Previously recorded programs
EAP is proud to present "Healthy Starts at Home" in collaboration with Cornell Cooperative Extension. Check out this healthy cooking lesson at your convenience and then complete this brief survey after you've finished watching the video! Bon appetit!
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Ongoing programs
If you anticipate a need for disability-related accommodations or auxiliary aids to attend or participate in any of our programs, please contact us at EAP@binghamton.edu or by calling ext. 76655. We ask that you provide us with at least 3-5 days of advance notice regarding your equal access needs.
EAP Sponsored: Weekly Meditation session with Puja Goyal
Time: Noon–12:45 p.m.
Date: Wednesdays, Jan. 11– May 17*
Register for virtual access: https://binghamton.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcocuGgrzojE9acoLDT8e_EzD96AVjzzCfJ
Join EAP and Puja Goyal, assistant professor of chemistry and certified SKY facilitator, for this refreshing 45 minutes to engage in relaxing breathing techniques and a guided meditation to decompress from your busy week. Too often we neglect our most powerful tool, the breath, which powers all of our systems and calms our reactions to external stimuli. A guided meditation is led by Goyal, a certified SKY facilitator and the faculty mentor of the SKY student club at Binghamton University. She has taught and participated in many training sessions on this topic. No experience is necessary as this is an all-inclusive practice.
*All sessions will be virtual.
Spring 2023
January
EAP and Binghamton University Dining Sponsors: An Intuitive Eating Workshop
Date: Monday, January 9
Time: Noon–12:45 p.m.
Location: Benet Alumni Lounge, Old O'Connor
Presenter: Julie Lee, RD
Join Julie Lee, Registered Dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, for a workshop providing an overview of the Intuitive Eating approach to nourishing yourself. Learn about the research behind the physical and mental benefits, an overview of the 10 principles including practical ways to apply them. Experience through demonstration the impact that this approach to eating can have on everyday nutrition decisions.
Register for this program by visiting the UCTD Events Calendar.
EAP Sponsored Nutrition Series: Preventing Chronic Illnesses Through a Healthy Diet
Date: Tuesday, January 17
Time: Noon–12:45 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Presenter: Sarah Olszewski MS, RDN, CDN and CEO of Sarah Lynn Nutrition
Sarah Olszewski MS, RDN, CDN will present on different ways to help prevent chronic illness through lifestyle and dietary choices. Eating healthy and getting in regular physical activity can help prevent, delay, and manage heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and other chronic illnesses. Sarah will discuss what a balanced diet is to help prevent different diseases. Register for this program by visiting the UCTD Events Calendar.
EAP and the Eating Awareness Committee sponsor: The Body Project for Faculty and Staff
Date: Mondays, January 23 and January 30
Time: 5:15- 6:45 p.m.
Location: Benet Alumni Lounge, Old O'Connor
Presenters: Julie Lee, MS, RD, CDN, Registered Dietitian, BUDS & Mary Ellen Niefer,
M.Ed., CAS, CEAP, EAP Coordinator
The Eating Awareness Committee whose mission is to provide education, outreach and resources to both the campus, and our community, as it relates to body image, disordered eating, nutrition, and fitness, will be offering two sessions of the Body Project for faculty and staff. The Body Project is a peer led workshop that explores body ideals, cultural expectations of body image and encourages the important conversation in order to peel back unhealthy and unhelpful ways that these ideals and standards are perpetuated. This is a workshop that takes place over two sessions (attendance is required at both sessions). Two members of the EAC committee will be facilitating the groups on January 23 and 30 from 5:15 pm until 6:45 pm, in the Benet Alumni Lounge located in Old O’Connor. Space is limited. If you are interested in attending or would like to learn more about the curriculum of the workshop, please register through Mary Ellen Niefer at EAP@binghamton.edu.
February
EAP Sponsored Nutrition Series: Promoting Cognitive Health with a Healthy Diet
Date: Monday, February 13
Time: Noon–12:45 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Presenter: Sarah Olszewski MS, RDN, CDN and CEO of Sarah Lynn Nutrition
Sarah Olszewski MS, RDN, CDN will present on the power food and nutrition can have on optimizing your cognitive health. Cognitive capacity can be influenced by components of your diet. Low glycemic index foods seem to improve attention, memory and functional capacity. Register for this program by visiting the UCTD Events Calendar.
EAP Supervisory Training: Navigating the Tough Issues (via zoom)
Dates: Monday, February 27 and Tuesday, February 28
Times: 10 a.m.–noon
Location: Zoom
Presenters: EAP coordinators
Session 1:
During the first session, we will cover the first two steps in relation to supervisory
responsibilities; observation and documentation. We will take time to understand what
“supervision” is and the importance of utilizing clear and consistent communication
for the development of trust with employees. Various case studies will allow for application
of these practices. In addition, we will touch upon the dynamics of domestic violence
and sexual harassment in the workplace as well as the importance of understanding
campus policies and accessing EAP for supervisory support when concerns must be reported.
If you would like to improve upon your supervisory skills, please register for each session by visiting the UCTD Events Calendar. We look forward to seeing you there.
Session 2:
For the second session, we will cover the last three steps; consultation, constructive
communication and referral to EAP. This session will focus on how to manage difficult
workplace situation and interpersonal communication conflicts. We will discuss the
importance of using constructive communication for solution-focused outcomes. This
session will also provide participants an opportunity to engage this new knowledge
in practice while learning about other resources to access as well. Please register
for each session by visiting the UCTD Events Calendar.
March
EAP Sponsors: Budgeting Basics-How to Grow Your Dough with a Personal Spending Plan
Date: Thursday, March 16, 2023
Time: 3- 4 p.m.
Location: (via Zoom) - please register here!
Presenter: SEFCU Financial Educators
This financial webinar is being presented with financial educators from SEFCU. Budgeting basics will demonstrate how to apply the 50-30-20 rule for determining fixed expenses, flexible spending, and financial goals. Explore the benefits of developing a written spending plan, how to track income and expenses, and strategies for record keeping through a scenario based applied learning approach. This session is sixty minutes long and is interactive. Anyone attending the webinar must register with the link above. Participants can begin registering now until the time of the event.
EAP Sponsors: Grief and the Brain- New Insights from Neurobiology
Date: Monday, March 27
Time: Noon - 1 p.m.
Location: University Union Room, UUW 324
Presenter: Yvonne Lucia, RN, MDiv, MHC-LP
Cutting edge research using neuroimaging is offering new insights into the universal human experience of grief. Our neurons help us form attachment bonds to others; with loss, our brains struggle with how to make sense of the permanent physical absence of our attachment figures. Informed by these new insights, implications for helpful ways to navigate the experience of loss and grief will be discussed. Register for this program by visiting the UCTD Events Calendar.
April
EAP Sponsors: A Talk with Gary Truce: The Conditioned Human Mind
Date: Tuesday, April 25
Time: Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Location: Benet Alumni Lounge, Old O'Connor
Presenter: Gary Truce, PhD, Retired Professor of Health and Wellness Studies
Why is the human mind so easily conditioned? Delving into the powers of the conscious and subconscious mind, and drawing on the principles of hypnosis, we may learn how we may be totally unaware that our behaviors are actually systematically programmed. We will discuss waking hypnosis, induced hypnosis, and self-hypnosis, altered states of consciousness, perceived suggestion or the illusionary truth effect, power of persuasion, habits or attachments, conspiracy theories, the counter action theory, and the accomplishment of tasks. Here’s the big question: what made you the person you are today? This presentation will be an hour long with a half an hour reserved for questions. If you are interested in attending this workshop, please register through the UCTD Events Calendar. We look forward to seeing you there.
May
EAP Sponsors: A Two-Part Communication in the Workplace Series
Dates: Monday, May 1 and Thursday, May 4
Time: Noon - 1 p.m.
Location: AD 148- President's BU Council Conference Room
Presenter: John Wojcio, Certified Career Coach
Join the Employee Assistance Program and John Wojcio, Certified Career Coach, for a two-part program on Effective Communication Strategies in the Workplace.
In our first session, We will introduce an interpersonal communication tool that you can use to build and maintain more effective relationships – and lessen the stress that comes from difficult conversations in the workplace. These workshops are designed to benefit both supervisors and direct reports.
In this workshop, we will expand our knowledge with applications for using the model discussed in session one to improve our understanding of and effectively communicate with others, especially those exhibiting behavioral preferences that differ from our own.
For our second session, we will focus on how to apply a variety of communication-enhancing strategies to your conversations and interactions at work. These workshops are designed to benefit both supervisors and direct reports.
If you are interested in attending either workshop, please register through the UCTD Events Calendar. We look forward to seeing you there.
EAP Sponsors: Navigating Retirement with a GPS: Growing, Protecting, and Saving Your
Funds for Retirement
Date: Thursday, May 18
Time: 3-4 p.m.
Location: (Via Zoom) please register here!
SEFCU Financial Educators will be presenting this hour long webinar that is interactive. Planning for a secure financial future can be overwhelming. A variety of topics regarding growing, protecting, and saving funds for retirement will be discussed. Common ways to prepare for retirement are identified, along with an introduction to the basics of wills, trusts, and social security earnings. Topics will help in understanding the importance of early planning for retirement. This session is an overview and non-advisory. Anyone attending the webinar must register with the link above. Participants can begin registering now until the time of the event.
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