Healthy Lifestyle event progress

Well, things seem to be coming together for our advocacy event.  Sarah, Kristen, Alex, and I met several times over the past 2 weeks to plan who was going to contact which potential panel speakers, coordinate possible days/times to hold the event, and update each other on the progress we were making.  We came up with a tentative title for our event: "Debunking the Myths: Nutrition in College, On & Off Campus." It turns out that our initial idea of having a Health Comm professor on the panel wouldn't really make sense, since neither of them specializes in nutrition. However, Professor Thompson provided some useful suggestions on people from the Dietetics department to contact. So far, we have lined up a speaker from Dining Services and another from UREC, and working on finding one more speaker, hopefully from Dietetics, to complete our panel. Tentatively, we have set the date for our event on April 23rd, but are still waiting for confirmation of an available room in Harrison or Taylor, and also need to make sure that date will suit everyone on the panel. Dining Services has even been so kind as to offer to provide light, healthy snacks for event attendees. Hopefully all of the details will be finalized within the next week, at which point we can begin publicizing/promoting our event through fliers, table tents, word-of-mouth, making announcements in classes, etc.

So far, this event has been fun to plan! The members of our group are really passionate about our topic and we work well together. We just hope that everything comes together and that we have a decent-sized turnout for our actual event. Nutrition and healthy eating habits are essential at every stage of life, but with our busy and sometimes stressful schedules, college students tend to neglect focusing on what they should be eating. Instead, many of us choose the most convenient options, which are usually the least nutritious. By putting this issue at the forefront of students' minds, we hope to alter their every day lifestyles and make them think twice before reaching for that Pop-Tart or whatever unhealthy foods they typically turn to. Let's just hope that we are successful at achieving this goal!