UMD Wellness Program


   
promote and preserve the health and well-being of UMD faculty and staff
to encourage our campus community in maintaining a healthy living environment and active lives

The UMD Wellness Program offers a range of health promotion and wellness programs and services that promote and support physical and emotional health and wellbeing:

  • Farmers Market at UMD brings fresh produce to the Duluth campus to promote a healthy workplace and a healthy lifestyle for employees and people from the surrounding neighborhoods.
  • Online Resources offer helpful health and wellness tips.
  • Wellness workshops explore nutrition, lifestyle, exercise and other health-related topics.
  • Employee Assistance Program provides free, 24/7 resources including counseling, referrals and information to faculty and staff members (or their immediate family) seeking guidance about personal or professional concerns.
  • Annual Health Fairs held each year in November feature free flu shot and a wealth of information from medical/dental plan providers, retirement companies, safety vendors and more. Flu shots are available free to faculty and staff every fall.
  • QuickCare is a clinic for UMD employees, spouses/same-sex domestic partners, and dependent children. An experienced physician assistant provides basic services such as treating ear pain and strep, to immunizations.
  • Medication Therapy Management Clinic seeks to reduce medication therapy problems by providing an individualized patient care plan. The more medications one takes, the higher the chances of having medication therapy problems. MTM can help reduce that risk.
  • The UPlan Wellness Coach can help motivate and encourage eligible UPlan members to better health. Your Wellness Coach provides unbiased up-to-date health information to assist you with the development of a personalized wellness plan to effectively change behavior.
  • Smoking cessation resourcesSmoking cessation resources can help you finally kick that nasty habit.
  • UMD Recreational Sports Outdoor Program provides group exercise classes, personal training, gym membership and more at attractive rates.
  • Ergonomics assessment program is available from Environmental Health and Safety Office.

UPLAN Working on Wellness:

  • UPlan Wellness Assessment - When you are a member of the UPlan Medical Program, and assess your health (whether completing the UPlan Wellness Assessment for the very first time or whether you are re-taking the assessment during 2008 after completing it in previous years) you qualify to receive a $65 Wellness Reward for the 2008 calendar year. If your spouse or same-sex domestic partner also completes the assessment, he or she can also receive a $65 Wellness Reward.
  • Health Connections: Lifestyle Management, Disease Management, Web-based Health Improvement, UPlan sponsored Health Action Program
  • Fitness Rewards allows UPlan medical program members who visit a participating health club eight times a month to receive up to a $20-a-month reimbursement.
  • 10,000 steps program is a sure-fire way to boost your physical activity.
  • Ask Mayo Clinic 24-hour Nurse Line

Share With Us Your Success Story

UMD employees and family members may share with us how the wellness programs (both UMD and the twin cities) have made you healthier and how it has helped you to make the most of your health. Email UMD HR.

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