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Fair offers students health tips
By Gillian Cloete
Published:
Thursday, December 2, 2004
Media Credit: Matthew Kaster
Fourth-year student Shefiu Shonibare takes advantage of the complimentary nerve scan courtesy of Advantage Chiropractic at Wednesday´s Wellness Fair.
Students in the "Senior Seminar for Community Health Major" course hosted their first Wellness Fair from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Wednesday in Atwood.�
The course is taught by Rodney Dobey, who is an SCSU professor of health, physical education recreation and sport science. Dobey said he would like for it to become a semi-annual event. His course is offered in the spring and during the fall semesters. Dobey said he gave the students the option of writing an extensive paper or putting together the Wellness Fair and writing about their experience at the event. The students will also be graded on their participation.�
"This is practical stuff they are going to be applying to their real world experience," Dobey said.
The seniors in the Community Health major were entirely responsible for organizing the fair. Michelle Normand and Dayna Laudenbach, two of the students who helped organize this event, said that they began planning for the fair since the very beginning of the semester and learned a lot from their experience. There was information about inner and outer health available.
There were many booths some of the exhibitors were student organizations while others were outside organizations from the St. Cloud community.� Ali Johnson, also a senior student in the Community Health major, said her and her peers were skeptical in the beginning, and doubted the success of the Wellness Fair.�
"It was definitely better then writing a paper, we struggled on the way, but I am happy about the outcome," Johnson said. "Many people participated and showed up for the fair."
Some of the various sponsors were Good Earth Food Co-op, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Bo Diddley's Pub and Deli, Circuit City, SCSU Hockey Club and Eastman Fitness. Bernick's Pepsi sponsored all the water and pop.�Outside organizations paid a $10 fee to have an exhibit table at the Wellness Fair.�The student organizations did not have to pay a fee.
The nursing students also had a booth at the fair and said that this was a valuable experience. They were not involved in the planning of the fair, however, they enjoyed sharing information with fellow students and answering questions said students Helen Santiago, Melanie Borgert and Sara Willert.
Kathy Trueman, an occupational therapist at SPOT Rehabilitation, said she was delighted to receive an invitation to host a booth at the Wellness Fair and believed it was a good project for students and the experience will be relevant for their future occupations in health care.
"The fair was great," SCSU senior Sharon Richardson said. "I love all the free stuff."
"It was cool," SCSU student Eric Rolstad said. "I had my stress level checked at one of the booth's."
Many of the booths had free items like candy; tortilla chips at the Good
Earth Food Co-op booth and stress balls. There were drawings for gift certificates to numerous dinning places and Curves offered a free month to workout at any Curves location. Amanda Vantteel, a trainer at Curves, said she loved hosting booths at health fairs because it raises awareness about people's health.
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