Health & Wellness at Guilford College

Guilford College encourages a lifetime of health and well being for the members of its community. Moving beyond academia, Guilford strives to increase awareness and provide programs, services, support and opportunities to promote a positive day-to-day approach to life.

This site offers information and contacts for available on-campus resources and opportunities. It also lists many links to sites addressing a variety of areas regarding the health and wellness for your body, mind, and spirit.

For more information, contact:

Meg Evans

Health & Wellness Coordinator

(336)316-2877

evansme@guilford.edu

Paula Skandis

Health & Wellness Intern

GuilfordWellness@gmail.com

Stacie Swinehart

Health & Wellness Volunteer

GuilfordWellness@gmail.com

UPCOMING EVENTS:

2009 Winter Walk for AIDS

Join the Guilford College team as we raise money for AIDS awareness! Contact Paula at GuilfordWellness@gmail.com for more info.

INFO MEETING: November 18, 7PM in Milner Lounge

On Sunday, December 6th, Triad Health Project will present the 18th Annual Winter Walk for AIDS, a three-mile walk that raises money and awareness to benefit THP as they work to help those affected by HIV/AIDS. The Walk is a powerful and moving experience as we remember those we have lost to AIDS, while looking to the future when HIV/AIDS is defeated. The event winds through the city's beautiful downtown neighborhoods with numerous teams - and thousands of individuals - walking, including groups from companies, schools, religious organizations, even friends and families. It is a great way to get a group together to kick off the holiday spirit showing compassion and raising vital money for AIDS care and prevention. If you are not able to attend the 2009 Winter Walk for AIDS, you can still support Walk by contributing on line here, or at www.triadhealthproject.com.

Intro to the Gym

gym

November 23, 7PM

PE Center

This program is set up at the beginning of the fall semester every year to acquaint students with the PE center promoting exercise and wellness. The program will familiarize the students with the facilities via a tour of the PE Center and will include educational components of exercise, how to set up a personalized exercise program and learning how to use the weight and cardio machines.

Vegan CELEBRATE VEGAN AWARENESS MONTH

Friday, December 11th

5pm,GreenLeaf

Join us for a vegan Thanksgiving dinner. Learn how to cook vegan dishes. Engage with other foodies about vegan fare. Get the newest info about Guilford College Health & Wellness Programs. HURRY space is limited to 20 participants. To register just email Stacie at GuilfordWellness@gmail.com for your chance to cook and eat a wonderful vegan meal!

smoke TOBACCO CESSATION GROUP chew

Info Session!!! Come to Milner lounge on Monday, November 23 at 7:00pm if you are interested in quitting smoking or chewing tobacco. We will figure out what time/day is the best for the Guilford College tobacco cessation group.

Contact Meg at evansme@guilford.edu or (336)316-2877 for more information.

Floyd

WEEKDAY WALKS WITH FLOYD

Monday through Thursday every week, 7:45am beginning in Milner Hall Lobby

Join us Monday-Thursday mornings for a 30-minute walk to get your day started off right. Walks will begin from Milner Hall Lobby at 7:45am. All are welcome on the morning walks and you'll be back in time for your morning classes! Come once or every day!

COMMUNITY GARDEN

Have you ever wondered where your food comes from? Do you want to get your hands dirty? The Community Garden needs your HELP! Join Guilford students/faculty/staff and other Greensboro community members to plan, build, plant, grow, cultivate, harvest, and eat! Email Jim Dees at Deesjh@guilford.edu

GET INVLOVED AND GROW!

PAST EVENTS FROM THIS YEAR

HEALTH & WELLNESS FAIR

October 14, 2009, 1:30-3:30pm in Founders Health Apple

Every year, Guilford College hosts a campus-wide Health & Wellness Fair. We invite representatives from campus and area groups and businesses in the health and wellness world to our campus. This will provide an opportunity these businesses and student groups to share their expertise, advertise their products, and let the Guilford students know of the different opportunities and project goals they have. The fair will cover a variety of health related issues including mental health, sexual health, nutrition, alternative medicine, stress management, exercise, women’s health, and others. We encourage and welcome the Guilford Community to attend.

PAST EVENTS FROM 2008-2009

Intro to the Gym- August 24th

PE Center

Good Eats
Meagan’s Apartment in Milner August 31, 2008

Khalaf’s Apartment in English February 11, 2009

Good Eats is a multi-faceted program incorporating nutrition, community building, and social connection between students, RA’s, and HD’s.

Weekly recipes will be uploaded to the H&W webpage and in addition to these recipes; two will be prepared by both Khalaf and Meagan during the semester. Good Eats is designed to educate students on diverse meal preparation (vegan, vegetarian, ethnic) and healthy eating within a fun atmosphere promoting conversation, diversity, and community.

Drunk Busters on Wheels – September 30, 2008

This program is sponsored by NC department of Crime Control & Public Safety, Division of Alcohol law Enforcement (NC ALE).

Students get behind the wheel of a golf-cart and drive through an obstacle course of traffic cones while wearing specially-designed impairment goggles that alter the vision and depth perception of the participant, mimicking the symptoms of alcohol intoxication. The student is also allowed to drive the course without the goggles, so that they can see the difference in their abilities when they are under the influence of alcohol. (www.nccrimecontrol.gov)

Drunk Busters on Wheels will take place on homecoming weekend, September 30 from 4 pm to 8 pm (location tba). The program is meant to educate students about the dangers of driving under the influence of alcohol by demonstrating its impairing effects. We encourage all students to attend.

Health & Wellness Fair - October 29, 2008

Every year Guilford College holds a campus wide Health & Wellness Fair where we invite representatives from area businesses and groups related to health and wellness to our campus.

The Fair will be held in Founders Hall on Wednesday, October 22 between 11:30 am and 3:00 pm. This will provide an opportunity these businesses and student groups to share their expertise, advertise their products, and let the Guilford students know of the different opportunities and project goals they have. The fair will cover a variety of health related issues including mental health, sexual health, nutrition, alternative medicine, stress management, exercise, women’s health, and others. We encourage and welcome the Guilford Community to attend.

Sustainable Health Choices Health & Wellness Event Series

Sustainable Health Choices is a small business by two Guilford alumni here in Greensboro who "approach their work with an understanding that people are more effective when their health is addressed holistically."

This is a lifestyle and wellness program for Guilford College students looking to expand healthy living habits, which includes the following 3 workshops (cooking class, stress management and massage):

Healthy Eating on the Go – Feb 11, 2009

The cooking class is catered to all cooking levels. Sustainable Health Choices offers a myriad of types of classes of the most popular classes are: Green Glorious Greens, Healthy Eating On A Budget, Eating On The Go, Creative Lunches, etc. However, we feel that Eating on the Go is the best choice for Guilford students. College students are continuously on the go from classes to meetings to sports. This class will show a variety of quick and easy ways to maintain a healthy diet with a busy schedule.

Stress Management – TBA

The stress management class teaches skills and tactics for healthy living, including self-massage, breath work, and intentional food choices. Emphasis is placed on how stress plays out in an interaction between the mind and our way of thinking; our physical bodies; and emotional selves. We teach hands on skills and also discuss how stress manifests for individuals and how we can positively effect and manage it in our lives.

Massage – April 15, 2009

Combining Swedish, Deep Tissue, and Trigger Point massage techniques that is focused on improving circulation, relaxation, loosening stiff muscles and joints, and relieving long-term chronic muscle tension resulting from specific problems such as poor posture, or repetitive stress.

For more information please visit Sustainable Health Choices at http://sustainablehealth.gsohive.org/

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