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Jessica Bernhardt
Issue date: 10/31/07 Section: Collegian Front Page
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Are you stressed or depressed? Do you want to find out your body mass index or your cholesterol? Or maybe you want job information from big-name health industries.
If you answered yes to any of these questions, you can find all that information and more during Health Promotion Week.
Two years ago was the last time a health related week took place. It was called Healthy Wealthy Wise week. Health Promotion Week took its place this year. Dan Falk, associate dean of students, said, "This is more intentional. It's more focused on actual student health."
Student Life, Campus Life, and nursing department students have been working together since the summer to plan the week's activities.
Sheleah Taylor, director of campus life, said the nursing students are doing the actual programs and running the screenings and StuFu is backing them up by promoting it.
Falk said, "We've been working with the nursing department and Cowley County Mental Health and deciding what programs would be good for the students."
The goal for the week is to help students realize that there is help if they need it. Taylor said, "I just hope they know there is people here, that they don't feel alone, and they can come get help."
Falk said he hopes the screening will help students. "There might be students really struggling and this screening might be able to help them find a better way to cope with their issues in a healthy way. We know students turn to drugs and to alcohol. I hope this mental health screening gets them the help they need."
Events for the week will start off with mental health screenings, nutrition screenings,a keynote speaker, and a health and career fair with eight large
medical companies. The week will come to an end with free movie night and intersanctum. The keynote speaker will be Susan Bumsted, who used to be a professor at Southwestern.
"It's exciting because Wednesday we have eight really big companies on campus which helps showcase the college. You don't have to be a nursing major to come to the career fair," said Falk.
Falk also said the week will be very holistic. "We help you physically, mentally, socially with movie night, and then spiritually with intersanctum."
Jessica Bernhardt is a sophomore majoring in journalism. You may e-mail her at jessica.bernhardt@sckans.edu.
If you answered yes to any of these questions, you can find all that information and more during Health Promotion Week.
Two years ago was the last time a health related week took place. It was called Healthy Wealthy Wise week. Health Promotion Week took its place this year. Dan Falk, associate dean of students, said, "This is more intentional. It's more focused on actual student health."
Student Life, Campus Life, and nursing department students have been working together since the summer to plan the week's activities.
Sheleah Taylor, director of campus life, said the nursing students are doing the actual programs and running the screenings and StuFu is backing them up by promoting it.
Falk said, "We've been working with the nursing department and Cowley County Mental Health and deciding what programs would be good for the students."
The goal for the week is to help students realize that there is help if they need it. Taylor said, "I just hope they know there is people here, that they don't feel alone, and they can come get help."
Falk said he hopes the screening will help students. "There might be students really struggling and this screening might be able to help them find a better way to cope with their issues in a healthy way. We know students turn to drugs and to alcohol. I hope this mental health screening gets them the help they need."
Events for the week will start off with mental health screenings, nutrition screenings,a keynote speaker, and a health and career fair with eight large
medical companies. The week will come to an end with free movie night and intersanctum. The keynote speaker will be Susan Bumsted, who used to be a professor at Southwestern.
"It's exciting because Wednesday we have eight really big companies on campus which helps showcase the college. You don't have to be a nursing major to come to the career fair," said Falk.
Falk also said the week will be very holistic. "We help you physically, mentally, socially with movie night, and then spiritually with intersanctum."
Jessica Bernhardt is a sophomore majoring in journalism. You may e-mail her at jessica.bernhardt@sckans.edu.
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