Horticulturists George Ellwanger and Patrick Barry helped transition Rochester from the Flour City to the Flower City. Learn about their connection to the University, and how their work continued to affect its evolution in this week’s Go Green blog post.
Impostor syndrome, a feeling of self-doubt and trouble acknowledging your success, is prevalent among high-achieving people, including graduate students. Presented by the Graduate Student Wellness Committee, the workshop will help graduate students learn about impostor syndrome and how to navigate graduate school experiences while dealing with it. The session will also explore the role of the community in supporting graduate students’ mental health. The event takes place Friday, October 21, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in LeChase Hall, Room 215, and is open to all University graduate students. Registration is required.
Weekly peer-led yoga begins October 27
Jenny Lee ’23, a registered yoga teacher with the Mindful University Project, will offer a weekly peer-led yoga class on Thursday evenings from 6 to 7 p.m. to destress and unwind. Classes, which are open to all University students at all levels of experience, will be held in the Spurrier Den, Room 202 in Spurrier Hall. Mats, bolsters, and props will be provided. Register here.
Free safer sex supplies
If you have an on-campus mailbox, getting safer sex supplies delivered to you is easy, free, and anonymous. Place an order through Safe Sex Express.
Through the Total Rewards program, the University offers compensation and comprehensive benefits, such as health care, tuition, retirement, and more. Open enrollment takes place Tuesday, November 1, through Tuesday, November 15, and is your opportunity to take action on many of these benefits. As announced on October 14, the University will delay for six months the premium increases that would normally go into effect on January 1, 2023, effectively providing a full year of health plan benefits with only half a year of increased cost. New premium rates will not start until July 1, 2023. Visit the open enrollment website to learn more about what’s new in 2023, and review the 2023 open enrollment planning steps.
HR Intercom highlights open enrollment and more
This month’s issue of HR Intercom, a newsletter with information about Human Resources programs and materials, includes information about open enrollment, daylight saving time, and more
Mindful Professor Certificate program
The pilot Mindful Professor Certificate program, offered by the Mindful University Project, is rooted in research and practices that will provide participants with various tools to return to calm, be present with themselves and others, utilize mindful leadership skills, and learn what actions they can take to support students’ well-being. The program will be offered in both the spring and fall of 2023 and is open to all full-time undergraduate and graduate professors in Arts, Sciences & Engineering, School of Nursing, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Simon Business School, and Warner School of Education. Registration has reached capacity, but you can learn more about the program and join the waitlist here.
Take 10 minutes to reset
Join Well-U today, October 19, for a 10-minute meditation to break up your day. Make sure you are logged in to Studio Sweat on Demand and use this link to join the meditation at noon EDT. If you are not already signed up for the free benefit, take a few minutes and claim your access. Email Well-U with questions.
Workshop on asking and answering classroom questions
Learn strategies for promoting student engagement and expertise by asking and answering classroom questions. The Teaching Center workshop is Thursday, October 20, from noon to 1 p.m. EDT on Zoom and is open to all University faculty. Sign up here to attend, and contact Rachel Remmel with any questions.
Peter Conners, the executive director and publisher of BOA Editions, will be discussing and reading from his new book, Beyond the Edge of Suffering, today, October 19, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Hawkins-Carlson Room, Rush Rhees Library. The book is a collection of prose poetry and flash fiction on the chaos of the pandemic and personal upheaval. Learn about events like this in advance by subscribing to Tower Talk, the libraries’ monthly newsletter.
Polish Film Festival opens Thursday
The Polish Film Festival opens Thursday, October 20, with a screening of Krzysztof KieÅ›lowski’s drama Three Colors: Blue. Cosponsored by the Skalny Center for Polish and Central European Studies, the festival features ten classic and contemporary films. Learn more and find the full schedule here.
Drop-in Fridays at Studio X
Throughout the remainder of the semester, Mary Ann Mavrinac Studio X, Rochester’s hub for extended reality (XR), will be holding informal XR talks, workshops, demos, and more. Here’s what’s coming up:
Data science lecture on moving beyond scale-driven learning
The Goergen Institute for Data Science presents “Moving Beyond Scale-Driven Learning,” a research lecture with Hangfeng He, an assistant professor of computer science and of data science. The talk will be held from 2 to 3 p.m. EDT in Wegmans Hall, Room 1400, and via Zoom.
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