You may be wondering what are the mumps and how is it spread? Mumps is a virus and it spreads through saliva or mucus from the mouth, nose, or throat. An infected person can spread the virus by coughing; sneezing; kissing; talking; sharing items, such as cups or eating utensils, with others; and touching objects
Unit: Health Promotion and Wellness
Vocational wellness and personal values
Vocational wellness can be nurtured by matching what’s most important in your life, otherwise known as your core values, with your interests, hobbies, academics, employment, and volunteer work. As you uncover your talents and passions, you experience a higher level of self-expression and overall happiness.
A NEW New Year’s Resolution
With the new year upon us, there is often one health-related resolution that gets over-looked: improving one’s body image.
Get PAWSitively Stress Free with therapy dogs this spring
Campus’s favorite furry friends will be back on the third floor of Milner Library this semester, spreading smiles, and reducing stress.
Sign up for spring Fresh FAVs by January 28
Forget the grocery store. 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. In its third year, Fresh FAVs aims to increase the availability and consumption of fresh produce for the campus
Making sense of conflicting nutrition messages
It seems that somebody always has something to say about what we should and should not be eating.
Healthy eating: Getting creative with cauliflower
Similar to broccoli and a part of the cabbage family, cauliflower has a lot of health benefits and versatile uses.
Emotional wellness: battling the winter blues
Much like the seasons, we are constantly experiencing changes in our lives. Sometimes these changes can weigh a heavy toll on us, affecting our emotional wellness. This dimension of wellness involves the awareness, understanding, and acceptance of our feelings as they come and go.
Get PAWSitively Stress Free during finals week
Does the impending end of the semester have you feeling frazzled? If so, take a break with certified therapy dogs, free chair massages, and other stress relieving activities on Monday, December 7, and Tuesday, December 8, from 2–6 p.m. in Milner Library at PAWSitively Stress Free.
Healthy You Healthy Earth fair November 12
The Healthy You Healthy Earth will take place from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, November 12.