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Healthy for Life
The T. E. Atkins University of Missouri Wellness Program
205 Heinkel Building
Columbia, MO 65211
(573) 884-1312 telephone
(573) 884-3123
wellness@umsystem.edu
Welcome to Healthy for Life!
Welcome to the Healthy for Life Web site. Healthy for Life serves the employees and retirees of the University of Missouri System and their families. Through the programs we offer employees will live happier and healthier lives, so please check out the site — there’s something for everyone!
Welcome to Podcast
Dr. Laura Schopp, Director of the T.E. Atkins Wellness Program, discusses the many facets of the program and ways that it has been beneficial in promoting the health and wellness of the university's most important asset — its employees.
Click here to listen.
Eat for Life!
Dr. Lynn Rossy and Paul Pepper discuss the Eat for Life program.
Download the audio file (MP4 format).
Healthy for Life, the T.E. Atkins University of Missouri Wellness Program, has the long-term goal of developing a world-class wellness program for the university. A steering committee and a work group were appointed in June of 2004, and the UM Board of Curators voted in December 2006 to extend the program from its pilot phase to UMH and the four campuses.
Mission Statement
To support the university's teaching, research, service and economic development missions by aligning university health care resources to foster a vibrant, healthy climate in which university faculty, staff, retirees and students thrive and flourish.
Free H1N1 Flu Shot Clinics on MU campus
Healthy for Life, T.E. Atkins University of Missouri Wellness Program is pleased to coordinate H1N1 flu shot clinics on the MU campus. The Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health & Human Services has generously offered to provide H1N1 vaccines at no charge to all MU and UM faculty, staff, family members, and students. Persons under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. All vaccine recipients are encouraged to complete and bring the completed consent form to the flu shot clinics (consent forms will also be available at the clinics).
Clinics will be held at:
- January 25th 10 a.m. - 2 p.m in Memorial Union’s Stotler Lounge
- January 29th 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. in Memorial Union’s Stotler Lounge
For more information about the H1N1 vaccine, please contact the Columbia/Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services at 573-874-7356.