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The Daily OrangeHealthy Competition: Contest launches to find exercise, nutrition mini-programs among students, faculty
By Melissa Romero
Posted: 1/24/08, 10:46 PM EST Section: News
While New Year's resolutions to work out more, eat healthier or to lose 10 pounds might disappear down the drain, Syracuse University's Healthy Monday program is continuing its commitment to promote healthy lifestyles throughout the campus.
Healthy Monday is encouraging students, faculty and staff to apply for $50 to $500 awards to fund their own mini-programs promoting health, nutrition and fitness.
Mini-programs are separate health events in which members of the SU community can receive funding to start up their own projects.
"It's not as formal as a competition, but more of an outreach to bring everyone into Healthy Monday and to submit ideas of things that they've been wanting to do on campus," said Rebecca Langford, a media studies graduate student and program director of Healthy Monday.
Healthy Monday stresses the importance of students and faculty taking action within the university to lead healthier lifestyles. "There's always room for teaching healthier habits," Langford said. "It's always nice to let students have an outlet and to determine what is best needed on the campus."
While a typical Healthy Monday provides healthy foods and activities like free massages, fruit and fitness classes weekly, mini-programs would expand on the healthy living lifestyle.
Thomas Wichman, a junior finance and television, radio, film major, has applied the past two years, and has used the award money to help fund the SU 5K Fun Run during the fall.
Thanks to funding from sponsors like Healthy Monday, the October Fun Run boasted 97 participants and raised more than $2,000 for the Tracy Halpin Memorial Fund, a scholarship fund.
"What's so great about the mini-programs is that anyone can do anything they want to try to increase health and wellness across the campus," Wichman said.
Wichman plans to apply for funding again, and hopes that Healthy Monday will continue to help make the SU 5K Fun Run an annual event.
Healthy Monday is encouraging students, faculty and staff to apply for $50 to $500 awards to fund their own mini-programs promoting health, nutrition and fitness.
Mini-programs are separate health events in which members of the SU community can receive funding to start up their own projects.
"It's not as formal as a competition, but more of an outreach to bring everyone into Healthy Monday and to submit ideas of things that they've been wanting to do on campus," said Rebecca Langford, a media studies graduate student and program director of Healthy Monday.
Healthy Monday stresses the importance of students and faculty taking action within the university to lead healthier lifestyles. "There's always room for teaching healthier habits," Langford said. "It's always nice to let students have an outlet and to determine what is best needed on the campus."
While a typical Healthy Monday provides healthy foods and activities like free massages, fruit and fitness classes weekly, mini-programs would expand on the healthy living lifestyle.
Thomas Wichman, a junior finance and television, radio, film major, has applied the past two years, and has used the award money to help fund the SU 5K Fun Run during the fall.
Thanks to funding from sponsors like Healthy Monday, the October Fun Run boasted 97 participants and raised more than $2,000 for the Tracy Halpin Memorial Fund, a scholarship fund.
"What's so great about the mini-programs is that anyone can do anything they want to try to increase health and wellness across the campus," Wichman said.
Wichman plans to apply for funding again, and hopes that Healthy Monday will continue to help make the SU 5K Fun Run an annual event.
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Bridget Namiotka
posted 9/24/08 @ 6:00 PM EST
Hey guys,
Congratulations on your contest. Since exercising was a part of the competition, I would like to present the Champions with their pair of Champion Golden Laces. (Continued…)
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