University Health Services

Wed, Sep 20 or Fri, Sep 22
7:30 - 10:00 am | $10 fee
Appointments every 15 minutes
Tang Education Center, Class of '42

Register for 9/20 

Register for 9/22

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, and 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."

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!

This year, everyone on our Wellness email list will benefit from the Healthy Holiday Challenge! The resources and information related to the challenge will be shared and available to our entire email list! Registration for the challenge is NOT required and options to opt out of the email list temporarily will be available. 

To learn more about the challenge, pick up prizes, and meet other challenge participants, sign up for our Healthy Holiday Challenge Kickoff event, which will be on November 1 from 12-1pm at the Tang Center Class of '42!

Register here! 

For more information, visit the HHC main page.

Wed 10/4

12:10-1pm | In Person @ Tang Center, Section Club

Register here!

Instructor: Kim Guess and Carla Jackson

Engaging in creative activities (as part of, or outside of our work), allows us to be more productive, balanced, and calm in everyday life. Creative activities can lower your blood pressure, decrease stress, improve your immune system, and increase your ability to be more productive. Learn two beginner-friendly painting techniques, then choose one (or both!) to try out on your own canvas to take home. No prior painting experience necessary. Supplies will be provided.

Fri 10/20, 11/3

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

Instructor: Tomas Handelsman 

Registration links (click date):

10/20 Class

11/3 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 body weight 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 9/8, 11/17

Zoom Classes

• Fri 10/13, 12/8
  

12:10-1pm

Instructor: Laurie Ferris

Registration links (click date):

9/8 In-Person Class

10/13 Zoom Class

11/17 In-Person Class

12/8 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 greater range of motion, and offer increased comfort in all aspects of your life.  Comfortable clothing and bare feet recommended.

Fri 9/28, 10/6 

12:10-1pm | Meeting location listed below

Registration links (click date):

9/28 Class @ Campanile (West Stairs)

10/6 Class @ Edwards Stadium

Looking for a way to incorporate more exercise into your daily routine? Come join our walking for energy and injury relief exercise class here on campus! This guided, group class will incorporate various body weight exercises and is a great way to get more steps in throughout the day. It is also a proven method that increases physical fitness, reduces injury risk factors, and improves overall cardiovascular health. All fitness levels and abilities are encouraged to join. Comfortable running/training shoes are highly 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 10/12 |12:10-1pm | Hybrid: Tang Education Center (Class of '42) AND on Zoom

Instructor: Kim Guess, RD

Register here!

Eating well doesn’t have to cost a lot. Learn to prepare flavorful meals using affordable and simple ingredients with a long shelf life. You can stock up on these ingredients when you find a good deal and you’ll be ready to throw these recipes together anytime you’d like. Demonstration, recipes, and samples provided.

See Cook Well Berkeleyfor the recipes from past workshops

Wed 11/8|12:10-1pm |Hybrid: Tang Education Center (Class of '42) AND on Zoom

Instructor: Kim Guess, RD

Register here!

Eating vegetables that are in season means they will likely taste better, be more nutritious, and cost less. Wow your guests this holiday season with impressive vegetable dishes. Demonstration, recipes, and samples provided.

See Cook Well Berkeley for the recipes from past workshops

Wed 12/6| 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

Thu 10/5| 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, 1-3pm, addresses breastfeeding basics and problem solving. The second portion of class, 3:15-4:15pm, 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 at (510) 643-4646.

See the Smoking Cessation webpage for cessation support services and referrals to telephone counseling, online programs, text and app programs and local classes.