Dear Faculty and Staff Colleagues,

As we complete a long and momentous year supporting our students, it is time to pause for rejuvenation and renewal as a faculty and staff community. Please mark your calendars to participate in a special event sponsored by Human Resources:

Day of Wellness for Faculty and Staff
Friday, June 17, 2022
8 a.m.–5 p.m.
Wheelock Student Center

You may participate in all or part of the day. To help us plan for lunch and other activities, we would like to get a count of potential participants. by Wednesday, June 8, 2022.

The day will include:

  • Breakfast sponsored by our retirement plan record-keeper, TIAA
  • A kick-off address by the award-winning public health and organizational wellness expert, Kris Mereigh (introduced below)
  • Wellness-related door prizes
  • Breakout sessions cultivating and celebrating wellness in many of its forms including mental, physical, and financial wellness
  • Boxed lunches along with guided options for spending the lunch hour connecting with one another around wellness topics, participating in mindful eating, or enjoying some solitude
  • Opportunities for inclusive physical activity including low-impact yoga for all bodies and abilities, and a walking meditation in the natural environment of campus
  • At the end of the formal program at 2:30 p.m. until 5 p.m., staff who have participated in any of the events of the day will have an opportunity to engage in a self-guided wellness pursuit of their choice as paid work time.

Introducing Kick-Off Speaker Kris Mereigh:

Kris Mereigh

We are especially excited to welcome Kris Mereigh (she/they) as she presents our kick-off session, “Healing our Community through Community Care.” Kris is CEO of Equitable Wellbeing Consulting and a Certified Wellness Specialist.  Kris holds a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University and is an award-winning public health and organization wellbeing expert who has also served as a public health advisor to the National College Health Association. Kris strives to increase “community care” in the workplace by designing well-being strategies that emphasize the nexus between diversity and inclusion and wellness/public health. In addition to her kick-off speech, Kris will present an interactive breakout session addressing burnout.

We hope to see you on June 17!

Your Colleagues in Human Resources
Nancy Nieraeth, SHRM-SCP, SPHR | Associate Vice President for Human Resources and Chief People Officer