Employee Wellness
Your ability to practice wellbeing is important to the WSU community. Without healthy, happy faculty and staff, the campus wouldn’t be able to serve students and support WSU’s goals.
Find more resources and support for workplace wellbeing from Human Resources.
Support Your Mental Health
The Employee Assistance Program (EAP) is administered by SEGIP and provides expert, confidential and personal consultation for all state employees and their families.
You and your family may get 6 free counseling sessions through EAP a year. In addition, EAP provides consultations to help with legal, financial, and workplace questions and concerns.
Purchase a Fitness Center Membership
Faculty and staff who are interested in using the on-campus fitness facilities must purchase a membership.
You may also purchase a membership for your significant other. All significant others must sign a liability waiver located at the Fitness Center.
Membership applications can be printed or picked up in the Fitness Center.
Complete the Fitness Center Membership Application (PDF)Improve Your Health on Your Lunch Hour
Many of us find ourselves sitting most of the day. Incorporating movement into your routine can be a much-needed afternoon pick-me-up, which is why we offer several lunch-time fitness opportunities
These indoor walking paths were created by our students from the Health, Exercise and Rehabilitative Sciences Department:
- Somsen, IWC, and Memorial Hall (PDF)
- Phelps and DuFresne PAC (PDF)
- Gildemeister and Minne (PDF)
- SLC, Pasteur and Stark (PDF)
- Maxwell (PDF)
Location: IWC 127
Instructor: Paul Stern
Join us for some time to give back to yourselves and recharge. In the Meditation and Movement session, participants will engage in mindfulness-based meditation and qi gong movement.
Mindfulness meditation is a way for you to build skills that allow you to notice what is taking place inside of yourself and in your outer environment–all in the present moment. By paying attention to life without judging what we find, we can be open to and available for ourselves, and our family and friends in a kinder, more compassionate way.
Qi gong is a system of movement practice that has existed in China for thousands of years. This holistic wellness system of exercise and movement helps to balance the body, mind and breath. Both qi gong and meditation practices will be accessible to people of all levels and abilities.
The third floor of the IWC is open for faculty and staff use without a membership during the hours of 12-1pm Monday through Friday. The third floor houses the walking track and select stationary fitness and strength equipment.
IWC front desk workers are trained to allow faculty and staff into the Fitness Center during this time
Location: 3rd Floor of the IWC Fitness Center
Instructor: IWC Student Staff
Beginning Jan. 16, Noontime Fitness is an opportunity for you to work on your personal fitness with direction from a provided student trainer.
The workouts are intended to be challenging and for all fitness levels, but to be done with no special clothing requirement. This means you can join us in your work clothes and not have to worry about needing a shower post workout!
Grab a co-worker and join one of two sessions. You do not need a Fitness Center membership to join.
Unfamiliar with Tai Chi? Want to reduce stress and anxiety while increasing flexibility and balance? Tai Chi can help you do this! It is an ancient Chinese tradition that, today, is practiced as a graceful form of exercise and stretching.
Each posture flows into the next without pause, ensuring that your body is in constant motion. So stop by the Fitness Studio, IWC 127, across from the Fitness Center entrance, for a lesson in Tai Chi with Bryce every week day at 12pm.
Location: IWC 127
Feel as if you sit too much? Want to be able to touch your toes? Can you use a quiet hour of movement? Join the Employee Yoga group on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
On Tuesdays, we use a beginner DVD so that everyone has a chance to stretch and learn some of the basics.
On Thursday it is an intermediate Yoga DVD, but even the beginners can do this—just do it at your own pace and abilities.
The DVDs run from 20- 45 minutes long. This is a really great way to try yoga out!
Intramurals & Recreation
We have intramural offerings open to everyone in the campus community. Whether you want to swim a few laps or break a sweat, there’s an option for you.
Intramural Fitness Classes are open to all.
There are a variety of options ranging from yoga to Zumba to Pilates.
Lap and open swim opportunities are available to all staff and faculty.
Open, lifeguarded hours change due to student-lifeguard schedules and academic use of the facility.
Minimal shower and locker room usage is available.
Racquet Ball is available for faculty and staff.
The court is in Memorial Hall and open 7 days a week during the academic year.
Student-Offered Resources
There are several health and wellness opportunities that not only benefit you, but also our students.
In these offerings, upper-level students will practice their knowledge while helping you achieve your fitness and health goals.
You can sign up for free 1-on-1 personal training which includes:
- health history review
- health screening
- development of fitness program based on health screening results
It is a first come first serve basis.
Watch for emails asking for participants to join at the beginning of each semester.
If you’ve already gone through the personal training program, you can connect with a fitness consultant for:
- General fitness program guidance
- Fitness tests – up to two per semester, like the pre and post tests during the initial semester of training
- Technique of movements
- General health and wellness advice
- Twice monthly informational sessions in a group setting
To use the Fitness Consultants, Employees must purchase a Fitness Center membership to work with the fitness consultants.
Email employee_wellness@winona.edu to meet with a Fitness Consultant.
Participate in a diabetes prevention program facilitated by our nursing and HERS students.
This is a lifestyle change program for people at risk for type 2 diabetes.
The program teaches participants strategies for incorporating physical activity into daily life and eating healthy.
This program is available at the beginning of each fall and spring semester.
Watch for emails asking for participants to join.
Engage with the Community
The only thing better than working towards your health and wellness is doing it alongside friends. Join in a community activity and have some fun while practicing a healthy lifestyle.
Annual Wellness Challenge
Every spring, the IWC Strength & Fitness offers a Wellness Challenge that includes everything from aerobics and strength training to regular sleep and drinking water.
Trinona “Battle for the Bluffs”
June 2024
Sign up for the Trinona “Battle for the Bluff” and experience one of the Midwest’s most celebrated destination triathlons. Choose to race as an individual or relay in the beginner-friendly Sprint course or the epic International course.
Encourage your co-workers to join your team, sign up for the Corporate Charity Challenge and we will donate your winnings to the charity of your choice.
Cost for team participation is $205 per team, and there will be more information on WSU’s participation in the Corporate Charity Challenge the spring.
Contact the Wellness Team
Integrated Wellness Center Complex 107
507.457.2930