State of Maryland Wellness Newsletter June is Men's Health and National Employee Wellness Month!
Why National Men's Health Month is Important. 
  • It's a conversation starter: Men's Health Month gets men talking about health - which gets men acting on their health! Decisions are made to eat healthier, move a little more, and manage stress - it's a beautiful thing!
  •  It's a call to action: Research shows that men are less likely to go to the doctor than women, which means skipping health screenings and ignoring symptoms of a health condition. Men's Health Month encourages men to get checked out so they can feel better and maintain good health.
  • It's an excuse for pampering: Lots of things that are good for men's physical health are also good for their mental health, like playing golf, getting a massage, and taking an extra long nap. It's all healthy, and if anyone asks "what's the occasion?" men have an answer: "It's Men's Health Month!"
June Men's Health Webinars: Great information for men and for women who have men in their lives in our Thursday Health Promotion series! 

Register today for our newest challenge, Summertime!

Registration is now open until 6/19 - register here!
Remember when you were a kid waiting for dusk to turn to darkness so you could watch the fireflies come out? 

Get ready to "light up" your summer night sky as you relive this and more memories from past summers in Summertime, an activity program with an all-summer-things theme.

As you re-visit your fondest childhood summer experiences, you'll be entered into raffle prize drawings for $25 gift cards! Use the gift card for wherever your favorite summer memories are!

June Wellness Buzz with good news about free wellness resources!
   
Want to enjoy the summer fun - and summer's fun foods - while managing your health and weight? Our health benefits providers have just the programs for you - at not cost to their members! Read below to learn more:

Carefirst  NOOM
As part of the State of Maryland Carefirst health plan benefits, Noom now is offered to Carefirst eligible* members at no cost!  Ready to get started? Log in to http://carefirst.com/wellbeing. Once logged in, select You followed by Benefits. Next, click Health & Fitness and then Noom.. 
*Must be 18 years or older with a BMI of 25 or greater, having been identified as prediabetes or at risk for developing diabetes.
 
United Healthcare  UHC REAL
As part of the State of Maryland United Healthcare plan benefits, Real Appeal is offered to United Healthcare eligible* members at no cost! Ready to get started? Click here  
*Must be 18 years or older with a BMI of 23 or greater.
 
Coming Soon - Kaiser Permanente KaiserOmada
Kaiser Permanente members are invited to register for Omada, a no cost weight management program that helps eligible* members get results without cutting out favorite foods or counting calories. Watch for the Omada invitation in your email box coming soon!
*Must be 18 years or older with a BMI of 25 or greater, having been identified as prediabetes or at risk for developing diabetes.
 
June Mindful Mondays: Focusing on Being a Healthy Person Mindful Monday 
 
Monday, June 26, 11:00 am - 11:30 am: Curb Your Cravings 
When emotions run high, we may eat our feelings as we turn to food for comfort. Join our very own dietitian, Amy Hatfield, as she explains how stress, boredom, anger, and loneliness trigger cravings and what you can do to manage them.
Register here
   
 
Tuesday Wellness from the Kitchen with Chef Sandra- Fire Up the Grill!
Chef Sandra
  
Become a grill master this summer in the Fire Up the Grill series - you may not turn your oven on until Fall!
 
Tuesday, June 20, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: Grilled Carrots with Pesto + Grilled Lime Chile Corn
Grilling transforms carrots and corn in a way that will have your taste buds and your family and friends begging for more! The carrots are served with a basil pesto and the corn with a lime chili butter sauce. Register here
 
Tuesday, June 27, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: Spanish Grilled Pork Tenderloin
It’s all about the marinade with this Spanish grilled pork tenderloin! Bets are on that you have most of these ingredients in your pantry right now, just begging you to give this a try. Register here
 
   
Wednesday Healthy U: Brain Health Month!
 
From scratching your nose to solving challenging problems, you have your brain to thank for your every thought and action! Think of this series as your owner's handbook for your brain!
 
Register here for one or more Healthy U sessions.
 
Wednesday, June 14, 11:00 am - 11:45 am: Sleep and Your Brain
Healthy sleep habits are crucial to your brain's ability to learn and remember. During sleep, while your body rests, your brain is busy processing information from the day and forming memories. Learn which sleep habits are sleep superpowers and which are kryptonite!
 
Wednesday, June 21, 11:00 am - 11:45 am: Stress and Your Brain
There is evidence that chronic, persistent stress may actually rewire your brain - too much stress results in the survival part of the brain getting stronger while the thinking part gets weaker. These days, stress is persistent for many of us - learn how to protect your brain through easy-to-adopt lifestyle tools.
 
Wednesday, June 28, 11:00 am - 11:45 am: Loneliness and Your Brain
Learn how loneliness negatively impacts the brain and participate in a discussion on potential solutions to loneliness, as you experience social connection in this interactive webinar. 
 
Health Promotion Thursdays: Keep Dad Healthy and Strong!  

Men's Health experts are encouraged to see that more men have become interested in their health status. Let's keep this momentum going - join these webinars so that you can motivate yourself and the men in your lives toward greater health awareness.
  
Register here for 6/15, 6/22, and/or 6/29 Men's Health Webinars 
 
Thursday, 6/15, 11:00 am - 11:45 am: Keep Dad Healthy and Strong
In honor of Father's Day on June 18, we'll share information specific to those special men in our lives. Learn ways to help them stay happy and strong with balanced nutrition, physical activity, and effective stress management techniques. So, if you're a dad, be sure to join - and invite your dad to join this webinar! 
 
Thursday, 6/22, 11:00 am - 11:45 am: Man Up to Good Health
This webinar will encourage men to make their health a priority. Join this comprehensive presentation to learn valuable information on men's health screenings, disease risk factors, and healthy lifestyle strategies for men. Invite the men in your life to participate!
 
Thursday, 6/29, 11:00 am - 11:45 am: Men's Mental Health
You may be surprised to learn that some of the common emotional stress-related signs in men are anger, engagement in risky behaviors, and physical symptoms such as headaches and digestive issues. This enlightening presentation will present information on these and additional symptoms as well as how men can be supported.

June Wellness: Men's Health Month, Planning with Pride Financial Wellness, Fire up the Grill with Chef Sandra Lewis, Fun Summertime Challenge, and Much More! Visit the Wellness Website today for more information.

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Retriever Integrated Health Summer 2023 Groups and Workshops

This summer, RIH is offering students the opportunity to participate in a counseling group or workshop to help build skills as they navigate summer courses or prepare for the Fall 2023 semester.

You've Got This Group is a 4-week program based on Dialectical Behavior Therapy. It is intended to help students develop the tools they need to cope with some of the challenges they experience daily. The program utilizes evidence-based skills and strategies designed to reduce symptoms of distress and increase positive coping strategies. Topics include mindfulness, thought as thought, emotion as emotion, and interpersonal effectiveness.

Anxiety Toolbox is a three-session workshop series focused on helping students understand anxiety symptoms and build skills to manage them. Modules are as follows: 1) understanding anxiety, 2) introducing a method for slowing down and disentangling the experience of anxiety, and 3) developing alternative responses to anxiety. Students will leave the workshop with an individualized plan for managing anxiety. Students can join this workshop at any time following completing a triage appointment.

The first step to joining any group is to complete a triage appointment. Please call 410-455-2542 to schedule this brief assessment. During your triage appointment, please tell your provider you are interested in joining a group or workshop and which group or workshop you want to join.


For general group questions, please secure message our Group Coordinator, Lauren Mirzakhalili, via the patient portal: http://myretrievercare.umbc.edu/.


All summer groups and workshops will be held virtually. Due to licensure laws, group members need to be in Maryland to participate in a group. Workshop participants may be out of state for the workshop but must be in Maryland for the triage appointment.

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From May 30 through August 21, 2023 RIH will be open from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. 
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We are in the home stretch of the Spring semester here at UMBC and we continue to offer lots of opportunities for faculty and staff learning and wellness. 

From a wellness perspective, the month of May is both Mental Health Awareness Month and Skin Cancer Awareness Month. Faculty and staff should be encouraged to take care of their own mental health as well as be aware of our student's mental health challenges, especially at this time of year.  We continue our Community Mindfulness for Mental Health sessions this month with both in-person and virtual sessions that are open to everyone in our community. Check out resources for both campaigns on the HR Wellness Initiative page. 

We are thrilled to be offering two large-scale events this month to tap into personal growth and community engagement. First, we have our brand-new HR Week! May 8-12th, HR will offer over 10 different sessions on a variety of topics of interest to faculty and staff. We kick off this week on Monday, May 8th with a Virtual Meet & Greet, with two times available to fit your schedule: 11:00 am and 3:00 pm. Please check out the HR Week web page for details on all of the sessions and how to register. 

Our second, exciting feature this month, is Retriever Talks 2023! Our third cohort brings eight community-selected speakers to the stage to tell their own stories in Retriever Talks: Revealing Our Common Unity in CommUNITY. When an individual shares their story with the larger community, we can all experience what it means to make an impact. When we hear our organizational values reflected through diverse stories and lived experiences, we realize a sense of collective identity and belonging that is inclusive of multiple perspectives in ways that are powerful, palpable, and vital in promoting thriving workplace cultures. Please join us May 17th in the Final Arts Recital Hall. Doors open at 9:30am with the program beginning promptly at 10:00. We follow the event with a reception in the Recital Hall Lobby at 12:00pm. To learn more about this year's speakers, and to register for the event, please don't miss our Retriever Talks 2023 web page.

We look forward to seeing you soon at one of these exciting events!
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Community Mindfulness for Mental Health

Take a brain break!

Tuesday, April 18, 2023 1 - 2 PM
The Center for Well-Being : 118
Take a brain break and join in a weekly community mindfulness practice with other members of our student, faculty, and staff population. Mindfulness has been proven to offer a whole host of physical and mental health benefits including but not limited to lowering stress, improving emotional regulation, boosting cognitive abilities, and strengthening relationships. Come join us in building a progressive meditation practice together and supporting each other in cultivating greater resilience and well-being!

Space is limited to 20. Please sign up in advance. Sessions to be facilitated by members of Retriever Integrated Health.

Please register for each session here. 


Sponsor: offered as a joint partnership between Human Resources and Retriever Integrated Health
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The Department of Human Resources cordially invites you to join us for UMBC's first HR Week, from May 8th - 12th. Like many departments on campus we have experienced a good deal of change in the last year, which we have turned into an opportunity to re-imagine who we are and what we do as well as to innovate and elevate our service offerings to help enable you to do your best work. We invite you to join us to learn more about our new mission and vision for a re-imagined Human Resources.

Join us for this action-packed week with engagement opportunities for every member of our campus, including an HR Virtual Meet & Greet, ten 1-hour sessions that run the gamut of topics across our divisions that are both timely and relevant, including a Friday mindfulness practice to pause, reflect, and cultivate resilience as we round out the week. 

Visit our HR Website https://hr.umbc.edu/hr-week/ for a full schedule of sessions with links to register in myUMBC!

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Fidelity
  • Take the First Step to Investing

Nationwide/Maryland Supplemental Retirement Plan (MSRP)
  • Did Someone Say...Taxes in Retirement?
  • Taming the Credit Monster

TIAA
  • The Power of Savings: Gaining financial insights for life
  • Paying Yourself: Income Options in Retirement
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Welcome to April and all the signs of Spring! With warmer days, members of our community spend more time outside and a vibrancy emerges along with the spring flowers. We are over halfway through the semester, with LOTS of great opportunities left to unite and learn together. April brings a focus on change, stress, and mindfulness. 

April is Stress Awareness Month. Instead of one Wellness Wednesday session, we will be holding a session each Wednesday in April (10:30-12:00) for an exploration of Stress Awareness: causes & impacts, stress management, stress at work, and creating a stress management plan. Come for as many as you are able.

Spring brings changes and transitions to our physical environment that we can see all around us. Change in our professional and personal lives aren't always as welcomed and our feelings about change can add to our stress. In April and May we lean into change and our reactions to it with two book discussion groups. First, we have a group based on the book Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change, that is focused on "the human side of organizational change". This discussion is for managers and leaders and is led by Lynne Adams, CHRO, and Jill Wardell, Director of Workplace Learning, OD & Wellness. Second, we have a group based on the book Thriving Through Uncertainty: Moving Beyond Fear of the Unknown and Making Change Work for You. This group is for anyone wanting to learn more about moving through uncertainty and welcoming change. This discussion group is led by Melody Wright and Monique Conelius of the Workplace Learning, OD & Wellness team.

Mindfulness is a great resource to combat stress and uncertainty. Attached is a flyer announcing Community Mindfulness for Mental Health; mindfulness opportunities throughout April and May on Tuesdays and Fridays. These sessions are presented by a partnership between Human Resources and Retriever Integrated Health and are open to anyone in our community (students, faculty, staff). Registration for each session is individual, so sign up for those sessions that fit your schedule.

Other highlights this month include: two sessions of Violence Prevention: Behaviors of Concern; PMP Training for Supervisors; Effective Delegation; and Unconscious Bias.

Save the Date: 

HR WEEK is coming the week of May 8th! Join members of Human Resources for sessions throughout the week. Topics include: recruitment and retention; benefits; giving effective feedback; work-life balance; leading hybrid teams, payroll topics, and more! Everyone will also have the opportunity for a virtual meet and greet with all of the HR staff so you can put a face with the name.

Retriever Talks 2023 is coming in May! Save May 17th 10:00am-12:00pm with a reception following from 12:00-1:00. More info will be forthcoming.

Please share this information with all that we may be able to serve. 

Happy Learning!

Jill Wardell, Monique Conelius, and Melody Wright

UMBC Workplace Learning, OD & Wellness

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Posted from Department of Human Resources Group

Link to post to join our online event: https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/hr/events/116691

April is National Financial Literacy Month and in preparation join the Human Resources Benefits Team, on Friday March 31st from 11am-12pm via WebEx, to learn about the Supplemental Retirement Account (401(k), 403(b), 457(b), etc.) options that are offered at UMBC.  

Topics covered will include:
  • Who to contact to get more information?
  • How to enroll, change or cancel contributions?
  • What other resources are available for financial education?
  • If already enrolled, how to manage account?
The Human Resources Benefits team looks forward to seeing everyone on 3/31/2023.

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