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WKU Received the Exercise is Medicine on Campus ((EIM-OC) Gold Standard Award

  • Thursday, July 19th, 2018

WKU received the Exercise is Medicine on Campus ((EIM-OC) Gold Standard Award again for 2018 at this year’s national meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine in Minneapolis, MN.  This is a joint effort from faculty/staff and students in Exercise Science and across WKU’s campus!  https://twitter.com/WKUEXS/status/1012731052996136960

Exercise is Medicine® on Campus (EIM-OC) is a program calling upon universities and colleges to engage in the promotion of physical activity as a vital sign of health.  EIM-OC encourages faculty, staff and students to work together toward improving the health and well-being of the campus community by:

  • Making movement a part of the daily campus culture
  • Assessing physical activity at every student health visit
  • Providing students the tools necessary to strengthen healthy physical activity habits that can last a lifetime
  • Connecting university health care providers with university health fitness specialists to provide a referral system for exercise prescription. 

https://www.exerciseismedicine.org/support_page.php/current-schools/

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