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  • 4/4 The Graduate School Wellness Event

    The Graduate School Wellness Event:

    The Gentle Art of Workspace Design and Ergonomics

     

    Friday, April 4th

    2:00pm-4:30pm

    Whetten Graduate Center, Room 200

     

    The Graduate School at the University of Connecticut is proud to invite Susan Rohde, a local interior designer, to provide guidelines for conquering the challenges of work space and work flow. This workshop will contain an emphasis on creating a welcoming and functional work environment to facilitate getting things done.

    Directly following will be a presentation on ergonomics by Terri Dominguez, a University of Connecticut Occupational Health and Safety staff member. Topics covered will include working postures, selection and placement of workstation components, recognizing potential hazards and early symptoms, and other environmental factors, at work and at home, that may affect health, comfort and productivity.

     

    Please register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-graduate-school-wellness-event-the-gentle-art-of-workspace-design-and-ergonomics-tickets-10739262423

    Open to all graduate students and postdoctoral scholars.

    Light refreshments to be provided.

     

    Contact Information

    The Graduate School

    gradschool@uconn.edu

    860-486-3617

     

    For more information please visit http://grad.uconn.edu/current/ProfDevResources.php

     

     

    The Graduate School is committed to achieving equal educational opportunity and full participation for persons within the graduate community at all of our events. If you require disability accommodations and/or services please contact Martha Marroni at 860-486-0983 or martha.marroni@uconn.edu with adequate notice to allow for the provision of any accommodations.

    For more information, contact: The Graduate School at 860-486-3617