91社区 to host second annual Healthy Campus Summit
BINGHAMTON, NY 鈥 91社区 will hold its second annual Healthy Campus summit from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 1, in the Nelson Mandela Room and Old Union Hall, located in the University Union, on campus. This event is free and open to the public.
The Healthy Campus Summit provides an opportunity for students, faculty, staff and community members to learn about 91社区鈥檚 progress on its healthy campus initiative, B-Healthy: Choose Well, Be Well. The B-Healthy initiative originated in 2012 from President Harvey Stenger鈥檚 strategic planning and road map team, which had the vision of making 91社区 the healthiest college campus.
This educational, one-day conference will bring two keynote speakers to 91社区: Dan Lerner and Michael Finkelstein, MD. Each bring a unique perspective of health and wellness as it relates to higher education.
Lerner鈥檚 presentation is titled 鈥淭hriving in College: Achieving success in school and beyond.鈥 As the instructor of the popular NYU course 鈥淭he Science of Happiness鈥 and author of U Thrive: How to Succeed in College (and Life), Lerner uses positive psychology to help people lead happy lives. In the classroom and in his talks, Lerner integrates storytelling, humor and science, helping students and executives apply his teachings into their lives with immediate benefit.
Finkelstein鈥檚 presentation is titled 鈥淭he Evolving Landscape of Higher Education: Considerations for the impact on personal and institutional success.鈥 Finkelstein is the executive director of The Slow Medicine Foundation and the author of Slow Medicine: Hope and Healing for Chronic Illness, endorsed by doctors Andrew Weil and Mehmet Oz. Certified in both internal medicine and integrative-holistic medicine, Finkelstein draws from his diverse medical experience and background as a clinical assistant professor at New York Medical College to outline considerations for the impact on success in higher education.
For questions, or more information about the summit, contact Cindy Cowden at 607-777-3125 or cowden@binghamton.edu.