UPGRADES TO FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS SHOW A CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS BY DREW MENARD
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Not everyone is an elite athlete, but anyone can be a champion. Liberty University recognizes the important role that wellness, including physical health, plays in a person’s life. By investing in facilities and programs that encourage activity and proper nutrition, the university is demonstrating its commitment to creating a health-conscious culture for students, faculty, and staff, as well as guests from the surrounding community. A new campus-wide wellness initiative, Live Healthy Liberty, was launched this semester. Spearheaded by Liberty’s Campus Recreation and Human Resources departments, the initiative brings together multiple entities with the single goal of improving the health of Liberty students, faculty, and staff. The initiative was celebrated during the annual health fair at the LaHaye Student Union on Aug. 20, and grants students, faculty, and staff access to a myriad of resources such as personal training, Wellness Series events, specialty exercise workshops, cooking classes and demonstrations by the campus dietitian, and group exercise classes (including ones exclusively for faculty and staff). Diverse fitness challenges — including bouldering competitions, weightlifting contests, triathlons, and trail races — are put