In This Issue
Roll on Into Work
Free Fitness Assessment
Walking Month
New Stress Less Class
Are you $ Savvy?
Take a Mini Break
Build Strength at Your Desk
Relay for Life
Med School for the Rest of Us
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For five Wednesdays in May, CWRU faculty and staff can learn about medical breakthroughs and perhaps improve personal health. Learn more and enroll in Mini Med School! 
Make Your Commute Sustainable!
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In an effort to promote car-free commuting and transport at CWRU, the Office for Sustainability is hosting the "Shift Your Ride: Sustainable Transportation Fair" in the Tink on Tuesday, April 18 between 
11 am - 2 pm.
See the event website for more details.
Visit us at the Wellness table to learn how commuting by pedal or foot power may make you eligible for the $100 Physical Activity incentive! 
Try a New Workout!
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121's Uptown Cycle is a new cycle studio open to the public! Enjoy different cycle experiences designed to engage and transform riders of all levels. Learn more!    
Free Assessment
The Wellness Program offers free fitness assessments all year. Learn more on the Wellness website. 
Join the Movement
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The National Walking Month Challenge encourages participants to log 70,000 steps per week/10,000 per day during April.Those who register and log steps each week are eligible for prizes from our friends at 121. Sign up today and start logging today! 
Issue: 4 
April 2017
April is National Defeat Diabetes Month. For those with Type 2 Diabetes, the most common type, the body does not use insulin properly. At first, the pancreas makes extra insulin to compensate. But over time the pancreas cannot make enough to keep blood glucose levels normal.
Type 2 Diabetes is treated with lifestyle changes, oral medications (pills), and insulin.

When glucose builds up in the blood instead of going into cells, it can cause two problems:
  • Right away, your cells may be starved for energy.
  • Over time, high blood glucose levels can damage eyes, kidneys, nerves or heart.
The CWRU Wellness Program offers assistance to those who are diabetic or struggling with pre-diabetes:
  • FREE Nutrition Counseling with EASE@work
  • Upcoming on-site course "Nutrition Action" (look for registration information on the website in mid April)
  • Online classes with the LivingWell Program from Selfhelpworks
  • Additional Weight Management programs like Weight Watchers and the Designing Your Personal Weight Loss Plan MOOC
NEW - Communication In Times of Stress Class
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Build Communication and Reduce Stress
Join Heidi Weiker for this contemporary approach to managing stress and strain by taking care of your relationships in new ways during this 8-week program. 
Walk away with new tips, tools and methods that you'll use immediately in your work and life. Completion of this program will count for the Stress Management Program Incentive requirements for 2017.

Tools for Building Communication and Connection
 
Tuesdays, 1-2 PM
April 11 through June 6 (no class April 25)
Clapp Hall 108
Register Now , spaces are limited.
What is Your Financial IQ?
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TIAA offers a fun way for you to find out! 
Test your financial know-how and you could win an iPad Mini! From April 3-28 take this educational challenge to have fun and learn important information about financial planning. Each day five new questions are added to the challenge. Every time you play, you are automatically entered for a chance to win an iPad Mini. The more you play, the better your chances of winning-so sign on every day!  
Register Here!
Two More Weeks of Seated Massage
Take a Break this Wednesday! 
For only $15, you can have a "mini spa day" right here at CWRU. With our partners at 121 Fitness, the Wellness program is offering seated massage on April 5 and April 12 between 11 AM and 1 PM. 
Locations and links are on the Wellness Website. 
  Build Strength with Workstation Workout
Join us for safe, fun exercise you can do deskside 
In this 6-week class, participants will progress through more an d more challenging exercises they can complete at work, home, anywhere. All fitness levels are welcome!

Workstation Workout
Mondays at Noon
April 17 through May 22
12:00 to 12:45 PM
MSASS 107
Register Now!

This April, Join Relay For Life
Help raise funds for the American Cancer Society 
This year, Relay For Life takes place at the Bill Sudeck Track from Noon on Saturday, April 22 to 3 a.m. on Sunday, April 23. The event features games and tournaments, student performances, food, and meaningful ceremonies that help us celebrate, remember, and fight back. Staff and faculty are invited to participate by joining a team, dedicating a luminaria to a loved one, donating to the cause, or simply attending the event and walking a few laps around the track. There are a variety of staff/faculty teams that you are welcome to join including the DOSA Spartans and the the Case Med Cancer Warriors. Learn more on the website  or contact Angela Lowery.
Contact Us:
Elizabeth Click, Medical Director       Mary Ann Dobbins, Wellness Coord
                       [email protected]         [email protected]
                         216-368-5790              216-368-5997