Human Resources
Resources
Community
Physical
Nutritional
Emotional
Occupational
Environmental
Intellectual
Disease/Illness Prevention
Community
Volunteering
- CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) for Children
- McDonough County Medical Reserve Corps
- Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center, Volunteer Opportunities
- United Way (McDonough County)
- Friends of the Macomb Public Library
- WCI Arts Center
- Western Illinois Museum
- Tri-States Audio Information Services
- Find other volunteering opportunities:
Get Involved
- Macomb Area Service Clubs and Civic Organizations (Macomb Public Library website)
- Macomb Area Churches (Macomb.com Community Guide)
Community Events
Physical
Local
National
WIU Speech-Language Hearing Clinic
- Free Speech-Language-Hearing service for WIU employees and retirees during each semester
- Nationally certified faculty directly supervise senior and graduate students in a clinic setting
- Speech-Hearing-Language Clinic, (309) 298-1955
- Speech and Hearing Clinic Website
- Memorial Hall 230A
Nutritional
Occupational
- WIU Office of Equal Opportunity & Access
- WIU Human Resources
- The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Ergonomics articles from Safety+Health Magazine (National Safety Council)
- 10 ways to immediately improve workstation ergonomics (TechRepublic.com)
Environmental
Get Outside
- Bike Trails at Spring Lake Park
- Argyle Lake State Park - hiking, boating, fishing, etc.
- Friends of Argyle Lake State Park
- Macomb Park District
Keep it Clean
- Macomb Beautiful Association
- WIU's "We Care" Campus Beautification Project (Annually late Sept/early Oct) - Contact Landscape Maintenance (Facilities Management) for more information.
- Illinois Dept of Transportation - Adopt-A-Highway program
Intellectual
Taking Classes on Campus
- Civil Service Employee Tuition Waiver Information
- Wellness-related Courses offered by WIU (Specific sessions/dates/times for upcoming semesters available in Course Search)
- HE 120: Personal Health Promotion - Designed to enhance students’ physical, intellectual, emotional, social, and spiritual health which will enable them to pursue their college and life goals more effectively.
- Higher-level courses in Health Education including HE 321 (Women's Health) and 441 (Mental Health)
- NUTR 109: Introduction to Nutrition - Basic principles of human nutrition related to maintenance of optimum nutritional status.
- RPTA 110: Concepts of Leisure - Explores the place of leisure in society. Examines what people do for recreation and leisure in a changing culture. Assists students from all majors to develop a personal leisure life-style that promotes wellness.
- RPTA 112: Recreation for Life - Examines the contribution of organized recreation to the development and maintenance of individual well-being. This class will assist students’ personal exploration of how recreation can enhance body, mind, and spirit.
- Kinesiology (KIN) courses including:
- KIN 102: Swimming
- KIN 118: Aerobic Dancercise
- KIN 121: Badminton
- KIN 128: Tennis
- KIN 131: Aerobic Conditioning
- KIN 141: Personal Fitness Program
- KIN 147: Weight Training
- KIN 149: Stress Managment and Relaxation Techniques
- KIN 151: Basketball
- KIN 158: Volleyball
- All Human Well-Being Courses
Disease Prevention/Illness
Local Resources
- WIU Sick Leave Information (Civil Service)
- WIU Benefits Website - Health Insurance Section
- Illinois State Employees Insurance Program (MyBenefits Website)
- Illinois Tobacco Quitline
National Resources
- Disease Prevention Toolkit (National Institutes of Health)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Health.gov (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- American Heart Association
- Go Red for Women
- Alzheimer's Association
- Food Allergy Research & Education
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