HUNTINGDON COLLEGE
News Release
August 27, 2024
For more information, contact:
Laura Brelsford | laura.brelsford@hawks.huntingdon.edu | 334-833-4563
The Presidents’ Health and Wellness Challenge
Montgomery, AL – Huntingdon President Anthony Leigh and Huntingdon SGA President Blake Smith ’25 have teamed up to sponsor The Presidents’ Health and Wellness Challenge to encourage all student organizations, athletic teams, and residence halls to create health and wellness programming during the Fall semester. The goal is to raise awareness of health and wellness resources on campus, foster health and wellness within small groups on campus, and to celebrate the many ways members of the Huntingdon community incorporate health and wellness into their daily lives.
“Health and wellness leads to an improved quality of life,” stated President Leigh. “A person is more likely to engage in healthy habits when they are connected to others committed to healthy lifestyles. Encouraging members of the campus community who already work together, play together, and live together to make health and wellness a priority can only lead to more productivity and a happier college experience.”
“I am really excited about the opportunity for each unit on campus to find ways to incorporate health and wellness into their community,” stated SGA President Smith. “This gives students another way to be a leader on their team and in their organization by serving as the Health and Wellness Captain for their group.”
President Leigh and President Smith encourage each team, organization, and residence hall wing, floor, or house to identify a Health and Wellness Captain. Captains are invited to share their health and wellness programming plans with Nyree Conville, the Director of Institutional Health, who will compile a comprehensive list of campus wide health and wellness initiatives. The Presidents will recognize groups and captains at the end of the semester for innovative programming and special emphasis on health and wellness.
“Regularly scheduled walks through campus, drug and alcohol awareness, mental health programs, nutrition education, and encouraging limits on cell phone and technology usage are a sampling of ways campus organizations can incorporate health and wellness into their community,” noted President Leigh. “The Huntingdon campus is full of faculty and staff who can be great resources for health and wellness programming including physical, mental, social, spiritual, academic, residential, financial, and environmental well-being.”
“I know with as many health and wellness minded students that we have on campus that my fellow Hawks are going to run with this opportunity to make health and wellness a priority across campus,” stated President Smith. “Taking care of ourselves and encouraging others to do the same will make us an even better student body.”
Huntingdon College, grounded in the Judeo-Christian tradition of the United Methodist Church, is committed to nurturing growth in faith, wisdom, and service and to graduating individuals prepared to succeed in a rapidly changing world. Founded in 1854, Huntingdon is a coeducational liberal arts college.
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