SPICE RACK SRB Student Conference room, 1st floor, 5-6pm
Be well in the New Year! Come out to a Health & Wellness event, meet new people, & build healthy habits. WTF? (WHY THE FRUIT?) FRUIT BOWL PROJECT Thanks to a generous gift from the Bragg Health Institute, Health & Wellness distributes fresh, local and organic fruit to 17 departments on campus. See our website for a complete list of locations where you can pick up a piece of fresh fruit on Mondays and Wednesdays. wellness.ucsb.edu WELLNESS CENTERS Our Drop-In Wellness Centers provide students opportunities to meet with Wellness resource professionals, receive FREE chair massages from a certified massage therapist, and grab fresh fruit. Centers are open weekly 12pm-2pm: Mondays: SRB Tuesdays: Library Wednesdays: UCEN Graduate Wellness Center Thursdays: GSA Lounge (MCC building), 2nd Floor
UCSB Health & Wellness Winter Events Calendar 2017 12 17 20 24 28 START DATE FOR TAKE THE WHEEL CHALLENGE Register at www.takethewheelchallenge.com GRADUATE WELLNESS WELCOME GSA Lounge (MCC Building 2nd Floor), 11am-2pm NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY: Sharpening Your Cooking Skills El Dorado Apartments, 7-8pm 30 FIELD TRIP: ICE SKATING Meet @ SRB, 7:30-10pm GRADUATE YOGA NIGHT San Clemente Center, 7-8pm FIELD TRIP: GOLETA BUTTERFLY GROVE Meet @ SRB, 11am-2pm START DATE FOR 7-DAY SLEEP CHALLENGE Register at: ucansleepbetterchallenge.com 14 22 GRADUATE Love Yourself ICE CREAM SOCIAL GSA Lounge (MCC Building 2nd floor), 12:30-3pm FREE, ANONYMOUS HIV TESTING SRB MPR, 11am-5pm 23 24 26 14 HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR SPICE RACK SRB Student Conference room, 1st floor, 5-6pm HEALTHY STUDY HABITS W/ THE IV CO-OP IV Co-op Patio, 3-5pm. Free Snacks. GRAD YOGA NIGHT San Clemente Center, 7-8pm NATIONAL EATING DISORDER AWARENESS WEEK STARTS DOG THERAPY DAY Lot 22 Lawn, 11am-2pm REJUVENATION STATION Free chair massages, healthy snacks, and scantrons/blue books provided. SRB MPR, noon-4pm 1 7 MICROWAVE MEALS SRB, 1st floor conference room, 5-6pm 17 LIBRARY STUDY BREAK Free chair massages, healthy snacks, and scantrons/blue books provided. Room 1312, 11:30am-1:30pm MEAL PREP: DINNER FOR DAYS Miramar Center in Sierra Madre Apartments, 5-6pm GRADUATE SUCCULUNCH SRB MPR, 11:30am-1:30pm Bring your own container to plant a free succulent. Lunch provided! FIELD TRIP: COLLEGE SAILING NIGHT Meet @ SRB, 7:30pm MINDFULNESS PRACTICE SESSIONS Tuesdays in SRB, 1:05-2pm Fridays in South Hall room 1623, 1-2pm Sessions run January 10 March 17