October 2021

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

October is

Breast Cancer

Awareness

Month – Get

screened!

1

World

Vegetarian Day

2

Walk or bike

around a lake in

the metro area.

3

Enjoy coffee or

tea with a friend

you haven’t

seen in a while!

Take time to

reconnect!

4

Start the week

with a slow

cooker meal Slow Cooker Recipes |

5

World Teachers’

Day – what

would we do

without you??

6

Come get a

FREE smoothie

on the KFC spine

from 12:30-2:00

pm!

7

Thankful Thursday

Leave a note for a

colleague

thanking them for

mentoring you.

8

If able, take the

stairs instead of

the elevator.

9

Last weekend

for Old Market/

Aksarben

Farmers’ Market

10

Cut veggies and

package them in

grab to go

portions for a

week of easy

snacking.

11

Mindful

Monday

-take a few

minutes for you-

use your lunch

hour to recharge

12

Skip TV time

and enjoy some

time outside

today.

13

Have you made a budget for November?

14

Thankful Thursday

Spend 10 minutes

in the morning

mediatating on

“what we feel

most thankful for”

in this moment.

15

TGIF! Enjoy our

awesome fall

weather!

Take a walk on

campus

today!

16

National

Dictionary Day!

Find one new

word and use it

today!

17

Schedule your

workouts for

the week like

any other

appointment.

18

Hydrate! Start off

your morning

with 16 oz of

water as soon you

get out of bed.

19

Go to

https://www.re

ady.gov/plan

and make a plan

20

Find something

today that

makes you

really laugh.

21

Thankful Thursday

Thank yourself for

a time when you

treated yourself

with compassion.

22 Cheer for CU Volleyball vs. Hoyas at DJ SokolArena

6:30 PM.

GO JAYS!!

23

Dance in your

living room, like

no one is

watching!

24

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25

Take a stretch

break before or

after a meeting.

26

National

Pumpkin Day!

Try out a new

pumpkin-inspired

recipe!

27

Can you eat 5

fruits and

vegetables

today?

28

Thankful Thursday

Send a text to

someone today

telling them what

you appreciate

about them!

29 Enjoy a FREE fresh piece of fruit on the KFC spine today from 11-1pm!

30 Find one thing you can do for someone else today!

We believe in the Jesuit value of cura personalis: care of the whole person.

Wellness Checks 2021 In lieu of the annual biometric screenings (canceled due to COVID) we will be offering Wellness Checks! This is your opportunity to come get a quick snapshot of your health. We have partnered with the Student/Employee Health team and their Shoo the Flu clinics and Creighton University students in health professions. At the Wellness Checks you can get your weight, height, waist measure and blood pressure. Faculty & Staff who complete the following two items: -Health Check Survey -Attend Wellness Check (or attest to going to your annual physical during the 2021 year)

By 12/31/21 will be entered into the GRAND PRIZE Drawing! We’ll be giving away massages, personal training packages, dining hall packages, Amazon & Starbucks gift

cards!

Log into join.virginpulse.com/Creighton to complete your Health Check & self-report your participation in the Wellness Checks and/or getting your annual check up.

2021 Shoo the Flu Clinics & Wellness Check Schedule

Phoenix Campus (@ Doris S. North Ballroom) 10/5- 1-6pm 10/6- 7-9am 11am-1pm 4-6pm 10/7- 7-9am 11am-1pm 4-6pm Omaha Campus 10/13- 11-4pm @ Cardiac Center Auditorium 10/19- 9:30am-3pm @ Kiewit Fitness Center (WELLFest) 10/20- 10-3:30pm @ Skutt Student Center 105 10/21- 3-5:30pm @ Dental School 129 & 129 10/22- 9:30am-4pm @ Skutt Student Center 105 10/25- 11am-2pm @ CUMC Bergan Classroom 11661 10/26- 1-3pm @ Creighton Therapy & Wellness- 17055 Frances St 10/27- 11:30am-2:30pm @ Harper Center 4068 10/28- 11:30-am-3:30pm @ Health Science Library 249