Faculty and Staff Flourishing Week
Brought to you by YOUR Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning
All Week
Recreation and Wellness Center (including fitness classes)
- Open to all faculty/staff (main campus, bring your RU ID)
- The student recreation and wellness center and all classes are open to faculty and staff (including cycle, yoga, dance, bootcamp, boxing, bodypump, pick-up basketball and pickleball, and more!)
- Download the schedule below for for operating hours, classes, and tours and sign up on the RU Rec app (Apple Store or Google Play). Locker rooms/showers are available with towel service.
Library Whiteboard of Appreciation
Check out the whiteboards in both McConnell and RUC libraries for special messages of gratitude for faculty and staff!
Giant Coloring Paper in the McConnell faculty/staff lounge
Stop by the new lounge to release your creative energy! (fifth floor)
Daily email blasts with special events, wellness messages, and poetry
Monday, November 14
All day: Recreation and Wellness Center open to all faculty/staff (tours available 10-2)
12-12:30 pm: Mindful Monday with Dr. Alan Forrest (Zoom; link in schedule below)
Join the weekly meeting of RU faculty and staff interested in practicing mindfulness and meditation.
4:40-5:30 pm: Virtual Body Pump (Peters Hall Studio)
Tuesday, November 15
All day: Recreation and Wellness Center open to all faculty/staff (tours available 10-2)
2-2:30 pm: Desk Mindfulness with Dr. Alan Forrest (Zoom; link in schedule below)
Dr. Forrest leads us in exploring how to incorporate short mindfulness sessions at our desks. Beginners welcome!
Wednesday, November 16
All day: Recreation and Wellness Center open to all faculty/staff (tours available 10-2)
2-2:30 pm: Desk Mindfulness with Dr. Alan Forrest (Zoom; link in schedule below)
Dr. Forrest leads us in exploring how to incorporate short mindfulness sessions at our desks. Beginners welcome!
4:15-5 pm: Tea with the Provost.
Join Dr. Marten denBoer as he explores resilience and change. McConnell Library, Classroom B (tea and snacks available, please register (download the schedule below for the registration link) so we can get a snack count).
We all need strength and resilience to overcome and grow from the tough events life brings us. I’ve learned that from personal experience. On October 15, 1994, I lay near death on a Brooklyn street after being hit by a car. I spent the next three months in hospital and the next two years on crutches. Twenty-four years later, on the same date in 2018, I again lay near death, brought down by leukemia. The love of family and friends helped me recover from both events. I changed profoundly, in many ways for the better, and found new paths for my life.
5:30-6 pm: Indoor Walking/Jogging Group (meet at the upstairs track in the Rec and Wellness Center for a low-key walk or run with fun colleagues)
4:40-5:30 pm: Virtual Body Pump (Peters Hall Studio)
Thursday, November 17
All day: Recreation and Wellness Center open to all faculty/staff (tours available 10-2)
10 am-12 pm: Teaching and Learning meet-up at RUC, Room 1021
Join Charley Cosmato and David Halpin for bagels, donuts, fruit, and coffee to chat about teaching and learning at RUC, or just to enjoy friendly company and “elevensies.”
4-10 pm: Family Night at the Rec and Wellness Center
Bring your family (and your ID) to use the Rec and Wellness Center
Milk Crate Stacking with RUO 5pm-7pm
5-8 pm: A Little Goes a Long Way at Longway Brewing Company (Radford)
Longway Brewing Company in Radford is pleased to donate $1 per pint to the RU Student Emergency Fund (benefiting our students who need a little help to make ends meet)
Friday, November 18
All day: Recreation and Wellness Center open to all faculty/staff (tours available 10-2)
10 am-12 pm: Writing Jam (with bagels and coffee!) (McConnell Main Lounge, third floor off the lobby)
Join CITL staff and colleagues for our weekly writing jam. Treats and coffee will be available, as will the companionship and encouragement of fellow writers. Bring your notebook or laptop and expect to make progress on that article, grant proposal, or poem!
5pm-7pm: Esports Family Night: Cook 131
Bring the family to the Esports Center for a fun night of gaming
5pm-7pm: Peters Rock Climbing Wall open to Faculty and Staff and Family