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HPU hosts health fair to promote well-being of students, personnel

Health Fair 2016BROWNWOOD – March 15, 2016 – Howard Payne University recently celebrated the upcoming spring season with the “Spring into Health Fair.” The third-annual health fair featured health screenings, demonstrations, exhibits, games and a variety of giveaways for students, faculty and staff of HPU.

Staff and faculty from HPU along with local vendors set up booths that each focused on one of seven dimensions of health: emotional, environmental, intellectual, occupational, physical, spiritual and social.

At the physical health booth, for example, the Athletic Training Education Program (ATEP) offered three different experiences. These included a pull-up contest and therapeutic modality experiences such as electrical stimulation and manual therapy. The physical health booth also offered an evaluation station where participants could be evaluated by either an athletic training student under the supervision of a certified athletic trainer or by a certified athletic trainer.

“The physical health booth provided health screening and physical assessments to promote overall wellness,” said Mike Terrill, assistant professor of athletic training and director of ATEP. “The athletic training students and I had a great time.”

At the intellectual health booth, faculty and staff from HPU’s Walker Memorial Library hosted a memory game. Out of the 49 participants, the winner of the memory game was Derek Anderson, junior political science major from Harker Heights, who won a $15 Subway gift card.

“It was a fun day and we enjoyed visiting with the students who came by our table,” said Alexia Riggs, dean of libraries and associate professor of library science. “The health fair is a highlight of our spring semester and it’s nice to have time outdoors observing students putting their skills into practice.”

Keith Platte, director of the Baptist Student Ministry, administered a spiritual survey for student reflection at the spiritual health booth.

“The survey contained 15 questions about spiritual aspects we identified as being beneficial ways to help strengthen one’s faith,” said Platte.

Vendors for the health fair included Abilene Behavioral Health, American Red Cross, Brown County Health Department, Chick-fil-A, Cross Timbers Health Clinic, Family Service Center, GNC, KPSM, National Marrow Donor Program, Sodexo and WIC.

“We are very grateful to our vendors for helping make the HPU health fair a success each year,” said Francie Clark, director of student activities. “They educate our campus on different programs and services available in the health industry and how to navigate those programs.”

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Cutline: Senior Mason Murray takes junior Marino Ochoa’s blood pressure at HPU’s health fair.

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