WellBeing Connections

Thank you for making the Local Food Festival a Success!

20 Sep 2016

The local food festival, last Tuesday, September 13, was a tremendous success. The event hosted more than 2,500 employees and students, more than doubling its attendance from the previous year.

Local Food Festival Brings Farmers Market to Campus!

20 Sep 2016

This Tuesday over 2,500 employees and students passed through the Local Food Festival on central campus. The farmer’s market feel offered participants a break from the cafeteria, coffee shop, and food truck climate on campus. The event truly was “An Adventure  in Eating.”

The REALITY of Reality TV!!

23 May 2016

 

 

On Monday, May 2nd the New York Times released this article “After ‘The Biggest Loser,’ Their Bodies Fought to Regain Weight” by Gina Kolata. The article speaks to the challenges the contestants in Season 8 had in keeping weight off after the program. In fact, 14 of the 16 were retested six years later by Dr. Kevin Hall at the National Institutes of Health and 13 of the 14 had regained weight.

Sharing Goodness (this one's for Chris!)

15 Feb 2016

I was asked the other day in the review of this website the question “Why a blog? What will you use it for?” Honestly, my first thought was “I really am not sure.” For those who know me, this probably comes as no surprise, since I don’t use social media and prefer in-person or phone over Facebook. (Seriously, not to date myself, but when I went to college, I took a typewriter/word processor and that was pretty advanced at the time. So to think about blogging for this site for all to view, well, that’s a little overwhelming for me.)

Welcome to ISU WellBeing!

08 Feb 2016

Welcome to the ISU WellBeing website! We are the home for employee well-being at Iowa State University.

On the site, you will find information on programs and services across campus that support and encourage your well-being. You can even signup for workshops and sessions anytime through the LEARN button on our home page.

Wait a minute...is it WellBeing or Well-being?

17 Feb 2016

Actually, it's both and then some! According to Merriam-Webster, "well-being" defined as the state of being happy, healthy, or successful is written with a hyphen...

 

 

 

 

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