“The Balancing Act,” a presentation sponsored by the University of New Mexico Staff Council Work+Life Committee, is scheduled for Wednesday, March 9, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Student Union building, Lobo rooms A&B.
The event is free. Light refreshments will be served.
Omar Ahmed, American Cancer Society, will offer tips for balancing work and life in his talk “Stress: The Silent Killer.” UNM Professor Richard Santos offers expert advice on how “Balancing Work and Life Improves the Bottom Line .”
Ahmed is a 15-year communications professional who worked in the sports entertainment field serving teams at the collegiate, professional and Olympic levels. He is regional communications director for the American Cancer Society.
“Trying to balance all aspects of life can be overwhelming, but allowing stress to overwhelm your life can kill you,” Ahmed said. “This talk will cover the medical effects stress has on the body and what you can do diffuse stress and create balance in all areas of your life.”
Richard Santos, Ph.D., associate professor of Economics, is interim associate dean for Research at the UNM College of Arts and Sciences. His areas of expertise are labor and health economics, with a specialization in Hispanic employment issues. He is a former department chair and the first recipient of the UNM Work-Life Manager Award.
“Balancing the demands of work and life is a challenge to most employees. Organizations that understand these challenges and seek to help and support employees
balance such demands are creating healthy and productive workplace environments,” Santos said. “Flexible work schedules, supporting healthy lifestyles, understanding the changing demands of family life, and other activities to balance work/life issues improves the bottom line for everyone. Employers and employees who understand these dimensions are critical to the success of high performance organizations.”
Contact: Laurie Mellas Ramirez, (505) 277-5915
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