Start your 2014 off on the right foot by training for the F5 St. Patrick’s Day Dash! This 3.6-mile dash began 29 years ago as a race between bars and as a training event for an Irish Olympian. Now it’s Seattle’s largest single-distance run, walk, jog, or crawl. It’s coming up on Sunday, March 16 [...]

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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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The New Year is a time for reflection and goal setting, but sometimes our resolutions can be at odds with each other. This year I want to try new things, be healthier, and save money. With that in mind, here are some of the amazing discounts that UW faculty and staff can receive. I’ve organized [...]

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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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I must be part bear. Why else would I have spent the entire autumn bulking up on fatty foods? Maybe it was the stress of taking on a new work project, the ever-increasing demands of mommyhood, or the craving for carbs that happens when I am not able to sleep well. Whatever the reason, I [...]

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Acquiring an active lifestyle can have so many benefits to our mental and physical health. Can you think of a time where exercising regularly didn’t make you feel good? As an avid marathoner and fitness enthusiast, I always set new challenges at the beginning of the year. Even for me though, life can get in [...]

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Service is at the core of the Husky spirit so for our inaugural Whole U post on volunteerism, I thought I would get us started close to home by sharing more about opportunities in the UW Medicine health system. Most medical centers in the United States rely on volunteers from the community to support their [...]

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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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