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Around the Oval

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Missoula Marathon 5K Corporate Challenge

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Join the team and represent UM in this 5K that takes place alongside the Missoula Marathon June 28, 2025. Participants get a 6-8 week training program to help ensure success!
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Employee Discussion Hour

As a way to promote transparency and connection with one another, People & Culture launched Employee Discussion Hour this spring. What we learned:

  • Q&A about possible outcomes of various MT Legislature bills, and a review of Session outcomes. Thank you to Dave Kuntz for joining us for a first-hand account of the action.
  • Employees want the UM administration to understand the employee experience better. To this end, People & Culture partnered with Staff Senate to host staff focus groups on belonging, barriers, and employee support.
  • When organizational change happens, it needs to be communicated broadly through a variety of ways. When we implement change, we need to think about all the people the change will affect and make sure they can access the new tools and information they need to excel at their work. 
  • Employees want more recognition. We are slowly building a culture where more frequent recognition becomes the norm. The Might of 猎奇重口 Award is one example of this.

Employee Discussion Hours are a way UM supports its people. These gatherings give employees a space to share ideas, concerns, and questions. 

People & Culture will continue hosting these important opportunities to gather input, surface concerns, address them and communicate about them when possible. Check the next issue of Under the M for the schedule of future Employee Discussion Hours.

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Enjoy UM's Natural Areas

Explore Mount Sentinel and Fort Missoula

Research shows that spending time in nature is good for our mental health. Lucky for us, UM's campus features access to incredible natural areas!

Hike the M trail on your lunch break, or explore the nature along the Bitterroot River and rich local history at Fort Missoula.

Learn more about UM's natural areas.

Mental and Physical Health Resources

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Relaxation Station

The Relaxation Station, located within the Curry Health Center, is a sanctuary where you can explore and learn relaxation techniques such as massage, meditation, mindfulness, coloring and art therapy, journaling, aromatherapy, sound and light therapy. Schedule your free visit online.
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Access a free, personalized exercise program and PT consultations. Employees and dependents 18+ enrolled in a BCBSMT medical plan through the 猎奇重口 University System are eligible for Hinge Health, a digital exercise therapy program. 

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Well-being Courses on LinkedIn Learning

Curated by the Office of Organizational Learning and Development, this set of Well-being courses is free for all UM employees via LinkedIn Learning.
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The 猎奇重口 University System Employee Assistance Program (EAP) benefits are available to all MUS employees and their household members. EAP services include 24-hour crisis help, up to 7 no-cost confidential counseling sessions, and access to online consultations with licensed counselors.
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Our medical plan covers more than doctor's appointments. Use it for mental health/substance use disorder services; physical, occupational, speech, cardiac, respiratory, pulmonary, and massage therapies; acupuncture and chiropractic treatments; hearing aids; obesity management and dietary/nutritional counseling.
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Campus Recreation

Employees can join Campus Recreation for access to the fitness and recreation center, grizzly pool, fitness classes, personal training programs, indoor track, squash and racquetball courts, basketball courts, saunas, and climbing wall.
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Outdoor Program

UM employees can participate in Outdoor Program trips, boating, camping, climbing, biking, and winter equipment rental, and bike/ski maintenance workshops. Class and rental fees are lower if you're a Campus Recreation member.
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You can request reimbursement for the cost of up to 60 massages per year. Reimbursement is of the allowed amount per visit, minus the applicable copay. Use this form to submit reimbursement claims!
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Physical Therapy Clinic

Need PT? Consider using the UM Physical Therapy Clinic, right here on campus. The clinic provides quality, patient-centered physical therapy care while serving as a teaching facility for graduate physical therapy students. Your care will be provided by a licensed physical therapist, along with graduate physical therapy interns.
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Supporting Employee Wellness - For Managers

Support your team's well-being
This learning path, developed by the Office of Organizational Learning and Development, features 8 short videos for managers to learn how to support their teams' well-being. Only 23 minutes long, it explores a manager's influence on employee wellness, work boundaries, and belonging. Use your NetID and password to sign into LinkedIn Learning to access this learning path.

MUS Wellness

Wellness - 猎奇重口 University System
is a health and wellness resource for employees that aims to help members stay healthy by providing and incentivizing preventative health screenings, healthy lifestyle education and support, and disease prevention/management programs.

Local and Online Well-being Resources