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Fitness/ Wellness Center

Mission

• To educate, promote and enlighten our citizenry about a healthy lifestyle.
• To provide opportunities to improve overall personal, mental, and physical wellness to the VSU community.
• To provide a healthy place for students, faculty, and staff to interact and to workout.

Goals

Physical activity helps to:

• Promote psychological well-being and better self-image 
• Relieve stress
• Reduce depression
• Extends longevity and slow the aging process
• Strengthen the mind

FWC Activities for Faculty/Staff and Families

• Promote fitness and wellness programs which link to lower medical cost and higher job productivity
• Result in greater employee moral
• Attractive to prospective employees
• Reduce absenteeism due to illness
  

Philosophy

• Lead by guiding rather than ruling.
• Project influence and sight with the power of positive attitude and example
  1. Cultivate an atmosphere where hard, smart work --- and fun --- are a way of life
  2. Earn loyalty and cooperation by allowing discipline to evolve naturally
  3. Encourage individuals to set their own goals (and monitor their progress toward themUse a simple, direct approach
  4. Clearly and concisely explain principle-based reasons for everything we do
  5. Focus on the end rather than the means at all times