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The Simon Rec Center Presents Handball as Part of Their Lifetime Sports Series

The Simon Rec is featuring handball as part of its Lifetime Sports Series, which introduces students, faculty, and staff to sports they can play for the rest of their lives.

The Rec Center will be hosting Lary Bozay, the president of the Missouri Handball Association and a Hall of Famer, to demonstrate the sport of handball on Wednesday, February 3 at 4 pm.

The Simon Rec will also give away gloves, eyewear, and handballs.

Take advantage of this great opportunity to learn a sport that you could be playing well into your nineties.

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New Student Group Seeks to Remove the Stigma of Mental Illness

Published by Colin Shevlin on January 22, 2010 in Student Group News and Student Health. 0 Comments

Active Minds is a brand-new student organization at SLU that seeks to promote mental health awareness, advocacy, and education. The club’s mission is to remove the stigma associated with mental illness and to create a comfortable environment for an open conversation on mental health issues.

If you would like to work to increase students’ awareness on mental health issues, join them for their general interest meeting on Thursday, February 4 at 5 pm in BSC 253C. As this is a new club, there is a lot of opportunity to get on board and help it grow.

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Student Health Offers Vaccines for H1N1 and Seasonal Flu

Published by Colin Shevlin on December 4, 2009 in H1N1 and Student Health. 0 Comments

This time of year is the worst time to come down with the flu, whether it be the seasonal or the swine.

Student Health and Counseling would like to remind students that there are vaccines available for both of these maladies. For H1N1, the Student Health Center offers both mist and injectable form. For the seasonal flu, the vaccine is offered as injectable.

Head over to Student Health to get yourself vaccinate and end the semester on a good note!

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H1N1 Vaccine from Student Health and Counseling

Published by Colin Shevlin on October 27, 2009 in H1N1 and Student Health. 0 Comments

Student Health and Counseling Services has received a limited supply of the H1N1 vaccine in a nasal mist form.

To get vaccinated, visit the student health center from 8 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday. The center expects to receive more vaccine once this supply is gone.

Please note, the H1N1 nasal flu mist will be given only to students who do not have asthma or any other chronic medical conditions, are not pregnant and are under the age of 49.

There is no cost to receive the vaccine.

Fat Talk Free Week 2009

Published by Colin Shevlin on October 21, 2009 in General News and Student Health. 0 Comments

Sponsored by SLU’s Student Health and Counseling Center, Fat Talk Free Week 2009 will take place on campus Wednesday through Friday, October 21 through 23.

The goal of this event is to stop “fat talk” and promote awareness of the dangers of negative body image and eating disorders.

SLU’s Fat Talk Free Week will involve tables set up in the BSC and the Nursing School, as well as flyers and information provided at the front desks in Griesedieck and DeMattias. Students will be able to watch Tri Delta’s 2009 Fat Talk Free awareness video, learn more about what constitutes “fat talk,” and why people need to be more mindful of this reality. All will have the opportunity to sign a pledge promising not to fat talk.

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