Category: Worklife

Improve your wellness with new GatorCare programs

Register for Text-to-Table to learn how to eat smart with diabetes, or sign up for the Wellness Expedition challenge to target your mind and body.

Stay ahead of hurricane season with upcoming webinars

Coming up in July, join UF/IFAS and the UF Department of Emergency Management for disaster preparedness webinars.

Enhance your workspace with ergonomics

Join Environmental Health and Safety Ergonomics Coordinator Julie Ramsey on June 24 at noon to learn how to create a comfortable workstation.

Congratulations to our May UF at Play winners! 

We’ve received some incredible photographs for our UF at Play summer photo contest, which runs now through Aug. 17.   

Our winners for the month of May are College of Veterinary Medicine Professor Emeritus Thomas Wronski, Ph.D., for Nature, College of Medicine Clinical Programs Coordinator Nancy Day for Travel, UF/IFAS Collier County Sea Grant Agent Michael Sipos for Daily Life and UF CITT Web Designer Carol Sung for People’s Choice. 

Discover ways to recharge this summer 

Summer often provides a brief respite from the more hectic activities of the fall and spring semesters at UF. It’s a time when we can hit reset before starting a new academic year and enjoy some quality time with our loved ones. With this in mind, we invite you to read on to explore a few ways you can recharge this summer.  

Journaling for mental health

Join UF/IFAS Family Consumer Sciences Agent Samantha Kennedy on June 10 at noon to learn how to manage stress, track growth and identify patterns in behavior through journaling.

Ready for a mental reboot? Sign up for a creativity challenge

For the next five days, the New York Times will help you stretch your creative muscles and boost your well-being with fun expert-backed exercises.

Hurricane season is here — keep current to stay current 

With the arrival of hurricane season, we want to remind you of helpful resources and upcoming events designed to prepare and support you in case of a tropical storm. We encourage everyone to become familiar with the university’s emergency plans and take the necessary precautions in advance of a forecast. 

It’s all about the food: Living well with diabetes

Gain practical strategies for meal planning, portion control and reading food labels to support better blood glucose management and overall well-being.

Recognizing and preventing workplace burnout

Tune in to the Well at UF podcast and listen to UF Health Center for Healthy Minds and Practice Director David Chesire, Ph.D. discuss workplace burnout.