The College of Applied Sciences and Arts (CASA) held its first annual, campus-wide, Health and Wellness Week, Nov. 13-17, 2017. “Health and Wellness week was designed to spread and increase awareness to not only CASA students but students, staff and administration across the university,” says Dr.  Mary Schutten, Dean, CASA.

Last year, the eleven chairs and directors wrote a white paper on how the CASA departments and schools were interconnected and the idea for the CASA Health and Wellness Week was born. Chaired by Alice Hines, Associate Dean, CASA’s Health and Wellness Week provided numerous health activities for faculty, staff and administrators. “We provided something for everyone,” says Dr. Hines.

“This week would not have been possible without all the planning and executing from our Committee,” says Dr. Hines. “Not to mention the expert planning by Eddie Jimenez of the CASA Dean’s Office.”

The Health and Wellness Committee included: B.J. Grosvenor, Joshua Baur, and Monica Allen, all From the Department of Health Science & Recreation; Halima Kazem, School of Journalism and Mass Communications; Jessica Chin, Department of Kinesiology; Jamie Kubota, Department of Nutrition, Food Science and Packaging; Deepika Goyal, The Valley Foundation School of Nursing; Gigi Smith, Occupational Therapy; and Laurie Morgan, Student Wellness Center.

The promotions and public relations activities were led by students from the Dwight Bentel & Hall Communications Agency which included Aubriana Muna, Allison Covey, Miquel Flaquer and Kylee Valdez.

“Overall, we are so proud of CASA’s Health and Wellness Committee who coordinated all of the activities,” says Dr. Hines. “It was an excellent opportunity for SJSU students, faculty, and staff to learn more about ways to promote health and wellness, individually and as a community.”