Through the Affinity Home Buying benefits, UW employees have access to no-cost Home Buying Webinars taught in conjunction with the WA State Housing Finance Commission. Considering buying a home? Attend an upcoming FREE Zoom webinar and learn how to build a budget, prepare your credit, and get a comprehensive overview of the home-buying process from [...]

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The UWAA’s signature scholarship fun run is going virtual for 2021. Register to join The Whole U team and walk, jog, run or wheel your distance wherever you please on April 17 or April 18. Set your own pace, chart your own path — take control of your Dawg Dash experience wherever you are! With [...]

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This spring, The Whole U is offering a free, self-paced virtual course developed to reduce burnout and increase wellbeing and self-compassion to 200 UW Medicine frontline healthcare workers who identify as female. CARE, a course developed by Associate Professor Jane Compson provides training in compassion, awareness, resilience, and empowerment with the specific goal of protecting [...]

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This February, all are invited to join UW Athletics in celebrating National Girls and Women in Sports Day at the following virtual events. Join meaningful conversations and get to know some of the UW Athletics women players. You can even submit a personal message to display during UW Athletics events on the Alaska Airlines Arena [...]

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Explore new cultures through dance and reignite your creativity! Thank you to our Whole U partner Rey Valdes, director of LaClave Cubana for offering these free beginner classes in January. Reinier Valdes was born in Habana, Cuba. He first started dancing to the Afro Cuban rhythms at a young age of 13. Reinier was immediately [...]

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Kick off 2021 by attending webinars designed to motivate you for the year ahead and structure your goals. You’ll learn about tried and true mindsets for weathering the storm and taking control of what you can. These webinars are presented as part of The First 90: A New Year’s Challenge to Make 2021 Count. In [...]

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UW Wellness Week is a week focused on bringing you events, classes, and information sessions about total well-being. Attend sessions that are of interest to you and explore areas of wellness you want to learn more about. There are so many amazing well-being programs and resources at the University of Washington. Get to know them [...]

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Election stress is real, and it doesn’t take sides. No matter who you are voting for, or whether you are voting at all, it is important to acknowledge election stress and to support your well-being and that of people you love. We may not be able to completely shut out our stressors, but there are [...]

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Throughout COVID-19, our staff and faculty have risen to every challenge the pandemic has thrown at them. From providing care in UW Medicine’s hospitals and clinics, to keeping our facilities safe and clean, to redesigning classes, research and student programs to work remotely, UW employees have led the way with excellence, resilience, curiosity and compassion. [...]

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The following webinars and webinar recordings are hosted by Kaiser Permanente and available to all employees, regardless of Kaiser Permanente enrollment. Coping with COVID-19 & Beyond: Addressing wellness during uncertainty Our schedule and daily lives have changed dramatically. The COVID-19 pandemic has potentially affected your mental, physical, and emotional health. It is especially important during [...]

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Heal the body, heal the mind, quiet your life. Everyone should set aside time and energy for self-care and self-appreciation. The Whole U extends an opportunity for you to do so through the art of yoga. The following yoga classes are free and all levels are welcome! Grab a mat or towel, a water bottle, [...]

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The Whole U and UW Medicine invite you to join us for a joint Zoom series discussing health during the COVID-19 outbreak. The physical and mental health of you and your loved ones are of the utmost importance at this time. UW Medicine, a leading hospital and institute for health, will share its expertise on [...]

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