The 15th annual Wellness Fair entitled “Passport to a New You” took place on March 11 in the Pioneer Student Center.

Student Health Services sponsored the event to not only provide information to students about living healthy, but providing a connection between the SHS and the students.

“We do it so we can get out to the campus and to let the campus know who we are,” Jean Schlueter, registered nurse with UW-Platteville’s SHS, said.

The Wellness Fair provided booths for students that were sponsered by groups from the campus and groups that were off campus with some sort of knowledge in the health services to provide information for students to live a healthier life.

Sponsored booths included: “Keep your mind young” sponsored by Kappa Alpha Sigma, “Health Resources in Government Publications and the IML [Instructional Materials Laboratory] in Karrmann Library” sponsored by Karrmann Library, and “Good or Not Good” sponsored by the UW-P Fitness Program and Prescription class.

Regina Pauly, curriculum librarian and director of the IML, said that Karrmann Library sponsored a booth this year because they wanted to promote the resources the library has.

Thomas Antczak, health and physical education faculty member and head coach to the cross country teams, said that students in the Fitness Programming and Prescription class participate in activities like the Wellness Fair as a way to see what the students will be doing in the their fields once outside of college.

“The students do this as a regular part of class,” Antczak said. “We cancel class that day so they can participate for an hour or so each at the booth.”

Off-campus groups participated as a way be involved with the community.

“One of our goals is to be actively involved on campus, and the annual wellness fair presents an excellent opportunity for our organization to so do,” Cayla Lillge, senior chemistry and biology major and Kappa Alpha Sigma member, said.

Lillge said that Kappa Alpha Sigma wanted to promote intellectual wellness and to do so, they presented different games and activities to stimulate their minds.

“We aimed to encourage students and faculty to challenge themselves, to be creative and to strive to learn something new every day whether it be a lesson, skill and etc,” Lillge said.

Students were able to enter a raffle for prizes when students visited at least three different tables and had the representatives from each table sign a sheet.

SHS’s next activity is the “Step It Up 4: Hawaiian Pioneers.” This activity is a six-week program that began March 23. Check out SHS’s Step It Up 4 Web site at uwplatt.edu/stuhlthsvcs/files/hawaii.pdf.