Mu Today 2018 1Spring Annua

SPRING 2018 Dr. Ben E. Hancock Jr. President Dr. Delmas Crisp Provost Kim Hasty Director of University Relations Roxana Ross Editor Nate Jervey On the cover: The MU community is full of people who Athletics Editor are working to improve wellness across campus and beyond. Check out some of their stories in this issue. Jason Canady Graphic Designer, Photographer Gabrielle Isaac Allison ’15 Kirbie Dockery ’03 Doo Lee ’14 Michael Molter ’94 About Methodist University: Methodist University is related by faith to the North Carolina Annual Badanile Nyathi Conference, Southeastern Jurisdiction, The United Kseniia Petrova Methodist Church. Methodist University is an Contributing Writers and Photographers independent corporation rather than an agency of the Conference and is responsible for its own debts and obligations. 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T-PAIN & Hunter Hayes TABLE OF CONTENTS Concert 36 Wellness Keep what works ...................................................... 4 Lipford talks nutrition ................................................ 10 Interdisciplinary takes on wellness ......................... 20 The 2019 Doctor of Physical Therapy Class poses for a News photo after its White Coat Ceremony. RSB Symposium winners ......................................... 28 Dr. Christian receives Monarchs respond to hurricanes ............................ 32 medallion Dr. Mary Atwater '69 returns .................................. 34 Baseball's Iron Man 40 Annual Report of Donors visits MU MU Today is downloadable. Cal Ripken Jr. was the keynote speaker at the Go to Methodist.edu Report ..............................................Print Version Only and download a version to your Construction update .......................Print Version Only 4th Annual Presidential Lecture Series desktop, tablet or smartphone. Alumni News Page 44 Class notes ............................................................... 54 Remembering ........................................................... 62 Construction update on 75 The Matthews Ministry Center PRINT VERSION ONLY Nutrition Myths Monarchs embrace holistic MU's Dr. Gray Lipford dispels some myths approaches to wellness 4 about nutrition Page 10 PRINT VERSION Faculty across departments ONLY answer the question We asked, "What does wellness mean in your Dr. Mary Atwater ’69 field?" returns as Convocation speaker 34 Page 22 2 METHODIST UNIVERSITY 3 Monarchs embrace Keep what works, change what doesn’t Physical simple way to break down Methodist we’re also meeting the needs of our students and A University’s wellness philosophy is “eat well, faculty or coaches, too.” Mental move well, feel well, be well.” Using a holistic, Along with the ISSW, the Doctor of Physical well-balanced approach to wellness can help keep Therapy Program and the Student Health Office the body, mind, and spirit healthy and in harmony, are also moving toward a joint health and wellness and the MU community is full of people who are fair planned for this fall, one that will combine and working to improve wellness across campus and build on the best parts of two separate health and beyond. wellness fairs that the areas have offered in the past. At the forefront of the wellness movement is the “In prior years, the DPT program held a student- Institute of Sports Science and Wellness, and one of led health fair in June that has seen reasonable its goals is “to promote physical, emotional, social, community participation, but has also missed out intellectual, environmental, and spiritual wellness on the opportunity to involve most undergraduate among Methodist University students, faculty, and students and many faculty and staff,” said Assistant staff.” There are also entire offices devoted to specific Professor of Physical Therapy Dr. Blake Justice. Spiritual aspects of wellness, and initiatives and programs “Student Health Services Director Sandy Combs Social started by faculty and staff that look to provide and Coordinator of Student Health Alicia Kuch, on more opportunities to address wellness in our the other hand, have provided a student-centered community. Health Fair in October for several years that has In March 2017, the ISSW kicked off the Healthy been successful in reaching the undergraduate Campus 2020 initiative with a signing day event in students.” Berns Student Center. The center also supports and Since Combs retired this May after 50 years encourages ongoing research on wellness-related at Methodist, Justice is now working with Kuch topics. It recently initiated two research studies to combine their efforts and create a new, larger, aimed at assessing current levels of wellness among and more dynamic health fair in the fall. They students, faculty, and staff. are currently looking for vendors and other “Last year the University made a pledge to take community members who can come and offer part in Healthy Campus 2020,” said Associate health information and possibly assessments. Environmental Professor of Physical Education and Exercise Health-related programs on campus, like nursing Science Dr. Jamie Robbins, who is one of the forces and physical therapy, will also set up to offer behind the ISSW. “To reach this goal, we created assessments and other activities. Intellectual walking/running trails, conducted yoga in the quad, “What we are trying to develop here is a quality and began marketing wellness on campus. We also health fair that provides a broad spectrum of created an exercise station on campus in Fannie offerings and encourages participation from both Farmer Park, and promoted a week of wellness in on- and off-campus communities,” Justice said. April to encourage people to recognize areas where To read about more ways these and other they could improve and make changes. So often Monarchs are encouraging wellness, check out the these initiatives appear to be focused on students, following stories in this section. but we want to change that. We want to make sure 4 METHODIST UNIVERSITY 5 Mental McLoughlin leads by example and shares the benefits of counseling ayla McLoughlin isn’t afraid to talk to people. As president going to make sure your experience is what you need to become Kof the Student Government Association, resident assistant, the best version of yourself.” Leadership Fellow, and member of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority, Like many of her fellow students, McLoughlin wants to McLoughlin frequently addresses groups of people. make the world a better place after she graduates this year. She But when she found herself worrying over more and more understands now that job will be a little easier if she remembers things in a way that seemed, well, worrying, she knew it was to take care of herself, too. time to schedule one talk she was reluctant to have – with a “Heather has given me countless tools to carry with me counselor at the Center for Personal Development (CPD). long after I leave Methodist,” she said. “I will hold these lessons “Finding a safe space where you feel you can let it all and tools given to me by Heather and the rest of the CPD staff out without judgment or repercussion is an amazing thing, forever. I now have a passion for wanting to continue the lessons especially as a student leader,” she said. “I know that student I have learned in order to be able to share them with others. leaders also aren’t the best at asking for help, and many students I will also continue to advocate for mental health services, on campus may feel like the CPD has nothing to offer them. But especially for young people.” I have seen the wonders of the CPD firsthand and I have also Regan says she’s very happy to know that the CPD’s efforts seen the misconceptions of mental health firsthand.” will continue to bear fruit with McLoughlin and others like her. At her first meeting, McLoughlin knew she made the right decision, and she’s been a believer and advocate ever since. She Photo: Christi Lowe Productions and Michelle Bir even volunteered to talk about her experience for a video about the CPD, which is played for freshmen as part of a Student Affairs presentation at New Student Orientation. “I didn’t really think about wanting to visit CPD until my sophomore year, but I was hesitant and never ended up making an appointment,” McLoughlin said. “When I came back in the summer before junior year for RA training, I told myself I really was going to make an appointment. I walked into the CPD session and met Heather Regan, the director. I immediately clicked with Heather and felt like she was someone I would really learn a lot from.” As a free service that was easy to access on campus, visiting the CPD made sense to McLoughlin, who, like many other students, wasn’t familiar with any other local options for counseling. Before she went in, she felt intimidated by the Kayla McLoughlin records a video promo about the Center for prospect of talking with someone she didn’t know about things Personal Development. that made her feel vulnerable. “One of the hardest things about being a counselor is that we “After being exposed to the CPD, I learned that you really often don’t know what happens to a student after they graduate shape your own experience,” she said. “The only person who or stop coming,” Regan said. “Sometimes I get an email from knows you is you. The people at CPD are just there to help us a previous student like I did last week, citing their success better understand ourselves and how we can overcome some of and letting me know that five years after graduation they’re our own personal battles.

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