Access the Herbert Wellness Center—for free!
Multiple dates throughout January.
The Patti and Allan Herbert Wellness Center is offering all University employees who are not already a member complimentary access to the facility during select hours on Mondays, Wednesday, and Thursdays. Located on the Coral Gables Campus, employees can take advantage of this opportunity to use the facility’s amenities, including the weight and cardio machines, group exercise and yoga classes, indoor pool, basketball courts, and locker room and showers. Learn more about this opportunity and how to enroll.
Give the gift of wellness.
Now through Dec. 31.
The UHealth Fitness and Wellness Center is offering the University community a special rate on a four-week membership pass, which may be redeemed in 2022. The special pass price—20 percent off—is only available during December. The pass is redeemable exclusively at UHealth Fitness and Wellness Center on the Medical Campus. Pass holders can take advantage of facility amenities, including access to the sauna, towels, showers, and locker services, and access two floors of fitness equipment—plus a dedicated cycling studio and group exercise classroom. Group exercise classes are held daily and include yoga, cardio, Zumba, and more. Email Monica Jimenez at mmj47@med.miami.edu to purchase a pass.
University-wide update to CaneNet_Wireless network.
Saturday, December 18 at 8 p.m.
UMIT will be updating the student wireless network, CaneNet_Wireless, on all three campuses. Following the update, you may receive a prompt on your device(s) to connect or trust the new certificate when you connect to the CaneNet_Wireless network. Learn more about the network update. Contact the UMIT Service Desk at 305-284-6565 or help@miami.edu for more information.
Join Sebastian for a holiday reading party.
Monday, Dec. 20, at 4 p.m.
Children in kindergarten through grade 5 are invited to join Sebastian’s Reading Squad for a special event. Participants will listen to Sebastian read a holiday-themed book, watch him play trivia, and find out who’s in the lead on the reading squad challenge. Register your child. Presented by the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, the initiative encourages elementary schoolchildren to proactively read. Students enrolled in the program can track their progress as they aim to read a minimum of 120 minutes within each season.
New law allows compensation for student-athletes’ image, likeness.
Now.
Learn about a new law that allows student-athletes at a post-secondary institution in Florida to earn compensation for use of their name, image, or likeness (NIL). The athletics department shares key takeaways from the new law, how the changes apply to student-athletes, and the University’s NIL policy. Read more.
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