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The fitness diaries: Jacqui Wollin

CPHHS student clerical assistant Jacqui Wollin’s fitness routine has changed the way she looks at the world. The OSU anthropology student starts every morning with a yoga routine. She’s been doing yoga for the past six years and still amazes herself as she becomes stronger and more flexible in her practice.

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Nutrition

Raise your forks for National Salad Week, July 25-29

Any way you spin them, salads are a refreshing and satisfying way to pack more veggies into your diet. If you’d like a fun way to challenge yourself and your family to eat more salad, the last week in July is national salad week. Consider some of these benefits of eating salad regularly ­– and convert those salad non-believers in your life.

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All shook up

The Six Degree-of-Freedom (6-DOF) motion platform will provide vital information to improve the health and well-being of professional heavy equipment vehicle operators.

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Nieto named dean of OSU College of Public Health and Human Sciences

A leading epidemiologist and population health specialist from Wisconsin is the new dean of the College of Public Health and Human Sciences at Oregon State University.

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Faculty and Staff Kinesiology

Bridging the cultural divide and teaching physical education in China

All of the people we interacted with were so gracious and kind. They went out of their way to make sure our trip was enjoyable and that we had everything we needed. The teachers in our groups asked great questions and were really engaged and interested in the conversations and activities we shared. I have even interacted with a few of them since leaving, and they have shared materials and videos of their own classes.

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Mentorship comes full circle

Alana knew she wanted to make a difference in the world of public health after the first class. And from that moment forward, that’s exactly what she did.

But not before a special mentoring relationship began with CPHHS Professor Chunhuei Chi. Alana was Chunhuei’s first doctoral mentee, and the two have remained in close communication. “Alana has always been a compassionate person who cares about people who are less fortunate, both here and around the world,” he says. “She has an unrelenting appetite for knowledge that strengthens her ability to improve other people’s health and well-being.”