New health and wellness initiatives activate after collegiate integration

by Kassidee Wozniak News Editor

Commonwealth University established new health and wellness initiatives at the beginning of the 2023 spring semester to focus on maintaining student wellbeing at each respective college.

Healthy Husky is Bloomsburg’s wellness organization while Healthy Haven and Healthy Mounties advocate for Lock Haven and Mansfield students.

The purpose of the campus-wide organizations is to work together to provide students with knowledge of how to maintain good health and promote mentally beneficial lifestyles.

They also focus on providing necessary education and prevention tools to help improve the morale of Commonwealth students while helping each university thrive.

On Lock Haven’s campus, Healthy Haven offers educational programs, preventative services, and fun events to educate LHU students about adopting healthy behaviors.

“College students should learn good health and wellness habits now so that they can continue for the rest of their lives,” said Jessica McCarthy, a senior majoring in Health Science. McCarthy also interns for Commonwealth University’s Health and Wellness organizations.

One crucial goal of Healthy Haven is to educate students about how harmful the use of alcohol, drugs, tobacco, and vaping are to one’s overall health.

Another objective is to bring awareness to mental health-related issues (stress, anxiety, depression), sexual health, nutrition, physical activity, sleep, and any other general health and wellness topics that