TODAY: Elon hosts first HealthEU Day celebrating integrated wellness

The campus community is invited to celebrate Elon’s ongoing efforts to promote integrated wellness with a wellness fair and educational sessions.

Elon University will host its first annual HealthEU Day on Tuesday, March 21. HealthEU Day strives to educate and celebrate the ongoing efforts to promote integrated approaches to wellness. The day-long event will include a campus wellness fair, educational sessions, group exercise (GX) events, other activities and programs, and giveaways.

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HealthEU Day is part of the university’s comprehensive and integrated wellness program, HealthEU. HealthEU provides access to resources, educational tools and support for all members of the university community while cultivating personal wellness values they can rely on even after leaving the university.

For more information, please contact Larry Mellinger, interim director of the center for leadership, at lmelligner@elon.edu; Charlotte Williams, associate director for student wellness campus recreation and wellness, at cwilliams73@elon.edu; or Svetlana Nepocatych, associate professor of exercise science and faculty fellow for wellness and well-being, at snepocatych@elon.edu.


HealthEU Day Schedule of Events

GX Slow Flow Yoga

8-9 a.m. 

Koury Athletic Center Studio 6

HealthEU Table at College Coffee

9:40-10:20 a.m. 

Phi Beta Kappa Commons

Educational Sessions 

10:30-11:30 a.m. 

  • Personal Finance to Reduce Your Anxiety
    • Lakeside 212
  • Designing for Mental Well-Being
    • Lakeside 214
  • Multi-Faith, Mindfulness, and Meaning Making
    • McBride Gathering Space

Wellness Fair

11 a.m. – 2 p.m. 

Young Commons and Koury Athletic Center (Rain location is Jordan Gym)

Pet Therapy with Kopper Top Life Learning Center

Noon to 3 p.m.

Young Commons

Faculty/Staff Pilates

12:30-1:15 p.m. 

Koury Athletic Center Studio 5 

GX Yogalates

2:30-3:30 p.m. 

Koury Athletic Center Studio 5

Educational Sessions 

2:30-3:30 p.m. 

  • Making Time for Nature, Play, and Humor in Our Daily Lives
    • Lakeside 212
  • Crowding Out Processed Foods: Eat Real Food and Feel Better Now
    • Lakeside 213
  • Social Media Use and Body Image
    • Lakeside 214
  • Introduction to HealthEU
    • McKinnon Hall F

Other Activities 

5:30-6:30 p.m. 

  • GX Mat Pilates
    • Koury Athletic Center Studio 5
  • GX HIIT Fusion
    • Koury Athletic Center Studio 6
  • GX Cycle
    • Koury Athletic Center Commons
  • Faculty/Staff Lifting with Liz
    • Holt Chapel

GX HIIT

6:45-7:30 p.m. 

Koury Athletic Center Studio 5

For a detailed schedule of events, please visit the HealthEU website.


Notes

  • Fitness classes labeled “Faculty/Staff” are operated by Faculty/Staff Wellness and are open to Elon University employees – more details in the full schedule of classes.
  • Fitness classes labeled ‘GX’ are operated by Campus Recreation & Wellness and are open to all Elon students, faculty, and staff. Pre-registration is recommended – visit the full schedule of classes and registration instructions for more details.