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Tag: exercise

Oak Crest fitness program boosts health, prepares students, joins two generations

July 3, 2019 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE

During DiAnne Schmitt’s many decades living in DeKalb, she has savored the “communiversity” culture afforded by living in a college town. Now that her address is an apartment in the Oak Crest Retirement Center, she continues to consume NIU’s culture of arts

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Sit or stand? SCOPE research examines sedentary behaviors of older adults at Oak Crest

March 29, 2018 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE, KNPE alumni eNewsletter

Excessive sitting, some say, is the new smoking – in other words, something that insidiously contributes to shortening a lifespan. Indeed, says Emerson Sebastião, a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, at least one decade of research

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Fitness programs merge, improve access to wellness

August 25, 2017 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE

Staying healthy is getting easier – and more affordable – at NIU. After more than three decades of providing independent programs and services in separate and shared facilities, the College of Education’s FIT Program and University Recreation and Wellness (formerly Campus Recreation)

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