Wellness Fair

Annual UMB Wellness Fair

Hosted by URecFit and Wellness, the Annual UMB Wellness Fair is an event to help strengthen the culture of well-being at UMB. This year, the wellness fair will take place Monday, April 1, 2024, 10 a.m-2 p.m. in the SMC Campus Center Elm Ballrooms and first floor locations. 

The fair is comprised of more than 50 vendors, student leaders, campus partners, and community organizations who come together to share a wealth of resources designed to help attendees prioritize their physical, mental, and emotional wellness. 

Get your passport for a trip around the wellness fair! Passports will be given out at the check-in table. Visit and have your passport stamped by 5 different interactive tables/presentations and be entered into raffles to win wellness prizes! A passport drop box will be available at the check-in table. 

Resources include interactive activities such as seated massages to reduce stress, running gait analysis, and screenings for blood pressure, posture, and extensibility by students in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science (PTRS).

This year, we will be including interactive and educational presentations on topics such as Using Plants for Well-Being, Investment Basics, the Learning Institute and Academic and Professional Coaching, Mental Health at UMB, Interactive Stretching, and Sustainable Cooking. Register below.  

If you are interested in registering as a vendor for the 2024 Wellness Fair, please complete this form.

Wellness Fair Interactive Mini-Presentations

Let’s Grow Together - Part 2!  ▾

Come and continue to learn about the care of indoor plants through a live planting demonstration. Leave with your own baby plant and a way to care for them! Limit of 15 people pers session. SMC Campus Center 2nd Floor Cafe, 11:30 a.m. and 12 p.m. Register here for 11:30 a.m. , Register here for 12 p.m.

 

Interactive Stretching 101  ▾

Presented by Linda Penkala, LMT and Wellness Educator, this workshop will teach you stretches to lessen stress, enhance flexibility, and improve posture. Come prepared to do seated stretches. Limit of 15 people per session. SMC Campus Center, Room 115, 12 and 12:20 p.m., Register here for 12 p.m., Register here for 12:20 p.m.

 

Learning Institute and Academic and Professional Coaching ▾

Join Dr. Gregory Brightbill, Associate Director, Student Leadership & Involvement of Intercultural Leadership & Engagement to learn about The Learning Institute and Academic and Professional Coaching. The Learning Institute provides students, staff, and faculty at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, access to a selection of free-to-participate micro-courses. Each micro-course within The Learning Institute was designed to showcase unique professional achievements, soft-skills development, extra-curricular course completion, and non-academic certifications. Academic and Professional Development Coaching is a service designed to provide individual and personalized support during your time at UMB.  All students at UMB are welcome to participate in Academic and Professional Development Coaching Services, not just students with disabilities.

SMC Campus Center, Room 223, 11:30 and 11:45 a.m., Register here for 11:30 a.m.,  Register here for 11:45 a.m.  Walk-ins welcome. Registration not required. 

Mental Health at UMB ▾

This is a data presentation from the UMB 2023 Healthy Minds Study. Dr. Jenna Silverman, Executive Director the Student Counseling Center will present data from the 2022-2023 Healthy Minds Study, administered February of 2023. The Healthy Minds Network’s annual web-based survey study examines mental health, service utilization, and related issues among undergraduate and graduate students. Since its national launch in 2007, HMS has been fielded at over 450 colleges and universities, with over a half million survey respondents. 

The UMB Healthy Minds Survey collected information on the following areas: demographics, mental health status, mental health utilization/help-seeking, mental health climate on our campus, and academic competition, persistence, and retention. From the Healthy Minds Network website: https://healthymindsnetwork.org/hms/. 

SMC Campus Center, Room 223, 12 p.m, and 12:30 p.m. Register here for 12 p.m., Register here for 12:30 p.m. Walk-ins welcome. Registration is not required.

Maryland Supplemental Retirement Plans Investment Basics ▾

Learn about the supplemental retirement plan options available to you as a State Employee. Nationwide offers 401k (pre-tax & Roth), 457b (pre-tax and Roth), and 403b (pre-tax) plans to UMB employees whether you are a permanent employee or contractual. Want to know if you are eligible for the State Match program? Need a professional to manage your investments? Need help planning for retirement? Come by for a presentation to learn about all of this and more. SMC Campus Center, Room 223, 1 and 1:15 p.m. Register here for 1:00 p.m., Register here for 1:15 p.m. Walk-ins welcome. Registration not required.

 

Sustainable Cooking  ▾

Join the Office of Sustainability for a live cooking demo (and sampling) of a delicious plant-based recipe. Learn how easy, affordable, and delicious plant-based cooking can be. Limit of 5 people per session.

**Special note: The recipe will contain peanuts. Individuals with nut allergies are not encouraged to register. 

SMC Campus Center, 1st floor Café Kitchen, 1:00 and 1:15 p.m. Register here for 1:00 p.m., Register here for 1:15 p.m. 

Wellness Fair Vendors

Wellness Fair Vendors ▾

Alzheimer's Association+J72:J96

American Heart Association

APhA - Operation Diabetes

APhA-ASP - Operation Heart Sodium Smarts

APhA-ASP Generation Rx

APhA-ASP Maryland Regional Operation (MRO)

APhA-ASP Operation Immunization

APhA-ASP OTC Medicine Safety

Baltimore County Department of Health (EIDU)

Baltimore City Department of Social Services/Foster Care & Adoptions

Baltimore County Health Department Cancer Prevention Programs

BCHD - Tobacco Free Baltimore

Be The Match

Breast Cancer Center

Center for a Healthy Maryland

Center for Injury Prevention and Policy (CIPP)

CPNP - College and Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists 

Center for Vaccine Development

Charm City Run

Comprehensive Stroke Center

ComPsych

Dermatology

Donate Life (Infinite Legacy formerly The Living Legacy Foundation)

Donate Life Maryland

Environmental Health and Safety (EHS)

Fidelity

HASA

Healthiest Maryland Schools Program

Healthier 2gether UMMS

Intercultural Center

Iranian American Dental Association (IADA)

Launch Your Life

Maryland Center of Excellence on Problem Gambling

Maryland Facial Plastic Surgey and Medical Spa

Maryland Health Care Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Maryland Insurance Administration

Maryland Poison Center

MD Inst Emergency Medical Servicers Systems

Office of Educational Support and Disability Services

Office of Emergency Management

Office of Sustainability

Office of the Attorney General

Optimum Health for Life

Pediatric Pharmacy Association

Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science

Public Health Student Association

Resolution Resources- WMS OAC, ELR, OO

Seated Massage Registration Table (fold n roll)

The J.R Wood Group

The Patients Program SOP

Thread

UMB Housing

UMB OAC

UMB Police Department

UMB Resolution Resources- Workplace Mediation Service

UMB Staff Senate

UMB Student Counseling Center

UMB Student Food Pantry

UMD SAFE Center for Human Trafficking Survivors

UMFPI-Allergy

UMFPI-Dermatology

UMFPI-Facial Plastics

UMFPI-Family Medicine

UMFPI-GIM

UMFPI-Opthamology

UMFPI-Physical Therapy

UMFPI-Sports Medicine

UMFPI-UMIC

University of Maryland Graduate School

University of Maryland Medical Center

University of Maryland Women's Health, OB/GYN

URecFit and Wellness

Mercy Medical Center Forensic Nurse Examiners

TIAA

Student Groups ▾

American Pharmacists Association - Academy of Student PharmacistsUMB

USGA

Public Health Student Association 

Scholars for Recovery

Student Section of Maryland Public Health Association (SMdPHA)

Student Society of Health Systems Pharmacy - SSHP

Students Promoting Awareness