University Health Services

Fall 2024 Know Your Numbers Health Screenings: 

• Friday, September 20
• Wednesday, September 25

Why know your numbers? 

Knowing your numbers is one of the best ways to evaluate your health by identifying your risk and providing motivation for managing your health. Even if you feel great and look healthy, you may not know what's going on inside. Many diseases are "silent" and affect your health long before you feel anything wrong. 

Know Your Numbers is a voluntary, fasting health screening including total cholesterol, HDL, LDL, triglycerides, glucose, and blood pressure. Receive your confidential results (seen only by Be Well at Work - Program staff) and resources for follow-up immediately. Plan for 20-30 minutes to complete the screening. 

How to Register:

1. Click on the linked dates above
2. On the Know Your Numbers header select "Register"
3. Next select "Add"
4. Choose your appointment time and select "Add"
5. View the Registration Summary and click "Register"

Click here for more instructions and step-by-step photos.

Testimonials 

"My appointment was this morning and I can’t begin to say thank you enough for offering this service. I took advantage of it last year and, unfortunately, my numbers were so unhealthy that I was advised to contact my doctor immediately. My numbers were not even close to the healthy range. It was obvious that I needed to do something. Given the needs of other people in my household, I had been postponing my own checkups and now it was time to get in. As a result of your setting off the alarm, I am now happy to say that a year of medication (lowest dose I am happy to write), healthier eating, more exercise ---- drum roll please --- I have excellent numbers! Thank you so much for this service. It is invaluable. I’ll be back next year to check again and make sure I stay on track."  

Mon, Sep 23- Mon, Oct 28

Register here! 

With the summer coming to an end and the start of the new semester, many of our schedules will begin to pick up. As our day-to-day lives get busier, getting enough rest and sleep can become more difficult. Join us for the return of our Rest and Revive Challenge, where we will cover the importance of rest along with strategies for improving the habits and behaviors that impact our sleep. As a participant in this challenge, you will receive a weekly email consisting of information, articles, videos, and additional resources that promote healthy sleep habits and your overall well-being.  

Give yourself the gift of healthier habits this year with the Healthy Holiday Challenge. This 6-week program supports you with small, healthy steps you build on each week and can keep going through the new year. Join us for a healthful, relaxing, balanced, and fun holiday season!  

November 4- December 13 | Virtual Program 

Register here!

Thu 10/3

12:10-1pm | Tang Education Center 

Register here!

Instructor: Kim Guess 

Before you start cleaning out your closet, save some t-shirts to upcycle! Repurposing something you’d otherwise throw away is not only good for the environment, it also gives us a sense of self-sufficiency, which can boost your self-esteem, self-confidence, and provide a healthy sense of achievement. In this interactive workshop, you can follow along as we make a reusable shopping bag out of an old shirt, with no sewing required! Bring your own T-shirt (and scissors if possible).   

Thu 11/7

12:10-1 pm | Tang Education Center

Register here!

Instructor: Kim Guess 

Furoshiki is a reusable Japanese cloth that can be used to wrap gifts, as well as groceries, books, or many other items. This sustainable alternative to wrapping paper is versatile - it can be used to wrap irregularly shaped items - and can be part of the gift itself! Learn how to make your own without any sewing and how to wrap some common gifts. We will provide limited supplies but you may opt to bring your own fabric such as an old bedsheet/pillowcase or a square scarf (ideally 3 ft square or more) as well as a small gift to wrap. 

Fri 10/4, 11/1

12:10-1pm| In-Person @ 251 Hearst Gym

Instructor: Tomas Handelsman

Registration links (click date):

• 10/4 Class
• 11/1 Class 

Looking to get active and try something new? Join us for our new Cardio Kickboxing workshop, where you can get a great workout and learn beginner kickboxing techniques. This no-contact class will incorporate kickboxing techniques with bodyweight exercises to provide a full-body workout! 

Please note, the upcoming semester will alternate classes between fully virtual and fully in-person classes! Check below for which classes will be held remotely or in person.    

In-Person Classes @ 251 Hearst Gym

• Fri 9/13, 11/8

Zoom Classes

• Fri 10/11, 12/13
  

12:10-1 pm

Instructor: Laurie Ferris

Registration links (click date):

• 9/13 In-Person Class
• 10/11 Zoom Class
• 11/8 In-Person Class
• 12/13 Zoom Class

Join us at Hearst Gym or on Zoom to learn basic yoga poses and breathing techniques to transform your practice into a moving meditation. Practicing yoga can release tension in your joints, give you a greater range of motion, and offer increased comfort in all aspects of your life.  Comfortable clothing and bare feet are recommended.  

Ask the Dietitian provides UC Berkeley faculty and staff a convenient and dependable way to receive answers to questions about health and nutrition from a qualified health professional. 

Thu 10/10 | 12:10-1pm

Hybrid: Tang Education Center (Section Club) AND on Zoom

Instructor: Kim Guess, RD

Register here! 

No matter how much (or how little) you enjoy cooking, we could all use some quick and easy recipes to pull out of our back pocket. These recipes can be quickly thrown together with little to no cooking but still deliver on flavor and nutritional value. Demonstration, recipes, and samples provided.

See Cook Well Berkeleyfor the recipes from past workshops 

Thu 11/21 | 12:10-1pm 

Zoom Only

Instructor: Kim Guess, RD

Register here!

Eating vegetables that are in season means they will likely taste better, be more nutritious, and cost less. Celebrate the season with beautiful fall and winter vegetable dishes. Demonstration, recipes, and samples provided.

See Cook Well Berkeley for the recipes from past workshops

Tue 12/3 | 12:10-1pm 

Hybrid: Tang Education Center (Section Club) AND on Zoom

Instructor: Kim Guess, RD

Register here!

Stand out from the crowd with unique holiday treats this year and save money by making your own gifts and desserts. Demonstration, recipes, and samples provided. 

See Cook Well Berkeley for the recipes from past workshops 

The lactation rooms on campus are available to faculty, staff, and students. Most of the rooms are equipped with hospital-grade electric breast pumps, compatible with personal attachments. For more information, including locations and registration, visit our Breastfeeding Support page.   

Breastfeeding Your Baby/Returning to Work or School

Tue 10/1 | 1-4:15pm | Virtual 

Register here!

Speaker: Tina Benitez, IBCLC 

This class is FREE to UC Berkeley faculty, staff, students, and their spouses/domestic partners.

This 3-hour class is taught by a certified lactation consultant and is broken up into two parts.
The first portion of the class, 1-3 pm, addresses breastfeeding basics and problem solving. The second portion of the class, 3:15-4:15 pm, covers returning-to-work planning and breast pumps. Those who have already attended a breastfeeding class are welcome to join the last portion of the class.

Register for the class:  

• Faculty and staff - click the linked date above or register here.
• Students and all others enroll by emailing breastfeeding@lists.berkeley.edu or calling (510) 643-4646.

Mondays | 12:10-12:30 pm | Online 

Class Link  

Join Liza Schlosser-Olroyd for a short mindfulness practice at 12:10 on Mondays! As we continue working and living through unprecedented times in many ways, developing a mindfulness practice is a nourishing way to fill our own cups and cultivate resilience over time. This is a chance to come together and share a mindful moment with one another before we take on the rest of our week. Hope to see you there!

About Liza: Liza Schlosser-Olroyd (she/her) is a Cal alum and is now on staff supporting communications for Research, Teaching, and Learning (RTL) and the Advising Strategy + Training program. She is an experienced trauma-informed yoga teacher (RYT), meditation facilitator, and wellness coach in service of empowering survivors to reclaim our body-mind-souls through gentle practices that support a flourishing, embodied lived experience. Liza is a queer femme who loves nature, whole-foods plant-based cooking, crosswords, running with a good audiobook, and being a student of this life that facilitates growth opportunities at every turn. 

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