Natural ways to boost your energy levels
College students live busy lives, especially at the end of the semester. However, there are ways students can boost their energy and feel more ready to tackle each day.
Health & Wellness
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UVU Interfaith Student Council prepares for Interfaith Week on campus
Tayler Fearn, co-president of UVU’s Interfaith Student Council, shares details of the upcoming Interfaith Week. “[Interfaith] … is really about building relationships and coming to a point of understanding across lines of difference.”
Gardening as a wellness practice: Thinking Thursday
Gardening has many benefits for personal wellness. UVU Wellness’ Thinking Thursday booth took time to share these benefits and provided students with a small way to get started.
Dealing with seasonal blues
Utah’s 2023 winter has shattered records and delayed spring. Some students give their advice on how they are dealing with the unseasonably cold weather.
Intuitive Eating: Helping individuals re-establish healthy relationships with food
Intuitive Eating’s principle-based approach has been helping individuals re-establish healthy relationships with food. What are the principles, and how can they be implemented?
Rock Painting at The Zone
The Zone offers stress-relieving activities like rock painting to combat the daily school stressors. Henry Freeman shares his experience with The Zone.
The self-care of creativity
Creativity has more merits than just fantasy books and artwork. It also proves good for your health and wellness.
The importance of health and wellness fairs for college students
Health and wellness fairs are an important part of promoting positive well-being among college students. By offering education, providing access to resources and promoting healthy behaviors, these fairs can help students stay healthy and happy during their college years and beyond.
Growth in competition
Competition is a natural part of life, and it’s in dealing with competition that we grow.
Keeping your brain healthy
The nervous system is in charge of many functions that allow people to carry out the responsibilities of daily life. However, once these functions begin to deteriorate, individuals may suffer considerable decreases in their quality of life. For this reason, it is important to discuss how to keep the brain healthy.
Addressing burnout
Burnout is a problem late into any semester. Here’s how some UVU students are handling theirs.
Collegiate Substance Use Disorder Conference convenes at UVU
On March 14, 2023, the Collegiate Substance Use Disorder Conference convened at UVU. The purpose of the meeting was “to address the challenges surrounding Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health.”
Maggie Adamson: Survivor, overcomer, advocate
Maggie Adamson, a UVU nursing student and NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) presenter, shares her personal journey of overcoming trauma and choosing faith in humanity.
Exercise and fasting: Is it all cons?
From busy work schedules to the time commitment of raising children and attending to other daily activities, the practice of exercising on an empty stomach is taboo among Americans. Should exercising on an empty stomach be avoided, or is the habit beneficial?
2023 UVU Conference on Addiction
On March 3, UVU’s College of Humanities and Social Sciences hosted a conference about addiction recovery. “It was our biggest addiction-focused conference ever,” said Candida Johnson, head of marketing.
