Twelve months of wellness: January 2024

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Hope

“There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.” – Bernard Williams

As a new year begins, many of us see it as a time of promise, an opportunity to plan, create and even adopt new, healthier habits. These traditions are a symbol of our capacity for hope and the ways in which it enriches our lives. This new year, with its lengthening days and the start of a new semester, will bring more light into our lives and more hope into our being.

 

Featured Events

Learn which foods provide optimal energy and which ones drain energy and vitality. These 10 tips will help you maximize your day.

Speaker: Jen Marshall, master nutrition therapist, board certified in holistic
Hosted by Elevations Credit Union

12-1 p.m. Wed., Jan. 24, 2024
Virtual Event | Zoom

This will address an essential guide for women of color to become successful and overcome complexities in the workplace. 

Speaker: Carla Eugene MS, LPC, FSAP, EAP, therapist with a multicultural focus ​

12-1 p.m. Tues., Jan. 30, 2024
In-person | University Memorial Center (UMC), Room 247

Let's CU Well with Nicole Stob, PhD

1 p.m. Mon., Jan. 29
 

Register here

 

The 8-week series for Spring 2024 will start the week of 29th Jan 2024. It is free to participate in this program. All CU Boulder students, faculty and staff are welcome.

Register here

Faculty for Wellness

Danielle Hodge, PhD

Dr. Danielle Hodge, PhD, employs a critical race theoretical approach to identity, culture, and language. In particular, she is concerned with how systems of oppression and marginalization inform the identities, discursive practices, and experiences of African Americans. To advance theoretically robust and culturally grounded knowledge about African American life and language worlds, her research agenda is guided by the following questions: How can communication concepts and theories (i.e., discourse analysis) further illuminate African American culture, experiences, and struggle; and, how can African American Studies theories inform the ways we interpret and examine communication? Importantly, she explores how Communication and African American Studies can be bridged to examine how systems of oppression impact marginalized groups and are discursively reproduced, maintained and resisted.

Adriana Alvarez, PhD

Dr. Adriana Alvarez has a PhD in Educational Equity and Cultural Diversity from the University of Colorado Boulder, and a M.Ed. in Bilingual Education from the University of Texas at El Paso. Adriana was a bilingual teacher in the border community of El Paso, Texas for 11 years before beginning her doctoral program at CU Boulder. She is currently Assistant Professor in the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education program at the School of Education and Human Development at CU Denver. Her research interests center on biliteracy development and pedagogy, and family-school partnerships with a focus on equity-oriented and strength-based approaches in Latinx communities. Studies: The Belonging and Trust Study: Studies: The Belonging and Trust Study

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Health resources for employees at FSAP

The Faculty & Staff Assistance Program (FSAP) is dedicated to serving the emotional and psychological needs of the campus community. All FSAP staff are trained as generalist counselors and are equipped to deal with a wide range of personal and work related issues. You must be a CU Boulder employee to use FSAP services, and services are no cost to all CU Boulder faculty and staff members. Due to licensing restrictions, employees must be in the State of Colorado to be eligible for FSAP counseling services.

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