Programs

Session i : 10:45AM-11:30AM

Relax: Creating Wellness in Your Career

Presented by Bernadette So,Director, Career Development Center
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Balance, meaning, satisfaction: does this describe your career during COVID? As we have extended ourselves beyond what we could have imagined, we may not be focusing on our own work wellness. Let’s acknowledge our successes, share strategies, and create realistic goals for moving forward.

Relate: Showing Students We Care

Presented by Anwaar Najmi, CARE Team Coordinator
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Our present times have brought about many changes in the needs of our students. Being able to capture students and be able to offer them our services have become a challenge in the virtual world. The presenter will be able to share the impact that our current climate has impacted the needs of students and best practices when communicating to address their needs.

Release: Respecting Differences and Opinions of Others

Presented by Gary Santos Mendoza, Director, Intercultural Resource Center
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There are a lot of recent environmental factors that has caused us to look at things from a different lens and to possibly develop different opinions from others. Learning how to have difficult conversations and be respectful.

Session II: 11:40AM-12:25PM

Relax: Q&A about COVID SESSION

Presented by Dr. Luis DeJesus,MD Dr. Anice Thomas, Executive Director, Student Health & Wellness
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Relate: We Got This

Presented by: Theresa Tantay Wilson, Director, HPD Christie Howley, Director, VPVA
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How have your emotional, spiritual, and environmental strengths help to lead you to this moment? Have fun working as a team with colleagues through interactive games. Together, we will explore current challenges and develop strategies that build resiliency as individuals and in R community.

Release: Mindfulness: Living in the here and now?

Presented by Vasudev Dexit
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Feeling Stretched Too Thin? Learn a number of techniques for bringing awareness to the present moment to improve health and wellness

Session iii: 1:25PM-2:10PM

Relax: Sanvelo

Presented by Sanvelo Representatives
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With over 3.4 million users worldwide and a 4.8/5 star app store rating, Sanvello is the #1 app for stress, depression, and anxiety. Sanvello’s ever-expanding library of self-care resources includes meditation, coping tools, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)-based Guided Journey experiences that help people stay engaged, build healthy habits, and feel better through more frequent interactions. This APP will be available at no-cost to all RUN community members. Attend this session for a demo and to learn more!

Relate: Engaging Virtual Settings

Presented by Nikita Pandit, Assistant Dean/Director,Office of Student Life & LeadershipGary Santos- Mendoza, Director, Intercultural Resource Center
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Not being able to have face to face interactions in our offices or host programs has made it difficult to feel in touch with our community. The Office of Student Life and Leadership and Intercultural Resource Center have been able to develop programming to utilizing various platforms and even provide opportunities for students to engage amongst one another via the Peer Mentorship program. The focus of this program will be for the presenters to share their experiences with virtual programming, and provide best practices when engaging students on different platforms.

Release: Relax & Release

Presented by Dr. Anice Thomas, Executive Director of Student Health & Wellness
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Learn and use progressive muscle relaxation techniques to help you become more aware of muscle tension and other physical sensations of stress., The relaxation techniques used in this session will focus on learning to decrease the effects of stress on your mind and body.

session iv: 2:20PM-3:05PM

Relax: Origami Workshop: The Art of Japanese Paper-Folding

Presented by Kenji Tadeka, Psychologist, Counseling Center
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Kenji Takeda, a psychologist at the counseling center, who is originally from Japan and also a licensed creative arts therapist, will discuss Origami’s historical background and therapeutic benefits, and participants will have opportunities to make Origami art in this interactive workshop. Please bring 3~4 square pieces of paper (you can make it from gift wrapping paper from the holidays).

Relate: Adjusting to the Financial Impact of 2020

Presented by Nick Ramjattan,MBA, Assitant Manager, Office of Financial Aid
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2020 has had many financial impacts on households. This will be an informational session that provides guidance on budgeting, managing credit, and student loans during the pandemic. Participants will be engaged in finding their affordability threshold; learning about all of your loan repayment options and how to balance your financial decisions and goals going into 2021.

Release: Mindfulness: Living in the here and now?

Presented by Vasudev Dexit
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Feeling Stretched Too Thin? Learn a number of techniques for bringing awareness to the present moment to improve health and wellness.

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