Faculty Affairs News

The Office of Wellness is bringing the excitement of international soccer to Galveston campus and we want you to be part of it! Join us for Get in the Game, a skills challenge inspired by the big event.

Faculty members and students from all five UTMB schools are invited to join the General University Team for the Galveston Sandcastle Competition & Festival.

Our new Tour de Blue Zones Faculty Lunch series is in support of UTMB's new partnership with Blue Zones Project Galveston, giving faculty a chance to explore the habits behind longevity, well-being, and community connection.

Please join us in welcoming Julie Walker, Program Manager in the Academic Enterprise Office of Wellness.

During National Mental Health Awareness Month, the Academic Enterprise Office of Wellness sought to create "More Good Days, Together" – bringing the UTMB community together through a series of wellness activities that encouraged connection, reflection, and balance.

The work we do at UTMB, teaching, mentoring, caring, leading, asks something profound of us every day. This May, the Office of Wellness is inviting you to turn some of that care inward.

This April, in recognition of Move More Month led by the American Heart Association, the UTMB community came together for a simple but powerful idea: step away, get moving, and connect.

In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, the Office of Wellness invites you to More Good Days, Together, a month-long series of free activities and sessions every week in May, hosted in partnership with OLLI and Bent on Healthy Living Wellness Center.

April is recognized as Move More Month, an initiative inspired by our partners at the American Heart Association, reminding us that even small amounts of movement, like walking, can have a big impact on our health.

UTMB is preparing to step into an exciting new partnership that has the potential to shape the health and longevity of our Galveston community for years to come. Led by UTMB President and UTMB Health System CEO Dr. Jochen Reiser, we will officially kick off our collaboration on the Blue Zones Project, a nationally recognized approach that helps communities transform their environment to support longer, healthier lives.

It is a true honor to join the UTMB Academic Enterprise and serve as your Director of Wellness. Since arriving in January, I’ve had the opportunity to meet with so many remarkable faculty, staff, and leaders and I’ve felt the warmth, pride, and hospitality that make this community so special!