Wallace State Healthy Campus Initiative Committee to host upcoming spring events, including a 5K Run and Fun Bike Ride
HANCEVILLE – Wallace State’s Healthy Campus Initiative Committee has multiple upcoming events planned during the spring semester.
On March 19, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the reoccurring Health Link Tent will be set up at the gazebo near the Bailey Center. The theme is Spring Break and student will get information on how to have a safe spring break by preventing unsafe driving habits. Students can utilize a simulator at the event, showing how influence of substances negatively affect one’s driving skills. Free food and door prizes will be given away.
From April 1-21, the committee will host a bicycling initiative, encouraging students and employees to team up and embrace a two-mile bicycling route around campus.
The Healthy Campus Committee is co-sponsoring a United 4 Health 5K Run and Fun Bike Ride, benefitting the Cullman United Way, on Sunday, April 21 from 2 to 5 p.m. at Wallace State. Entry fee is $10 and the first 100 participants earn a free T-shirt. Wallace State deemed this academic year as one of the Healthy Campus, and the committee decided to join this cause to promote fitness, getting healthy and cycling on campus. For more information, contact Cynthia Newman at cynthia.newman@wallacestate.edu or Stacey Sivley at stacey.sivley@wallacestate.edu.
During the year of the Healthy Campus, several Wallace State health science programs have sponsored the Health Link Tent to raise awareness about their roles in a fit lifestyle, both physically and mentally. A campus “Walk-off Challenge” was also incorporated during the fall semester with more than 30 teams participating in the two-month event.
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