April 14 is scheduled as a day off for the academic campus to rejuvenate.

One highlight is an interactive self-care plan that enables users to set goals and track their healthy habits, activities and mood each day.

With UAB’s fiscal year approaching the midpoint, now is a great time to review best practices and hear from a panel of employee supervisors about coaching and development planning 9 a.m. April 21.

Career Wise sessions starting April 7 can help clarify professional objectives and identify co-mentoring groups.

Download it through the UAB’s mobile app or employee portal and keep a copy in your Apple Wallet or WalletPasses.

From doctors to chaplains to counselors, UAB employees supported patients, students and each other with compassionate care using telehealth, mental health apps, innovative testing strategies and more.

B Well helps students easily access resources on mobile devices and build a self-care plan that encourages healthy habits.

Build your brand, influence, resilience and more with new and returning series from Learning and Development, including Coaching Circles and a five-part training for new managers.

Blazers Bounce Back, which has helped thousands of students develop resiliency skills, will be available to all UAB students in Canvas during the spring semester.

The certification, normally $1,500, is $650 for students and $750 for nonstudents.

Powerful discussions and vulnerability in this pandemic-inspired series keep UAB leaders connected and inspired.

UAB’s flagship training program for high-potential faculty and staff is accepting nominations for its 2021 cohort through the end of November. Three alumni share what mentoring has meant for them.

Tina Simpson, M.D., director of Faculty Development in the Department of Pediatrics, explains the training and other resources available from her office.

UAB’s flagship leadership development program for high-potential faculty and staff is accepting applications for its Class of 2021 through the end of November.

At UAB, Alicia Booker helps unpack the meaning in struggle and defuse tension.

The JobArchitect platform will provide improved security, search functions and responsiveness.

This free tool, available to employees and their families through a UAB partnership, lets users practice quick techniques to relieve tension, find calm, create positive thoughts and manage stress.

Accommodations requests from employees and students who are hard of hearing or have vision impairments have increased as meetings and classes move online. Follow these tips to improve your video-based meetings and find out how to access services if you need help.

The UAB Employee Assistance and Counseling Center will be eligible for up to 15 free counseling sessions and 15 free life-coaching sessions per calendar year, an increase from 12 per year in response to an increase in mental health and wellness needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

OKR and CLEAR are two goal-setting methods that may be better suited for work on teams or groups.

Easy tips and tricks from UAB experts on how to look your best, professionally and personally, during video meetings.

The 2020 Disability Employment Summit – Diversity through Inclusion, sponsored by the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services, includes speakers from Alabama and beyond. Register today.

Hear from three managers who practiced coaching skills with small groups of peers from across campus this spring, then register for your own Circle starting this month.

Depression symptoms are rising during the pandemic, but a new study shows that having a healthy savings account has a protective effect. Free financial counseling from UAB and other employee training resources offer a step-by-step guide to savings success.

The one-session training, hosted through Zoom, is available at no cost to both students and employees as part of National Suicide Prevention Month programming.

Advice on mental and emotional well-being from UAB leadership and professional development expert Michael Wiederman, Ph.D.

Watch a demonstration of automated lecture recording from Heritage Hall, find out what tech will be in the classrooms where you teach and register for hands-on or virtual training today.

UAB’s AWARE program provides confidential disability-management services when an employee’s job is affected by a physical, mental or emotional impairment.

UAB will provide technology and expertise to deliver instruction to enable researchers to pursue data-driven discovery during four online sessions in spring 2021.

For its commitment to employee health and corporate health programming, UAB was named one of five finalists of the 2019 Healthiest Employers of Alabama, an awards program administered by health-intelligence platform Springbuk.

Cheaha now is certified for use with protected health information, including medical records and genomic data, which investigators describe as a “big deal.”

The physical locations are closed, yet UAB Libraries is busier than ever. It’s just all happening in a flurry of ones and zeroes: online requests for curbside pickup, chat with librarians, access custom remote instruction and soon — digitized print materials from the stacks.

New services include a primary-care mental health team with a licensed psychiatrist and psychiatric nurse practitioner for telehealth appointments — all hosted through HIPAA-compliant Zoom.

Four UAB leaders shared how they guided their teams through crisis in a lively seminar.

UAB Employee Assistance & Counseling Center offer online tools and information to improve mental health, increase resiliency and support friends, family and co-workers who may be struggling.

Know a staff member who represents UAB’s values so well they should do so in an official capacity? Nominate them to be a UAB Staff Council representative for their organizational unit.