Faculty can easily participate in Healthy Campus activities—it aligns with the academic mission of teaching/mentoring, research and service. Healthy Campus participation can also facilitate academic career advancement and tenure opportunities through HC-related research. It can also create student internship and research opportunities.

• Being part of Healthy Campus can also improve faculty health and well-being - winners get a free gym membership(quarter)!
• 2017-2018 Faculty Challenge winners celebrated by EVC/Provost Cynthia Larive

Get involved in Healthy Campus - Take the Faculty Challenge!

How to Participate in the Faculty Challenge

To register for the the HC Faculty Challenge, please complete the Faculty Challenge Check List.

• Competition runs from November 1, 2018 to April 30, 2019 (6 months)
• All UCR Faculty, including adjunct professors, TA’s, instructors, are eligible
• Faculty members will complete various activities on the checklist to earn points.
• Points can be earned more than once for the same activity
• At the end of the competition, the top 10 faculty members will earn a free quarter membership to the Student Recreation Center.
• All participating faculty must complete the on-line checklist and submit to: healthycampus@ucr.edu, no later than May 7, 2019 to be eligible.
• Winners will be notified by May 16, 2019.

Faculty Engagement Activities wth HC

Point Value

• 100 points/course
  (points will be awarded for any submissions in progress)

Offer new courses or enhance existing courses related to public and/or personal health and well-being, such as on Nutrition, Physical Activity, Public Health, Mental Health, Substance Use, Prevention, etc.

•  75 points/course

Offer a research course in which one or more students conduct HC-related research

•  75 points/course

Conduct research and/or evaluation for HC

•   75 points/course

Apply for HC Project Grants

•  50 points/project grant application 

•  50 points

•  30 points/course

Mentor a student who is conducting HCI-related research   

•  25 points/student

•  25 points/committee

• 20 points/project

• 10 points (1 time only)

• 5 points/extra credit option

• 1 point/syllabi

• 1 point/announcement

•  1 point/tip

For more information, contact: Dr. Ann Cheney, Assistant Professor, Center for Healthy Communities and Julie Chobdee, MPH, Wellness Program Coordinator with UCR Human Resources.

Thank you for participating in UCR Healthy Campus!

Stuck on how you can fulfill the spirit of the challenge? Here are some outside the box ideas – Tell us what you did!

Outside the Box Examples:

• If you’re faculty in chemistry, incorporate lectures or labs showing how chemistry is connected to health such as featuring the chemistry behind running the 400 meter race.
• If you’re faculty in critical dance, encourage your MFA students to engage one of the HCI subcommittees in brainstorming ways to incorporate health into new work. For instance, MFA students might be interested in the power of dance in healing and recovery. They could engage the Substance Use and Addiction HCI subcommittee to learn more about recovery and how to incorporate it into dance.
• As the designated faculty mentor/sponsor of a student organization, encourage the organization to a) engage in HCI activities, a) incorporate health topics into their activities, and/or b) employ healthy practices when executing the organizational mission.
• If you are a faculty in Computer Sciences, incorporate how technology has been used to advance health in today’s society, technological support for mental health issues, etc.
• If you are a faculty in Engineering, collaborate with students to research ways to build devices or transform environments that can support both physical and mental health.
• If you are a faculty in Business, assign students projects to teach them skills on how to develop a business plan/case for a healthy campus, marketing plan to promote healthier food choices on campus, etc.
• If you are a Faculty in Genomics, contribute information on how specific foods can be beneficial to health or new discoveries to detect disease and illness.
• Create a half day seminar or symposium (with demonstrations, activities, etc.) related to health and well-being that is open to the general campus as well as local public.

Dr. Anne Cheney

Assistant Professor
Center for Healthy Communities
School of Medicine

Email: ann.cheney@ucr.edu

Julie Chobdee

Wellness Program Coordinator
Human Resources

Email: julie.chobdee@ucr.edu