2008 Woodie Awards
The College State of Mind: Health during and after the crazy years
Josh Hockett
Issue date: 5/7/08 Section: Health
The end is near! You can almost see it now, the light at the end of the tunnel! Summer is almost here-- just a couple more crucial weeks of classes and exams remain before we all grasp the freedoms of summer vacation. I get exited just thinking about it! Over the past two semesters you have filled your head with countless new facts, concepts, principles, theories, perspectives, strategies, and skills that relate to your respective fields of study. Alongside your academic maturity, hopefully you have grown as an up and coming professional and as a person as well. I am sure you have heard this before several times as to how your college years are the most important four years (or maybe five years) of your life, as it is these years that provide the spring board into the professional workforce. This is very likely true given the volumes of annual statistics that verify the incomes of degreed individuals over those that are not degreed. Among the skills you acquire during your college years are the skills of living a healthy lifestyle. Yes, it is a common topic. We even have a general education class named after it. However, it is important. I want to shift your attention to the important development of a fit and healthy lifestyle while in your college years, and then maintaining those habits for a lifetime.
During your tenure at UW-L you were probably given your first exposure to true independence. A chance to go out and do things on your own, make choices, try new things, meet new people, and basically start traveling your own path with its unique individual destinations. If you're reading the health section right now (which you should be), then I can bet that during the duration of your studies at UWL you likely became involved with several forms of physical activity provided by the REC or Mitchell. Be it weight training, intramurals, yoga, spinning, running etc. No matter how you do it, both structured programs and events or your own independent training routine would qualify you as being a participant in physical activity on campus. However it is that you got yourself and then kept yourself involved with physical activity is important. The habits you develop now while in college not only have acute benefits that can and probably have been seen in the classroom also have long-term benefits as well.
During your tenure at UW-L you were probably given your first exposure to true independence. A chance to go out and do things on your own, make choices, try new things, meet new people, and basically start traveling your own path with its unique individual destinations. If you're reading the health section right now (which you should be), then I can bet that during the duration of your studies at UWL you likely became involved with several forms of physical activity provided by the REC or Mitchell. Be it weight training, intramurals, yoga, spinning, running etc. No matter how you do it, both structured programs and events or your own independent training routine would qualify you as being a participant in physical activity on campus. However it is that you got yourself and then kept yourself involved with physical activity is important. The habits you develop now while in college not only have acute benefits that can and probably have been seen in the classroom also have long-term benefits as well.
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