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Please review the videos in the tabs below to find strategies for promoting well-being and work-life balance.

Well-Being and Work-life Balance Panel 1
Well-Being and WL Balance Panel 2
Doing a Well-being Challenge
Keeping Your head Above Water
Well-Being Racer Wellness and Human Resources

Well-Being and Work-Life Balance Panel 1

How can I do it all - teaching, research, service, and have a personal life? What strategies have faculty used to establish well-being and work-life balance?

Join us to get insights and share experiences regarding the most common questions about well-
being and how to balance the responsibilities of being a faculty member and other
personal responsibilities and engagements.

Facilitator: Dr. Angie Trzepacz, Director, University Counseling Services

Faculty: Dr. Samir Patel, Associate Professor, Counselling Education
Dr. Whitney Cassity-Caywood, Assistant Professor, Social Work
Dr. Miguel Gomez, Assistant Professor, Adolescent, Career, and Special Education
Dr. Gary ZeRuth, Assistant Professor, Biology

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Well-Being and Work-Life Balance Panel 2

How can I do it all - teaching, research, service, and have a personal life? What strategies have faculty used to establish well-being and work-life balance?

Join us to get insights and share experiences regarding the most common questions about well-being and how to balance the responsibilities of being a faculty member and other personal responsibilities and engagements.

Facilitator: Dr. Angie Trzepacz, Licensed Psychologist and Director, University Counseling Services

Panelists: Dr. Miranda Terry, Chair of the Department of Applied Health Sciences and Associate Professor of Public
and Community Health; Dr. Maeve McCarthy, Assistant Dean, Jones College of Science, Engineering &
Technology, and Professor, Mathematics & Statistics; and Dr. Whitney Cassity-Caywood, Assistant
Professor, Social Work

Doing a Virtual Well-Being Challenge

Are you interested in finding out how to conduct a Virtual Well-Being Challenge?

In this interview, Dr. Firm Faith Watson will be conversing with Dr. Julaine Fowlin, Assistant Director for Instructional Design at the Center for Teaching at Vanderbilt University. Prior to serving in this role, she was the Director of Faculty Development at Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy. In that position, Dr. Fowlin designed, implemented, and evaluated an integrated training and professional development plan for the school. She was also instrumental in leading curriculum reform. Dr. Fowlin has more than 10 years’ experience in the field of Instructional Design and Technology.

Keeping Your Head Above Water: Balancing Work and Everything Else (Blitz Week 2022)

Sometimes it's all just too much; balancing one's work and personal life can be overwhelming. This session will focus on practical tools to assess the balance (or lack thereof) in your life and implement strategies that support a healthy work/life balance. The presenters both have over 20 years of experience providing psychotherapy, and they will share relevant and useful tools to improve balance in your life.

Presenters: Whitney Cassity-Caywood, Assistant Professor, Social Work; Jeff Wylie, Senior Lecturer of Social Work and Dean of Student Life

Well-Being with Racer Wellness and Human Resources (Blitz Week 2023)

This session will provide an overview of Racer Wellness programming such as the Wellness Pledge and options for Wellness Center access. Other topics that will be covered include resources available through the Employee Assistance Program, as well
as leave options that are available to faculty and staff. We will also facilitate questions.

Presenters: Lauren Smee, Wellness Coordinator; Haley Stedelin, Assistant Director for Employment, Human Resources

Well-Being with Racer Wellness and Human Resources (Blitz Week 2022)

This session will cover Racer Wellness programming such as the Wellness Pledge, Wellness Center access, the Employee Assistance Program and the various leaves that are available to employees. We will also allow time to facilitate questions.

Presenters: Lauren Smee, Wellness Coordinator; Haley Stedelin, Assistant Director for Employment, Human Resources