Department of Human Resources

UMD Employee 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

• Annual Health Fairs held each year in November feature free flu shots to faculty and staff, and a wealth of information from medical/dental plan providers, retirement companies and other wellness, health and safety related vendors.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• 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.
  
  
• Online Resources offer helpful health and wellness tips.
  
  
• QuickCare is a walk-in clinic for UMD employees, spouses/same-sex domestic partners, and dependent children. An experienced nurse practitioner provides basic services such as treating ear pain and strep, to immunizations. Free blood pressure check for employees. Free cholestec for UPlan members.
  
  
• TSCP (Tobacco/Smoking Cessation Program) - If you’re looking to quit, the UMD Tobacco/Smoking Cessation program is here to help. Our team of health professionals will assist you in creating a customized plan to become tobacco free. We will support you along the way with guidance from a qualified health educator, prescriptions for tobacco cessation medications, and medication counseling from a qualified pharmacist.The counseling program is free for UMD faculty, staff, and their families. UPlan members who successfully complete a 6-month program will receive a $65 reward.
  
  
• Tobacco/Smoking Cessation Resources can help you finally kick smoking.
  
  
• UPlan Health Coach can help motivate and encourage eligible UPlan members to better health. Your Health Coach provides unbiased up-to-date health information to assist you with the development of a personalized wellness plan to effectively change behavior.
  
  
• Wellness workshops explore nutrition, lifestyle, exercise and other health-related topics.
  

UPLAN Working on Wellness:

• UPlan Wellness Self-Assessement - 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 Care Choices - As consumers, we know how to shop for the best price. But do we know how to buy health care coverage to lower our medical bills? Or can we compare the quality of one hospital to another? Do we know how to find out which provider delivers the most value for the best price? With the wide array of choices we have for health care services, HealthCare Choices can help you get the most out of the health care dollars you spend.
  
  
• Healthy Living Programs - Ask University employees what health habits they want to change and they'll tell you: Help me manage my stress, lose weight or curb my cholesterol. The Healthy Living suite of programs is designed to do just that.
  
  
• 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 is a sure-fire way to boost your physical activity.
  
  
• Ask Mayo Clinic Nurse Line 24-hour Nurse Line
  
  
• Health Coaching - This confidential program, available at no additional charge, is designed to help you reduce your health risks by making long-term lifestyle changes.
  

Other Programs:

• Ergonomics assessment program is available from Environmental Health and Safety Office.
  
  
• UMD Recreational Sports Outdoor Program provides group exercise classes, personal training, gym membership and more at attractive rates.

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.