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Join us on a 20-30 minute walk while we talk about health, wellness, and life in general. From the Employees Retirement System of Texas, podcast host Lacy Wolff walks and talks with her mentors, friends, experts and leaders about health and wellness. Learn more through the link below, or search ERS Walk and Talk through your favorite podcast platform! Learn more and participate whenever convenient for you!

This year, the University of Houston’s Homecoming Week is October 16-23, 2021. The theme is “Back Where We Belong.” Staff and faculty are encouraged to participate in the Homecoming Spirit Bell Competition and to show the most Cougar Spirit by decorating their offices during Homecoming Week.

Rock The Campus is a campus-wide cleanup and beautification event during Homecoming week. We will be volunteering all around campus and then come back to the Student Center for a free t-shirt!

This webinar will provides explanations, tips, and personal stories exploring mental health and wellness. This material is useful to anyone, but especially those under the chronic stress of helping others in crisis or need. Managing mental health during times of adversity is critical to effectively and ethically serving others. Compassion fatigue can lead to depression, anxiety, and substance abuse. Resources from the Texas Lawyers’ Assistance Program and the Employees’ Assistance Program will be included.

In this workshop, lawyer and mindfulness teacher Jon Krop shares the skills to cultivate the calm, clarity, and focus that can be so elusive during this time of crisis. Jon teaches a simple, effective sitting meditation practice and other mindfulness tools tailored to a lawyer’s unique challenges and busy workday. He guides participants through short exercises that sharpen focus, calm the mind, and cultivate resilience in the face of anxiety and stress.

Speaker: Peggy Lindner, PhD Dept. of Information and Logistics Technology

Join in the fun at the Homecoming Fall Carnival! Try your hand at some classic carnival games for a chance to win prizes, enjoy some of your favorite carnival foods, and walk through the haunted house...if you dare!

Network with Technology Alums and enjoy food and beverage before the game

Administration & Finance Division, UH Staff Council, and Human Resources will host this year’s Welcome Back Staff Tailgate and Football Game event for all UH Staff on Saturday, October 23, 2021.

Wear your Cougar red and join us for this fun social event as we cheer on the UH football team to victory! Go COOGS! The Welcome Back Staff Tailgate will precede the UH vs. ECU game celebrating UH’s Homecoming.

Bring your family and friends and join us Saturday, October 23rd, at TDECU Stadium, Shasta’s Square/Gate 4.

Enjoy free food (smoked brisket, pulled BBQ jackfruit, BBQ chicken and potato/salad bar, and an assortment of beverages and libations), music, photo booth, and prize drawing for some really cool swag!