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In This Edition

• Health Center Update: New Dietitian
• Winter Intramural Sports Registration

• Fresh Truck Test Market Returns!
• Save the Date: Blood Donation

Health & Wellness

Save the Date: Blood Donors Needed!

The MGH Bloodmobile will be parked at 1 Palace Road next month for a Simmons Blood Drive. Giving blood is fast, convenient and safe. Your single blood donation will go to help 3 patients! Appointments are encouraged!

10 a.m — 3:30 p.m, Wednesday, February 8 | 1 Palace Road

Fit @ Simmons

Fit @ Simmons is back up and running for the Spring semester! Classes start on January 22nd and run through the semester. All classes are drop-in and free for Simmons students (just bring your Simmons ID). New class options include water aerobics, drop-in indoor soccer, and more! Follow us on Instagram (@fitatsimmons) or visit our website for more information.

Wellness Ambassadors Unstuck Hours

Wellness Ambassadors have weekly drop-in 'Unstuck Hours' for any Simmons student to drop by and practice personal wellbeing. All drop-in times are hosted in the Jennifer Eckert Center for Leadership and Engagement in the School of Management Building. Check out our website for more info on Wellness Ambassador programs and events!

Simmons University Presents: Wellness in Words (Hope)

Wellness In Words (Hope and Resilience Focus) is a workshop that uses the power of poetry and film to unite folks in community, connection, and conversation around topics that explore the intersection of mental health and hope. This interactive experience will feature a discussion on mental health and the stigma that frequently surrounds mental illness. 

Following this will be a live screening of two award-winning short films, poetry writing exercises to help us express our thoughts, and a collective exploration around what the work means for us as individuals. The event will culminate in a presentation of mental health resources, empowering us to share our own stories and access support available to us.  

Free food and Art with Impact SWAG is available to all attendees. Attendees will also have the opportunity to be the first to check out the REEF Support Center's new Light Therapy boxes and have the chance to win Simmons apparel!  

Registration is appreciated, but attendees can just show up in person on the day of the event.

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Wednesday, January 25th | Linda K. Paresky Conference Room

Health Center Update: New Dietitian

In December, we said goodbye to Amy Cantor, who had served as the Registered Dietitian at the Health Center for six years. Amy's departure is a loss for Simmons, but she is moving on to other wonderful opportunities and we know she'll continue to do great work.

We are excited to announce that Marissa Johnson has joined the Health Center as our new Registered Dietitian. Marissa is a Simmons alum and former Simmons athlete. We are thrilled to have her on our team! 

To make an appointment, call the Health Center at 617-521-1020

Student Experience

Events This Week

SoWa Vintage Market (Weekly, Sundays)

450 Harrison Avenue

Boston, MA 02118

11AM - 4PM

(Weekly, Sundays)

(Re)Adjusting to Simmons with OL Tess

CLE Lounge, Center for Leadership & Engagement,

Jennifer Eckert Center, SOM, C-130

Tuesday, January 24, 2023 , 2:30PM - 4:30PM

Prepare Your Planner/Ice Cream Social

Special Functions Room, A-070

Tuesday, January 24, 2023, 3:30PM - 4:30PM

Wellness With Words

Linda K. Paresky Conference Center

MCB, A-310

Wednesday, January 25, 2023, 5:30PM - 7:00PM

Fresh Truck Test Market Returns!

Fresh Truck will be hosting one more community test market this month. The purpose of the test markets are to find a viable location for a regular weekly market open to all of the LMA community. These events are open to all COF and LMA community members including staff, faculty and students.

Fresh Truck accepts cash, credit, SNAP/EBT/HIP & Fresh Connect for payment. Please remember to bring a bag for your purchased items.

2:00PM - 4:00 PM, Tuesday, January 24 (86 Avenue Louis Pasteur)

Thanks to our community, we had a successful first Fresh Truck event on campus! We had 86 sales made, a gross sale of $685.39 + net sale of $376.86. Woo! We are ALMOST there to getting the numbers we need to make Fresh Truck a part of our weekly campus schedule.

HIP/EBT - If you are currently utilizing SNAP, we need YOU to shop at Fresh Truck next week for your groceries! Our friends at Fresh Truck shared that this is the KEY to getting a permanent weekly location near campus.

COF Winter Intramural Sports Registration

Registration for Winter Intramural Sports through the CoF is now open! Basketball, Volleyball, and Pickleball leagues are available and registration is always free.

• 6 V 6 - V O L L E Y B A L L
• 2 V 2 - P I C K L E B A L L

For registration questions, email Mike Jeffers at [email protected] and Follow COF Sport and Recreation on Instagram

COF Spring Leadership Conferences

Save the dates for upcoming leadership conferences - registration will be live at the end of January.

BIPOC Student Leadership Conference: Empowering Change Agents for Everyday Leadership

Saturday, February 25, 2023 | Simmons University

Student Leadership Conference: Fostering the Impact of Leadership=

Sunday, February 26, 2023 | MCPHS University

Dining Services Special Events, Trivia, Special Offers, and What’s for Dinner!

Clean Plate Bowls at Fens Café

Enjoy Southwestern, Hearty Portobello and Harvest Bowls or make your own using a variety of fresh ingredients all free from the 9 major allergens and gluten.

Follow us on Instagram @simmonsudining_aramark

Costa Coffee and Farmer’s Fridge

Visit the first floor of LeFavour, where Meyer’s Café hosts a variety of fresh vending, including Farmer’s Fridge fresh salads and Costa Gourmet Coffee Beverages. ***SPECIAL OFFER*** Costa Gourmet Coffee Beverages only $1.12 per cup (regularly $2.50) until January 27, 2023.

Commuters! Save Money & Receive Perks!

VIP Dining Plans - with extra Bonus Dining Points, complimentary Common Grounds Starbucks Coffee and Fens Café Soup Cards.

Purchase your plan by 2.7.2023 to receive extra savings and up to 60 Bonus Dining Points.

Weekly All-Encompassing Events Calendar

A new resource for you to know what's going on around campus and the COF! This weekly calendar is updated every week with new fun events as well as reoccurring meetings, drop-ins and resources. The goal is to make all events easily accessible and known to you so that you aren't stuck wondering where to look for events. 

If you have an event you do not see on the calendar and want to add it, please email [email protected] with your Organizations flyer directly. 

Academic Spotlight

Webinar: Brain Diplomacy: A New Approach to Optimizing Global Brain Health

The Warburg Program and the School of Social Work would like to invite you to a webinar on Monday, January 30 at 5:00pm with Harris Eyre, MD PhD, Fellow in Brain Health at The Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University. 

Dr. Eyre will discuss maintaining brain health and the proposed brain health diplomacy (BHD) framework which aims to mitigate the complex threats to brain health at an individual, community, national, and international level through large-scale diplomacy. He will also be discussing the Brain Health Diplomacy Toolkit as a practical guide to support brain health collaborations across disciplines, sectors, and national borders by providing case studies of exemplary initiatives, impact evaluation tools, resource identification, and a framework for stakeholder engagement. Dr. Eyre will provide a summary of this work and future directions these activities are taking.

Open House for the new Office of Accessibility Services's Office

The Office of Accessibility Services is holding an Open House for our new office on Tuesday, January, 24th and Wednesday, January 25th from 12 - 2 PM both days! Please come by to say hello, visit our new space, and enjoy refreshments!

Career and Leadership Corner

Open Positions

Apply to be a Simmons Academic Mentor (SAM)!

The Simmons Academic Mentors or "SAMs" are a group of current undergraduate students who assist first-year students with academic acclimation. This paid position is hiring for the 23-24 academic year, beginning April 2023. 

View the job description and opportunities.  

Apply to be an Orientation Leader!

Orientation Leader applications are open from January 17 - February 17, 2023. The Eckert Center for Leadership and Engagement is seeking undergraduate students to be OLs to assist with Orientation 2023. To attend an information session and learn more about dates, click below. 

Stay safe, and be well.

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