Faculty Coaching
Be proactive with your wellness.
To request coaching, please fill out the request form.
For urgent concerns, contact the Faculty and Staff Employee Assistance Program (402.354.8000).
Coaching offers individualized support for faculty
Wellness coaching is a program for current full-time faculty for up to 5 sessions per academic semester.
Our coaches work with faculty on topics including, but not limited to:
- Addressing Wellbeing
- Developing Career Strategies
- Enhancing Skills
- Improving Daily Habits
- Integrating Work-Life Balance
- Navigating Difficult Situations
What is coaching?
This program is:
- Focused on holistic health
- Based on a faculty member's individual needs and topics of interest
- Focused on solutions and goals
- Focused on a participant's autonomy to choose and complete goals
This program is not:
- Intended to address ongoing or severe mental health concern
- Built to assess, diagnose, or treat mental health conditions
- A replacement for services provided by counselors, therapists, personal trainers, registered dieticians, physical therapists, medical doctors, and other health professionals and experts
- If you are looking for clinical mental health support, please contact the Faculty and Staff Employee Assistance Program
Meet Our Faculty Coaches
Monica Blizek, MSW, Faculty Coaching Coordinator
Brigette Ryalls, PhD, Associate Professor
Brigette was born in Berea, a small town in Kentucky, and went to Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky, for her undergraduate degree. This is where she first discovered her love for studying human development. Brigette pursued her PhD at Indiana University, specializing in Language, Cognition, and Development and started at a faculty member at UNO in 1994. She was the Chairperson of the Department of Psychology from 2009-2022. Brigette has taught many classes, but her favorite is Child Psychology. This class explores how children develop and the influences that shape them into the adults they become. Previously, Brigette worked with the Center for Faculty Development on a project examining trauma and resiliency in higher education.
Nancy Edick, PhD, Dean Emerita
Dr. Nancy Edick was the dean of the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences (CEHHS) from 2009-2023. Over the course of over 25 years at the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO), Dr. Edick has served in a variety of leadership roles. She joined UNO in 1993 as the founding director for Career Advancement and Development for Recruits and Experienced (CADRE), a nationally recognized Christa McAuliffe Award winning teacher induction program. She served as executive director of the Metropolitan Omaha Education Consortium (MOEC) and as a faculty member in the Teacher Education Department. Her research was focused on mentoring and coaching relationships.