Lamar University Health Education

Nothing like a good foam rolling session to release some stress 🤗

Shoutout to LU alumna (Lamar University Alumni) Katie Theriac LMT(B.S. Theater & Dance '23) for guiding our students through foam rolling sessions yesterday! Foam rolling has many benefits like releasing muscle tension, stimulating your nervous system and increasing blood circulation.

So proud of our peer health educator, Sneha! 🫶🧠

This week on the LU Moment, we sit down with this year’s David J. Beck Fellows to hear more about their upcoming summer research projects in Taiwan, New York and Massachusetts.

To listen to the LU Moment, visit https://lamaru.us/LUMoment or wherever you get your podcasts.

For the full transcription of this episode, visit https://lamaru.us/lumomenttranscript.

We are so grateful for the safe space and healing guidance that our SHC counselors provide to our students every day 🌿🤍 Happy Mental Health Provider Appreciation Day to the sweetest counseling staff! 🫶

🧠 Kierra Bridgewater-Flanagan, M.Ed., LPC
🧠 Ashley Klamfoth, LCSW
🧠 Cristian Umana, LPC
🧠 Rodna Willett, M.Ed., LPC, LCDC

Take advantage of Health Education's "Quiet Zone" during Study at the SET! Color 🎨, work on a puzzle 🧩, pop some bubble wrap 🫧 or relax on some yoga balls 🧘‍♀️!

🗓️ Sunday, May 10 - Wednesday, May 13
⏰ 7pm - 9pm
📍 Setzer Student Center: Cedar Room (Near 1st Floor Vending Machines)

We hit the jackpot with our Peer Health Educators! 🫶

Dani was recently recognized as a Senior of Significance and will be graduating with her B.B.A. in Management at the end of the summer! 🎓
🔗Read More Here: https://loom.ly/Gbo6z0U

Sneha was recently awarded the David J. Beck Fellowship. She will spend her summer conducting ocular health research in Boston!👀 She was also recently selected as an LU Ambassador! ❤️
🔗Read More Here: https://loom.ly/USnNGvo

We hope you know that the care you give each day means more than words can say. In moments of fear, your calm presence brings comfort. ❤️In moments of uncertainty, your kindness brings hope. You do more than treat patients—you lift spirits, ease worries, and remind patients that they are not alone. 🤗Thank you for the compassion, the patience, and the strength you share with everyone you care for. You make a difference every single day.

Happy National Nurses Week to our one-of-a-kind nursing staff! 🫶

🩺 Albertine "Tina" Ambers, CMA
🩺 Charlotte Douglas, BSN, RN
🩺 Sharon Kimberlain, LVN
🩺 Phyllis Thomas, LVN

Need to relieve some tension during finals week? 😟Health Education has you covered! 🫶

We will have a licensed massage therapist (Katie Theriac LMT) on campus to show students how to use foam rollers to release muscle tension! 💪

🗓️ Tuesday, May 12
⏰ 6 pm - 7:30 pm
📍Setzer Student Center: Big Sandy (Near Food Court)
🔴 We will be giving away free massage balls to give yourself at-home massages!

Thanks to Buckner Beaumont for partnering with us to provide students with helpful information about cost-effective and healthy meal planning 🥘 💰

Our Healthy Cards were able to give students information about making smart grocery lists and shopping on a budget. Students also walked away with trail mix and healthy recipes 🥜 🍫🍇

We had a busy day in Health Education! 🤯

We hope everyone walked away learning something new about the dangers of fentanyl 💊 and how Denim Day raises awareness about sexual assault👖

Shoutout to our amazing Healthy Cards volunteers for helping our department live out our mission of educating students about public health 🫶🏻

We had such a great time celebrating our Healthy Cards and sending off our graduates 🎓

We can't thank our student volunteers enough for their commitment to public health and all the hours they give to our programs. 🫶