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Together Remotely – Work From Home Hacks

Now more than ever, it is important that we stay connected to one another. The Student Life Staff Development Committee has launched Together Remotely, a series of posts to help staff across the Division of Student Life keep up with each other and share their experiences, successes, and stories during these extraordinary times. We hope that these posts can in some way brighten your day, give you a great idea, or just help you to feel a little more connected.

Content is staff-generated, informal, and open-ended… and we need more! To submit your own content, please visit the content submission form and respond to any of the areas that interest you, or email Nathan Miglich.

Teleworking Tips and Tricks from Student Life Staff

THE PROMPT: For those working from home, what are you doing to increase productivity, functionality, or overall happiness at your work station?

Ashlee Norris

Operations and Accounts Manager, Housing & Food Services – Student Services

Get up and move every hour. Each lunch outside if the sun is out. Setting daily goals and being ok if they are all not completed. Knowing it’s ok if my kiddo pops their head into a zoom call dressed up as Elsa.

Danny Arguetty

Mindfulness Manager, UW Recreation

Breaks, and a stand-up desk (constructed from yoga blocks and my roller).

Farzana Khan

HR Manager for Recruiting, Housing & Food Services

The Bollywood Exercise Break!

Jannah Maresh

Director, Parent & Family Programs

I took it upon myself to accentuate my surroundings buying flowers and put up the art on my walls — so that my Zoom backgrounds look interesting. Pink wireless headphones and aggressively making sure that I am dressed for work, because I am using fashion as a crutch!

Meghan Matthews

Access Coordinator, Disability Resources for Students

Breaking up where I do my work. When it’s nice, getting outside to enjoy fresh air while on my computer, putting my computer away when it’s time to be done working so I’m not tempted to look at it. Here is a link we were sent from LinkedIn with some good hacks: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/paths/remote-working-setting-yourself-and-your-teams-up-for-success

Tera Figueroa

Administrative Specialist, Shared Services

I get up at the same time every day, go through a similar routine to when I worked in the office. I try to take a walk or a break around lunch time, then after work I usually do some online exercise class. It helps to provide a pseudo structure. I also continue to make lists and review them before the end of the work day so I feel motivated for work the next day.

Thanks for reading! Remember, to submit your own content, please visit the content submission form and respond to any of the areas that interest you, or email Nathan Miglich.

Together Remotely – Kids & Animals

Now more than ever, it is important that we stay connected to one another. The Student Life Staff Development Committee has launched Together Remotely, a series of posts to help staff across the Division of Student Life keep up with each other and share their experiences, successes, and stories during these extraordinary times. We hope that these posts can in some way brighten your day, give you a great idea, or just help you to feel a little more connected.

Content is staff-generated, informal, and open-ended… and we need more! To submit your own content, please visit the content submission form and respond to any of the areas that interest you, or email Nathan Miglich.

Kids & Animals

THE PROMPT: Stories, adventures, and other content related to your tiny
or non-human companions.

Ashlee Norris

Operations and Accounts Manager, Housing & Food Services – Student Services

During this time my five year old has learned to ride their bike with no training wheels, has been practicing sight reading, and has taken on roller skating. They also have more Zoom calls with their preschool friends than me some days.

Deanne Liu

Conduct Officer, Community Standards & Student Conduct

I have two mini dachshunds: Oscar (age 15) and Rolo (age 5). They are so different, but they are also such good companions to each other. I love watching them cuddle these days. No lie: I’m a little jealous, honestly!

Two dogs sitting together cuddling

Glenna Chang

Associate Vice President, Student Life

Let’s just agree not to apologize for a small person interrupting a Zoom call, shall we? Also, we have rediscovered the joy of a backyard campfire.

Jannah Maresh

Director, Parent & Family Programs

I am childless and dogless — but my husband is like a large adult child.

He walks me some days. I walk him other days — we are good human doggies for each other.

We’ve been enjoying my daily walks, where we talk about our fun day at work. We are both working from home so we are grateful to have the ability to have defined work spaces and only see and interact with each other during coffee breaks.

UPDATE: So it took a pandemic to add to our family — We wanted to announce a new member– Sambal Oelek Dacanay Maresh. First of His Name, the UnBothered, King of the Pawndals and the First Pitweenies, Kahless of the Great Grass Pee, Breaker of Hearts, and Son of Dacanay Mareshes.

He is a little over 4 months old. Born in Houston, Texas, and migrated north to Seattle with love and help from the 3 Little Pitties Rescue Folks. Sambal has added just the right amount of spice to give full flavor to our family. His arrival has also precipitated a move to the “burbs” or at least the burbs in my definition – we too have migrated north to the Bryant/Ravenna neighborhood as we have lovingly said “see you later” to our CapHill/Central District neighborhood!

Mariam Mead Yaqub

Assistant Director for Student Engagement and Success, Housing and Food Services
– Residential Life

With preschool closed, we’ve had to up our craft game! We’ve had a lot of fun turning items from the recycle bin into a village, complete with critters, a garden, public transportation, and even a castle. I was an art major a long, long time ago, and don’t do creative hobbies as much as I would like now that I’m busy with two kids age 3 and under, so to be honest this has been really fun for me too. Getting the old glue gun out of the closet and putting it to use!

Natasha Hawkins

Program Coordinator – Operations, Housing & Food Services – Residential Life

My furry coworkers are not very technology savvy. One feels the best way to respond to emails is by stepping on the keyboard. The other responds to Zoom calls by hiding under the coffee table. Both have been dropping subtle hints that they would prefer I return to my typical office as soon as possible.

Tera Figueroa

Administrative Specialist, Shared Services

We have a college freshmen doing on-line classes, an 8th grader participating in 4-5 hours a day of Zoom instruction, and two adults working full-time remotely. We’ve had to put Post-It notes everywhere to inform one another when we are in class or in meetings and it’s been quite hilarious at times.

Thanks for reading! Remember, to submit your own content, please visit the content submission form and respond to any of the areas that interest you, or email Nathan Miglich.

Together Remotely – Staff Spotlight: Deanne Liu

Now more than ever, it is important that we stay connected to one another. The Student Life Staff Development Committee has launched Together Remotely, a series of posts to help staff across the Division of Student Life keep up with each other and share their experiences, successes, and stories during these extraordinary times. We hope that these posts can in some way brighten your day, give you a great idea, or just help you to feel a little more connected.

Content is staff-generated, informal, and open-ended… and we need more! To submit your own content, please visit the content submission form and respond to any of the areas that interest you, or email Nathan Miglich.

Staff Spotlight: Deanne Liu

Conduct Officer, Community Standards & Student Conduct

In the Kitchen

Share favorite recipes, go-to snacks, or other culinary creations.

Pasta — I’ve become obsessed with different recipes. I gave a try at making my own noodles, but in the end I got too hungry to wait, and decided I was better off with TJ’s cappellini (thinnest and also takes the least amount of time to make). Living by myself, and usually not remembering to fix my meal until I am hungry, makes easy recipes the best for my current COVID lifestyle.

My current favorite recipe: Pasta Primavera – featuring my favorite veggies!

INGREDIENTS

  • 12 oz. angel hair
  • 2 c. broccoli florets
  • 1 pt. cherry tomatoes (yellow and red)
  • 1 (8-oz.) package baby bella mushrooms
  • 1 15-oz. can artichoke hearts, drained and roughly chopped
  • 2 tsp. garlic powder
  • Kosher salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper
  • 3/4 c. grated Parmesan, plus more for garnish
  • Sliced fresh basil, for serving

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large pot of salted boiling water, cook pasta until al dente. Drain, reserving 1 cup pasta water, and return to pot.

On a large baking sheet, toss broccoli, tomatoes, mushrooms, and artichoke hearts with oil and season with garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Roast until tender and caramelized, stirring once, 15 to 20 minutes.

Add vegetables to pot along with parmesan and 1/2 pasta water and, over low heat, stir vigorously to create a sauce. (Add more pasta water until you reach your desired consistency).

Garnish with Parmesan and basil before serving.

Pan full of pasta primavera

Self Care Activities

What have you been doing to take care of yourself and unwind?

Goal for May: the 5 Minute Journal.

I used this journal when I was a Resident Director and it was crucial to gathering and remembering joy. I remember my heart swelling one evening, and I think it made all the difference in my work life balance. I’m excited to try it again during this time when work and home life are again mixed up.

Kids & Animals

Stories, adventures, and other content related to your tiny or non-human companions.

I have two mini dachshunds: Oscar (age 15) and Rolo (age 5). They are so different, but they are also such good companions to each other. I love watching them cuddle these days. No lie: I’m a little jealous, honestly!

Two dogs sitting together cuddling

Giving Back

Information about organizations or causes you have been able to support.

I sit on the Board of Theatre Puget Sound, a non-profit that rallies around the theatre community in our region by offering programs, spaces, advertising, networking, and support to our artisans and actors. In this time where no funding is available and rehearsal spaces are not used because of the virus, we are searching for other ways to help our community and keep those connected. It’s a great organization, and it’s definitely one of those that serves, but also suffers financially in this time. It’s a strange season for all those around.

Read/Watch List

What entertainment content are you binging or finding interesting currently?

I just discovered this book series called “The St. Mary’s Chronicles,” which is about historians who time travel to preserve history in a time where technology has given people the ability to time travel and change history with lots of unintended consequences.

Connecting with Community

How have you stayed in touch with friends, family, and other communities?

Zoom all day every day! My friends and I have had cocktail parties, birthday parties, Netflix watching parties, and weekly karaoke. It really isn’t the same, but I’m grateful for some connection as a gal who lives by herself.

Thanks for reading! Remember, to submit your own content, please visit the content submission form and respond to any of the areas that interest you, or email Nathan Miglich.

Together Remotely – Living Room Concert with Marty Perlman and Family

Now more than ever, it is important that we stay connected to one another. The Student Life Staff Development Committee has launched Together Remotely, a series of posts to help staff across the Division of Student Life keep up with each other and share their experiences, successes, and stories during these extraordinary times. We hope that these posts can in some way brighten your day, give you a great idea, or just help you to feel a little more connected.

Content is staff-generated, informal, and open-ended… and we need more! To submit your own content, please visit the content submission form and respond to any of the areas that interest you, or email Nathan Miglich.

A timely take on a timeless tune

Marty Perlman

Communications Specialist, Housing & Food Services

Back in May my family and I came up with a casual musical number with a message embedded in it—a parody of Sunny Side of the Street renamed Other Side of the Street. It was a home-based family project that included myself, my wife Lane on guitar, and my daughter Lila (who had returned home and was completing her spring semester online) on vocals and violin.

Thanks for watching! Remember, to submit your own content, please visit the content submission form and respond to any of the areas that interest you, or email Nathan Miglich.

Together Remotely – Staff Spotlight: Danny Arguetty

Now more than ever, it is important that we stay connected to one another. The Student Life Staff Development Committee has launched Together Remotely, a series of posts to help staff across the Division of Student Life keep up with each other and share their experiences, successes, and stories during these extraordinary times. We hope that these posts can in some way brighten your day, give you a great idea, or just help you to feel a little more connected.

Content is staff-generated, informal, and open-ended… and we need more! To submit your own content, please visit the content submission form and respond to any of the areas that interest you, or email Nathan Miglich.

Staff Spotlight: Danny Arguetty

Mindfulness Manager, UW Recreation

In the Kitchen

Share favorite recipes, go-to snacks, or other culinary creations.

Energy Treats:

  • 1 cup nut butter
  • 1/2 cup frozen or fresh berries
  • 2 tbs raw cacao
  • 1tsp pure vanilla extract (optional)
  • 2 tbs Ceylon cinnamon (optional)
  • 3 tbs maple syrup (or mash up some dates in hot water)
  • Mix together, roll into balls, if you like coconut roll in unsweetened coconut flakes

Savory Pancakes (makes 2-3):

  • 1/2 a cup rolled oats
  • 1/2 cup organic cottage cheese
  • 1 organic/pasture raised egg
  • 2 tbs curry powder (if you like more of this flavor add more) dash of salt
  • 1/2 tsp arrowroot powder (or use baking soda/powder)

Mix by hand or in a blender. Ensure mixture is thick enough but not too runny (think conventional pancake batter).

Cook up with raw coconut oil/organic butter on medium heat.

Serve with sauerkraut, olives, and/or fresh cut veggies.

Self Care Activities

What have you been doing to take care of yourself and unwind?

  • Bath with Epsom salts (2 cups) and essential oils
  • Foot massage with coconut oil
  • Coloring (mandala) intricate patterns
  • Watching stand up (laughter boosts immunity)
  • Small movement breaks throughout the day (if you want guidance go here)
  • Gratitude journal
  • Mailing cards to friends

Read/Watch List

What entertainment content are you binging or finding interesting currently?

  • Hidden Brain Podcast
  • Living on Earth Podcast
  • Natural MD Radio (Avvia Romm) Podcast
  • Science of Happiness Podcast
  • The Expanse (books, Sci-Fi)
  • Outlander (show, scenery and costumes, wow!)

Connecting with Community

How have you stayed in touch with friends, family, and other communities?

https://www.jackboxgames.com (has been fun to play with my 7-year-old nephew).

Work from Home Hacks

For those working from home, what are you doing to increase productivity, functionality, or overall happiness at your work station?

Breaks, and a stand-up desk (constructed from yoga blocks and my roller).

Thanks for reading! Remember, to submit your own content, please visit the content submission form and respond to any of the areas that interest you, or email Nathan Miglich.

Together Remotely – Giving Back

Now more than ever, it is important that we stay connected to one another. The Student Life Staff Development Committee has launched Together Remotely, a series of posts to help staff across the Division of Student Life keep up with each other and share their experiences, successes, and stories during these extraordinary times. We hope that these posts can in some way brighten your day, give you a great idea, or just help you to feel a little more connected.

Content is staff-generated, informal, and open-ended… and we need more! To submit your own content, please visit the content submission form and respond to any of the areas that interest you, or email Nathan Miglich.

Student Life Staff Giving Back

THE PROMPT: Share information about organizations or causes you have been able to support during the pandemic.

Deanne Liu

Conduct Officer, Community Standards & Student Conduct

I sit on the Board of Theatre Puget Sound, a non-profit that rallies around the theatre community in our region by offering programs, spaces, advertising, networking, and support to our artisans and actors. In this time where no funding is available and rehearsal spaces are not used because of the virus, we are searching for other ways to help our community and keep those connected. It’s a great organization, and it’s definitely one of those that serves, but also suffers financially in this time. It’s a strange season for all those around.

Glenna Chang

Associate Vice President, Student Life

Staying steady with our philanthropy to UW Student Life, Seattle Neighborhood Farmers Markets, the Mountaineers.

Jannah Maresh

Director, Parent & Family Programs

I have been actively volunteering for UW Medicine to accept PPE donations, which I have continued to do weekly. I also gave blood and will continue to do so. I have also reached out to local small businesses, newsrooms and newspapers in Seattle and Los Angeles about the following grants from Facebook:

Meghan Matthews

Access Coordinator, Disability Resources for Students

This is still an area I’m looking to find ways to invest in more, but more practically it has been donating to specific organizations that help provide meals and resources to those in need.

Tera Figueroa

Administrative Specialist, Shared Services

I am currently assisting UW Medicine Northwest with their temporary Resource Labor Pool to assist in managing over staffing and under staffing and the experience has been very rewarding and humbling.

Victoria Adams

Victim Advocate, UW Police Department

Local orgs like Organization for Prostitution Survivors, API Chaya, King County Sexual Assault Resource Center, Seattle COVID-19 Mutual Aid, and national orgs like Abolitionist Mutual Aid Fund, Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights, and Justice for Migrant Women.

Thanks for reading! Remember, to submit your own content, please visit the content submission form and respond to any of the areas that interest you, or email Nathan Miglich.

Together Remotely – Staff Spotlight: Victoria Adams

Now more than ever, it is important that we stay connected to one another. The Student Life Staff Development Committee has launched Together Remotely, a series of posts to help staff across the Division of Student Life keep up with each other and share their experiences, successes, and stories during these extraordinary times. We hope that these posts can in some way brighten your day, give you a great idea, or just help you to feel a little more connected.

Content is staff-generated, informal, and open-ended… and we need more! To submit your own content, please visit the content submission form and respond to any of the areas that interest you, or email Nathan Miglich.

Staff Spotlight: Victoria Adams

Victim Advocate, UW Police Department

Self Care Activities

What have you been doing to take care of yourself and unwind?

I’ve been trying to be physically active throughout the day — even knowing the extensive literature connecting physical activity to improved mental health as well as my own benefits from it, I had been extra lazy with everything going on. I found getting on a schedule helped: around noon I do boxing circuit training and after work follow along to yoga videos (after being a lifelong skeptic). Another really great way to build in physical activity is to participate in Seattle’s Dance Church remotely.

Giving Back

Information about organizations or causes you have been able to support.

Local orgs like Organization for Prostitution Survivors, API Chaya, King County Sexual Assault Resource Center, Seattle COVID-19 Mutual Aid, and national orgs like Abolitionist Mutual Aid Fund, Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights, and Justice for Migrant Women.

Read/Watch List

What entertainment content are you binging or finding interesting currently?

Mrs. America, Unsolved Mysteries, Jeopardy, Alarmist podcast, You’re Wrong About podcast, constant reread of Bluets by Maggie Smith, and I made a syllabus of theory-heavy academic papers relevant to our current times (happy to send it to anyone!).

Connecting with Community

How have you stayed in touch with friends, family, and other communities?

Masked and social distance-friendly walks with nearby friends, making playlists for people.

Thanks for reading! Remember, to submit your own content, please visit the content submission form and respond to any of the areas that interest you, or email Nathan Miglich.

Together Remotely – Staff Spotlight: Jannah Maresh

Now more than ever, it is important that we stay connected to one another. The Student Life Staff Development Committee has launched Together Remotely, a series of posts to help staff across the Division of Student Life keep up with each other and share their experiences, successes, and stories during these extraordinary times. We hope that these posts can in some way brighten your day, give you a great idea, or just help you to feel a little more connected.

Content is staff-generated, informal, and open-ended… and we need more! To submit your own content, please visit the content submission form and respond to any of the areas that interest you, or email Nathan Miglich.

Staff Spotlight: Jannah Maresh

Director, Parent & Family Programs

In the Kitchen

Share favorite recipes, go-to snacks, or other culinary creations.

Snacks: TJ Takis and Cheetos con Limon — I eat it after I work out, and I also eat it when I am sad but only during the DAY TIME!!!

Favorite Goo of the Moment: Calabrian Peppers (I’ve been adding them to my cream cheese for a spicy bagel sandwich).

Rice or Ramen with Pork Belly, Garlic Chips and Bok Choy: Make instant ramen (fancy ramen from Whole Foods), get pork belly from Trader Joe’s (in the box), slice and toast garlic chips, and toss bok choy in sesame oil and soy sauce — and then share and eat!

My last meal on earth will be roasted chicken by Jacques Pepin.

Oh and did I forget to mention that I love coffee and chicken wings and Negronis and brut Rose — I am doing ok, I swear!

Self Care Activities

What have you been doing to take care of yourself and unwind?

See Kitchen answers above: I do intermittent fasting and working out — I can do five normal pushups before my knees reach the floor, my planks are better, and ride by non-Peloton bike — no judgment just LOVE our quiet indoor Schwinn. I am trying to get through my book list — currently, I am reading Machines Like Us by Ian McEwan.

Kids & Animals

Stories, adventures, and other content related to your tiny or non-human companions.

I am childless and dogless — but my husband is like a large adult child.

He walks me some days. I walk him other days — we are good human doggies for each other.

We’ve been enjoying my daily walks, where we talk about our fun day at work. We are both working from home so we are grateful to have the ability to have defined work spaces and only see and interact with each other during coffee breaks.

Giving Back

Information about organizations or causes you have been able to support.

I have been actively volunteering for UW Medicine to accept PPE donations, which I have continued to do weekly. I also gave blood and will continue to do so. I have also reached out to local small businesses, newsrooms and newspapers in Seattle and Los Angeles about the following grants from Facebook:

Read/Watch List

What entertainment content are you binging or finding interesting currently?

RuPaul’s Drag Race and the soon to be Celebrity RuPaul’s Drag Race is currently keeping me in a steady happy mental state.

I am a public radio/TV kid so I love PBS Newshour, Fresh Air, Sam Sanders, Pop Culture Happy Hour and Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me.

Cheeky podcasts — The Read.

Book list — currently, I am reading Machines Like Us by Ian McEwan. Next is FranKissstein by Jeannette Winterson.

Music — I cannot live without music, but I am intentionally watching music documentaries every Monday — I love Homecoming, Nina Simone and Oasis Supersonic — I have watched each at least 3X.

I am looking forward to Quincy, Amy Winehouse and LCD Soundsystem’s last concert — and I’m looking for more 90s BritPop, HipHop and RnB docs.

Connecting with Community

How have you stayed in touch with friends, family, and other communities?

My families in Los Angeles and Connecticut have been very concerned about our living in Seattle — so they have gone through every platform from FaceTime, FB Messenger, Instagram, Zoom, but it’s been fun to use Marco Polo and Houseparty.

Work from Home Hacks

For those working from home, what are you doing to increase productivity, functionality, or overall happiness at your work station?

I took it upon myself to accentuate my surroundings buying flowers and put up the art on my walls — so that my Zoom backgrounds look interesting. Pink wireless headphones and aggressively making sure that I am dressed for work, because I am using fashion as a crutch!

Professional Development

What resources for continued growth and development have you been taking advantage of?

All of the ABOVE things are keeping me professionally developed, and staying in touch with our UW community!

Thanks for reading! Remember, to submit your own content, please visit the content submission form and respond to any of the areas that interest you, or email Nathan Miglich.

Together Remotely – Self-care Activities

Now more than ever, it is important that we stay connected to one another. The Student Life Staff Development Committee has launched Together Remotely, a series of posts to help staff across the Division of Student Life keep up with each other and share their experiences, successes, and stories during these extraordinary times. We hope that these posts can in some way brighten your day, give you a great idea, or just help you to feel a little more connected.

Content is staff-generated, informal, and open-ended… and we need more! To submit your own content, please visit the content submission form and respond to any of the areas that interest you, or email Nathan Miglich.

Student Life Staff Self-care Activities

THE PROMPT: What have you been doing to take care of yourself and unwind?

Ashlee Norris

Operations and Accounts Manager, Housing & Food Services – Student Services

Reading, coloring, watching movies, crafting, FaceTime with family.

Danny Arguetty

Mindfulness Manager, UW Recreation

  • Bath with Epsom salts (2cups) and essential oils
  • Foot massage with coconut oil
  • Coloring (mandala) intricate patterns
  • Watching stand up (laughter boosts immunity)
  • Small movement breaks throughout the day (if you want guidance go here)
  • Gratitude journal
  • Mailing cards to friends

Deanne Liu

Conduct Officer, Community Standards & Student Conduct

Goal for May: the 5 Minute Journal.

I used this journal when I was a Resident Director and it was crucial to gathering and remembering joy. I remember my heart swelling one evening, and I think it made all the difference in my work life balance. I’m excited to try it again during this time when work and home life are again mixed up.

Glenna Chang

Associate Vice President, Student Life

Heather Robertson’s channel on YouTube for exercise videos that will kick butt. Plus, she doesn’t talk.

Jannah Maresh

Director, Parent & Family Programs

See my Quarantine Kitchen answers: I do intermittent fasting and working out — I can do five normal pushups before my knees reach the floor, my planks are better, and ride by non-Peloton bike — no judgment just LOVE our quiet indoor Schwinn. I am trying to get through my book list — currently, I am reading Machines Like Us by Ian McEwan.

Meghan Matthews

Access Coordinator, Disability Resources for Students

Lots of walks, sitting in the sun, cooking, Netflix, virtual game nights with friends and family, reading, and sleeping in! Learning how to use my Vitamix to make more smoothies!!

Natasha Hawkins

Program Coordinator – Operations, Housing & Food Services – Residential Life

I have never had the patience to learn how to sew, however it has always been on my bucket list. The surplus of isolation hours has provided me with the patience and time to start some very easy sewing projects, and it has been very rewarding.

Tera Figueroa

Administrative Specialist, Shared Services

Online Yoga and Strength Training + Netflix.

Victoria Adams

Victim Advocate, UW Police Department

I’ve been trying to be physically active throughout the day — even knowing the extensive literature connecting physical activity to improved mental health as well as my own benefits from it, I had been extra lazy with everything going on. I found getting on a schedule helped: around noon I do boxing circuit training and after work follow along to yoga videos (after being a lifelong skeptic). Another really great way to build in physical activity is to participate in Seattle’s Dance Church remotely.

Thanks for reading! Remember, to submit your own content, please visit the content submission form and respond to any of the areas that interest you, or email Nathan Miglich.

Together Remotely – Staff Spotlight: Glenna Chang

Now more than ever, it is important that we stay connected to one another. The Student Life Staff Development Committee has launched Together Remotely, a series of posts to help staff across the Division of Student Life keep up with each other and share their experiences, successes, and stories during these extraordinary times. We hope that these posts can in some way brighten your day, give you a great idea, or just help you to feel a little more connected.

Content is staff-generated, informal, and open-ended… and we need more! To submit your own content, please visit the content submission form and respond to any of the areas that interest you, or email Nathan Miglich.

Staff Spotlight: Glenna Chang

Associate Vice President, Student Life

In the Kitchen

Share favorite recipes, go-to snacks, or other culinary creations.

Self Care Activities

What have you been doing to take care of yourself and unwind?

Heather Robertson’s channel on youtube for exercise videos that will kick butt. Plus, she doesn’t talk.

Kids & Animals

Stories, adventures, and other content related to your tiny or non-human companions.

Let’s just agree not to apologize for a small person interrupting a zoom call, shall we? Also, we have rediscovered the joy of a backyard campfire.

Giving Back

Information about organizations or causes you have been able to support.

Staying steady with our philanthropy to UW Student Life, Seattle Neighborhood Farmers Markets, the Mountaineers.

Read/Watch List

What entertainment content are you binging or finding interesting currently?

The Daily podcast. Because I don’t spend enough hours in a day with ear buds in.

Connecting with Community

How have you stayed in touch with friends, family, and other communities?

Lots of zoom calls with family and friends. Cross-country cooking projects with friends.

Professional Development

What resources for continued growth and development have you been taking advantage of?

This isn’t exactly an answer to the question, but I have been so grateful for and humbled by the strength, flexibility, and compassion exhibited every single day by our colleagues in our division. I grow by watching all of you.

One More Thing

Spider origami! Because why not…

Thanks for reading! Remember, to submit your own content, please visit the content submission form and respond to any of the areas that interest you, or email Nathan Miglich.