Let’s talk about mental health

School of Kinesiology and Recreation student Emily Yacko and Professor Rachel Smith are active mental health advocates spreading the word about mental health awareness and suicide prevention

Is it possible to be a dancer and like your body?

Whether it is contemporary, jazz, ballet, Irish or other, dancers have been expected to all have the same body type. This ideal body of a dancer is skinny and tall with long legs and a flat chest, and if you don’t fit this image, then you are looked down upon.

Seeing the subtle signs of abuse

hands holding

The One Love Foundation was founded in honor of Yeardley Love, a student at the University of Virginia, who was beaten to death by her ex-boyfriend. In her presentation, “The Difference Between Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships,” Kate Hood refers to Yeardley’s death as a “tragedy no one saw coming.” She goes on to explain that

Fresh FAVs – high quality, low cost produce on campus

Example of Fresh FAVs produce received at a pick up

Nutritious eating at your fingertips. Fresh FAVs is a program that brings fruits and vegetables right to campus. Open to students, faculty, staff, and retirees, Fresh FAVs offers low-cost, high-quality produce once a week for eight weeks.