Wellness
The Maverick Wellness initiative supports a campus-wide environment and culture of wellbeing that promotes the value of wellness within our lives. Our commitment is to provide wellness programs, resources, and tools to encourage and enable our Campus to take charge of their health and wellness.
Our Wellness Philosophy is to provide people-centered education and interactive approaches to improve lives by cultivating employees’ physical and mental well-being utilizing the holistic 8 dimensions of wellness model.
TCE Wellness Events
Spring Forward Team Challenge COMING SOON!
Challenge dates: April 1st - May 5th, 2024
- Participants across UT System institutions can form a new team or join an existing one upon challenge registration beginning Monday, April 1st.
- Each team will have 3-5 members.
- The goal is for each team to collectively log 4,000 minutes of activities that exercise your body or mind including: walking, gardening, running, biking, mediation, yoga, etc.
Click for More Information and a Demo Video
Earth Day Celebration 2024!
Date: April 23rd, 2024
Time: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: Brazos Park
Earth Day is an annual celebration acknowledging environmental accomplishments while emphasizing the necessity of preserving natural resources. The theme for this year's Earth Day is planet vs. plastics. It calls attention to the health risks of plastics and pushes for an end to fast fashion and single-use plastic products. Celebrate our planet and discover UTA’s efforts to establish a sustainable environment at The Earth Day Fair, which will be Tuesday, April 23, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at Brazos Park. There will be T-shirts, food trucks, giveaways, activities, and music.
Wellness Wednesday: Environmental Wellness
Date: April 24th, 2024
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Location: The Commons - Nueces A
Join your fellow working Mavericks to learn hands-on tools on navigating your way to better holistic health.
Engage your sense of safety, comfort, and connection with your physical surroundings. Consider the interactions between your environment, your community, and yourself.
Enhance your environmental wellness by living more in harmony with the planet and your community.
Living Well: Health & Wellness Program
The Living Well program provides a variety of resources to enable employees, retirees, and dependents who participate in the UT SELECT Medical plan to take charge of their health and develop their own personal wellness program.
Healthy Living Website: https://www.bcbstx.com/ut/healthy-living
- Learn more about the programs and discounts that encourage you to take charge and maximize your health.
- MD Live 24/7 Virtual Visits- MDLIVE.com/bcbstxVisit a MDLive doctor via online video, mobile app or phone. $0 Copay. 888-680-8646
New Plan Year
Welcome to a new plan year of the UT Living Well Platform -your well-being platform that rewards you for taking actions to improve your
life!
Click the "Join Today" button below or here: https://ut.limeade.com/one/home
NEW THIS YEAR:
- A fresh opportunity to complete your Well-Being Assessment to launch this year's personalized well-being experience.
- Build on your progress and set new goals by comparing your Well-Being Assessment results to last year.
- Every time you level up in the UT Living Well platform by earning points for completing activities, you will be entered into a quarterly prize drawing!
- Special rewards will be presented to all participants at the end of the program year based on your top achievement level: Believe, Achieve, Succeed.
Living Well App
How it works:
- Visit ut.limeade.com
- You can enter your university email and password.
- Or at the bottom of the form click on the “Continue with Employee & UT Austin Retiree Login” button
- Follow the remaining prompts to register
- Complete your Well-Being Assessment (optional) to learn about your strengths and areas of improvement to personalize your program experience
- Join activities that interest you and help you reach your goals
Once you’ve registered at ut.limeade.com, download the UT Living Well app powered by Limeade ONE (available for iOS or Android) and enter “UTX” or "University of Texas System" to get started.
The UT Living Well platform powered by Limeade is available to UT SELECT™ members (employees, retirees, and dependents) ages 18+.
You can access all these resources through the app under Resources!
Up to 1.5 hours of release time may be granted each week to full-time employees for the participation in physical activities through the Living Well Release Time Program. Click here for more information.
Sign-up form:
https://resources.uta.edu/hr/forms/benefits/living-well-employee-release-time.pdf
UT System Physical Activity Challenge | University of Texas System
UT Living Well "Spring Forward" Team Challenge
Thank you for joining the challenge,
Congratulations to the winners!
Spring 2023 Winners, Spring Forward:
Small Institution: UT El Paso
Medium Institution: UT Dallas
Large Institution: MD Anderson
UTA placed 2nd in the Small Institution category with a 55.73% completion with 131 participants, Great Job!!
Wellness
J.D. Wetsel Service Center
1225 W. Mitchell St.,
Suite 101, Box 19176
Arlington, TX 76019
Phone: 817-272-2716 - Fax: 817-272-7288
E-mail: wellness@uta.edu