Tagged: Wellness

In 2023, the Office of Administration and Planning (A&P) Buckeye Wellness Innovator team will highlight one of the ten dimensions of wellness as previously shared on the dimensions of wellness calendar. February's focus is on social wellness, which is the ability to develop close and sustaining relationships and engage in successful interaction with others.

Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) provides and maintains a safe and healthful work environment for the university community. They also find fun and creative ways to promote healthy lifestyles for their team.

An active and energetic group of fiscal staff members is inspiring health and wellness through their work. The Administration and Planning Fiscal Buckeye Wellness Innovators (BWI), otherwise known as the Fiscal Health and Wellness Team, serve as ambassadors to promote health and wellness initiatives to their team of 20 fiscal staff members.

Ohio State embodies a wellness model focusing on different dimensions of wellness and providing support resources in each area. In 2023, the Office of Administration and Planning (A&P) Buckeye Wellness Innovator team will highlight one of the ten dimensions of wellness each month to provide opportunities to learn ways to engage with each dimension.

The Ohio State University Police Division (OSUPD) and Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) teams showcased their agility, strategy and teamwork during the Ohio State Faculty and Staff Dodgeball Classic on December 15. Dodgeball uniforms displayed the team names, highlighting OSUPD “Protect and Swerve” and EHS “Slips Trips and Balls”. Teams faced off against each in matches, leading up to a single-elimination bracket until one team emerged victorious. 

A garden outside of the TTM building started by Transit Operations Supervisor and Buckeye Wellness Innovator Christina Miller, is encouraging healthy eating, while making fresh fruits and vegetables more accessible.

Join Facilities Operations and Development's Alex Cramer for an optional mid-week meditation opportunity on Wednesdays from noon to 12:15 p.m., starting on November 16, 2022 and continuing through January 4, 2023. The guided meditations will focus on breath work and physical awareness.

A&P's Buckeye Wellness Innovator team and Diversity Council gathered in October for A&P's Well-Being Retreat. Healthy smoothies were offered thanks to TTM's Don Borton and his pedal power on the blender bike. OSU Health Plan Health Coach Jessica Hernandez provided a healthy food demo, with tasty protein-filled snacks shared with the team. The retreat wrapped up with a discussion about what wellness looks like and ways it can be incorporated into daily routines.

FOD Operations and A&P Buckeye Wellness Innovators teamed up with FOD Landscape Services to plog through campus in August. “Plogging" is a Swedish term for the simple act of picking up litter while you run, hike, or walk in your community. It started spreading to other countries around the world in 2018, following increased concern about plastic pollution.

In July, 105 Administration and Planning (A&P) staff members from 24 different teams joined the A&P Step into a Healthy Heart Challenge. 15,450,000 steps were walked, totaling more than 7,700 miles. That’s more than twice the distance between the east and west coast of the U.S.! 81 of the 105 participants tracked at least 98,000 steps and received 125 points. The overall step average was more than 147,00 steps per person.