Promoting physical activity as a vital sign of health in campus community

Exercise is Medicine on Campus outreach on ISU Quad

Helping individuals become physically active is the goal of Illinois State University’s Exercise Is Medicine On Campus (EIMOC) program, a referral-based system linking Student Health Services (SHS), Student Counseling Services (SCS), Health Promotion and Wellness (HPW), Campus Recreation (CR), and the School of Kinesiology and Recreation (KNR).

Free, confidential counseling services available to ISU students

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I can’t sleep. I’m sad all the time. I don’t have any friends. I’m not sure I fit in here. I worry constantly. I am so overwhelmed.  What am I doing here? Does any of this sound familiar? Being a college student is stressful! You don’t have to go it alone: Illinois State University’s Student Counseling Services (SCS) is here to help you succeed.

Not sick enough?

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The media usually portrays what an eating disorder looks like by one image: an overly skinny girl. There are countless examples of this, like To the Bone, a Netflix movie that displays an underweight woman going through an eating disorder, and Starving in Suburbia, a movie about a dancer that obsesses about being thin. When television, movies, and the media portray an eating disorder as this, people may assume that to have an eating disorder, you must look a certain way—underweight. Women who are average weight or overweight might not get the help they need if others do not believe they are “sick enough.”

Men also struggle with body image

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check out the Male Body Image Workshop on Wednesday, February 28th from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in SSB 376.  This one-hour workshop, co-sponsored by Student Counseling Services and Health Promotion and Wellness, is designed to help men learn how to combat the unrealistic, ultra-muscular ideal portrayed by the media.  Participants will learn about male body image and eating disorder myths while also exploring ways to combat unrealistic ideals.  

Student Counseling Services offers a group specifically for students of color

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Students of color on predominantly White college campuses often face unique difficulties and challenges while navigating a university setting. The Student of Color process group (SOCPG) at Illinois State University provides a safe and supportive space for students of color to make sense of and give voice to the wide range of concerns.