Make the Most of Your Work-Life Experience This Spring
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 17, 2020) — If you’re looking to bring more calm and creativity to your new year, University of Kentucky Human Resources Work-Life will offer several opportunities for campus and UK HealthCare employees to promote mental health, well-being, balance and happiness.
Four special programs are being offered for spring:
Care to Create: UK HealthCare Series
Stop by and engage in a creative, hands-on activity as your time allows.
Third Tuesday of the month, beginning March 17
Chandler Hospital Pavilion A or Turfland, Rooms TBD
Noon–2 p.m.
Imagine U: Self-Care Series
Take a break, create an art project, engage in helpful mental health-related conversations and hear tips for taking good care of yourself.
Fourth Wednesday of the month, beginning Feb. 26
Scovell Hall, Room 220
11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.
Meditation in Motion
Join Work-Life to explore a variety of ways to meditate while in motion. If you prefer to move around rather than sit still to relax or meditate, this may be for you.
Fridays quarterly, beginning March 6
One event at The Arboretum, all other events at Room 170 Lancaster Aquatic Center
Creativity Lab
This event provides fun, interactive activities informed by psychology and neuroscience creativity research. Topics include imaginative play, intuition, openness to experience and turning adversity into advantage.
Every Thursday in April
William T. Young Library, Keeneland Room
5-6 p.m.
Additionally, Work-Life offers regular lunch and learns for niche groups on campus, including working parents and those who are interested in learning more about caring for aging loved ones.
For more information about upcoming events, please visit the Work-Life website.
As the state’s flagship, land-grant institution, the University of Kentucky exists to advance the Commonwealth. We do that by preparing the next generation of leaders — placing students at the heart of everything we do — and transforming the lives of Kentuckians through education, research and creative work, service and health care. We pride ourselves on being a catalyst for breakthroughs and a force for healing, a place where ingenuity unfolds. It's all made possible by our people — visionaries, disruptors and pioneers — who make up 200 academic programs, a $476.5 million research and development enterprise and a world-class medical center, all on one campus.