Wellness News and Announcements

The Blazing Race! Join your fellow mavericks, Wednesday, May 16, for an hour and a half long event of wellness and Maverick spirit in which individuals or teams “race/walk” around the campus in competition with other Mavericks. There will be 2 routes, Low Impact and High Impact, participants will begin with clues to lead them to several destinations on campus. One race and a lot of Maverick WINNERS! This year’s Blazing Race promises to be bigger and better than ever!

Registration Steps

Send an email to wellness@uta.edu with the name of your team members, the name of your team, and Low Impact or High Impact path preference.
Start time is 11:30am Wednesday, May 16, 2012.
Submit Release and Indemnification Agreement.

Join your colleagues in a fun walk/run, enjoy the outdoors, visit new locations and JOIN THE BLAZING RACE AND GET CREDIT IN THE UT SYSTEM PHYSICAL ACTIVITY CHALLENGE:

4^th Annual UT System Physical Activity Challenge

April 26 to May 31

Sedentary lifestyles can lead to obesity and significant health problems. Regular exercise, physical activity and good nutrition are among the best steps a person can make for good health and longevity. There are daily and weekly endeavors considered moderate physical activity that you may already do or can easily add to your daily routine:

Walking up stairs instead of taking an elevator; Gardening; Mowing the lawn; Pushing a stroller; Cleaning house; Walking or bike riding instead of driving; Taking a brisk 10+ minute walk in the morning, at lunch and after dinner

To help you stay motivated and make it easy to track your progress, all UT System Institutions have partnered with the Get Fit Texas! to celebrate our 4th Annual UT System Physical Activity Challenge. The institution with the greatest participation based on headcount will be awarded the coveted “Traveling Trophy”!

Also, you will be competing against all UT System Institutions. The Institutions with the greatest participation (based on % of total headcount) and improvement (based on % of improvement) will win the “UT System Physical Activity Challenge Traveling Trophy”.

JOIN TODAY - Follow the steps below to join the Challenge today!

Go to www.getfittexas.org (NOTE: If you have participated in the Texas Round Up! in past years, please use the same User Name and Password. Click here to retrieve this information.)
Click “Join Program” above username area
Select “I am a state agency Employee” and click <ok>
Fill out the required fields to finalize your registration. For the question "State Agency Name", please select the UT institution you represent. Once the form is complete click <save>

UT Arlington is tobacco-free

On August 1, 2011, The University of Texas at Arlington went to a tobacco-free campus.

In order to provide students, faculty, staff, and visitors with a healthy, welcoming learning environment, the University prohibits the use of all tobacco products—including cigarettes, cigars, pipes, and smokeless tobacco—on campus property at all times. Violators will be subject to penalties detailed in the tobacco-free policy.

UT Arlington is committed to providing students, faculty, and staff who wish to stop using tobacco products with the resources they need to transition to the new campus policy. For more information on available tobacco cessation programs, visit the Ready to Quit? page.

For additional resources and free private coaching to assist in kicking the habit, please visit UCanQuit2.org!

Tobacco-Free 2011

Featured Resources

Building Financial Wellness

A recent poll by Workplace Options found that 48% of employees say financial stress is affecting their work performance.

UT Arlington is committed to lifelong learning and to the health of its campus community. To assist you in developing a basis of financial wellness, the UT Arlington Wellness Committee along with the Office of Human Resources have developed a financial wellness program aimed to break down the barriers to improved financial health by providing employees with all of the resources they need to solve their entire financial puzzle. This program includes web-based education, live seminars and one-on-one financial coaching to accommodate varied financial issues, learning styles and levels of employee commitment. Read More.

Where Should I Go For Treatment: Doctor’s Office, Retail Clinic, Urgent Care Center, or Emergency Room?

It may be challenging to decide where to find medical treatment when you are ill or injured and think you may need to be seen immediately. Even illnesses or injuries that may seem minor may be determined by the urgent care physician to warrant emergency evaluation and result in a recommendation that you be transferred to the hospital’s emergency room for further treatment. Read More.