Power UP Week in Beauchamp Center, April 9-14

April 6, 2018

April 9-14 is Power UP Week in Beauchamp, according to Kaitlin Bourne, recreational services. Power UP is a full week dedicated to increasing health, fitness, and well-being for UP students and staff. The schedule includes:

Monday, April 9 – Nutrition Guidance with Trailblazers dietitian Michelle Tegenkamp, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the BRWC classroom.
Tuesday, April 10 – “The Brain and Gut Connection” presentation with Amelia Bryan from 7 -8 p.m. in the BRWC classroom.
Wednesday, April 11 – Self Defense Class with public safety’s Michael Kranyak, from 8:15 -9:15 p.m. in Studio 30.
Thursday, April 12 – Yoga/Chakra Meditation Class with nursing’s Pamela Potter from 5:30-6:45 p.m. in Studio 45.
Friday, April 13 – Friday Night Beau Lights from 6 -9:30 p.m. throughout the gym.
Saturday, April 14 – “Variation is Key” weight lifting clinic from 1 -2 p.m. in BRWC classroom.

Feel free to join us! Contact Bourne at x7294 or bourne@up.edu for more information.

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Sarina Saturn, psychological sciences, and her research team, co-led by Deirdre Katz, education, presented their findings as oral presentations at the Society for the Study of Human Development conference, “Stress, Resilience and Character Development Across the Life-Span,” October 11-13 in Portland, OR Her talk was entitled, “Transgenerational Prosociality: The Relationship between Facets of Resilience and Vagal Regulation during Moral Elevation” and psychology students Sabrina Legaspi and Rachel Mehlman will discuss their research on UP students with a presentation entitled, “How Diverse Identities and Values of College Students Relate to Resilience and Mental-Illness Stigma.”

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Jacqueline D. Van Hoomissen, biology, attended the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society’s mid-year Board of Directors meeting in Atlanta, GA, October 11-12, 2019. She is the secretary of the board of directors and past chair of the 2019 Annual Conference Planning Committee.

Simon Aihiokhai, theology, presented “Christian Forgiveness As Incarnational: Turning To The Black Existential Experience In An Era of Hate,” a keynote address given at the 30th Annual meeting of the Black Catholic Theological Symposium, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, October 10, 2019.

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