Getting your flu shot is more important than ever
This year is notably more important than ever to get your flu shot. Each year, hospitals and doctors’ offices treat thousands of patients with the flu. Our healthcare system and the healthcare heroes on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic are relying on all of us to do our part in limiting the spread of [...]
Flu Shot Clinics 2020
This fall is looking different across UW campuses. But one thing is for sure, this year getting your flu shot is more important than ever! Just like wearing a mask, washing your hands and keeping 6 feet of physical distancing, getting your flu shot is a critical way to protect your personal health as flu [...]
Making Mason Jar Meals
We’ve all been encouraged to meal prep and pack our own lunch at some point in our lives. If only it were super easy! Packing your own lunch can feel like a lot of work and take up precious time and space in your fridge. However, once you’ve prepped those meals, enjoying a nutritious and [...]
Prioritize Wellness at these July Events
The Whole U is excited to announce another month filled with exciting wellness-focused virtual events open to the greater University of Washington community! Throughout the month, you can learn about your Social Security benefits, how to avoid identity theft, how to reduce your plastic waste, in addition to summer wellness and fitness challenges. Thus, this [...]
Mental Health Resources During Trying Times
This time has been extremely difficult for our UW community. The past few months, many of us have been struggling to face the new reality of financial hardship, emotional strain and loss, and directives to stay home to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Now, we are grieving the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery [...]
Wildlife Found and Released on UW Campus
Chances are you’re not spending much, if any, time on the University of Washington’s campuses this spring due to COVID-19. That’s why, for Earth Day, we thought we’d bring you a story that recalls the life-giving richness of the spaces we normally share so that when time comes to reoccupy them, we can do so [...]
What Does a Registered Dietitian Do?
When The Whole U launched in 2014, it did so with a mission of using our platform to elevate voices of experts from across the University of Washington. Over the past six years, registered dietitians from across the UW have been some of our most consistent and widely read contributors with more than 60 articles [...]
UW summer camps offer fun, learning, & growth
While spring is still a few weeks away, now is the perfect time to start making plans for those long summer days. If you have kids, you might be beginning to research various summer camp options. Offering a variety of programs and activities, summer camps not only offer fun, meaningful experiences to fit your child’s [...]
Dare to Invest: Saving for Goals, Planning with Purpose
Welcome to Week 4 of The Whole U’s six-week Dare to Do New Year’s wellness challenge! Each week of the challenge focuses on a different area of overall wellness. This week, with the help of our partner BECU, we’ll be sharing resources that will help you on your journey to sound financial health. Read on for [...]
UW Owl returns to campus healed with PAWS’ help
It’s not every day that pedestrians at the University of Washington come face to face with a grounded Barred Owl. The scene outside Allen Library early on the morning of September 13 stopped Marie Eaton in her tracks on her way to a conference. “You could see his eyes blink so we knew he was [...]
Make Your Voice Heard: Take the UW Climate Survey
At The Whole U, your feedback is essential. Our annual community interest survey gauges the types of programming you want to see, while your event-specific survey feedback alerts us to what’s working and where we can improve. But if there’s one survey we encourage you to complete this year, it’s the UW Climate Survey, open [...]
This Fall, Make Yoga and Meditation Central to Success
Fill your fall quarter with yoga! Check out recurring class options below and be sure to register for Yoga Month–four weeks filled with free classes and inspiring events across campus and at partner yoga studios throughout the greater Seattle area. It all kicks off October 1! School, errands, sports practices, work projects. Who has time [...]