The Whole U

Welcome to The Whole U!

Focused on fostering connection, holistic wellness, and engaging your interests, The Whole U is for UW, by UW. Watch our video to see all we have to offer.

Stay healthy and connected with free, virtual mindfulness and fitness classes. Check out our weekly class listing to select from strength training, yoga, dance, meditation, and more!

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Fitness Day is coming in May! Register today.

Meet your UW Fitness Day coaches: UW Athletics, UW Recreation & The Whole U

The Whole U is excited to announce that our 10th annual UW Fitness Day will be returning as an in-person event on May 9. Fitness Day is a one-of-a-kind, campus-wide workout celebrating movement and community. From coaches and student athletes drawn from various UW Athletics teams to trainers from UW Recreation, these coaches will be [...]

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Not just Seattle: UW Fitness Day comes to Tacoma, Bothell, and Harborview

Join The Whole U for our annual UW Fitness Day on May 9 for a community-enhancing resistance band workout celebrating movement for our community! We are excited to once again extend beyond the UW Seattle campus and host this engaging event at UW Tacoma, UW Bothell, and Harborview Medical Center. As each facility offer tremendous [...]

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Understanding your credit scores

This article was provided by our partners at BECU. Get even more financial wellness tips by downloading our 30 Ways to Improve Your Financial Wellness Checklist presented by BECU. From stepping on the bathroom scale to analyzing blood samples, we have lots of ways to measure our physical health, but what about our financial health? One measure [...]

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UW community comes together in support of campus food pantries

Each of the three UW campuses has a dedicated food pantry for students, staff and faculty experiencing food insecurity. In March, our UW community came together for a campus-wide food drive to raise $4,505 in monetary donations and 1,863 pounds of donated food and hygiene supplies. UW food pantries provide food to UW community [...]

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Changing the conversation around Autism

April is Autism Acceptance Month, an opportunity to deepen our understanding of this complex developmental disability. According to The Autism Society of America, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD, or just Autism, capitalized) is a complex, lifelong developmental condition that typically appears during early childhood and can impact a person’s social skills, communication, relationships, and self-regulation. The [...]

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Earth Day 2023: Invest in our planet

As we recognize Earth Month in April and look forward to Earth Day on April 22, now is a great time to start planning how you might want to invest in our planet and celebrate sustainability. This year’s Earth Day theme is Invest in our Planet, highlighting the importance of dedicating our time, resources, and energy [...]

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Making Fitness Fun on Husky Field in 2023!

Save the date! The Whole U is excited to announce that our annual UW Fitness Day is back on Tuesday, May 9. Fitness Day is a one-of-a-kind, campus-wide workout to celebrate movement. Read on to learn more about how to participate in UW Fitness Day and why it’s one of the UW’s favorite events! With [...]

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Get in the Game and Support Be the Match

The University of Washington is proud to be a community partner with Be the Match, an education, research and advocacy organization managing the world’s largest marrow registry which helps connect people living with life-threatening blood diseases and cancers with life-saving donors. Learn more about this partnership here. On Tuesday, May 9, the Whole U, Be The [...]

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Saving for goals, planning with purpose

This post was created in partnership with BECU. Read on for tips on how to think about money and strategies for saving. Experts say that financial management is 20% knowledge and skills and 80% behavior. If reducing debt is your goal, putting some of the following healthy habits into practice can take you a long way [...]

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