The Organizational Excellence Calendar represents professional development opportunities from across campus. This calendar and its workshops are supported by: Human Resources, Center for Faculty Excellence, Healthy U, Student Affairs and many more.

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Make sure to register through CSU Learn to receive the Zoom links and have the course added to your calendar.

Highlight:
Winning With A Healthy Lifestyle
10 – 10:50 a.m. Friday, Feb. 19, Zoom
Led by Dr. Lisa Herzig, this program offers a holistic approach to reclaiming your health through nutrition coaching and exercise planning. Receive individualized coaching and meal plans to help you reach your goals, and the support and tools to cultivate a healthy and balanced lifestyle — especially in these challenging times.

Register for the Spring Transformation Challenge!
Form your team and register for this spring’s Virtual Transformation Challenge! Work with your team to earn points every week for healthy behaviors like drinking water, meditating, attending fitness classes, and reaching personal goals (click here for list of all activities and point values). Weekly newsletters will encourage you and your team members with healthy recipes, quick workouts, transformation stories, team standings, and provide the weekly progress form to submit your activity log. Teams can be cross-departmental and have a maximum of 5 employees.

The Transformation Challenge begins March 1 and runs through April 25. Teams must be formed by Friday, Feb. 26. Call the Office of Organizational Excellence at 559.278.5330 or email Katie Williamson kwilliamson@csufresno.edu for questions.

Other Opportunities:

Building Healthy Meals
11 a.m. – noon Wednesday, Feb. 17, Webinar
1 – 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 17, Webinar
Learn how to create healthy, seasonal meals through knowing what staples to keep on hand and how to make the most out of your time and money. This workshop is offered through Kaiser Permanente and is open to all employees regardless of your health plan. Register soon, as space is limited to 750 per session.

Campus Circle for Working Parents
1 – 2 p.m. Friday, Feb. 19, Zoom
Facilitated by Amy Luna, manager of emergency operations and mom of four and auntie of 10. Are you juggling working at home (or working on campus) with parenting? Can you use some support with distance learning and everything else happening? Do you have a system that's working you're willing to share with others? Let’s continue the conversation and connect and support with one other.

Activity Classes

Barre Fitness
12:10 – 12:40 p.m. Mondays, Zoom
Barre is a fun, hybrid class that combines ballet inspired movements with elements of Pilates, yoga, dance and strength training. In this class, routines will be choreographed to the music of today's hits and some blasts from the past.

Power Up
12:10 - 12:40 p.m. Tuesdays, Zoom
Join this fun and fast-paced class that focuses on body-weight exercises to maximize your strength. Get your heart pumping and Power Up your fitness.

HIGH Fitness
12:10 – 12:40 p.m. Wednesdays, Zoom
High Fitness is old school aerobics made modern. It's a mixture of cardio and toning that will have you noticing results, both mentally and physically. You will leave this class sweaty and on a "high" that will have you wanting more.

Strength & Stretch
12:10 - 12:40 p.m. Thursdays, Zoom
Are you guilty of sitting all day? Would you benefit from a mindful break by the end of the week? Tune in to Strength & Stretch! In this class you'll be guided through poses that will strengthen and stretch your body as you learn to breathe and reconnect to the present moment.

Online Toolkits

The Office of Organizational Excellence has put together a number of toolkits to support you and your professional development with a variety of courses from CSU Learn. Toolkit topics include:

• Accessibility
• COVID-19
• Developing Your Best Professional Self
• Difficult Conversations
• Email Communication, Grammar and Writing
• Innovation
• Leadership Skills
• Microsoft Office
• Mindful Meeting Meditations
• Principles of Community
• Returning to the Workplace
• Technology Resources
• Tools for Managers
• Tools for Student Assistants
• Working Virtually
• Work/Life Balance

Toolkits can be found in the "Online Resources" section of the Organizational Excellence webpage.