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Quick Highlights of CHAMP Senior Wellness Fair on October 24 at Roosevelt Center

by Sadhna Diwan, Ph.D.

Greetings fellow CHAMPions!

Thank you so much for making this another great event! Just a few quick highlights:

Getting set up at Roosevelt Center

According to Kingstom Lum of DAAS, we had 400 people at the fair! We had 100 students there from SJSU so it was a great mix of seniors, students, non-profit agencies (14), and other visitors.
CommUniverCity and CHAMP volunteers outreached to 200 homes in the neighborhood through door-to-door marketing in addition to visiting several senior centers, apartment buildings, and local businesses.
Among city and county officials who visited were:  County Supervisor George Shirakawa; Suzanne Wolf, Deputy Director Parks and Recreation, City of San Jose;  and Dan Wax, Division Manager City of San Jose. There were no doubt others that some of you had a chance to meet.
This year, we had a group of very young but extremely articulate budding engineers from the Junior High School in Saratoga who had built a robot for the annual Lego Competition . This year’s theme for the competition was Senior Solutions: Can FIRST® LEGO® League teams improve the quality of life for seniors by helping them continue to be independent, engaged, and connected in their communities? The kids participated in the wellness fair as part of their outreach activities. See more info at: http://firstlegoleague.org/challenge/2012seniorsolutions
We would like to thank our partners at DAAS and CommUniverCity, CHAMP faculty, students, and our CASA Dean Charlie Bullock for making this Wellness fair possible.
Professors Tamar Semerjian & Nancy Megginson announcing demos

 

 

University Scholar Series, Dr. Jan English-Lueck: Being and Well-Being: Health and the Working Bodies of Silicon Valley

from the Office of the Provost.

Please join us for a University Scholar Series presentation by Dr. Jan English-Lueck: Being and Well-Being: Health and the Working Bodies of Silicon Valley.

The Office of the Provost, the University Library, and the Spartan Bookstore cordially invite you to attend the University Scholar Series. This series provides a unique opportunity for showcasing the important research and scholarly activities of SJSU faculty members. The second presentation of the Fall semester is tomorrow, October 24th from noon to 1pm in The Martin Luther King Jr Library, rooms 225/229.

Dr. Jan English-Lueck is an anthropologist, associate dean of the College of Social Sciences at SJSU, and a distinguished fellow at the Institute for the Future. She has authored several books that explore how working in Silicon Valley shapes our communities, families and bodies. Most recent she authored Being and Well-being: Health and the Working Bodies of Silicon Valley.

The next upcoming speaker for the Fall semester is:

  • Craig B. Clements, November 28th, tracking atmospheric conditions in and around wildfires

All students, faculty, and staff members are invited to attend these events. Members of the public are welcome as well!

Please view the University Scholar Series website for more information.

We hope to see you there!