Whether you are saving money toward purchasing a home or simply watching your expenses, managing your rent costs makes good financial sense. Budget advisors generally recommend keeping housing costs at 30% of your household’s income or less. This can be challenging in the city of Seattle, especially for families earning moderate to low incomes. While [...]

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This April, join The Whole U and UW Benefits in celebrating Financial Literacy Month – a campaign whose roots go back more than two decades. Financial Literacy Month is an important reminder that both financial education and health are an integral part to living well. The goal of Financial Literacy Month is to expand education [...]

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Many of us have that one recipe or cookbook we absolutely love to return back to time after time when we’re not sure what to cook. But if you’re looking for something new and find yourself overwhelmed by the millions of cookbooks out there, here’s a tried and true list created by Harborview Medical Center [...]

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This past year we have spent significantly more time at home and had the opportunity to be creative with discovering new recipes, trying out new cooking methods, branching out in TV and podcast consumption, and even escaping the chaos of life for a few minutes with our favorite books.  For National Nutrition Month, we asked [...]

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March is National Nutrition Month, an annual campaign created by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. During the month of March, everyone is invited to learn about making informed food choices and developing healthful eating and physical activity habits. This month the UW community is invited to celebrate National Nutrition Month together with a variety [...]

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It has been over 18 months since I have travelled home to Canada to see my family. A year ago my husband and I were just getting back from an amazing trip to Fiji.  So many of us love to see the world and learn about new cultures and countries, but unfortunately COVID-19 has made [...]

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This past quarter, the Whole U has been busy working through a 90 day reading challenge in partnership with UW Libraries. The UW Libraries is so excited for these readers as they learn how to understand genres, utilize university and area resources to find books, incorporate more reading into their lives, and build a community [...]

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This year many people are facing a unique set of circumstances when it comes to healthy eating. Stress eating. Limited budget. No time to cook. A pandemic. For college students, add to that list dorm food and social eating. How can we learn how to best cope with all this, whether you are a UW [...]

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The Whole U invites our community to celebrate and honor Black History Month. May this month be a reminder that the commitment to learning about Black excellence, history and empowerment is not limited to the month of February, but year round. The University of Washington and beyond is celebrating Black History Month throughout February with [...]

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  “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”   – Martin Luther King, Jr.   The University of Washington celebrates the life of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and pays tribute to his legacy of justice and social advocacy. As members of the community, it is our civic duty [...]

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No matter where you went or who you talked to this past weekend, it seemed as if collectively everyone was taking a large sigh of relief with the year 2020 coming to an end. Although we continue to face many challenges and remain fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s something about the start of a new [...]

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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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