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Staying Well at UNO | Episode 6 Now Available

To help the UNO student body thrive in challenging times, Vice Chancellor for Student Success Dan Shipp and Dean of Students Cathy Pettid launched “Staying Well at UNO,” a weekly interview series focused on wellness.

  • published: 2020/05/11
  • contact: University Communications
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People around the world are trying to navigate a new normal of remote working, living and learning due to the outbreak of COVID-19. To help the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) student body thrive in challenging times, UNO Vice Chancellor for Student Success Dan Shipp and UNO Dean of Students Cathy Pettid launched “Staying Well at UNO,” a weekly interview series focused on wellness.

Each week, the duo will be joined by a guest to highlight how members of the UNO community are not only coping with changes, but finding ways to make a positive impact on others in a remote environment, and look after their own wellbeing in the process.

“Wellness means so many different things. We’re talking about our physical wellbeing, but also our emotional wellbeing, our spiritual wellbeing, our intellectual wellbeing,” Pettid says in the first installment of the series. It’s going to take all of us checking in with each other and being accountable to one another to take care of ourselves.”

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Submit Your Questions

Students can submit questions to stayingwell@unomaha.edu.

New This Week: Episode 6

UNO Vice Chancellor for Student Success Dan Shipp and UNO Dean of Students Cathy Pettid discuss the eight dimensions of wellness as they encourage people to find balance in each dimensions.

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Past Episodes of "Staying Well at UNO"

Watch or listen to past episodes of "Staying Well at UNO."

Episode 1: Madeline St. Clair | Maverick Food Pantry

UNO Vice Chancellor for Student Success Dan Shipp and UNO Dean of Students Cathy Pettid are joined by Madeline St. Clair, a student leader who manages the Maverick Food Pantry, to discuss the impact nutrition can have on your overall wellness.

Episode 2: Skyler Brooke | UNO Campus Recreation

UNO Vice Chancellor for Student Success Dan Shipp and UNO Dean of Students Cathy Pettid are joined by Skyler Brooke, assistant director of strength, fitness and personal training at UNO Campus Recreation, to discuss new digital offerings offered by the UNO Wellness Center; as well as ways to stay active in times like these.

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Episode 3: Kristina Hughes | UNO Sustainability

UNO Vice Chancellor for Student Success Dan Shipp and UNO Dean of Students Cathy Pettid are joined by Kristina Hughes, UNO’s Sustainability Coordinator, to discuss the impact of environmental wellness on health and well-being.

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Episode 4: Steven Wengel | Wellness

UNO Vice Chancellor for Student Success Dan Shipp and UNO Dean of Students Cathy Pettid are joined by Steven Wengel, UNO & UNMC's Assistant Vice Chancellor for Campus Wellness, to discuss resilience in times of prolonged stress.

Episode 5: Jabin Moore and Vanessa Chavez Jurado | UNO Student Government

UNO Vice Chancellor for Student Success Dan Shipp and UNO Dean of Students Cathy Pettid are joined by Jabin Moore, UNO student body president and student regent, and Vanessa Chavez Jurado, UNO student body vice president, to discuss social wellness.

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About the Series

In the series, viewers and listeners will hear wellness advice from Pettid, a licensed mental health practitioner, and learn about members of the Maverick Community who are making a positive impact during a time of change.

Each week, the duo will be joined by a guest to highlight how members of the UNO community are not only coping with changes, but finding ways to make a positive impact on others in a remote environment, and look after their own wellbeing in the process.

“The best advice we can give is to take a bit of a deep breath and realize that this type of a transition will take a little time to find our flow together as faculty and as staff and as students,” Shipp said in an episode.

About the University of Nebraska at Omaha

Located in one of America’s best cities to live, work and learn, the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) is Nebraska’s premier metropolitan university. With more than 15,000 students enrolled in 200-plus programs of study, UNO is recognized nationally for its online education, graduate education, military friendliness and community engagement efforts. Founded in 1908, UNO has served learners of all backgrounds for more than 100 years and is dedicated to another century of excellence both in the classroom and in the community.

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