Unit: Health Promotion and Wellness
Struggles and conflict with body image is just one of the ways COVID-19 has affected individuals.
The Mennonite College of Nursing (MCN) and the Department of Health Sciences have teamed up with the McLean County Health Department (MCHD) to facilitate contact tracing to help slow the spread of...
When we think about intellectual wellness, what often comes to mind may be academic performance or IQ scores.
The Redbirds Keep Thriving page has been updated to provide helpful support to students on and off campus for the upcoming semester. In addition to new resources, Redbirds Keep Thriving has...
Having a solid social support system is associated with positive health benefits, such as a strengthened immune system and cardiovascular functioning.
The Student Wellness Ambassador Team (SWAT), a Health Promotion and Wellness sponsored student organization, has advocated for the health of Illinois State students for over 25 years. Typically,...
The Redbirds Together Wellness Ambassadors are a group of students dedicated to providing peer-to-peer education, reminders, and encouragement to their fellow Redbirds about how to prevent the...
It’s easy to focus only on the physical components of battling a pandemic, but Illinois State University health care experts agree with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that...
Working at home can be a pain, literally. That’s what some have found in the first few weeks. Shoulders ache, backs hurt, and what’s with that afternoon slump? It’s not the couch or kitchen...
Between the Amazon catching fire at a rapid rate in the past year, 91% of plastic not being recycled, and the average American producing 1,600 pounds of garbage a year, there is a massive dilemma...
