College of Education Self-Care

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  • Zen garden with rocks
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COE Self-Care Activities Week One

February 6, 2017

Dear College of Education Staff and Faculty,

Please join our self-care, advocacy and stress reduction double header presentation tomorrow, Tuesday, Feb. 7th! First, from 11:00-11:30 in Ed 1214/1216, David Boyns and Doug Kaback will discuss campus-wide self-care activities available through the Institute of  Health and Well-Being. They will also present some excellent community programs: Bridge to the Future, community gardening, etc. Then immediately following, from 11:30-12,  we will have a presentation from our CSUN Counseling center on stress reduction resources for faculty, staff, and students when engaging in advocacy and social justice. This will be an initial introduction with more likely to come later this semester. Come for one or both sessions, and stay to enjoy a Valentines "loving all of us" luncheon!

And tomorrow is also the excellent What Really Works conference at the USU Northridge Center. In addition to presentations by many of our own faculty, this conference weaves a theme of self-care throughout the day, and offers quiet rooms for participants to meditate. For those of you going, enjoy!

Below is a summary of February self-care activity highlights:

Feb. 7th, Tuesday 11-11:30 ED 1214 David Boyns and Doug Kaback present on campus-wide self-care activities through the Institute of Health and Well-Being, and a number of community projects: Bridge to the Future, community gardening, etc.

ALSO Feb. 7th Tuesday 11:30-12 ED 1214 CSUN Counseling center faculty Paulette Theresa and Anne Eipe discuss stress reduction resources for faculty, staff, and students when engaging in advocacy and social justice. This will be an initial introduction with more likely to come later this semester.

ALSO Feb. 7th What Really Works conference ALL DAY in the USU Northridge Center. For information, please contact the CTL at   or 818.677.7494 or you can register at www.csun.edu/ctl

Feb. 14th, Tuesday, 12-1 ED 1214 Give a valentine gift to yourself through Holistic Health Care! Yoo Kim, Acupuncturist at the CSUN Klotz Health Center and part time instructor on Holistic and Asian traditional health practices

ALSO Feb. 14th, Tuesday 2-2:30 MEDITATION RESUMES in the CTL conference room today and every Tuesday from 2-2:30! Nothing like a zen gift to self on Valentines Day!

Feb, 21st 12-1, Ellen Bauersfeld:  nutrition and wellness: Dietitian Ellen Bauersfeld returns monthly this semester with more nutrition wisdom-more on how stress impacts our health and eating habits! 

Feb. 23rd-25th The Valley Performing Arts Center presents the Nile Project and GLOBAL CURRENTS: A FESTIVAL DEDICATED TO MUSIC, DANCE, INCLUSIVENESS, AND SUSTAINABILITY! Water is life.  It sustains us and everything around us.  Waterways were the original "highways," that linked many our cultures.  On February 23-25, VPAC will celebrate our most precious resource and how it brings us together with a 3 day festival featuring artists representing 13 regions of the world, mostly free!!

Schedule:

 Thursday, February 23, 2017

·      Nile Project noontime outdoor concert for CSUN students and community in the University Student Union (USU)

·      Nile Project Panel Discussion with Geography of Africa class in Grand Salon of USU

Friday, February 24, 2017 

·      Nile Project Student Matinees (2) for Grades 5 – 12 in the VPAC Great Hall (approximately 1500 students) SPONSORED BY FACULTY IN THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Saturday, February 25, 2017

·      Free outdoor festival in VPAC’s courtyard, 1pm-6pm

o   Performances by 6 Los Angeles-based ensembles that perform the traditional music and dances from 6 regions of the world

o   Interactive workshops for children and families led by master teaching artists                    

o   Capability to serve up to 3,000 attendees

·      The Nile Project performs in the VPAC Great Hall, 7pm

 

OTHER UPCOMING DATES THIS SEMESTER TO SAVE: 

March 7th, Tuesday, 12-1 1214 Ellen Bauersfeld:  nutrition and wellness 

March 14, 1-2, 1214 Traveling for Bliss this Spring Break! with Mechelle N. Best, PhD, Associate Professor, Chair & Graduate Coordinator in the Department of Recreation & Tourism Management will present on travel tips and places that provide wonderful opportunities for self-care right in our area and beyond!

March 21st SPRING BREAK-ENJOY!

April 18th, 12-1 1214 Ellen Bauersfeld:  nutrition and wellness 

 Yours in self-care,

Shari