With over 40,000 faculty and staff spread across campuses with varying work schedules, we know that not everyone can attend the World’s Largest Kettlebell Workout happening today. But don’t worry! You can participate virtually by watching a LIVE webcast of the event: http://www.uwtv.org/WholeU/  Tune in by noon to see President Young speak and then watch [...]

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The University of Washington is about to make history! We decided to launch The Whole U with an event that would bring us together as a community and inspire the UW to get active. There are over 1,400 faculty and staff registered to break the Guinness World Record tomorrow with the Largest Kettlebell Workout in [...]

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Registration closes at midnight to join us as we attempt to break the Guinness Record for the world’s largest kettlebell workout. On the Seattle campus, we have room for spectators or you can join the waitlist as a kettlebeller. (Spots are opening up so please sign-up if this is an event you want to join!) [...]

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We love a good challenge at The Whole U. Challenges help us reach goals, turn bad habits into good ones, and find new ways to feed our minds and bodies. They are also social and spark our (good natured?) competitive streaks. To coordinate with the start of the New Year, we challenge you to share [...]

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Who is ready to break a World Record? UW! To kickoff The Whole U, we’re going to do something big, something memorable, and something together! When we were deciding on a launch event, I said “Let’s break a record” and we all kind of laughed about it. Fast-forward a few minutes, and we were all [...]

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Welcome to The Whole U’s new website! We are really honored to have the opportunity to serve the UW community. In this post, I will provide an overview of the program and tell you a little bit about where we hope to go from here. What is The Whole U? The Whole U is a [...]

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We want The Whole U to be responsive to the needs of UW faculty and staff. Help us get started on that path by participating in our Community Interest Survey. The survey takes approximately five minutes. Your answers will help us prioritize our programing so that we can bring you the activities and information that [...]

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Friday, January 24 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Dempsey Indoor Center The Whole U’s launch event is not only big, it is a record-breaking, history-making way to spend your lunchtime on Friday, January 24. This event was advertised in the December issue of The Resource, UWHR’s monthly e-newsletter, and quickly filled to capacity! We are [...]

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Steve Rittereiser, Commander University of Washington Police Department Ambassadors are the heart of The Whole U, and each month we’ll feature a different question and answer session so you can get to know them. It’s also a great opportunity to find our what’s going on in different parts of UW straight from the source. How [...]

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