Wellness Wednesday Program

Get Off the Couch & Get Movin'
Wednesday Sept. 21st
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Campus Center 148

Are you looking to start working out again? Need encouragement or fitness tips? Want a free "get fit" goody bag & fitness journal? Come to our Wellness Wednesday Program where Rachel Swinford from INShape IUPUI will be presenting.

Why is physical activity important?

• Increases your chances of living longer
• feel better about yourself
• decrease your chances of becoming depressed
• sleep well at night
• move around more easily
• have stronger muscles and bones
• stay at or get to a healthy weight
• be with friends or meet new people
• enjoy yourself and have fun

When you are not physically active, you are more likely to:

• get heart disease
• get type 2 diabetes
• have high blood pressure
• have high blood cholesterol
• have a stroke

For more information, contact Emily Werner at 317-274-WELL or email wernere@iupui.edu

Events This Week

Check out the various wellness events going on around campus this week.

Free Wellness Screenings (blood pressure, cholesterol, body fat/bmi, and more)
Monday through Thursday
10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Campus Center 213

2 Minutes to Change Your Life (Part of Wellness Wednesdays Program Series)
Sexual Assault 101: Katie O'Bryan (IN Committee Against Sexual Assault)
Wednesday Aug. 31st
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Campus Center 148

Information Table
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Campus Center

Campus Center Open House
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Campus Center-various offices

Free HIV/STD Testing
Confidential testing conducted by Bellflower Clinic & The Damien Center
Thursday Sept. 1st
11:00 am - 1:30 pm
Campus Center 148

IUPUI Walking Challenge

The IUPUI Work/Life Walking Challenge is back. Put together & register your team by 5:00 pm on April 4th. Find the entry form and other important information at http://www.hra.iupui.edu/worklife. Then record your steps from Saturday April 9th, 6:00 am until Saturday April 30th, 5:59 am (a full three weeks!)


Doing the walking challenge will give you:

• A healthier you


• Pride in making a comitmnet and sticking to it for three weeks (to form a new habit)


• A chance to enjoy the outdoors and the spring weather


• The fun you'll have challenging others in your department or on campus


• A certificate that you can proudly frame and put on your wall

The IUPUI Walking Callnege Kick-Off Event will be Friday April 8th at 12 pm in Lecture Hall 100. Special guest speaker will be Avis Frieson, a member of the IUPUI staff who has lost a considerable about of weight. There will also be free pedometers and other goodies!