(Each Monday during the academic year, I feature a "Campus Highlight": a unique, interesting, and noteworthy student organization, program, or initiative that demonstrates the amazing things college students do each and every day across the country.)
With so many college students feeling the angst and stress of finals, I wanted to highlight a student group that focuses on something else: health and wellness. The Promoters of Wellness (Pow!) is a group of "peer educators from the Wellspring Health Education office at the University of Delaware. The mission of Pow! is to offer fellow students (1) information promoting wellness and (2) supportive resources for making informed health decisions. Pow! members carry out this mission with educational programs, individual peer consultations, and other services described in more detail on the Services page."
Pow! offers a range of programs for "you and a group of your friends, for your floor, or for your hall, class, or club," including a "Let's Talk About Sex" program this past November and a "Glow in the Dark Paint Party" on December 2. Students can request programs on topics like holistic wellness, substance awareness, healthy sexuality, stress management, massage, fitness and nutrition, disordered eating, positive body imagery, and quitting tobacco, among others. It's great to see a student group providing such an important resource for its campus community -- and planning important and fun events to boot! Keep up the great work, Pow!
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