Wellness Plans

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SNR Wellness Team: Crystal Stiles, Mark Mesarch, Sarah Spier

Plan approved by SNR Director John Carroll

Communication Strategy: Promoting wellness in SNR

The SNR Wellness Team manages a listserv and maintains a web page on SNR’s website (http://go.unl.edu/snrwellnessinfo) to publish and promote wellness information and activities. In order to track participation, the number of people who sign up for the listserv and web page hits statistics will be collected.

Ongoing Activities

Encouraging colleagues to provide healthy food options for SNR get togethers

The SNR Social Committee member responsible for coordinating an SNR get together for a particular month encourages hosts to offer some healthy food options at the event through an email to the hosts. In order to track participation, photos and general observations are taken by a member of the SNR Wellness Team at the beginning of each SNR get together event to document the food options offered. Sign-up sheets are collected for additional documentation.

Promoting walking breaks

The SNR Wellness Team encourages colleagues to take walking breaks. The team developed indoor walking routes in Hardin Hall and promotes outdoor East Campus walking routes by making the routes available at the Nebraska Maps and More store and on the SNR wellness website. In order to track participation, a tally sheet is available at the Nebraska Maps and More store for walkers to tally their laps. View Walking Routes

Providing a space in Hardin Hall to encourage meditation/quiet time

The Collaboration Room (Hardin Hall 915) is used as a space for people to take a break and meditate or have quiet time away from their offices. Those who partake in this activity will remain quiet while in the room and not bring cell phones or laptops. Below is the policy for use of this room, per the SNR Employee Handbook:

The Collaboration Room may be used for quiet time or meditation during permitted breaks or lunches, and to do so, you will need to check the calendars posted throughout the building – as well as directly outside the room – to make sure that the room hasn’t been reserved or isn’t in use. If you want to use the room at a regular time, you may also schedule the room via Outlook. If it is determined that the privilege is being abused, this space will no longer be available for employee use on an individual basis.

In order to track participation, a tally sheet is posted in the Collaboration Room for participants to tally their visits.

Life balance is extremely important in our society with its ever increasing pace. SNR is fully committed to supporting and encouraging our wellness activities because it is good for the productivity of our unit, but more importantly it is good for the wellbeing of our faculty and staff.