Welcome to the first quarter of the HealthierU 2025 program. From January through March, all of our programs, events, and resources will focus around the theme of nutrition. During the next three months there will be 2 personal challenges, 1 group challenge, a wellness activity, nutrition webinars, and additional nutrition resources. HealthierU is also hosting the Spring Wellness Event on March 11, 2025! For a full list of all the programs and activities including dates, locations, and the well-being points associated with each item, reference below!
Quarter 1 Detail Chart
Program Title | Date(s) | Location | Well-Being Points |
Staying Hydrated in the New Year (Personal Challenge #1) | 1/13-2/2/2025 | Virtual | 15 |
HealthierU Cookbook (Wellness Activity) | 1/6-3/31/2025 | Virtual | 10 |
Keepin' a Beat (Group Challenge) | 2/10-3/2/2025 | Virtual | 30 |
Eating the Rainbow (Personal Challenge #2) | 3/10-3/23/2025 | Virtual | 15 |
HealthierU Webinar Episode (click to submit form) | 1/1-3/31/2025 | Virtual | 5 |
Spring Wellness Event | 3/11/2025 | Great Plains Room, East Campus Union | 25 |
Keepin' a Beat Leaderboard
Individual Rankings (Week 3)
Rank | Name | Total Points |
1st | Yulia Levchenko | 399 |
2nd | Robert Vavala | 354 |
3rd | Brett Tomjack | 329 |
4th | Liz Norton | 310 |
5th | Jason Muelhausen | 300 |
Individual Rankings ( Combined Total)
Rank | Name | Total Points |
1st | Yulia Levchenko | 928 |
2nd | Liz Norton | 905 |
3rd | Robert Vavala | 822 |
4th | Heidi Schmidt | 810 |
5th | Brett Tomjack | 792 |
Team Rankings
4-6 Division (Week 3)
Rank | Team Name | Total Points |
1st | Insteption | 758 |
2nd | EasySeas | 724 |
3rd | GeoClub | 685 |
4-6 Division (Combined Totals)
Rank | Team Name | Total Points |
1st | GeoClub | 1960 |
2nd | Insteption | 1749 |
3rd | EasySeas | 1740 |
7-9 Division (Week 3)
Rank | Team Name | Total Points |
1st | CTT Team | 1576 |
2nd | Turn A Beat Around | 1371 |
3rd | Nebraska Public Media | 1037 |
7-9 Division (Combined Totals)
Rank | Team Name | Total Points |
1st | Turn A Beat Around | 4528 |
2nd | CTT Team | 3900 |
3rd | Nebraska Public Media | 2796 |
10-12 Division (Week 3)
Rank | Team Name | Total Points |
1st | Animal House | 1324 |
2nd | Selleck Step Squad | 1269 |
10-12 Division (Combined Total)
Rank | Team Name | Total Points |
1st | Selleck Step Squad | 4542 |
2nd | Animal House | 3366 |
*Updated as of 3/5 at 11:00 a.m. CST
HealthierU Cookbook (Wellness Activity)
Active dates for submission: Jan 13-March 31, 2025
Well-Being Points: 10
Activity Description:
For this activity we are asking participants to upload their favorite recipe! This can be a homemade recipe or a recipe that you found online, in a cookbook, or in a food magazine (we do ask that you try to include a reference or link for the recipe if it is not personally yours) We are looking to collect options for:
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Appetizers
- Snacks
- Drinks
Submissions can be made in the following format:
- Text
- PDF document
- Photo Submission of recipe
You can upload as many recipes as you’d like BUT to earn the well-being points for this activity you must upload at least one recipe between Jan 13 and March 31, 2025!
The HealthierU team will be compiling all of these submissions into a HealthierU Cookbook that will be published on our website for everyone to use!
Personal Challenge #2 Eating The Rainbow
Registration Dates: Monday, March 3- Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Challenge Dates: Monday, March 10- Sunday, March 30, 2025
Do you often struggle to find motivation to include fruits and vegetables in your meals? Are you in a rut with finding creative recipes that incorporate color and flavor? This personal challenge is here to help!
The purpose of this challenge is to bring more awareness to how often we consume fruits and vegetables and to find motivation to regularly incorporate them into our diet. Over the course of the three weeks, we will:
- Record how often we are eating fruits and vegetables
- Find creative ways to increase our fruit and vegetable intake
- Incorporate new fruits and vegetables into our weekly meal rotation
Each week of the challenge we will focus on a new goal:
Week 1: Build a habit of recording how often you consume fruits and vegetables.
Week 2: Using the MyPlate Plan maker, calculate what your goal fruit and vegetable intake should be and aim to reach a minimum 50% of that daily fruit and vegetable goal.
Week 3: Using the plan in week 2, aim to reach a minimum of 75% of that goal AND try at least 1 new fruit and vegetable this week.
Each week participants will receive emails with new recipes, educational resources, and tips/tricks to help reach their goals!
Are you ready to eat the rainbow!?
Personal Challenge #1: Staying Hydrated in the New Year
This challenge is now closed.
Thank you to everyone who participated, we look forward to your participation in our next challenge, Keepin' a Beat!