I’m Rooting For You!
Fostering a sense of community and belonging has always been part of what I feel my purpose is. I want people to know that I see them, I care about them, and I am rooting for them. That's how it all started. A friend of mine played for the women’s soccer team when we were in undergrad. She knew that I went to all of the events on campus at the Student Center and convinced me to go to my first women's soccer game. Nowadays you can find me at every Rowan sporting event, wearing Rowan gear, and leading the crowd in chants! I’ve become kind of the unofficial mascot. I want the athletes who are on the field to know that we are all rooting for them! Our whole community. This is similar to the work that I do in the Office of Accessibility Services too. I work with students with disabilities to help them navigate the university environment. One of the biggest ways is through helping students build community and a sense of belonging to help them succeed. I work to connect them to people and spaces where they can find others who will root for them, and who they can root for. To foster a community based on connection that can lift them up.
If you are looking for opportunities to connect, try attending on campus events that you can find on ProfLink. Or catch me at one of the Athletics games. Here is a link to the schedule. Ask someone to go with you or find a friend there!
Noah Weinstein
Program Assistant, Accessibility Services/Academic Success Center
#Community #Emotional #Social #Purpose
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I'm Driving with Music On!
I drive with music on. There is truly nothing that clears my head more than a long drive with music. In my day-to-day life, there is hardly time for me to be alone and think. There are constant thoughts going through my mind and tasks that I have to deal with. Driving with music on forces me to ignore outside distractions and just be in my thoughts and reflect or have a cathartic experience. Listening to music during the drive, or actually in any situation, allows it to feel more private. Music also almost feels like a prompt to me on what to think about during the drive, as singing along to certain songs promotes thoughts about certain situations. A good 30-minute or more drive on a highway gives me the space and time I need to process my thoughts and emotions. This experience is vital to my emotional well-being.
What songs do you like to drive to?
Join us in creating a Rowan Thrive Playlist!
Rachel Rumsby
BA in Public Relations and Communication Studies, Class of 2023
#Emotional
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Brain Food
Dr. Garrett Broad, recommends you read To Boldly Grow: Finding Joy, Adventure, and Dinner in Your Own Backyard by Tamar Haspel.
This book tackles all of the benefits and challenges of "First-hand food". The book is written by journalist and oyster farmer Tamar Haspel. After Haspel and her husband moved from Manhattan to Cape Cod, she went on a mission to eat some form of "first-hand food" at every meal for a year, leading to a variety of experiments in farming and foraging, from raising backyard chickens to refining their own sea salt from buckets of water sourced (not exactly legally) from the Atlantic Ocean. The book details the successes and failures of these endeavors, with reflections on the benefits, costs, ethical quandaries, and ecological possibilities of getting closer to where our food comes from. Alongside her own story, Haspel offers how-to-guides, learned from their own trial and error, for each of the "first-hand food" experiences.
I recommend the book for anyone interested in food and farming, whether or not you have any intention to grow your own.
-Garrett Broad, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Communication Studies in the Edelman College of Communication & Creative Arts
#Physical #Purpose #Community
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Chat and Chew
February 22nd 12-2pm
Topic: Fueling for Fitness [National Eating Disorder Awareness Week (NEDA)]
Location: MarketPlace
March 1st 10am-12pm
Topic: National Nutrition Month
Location: HollyPointe Dining Hall
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Teaching Kitchen
March 6th 12-2PM
Topic: Carrot Turmeric Ginger Immunity Elixir
Location: HollyPointe Dining Hall
April 24th 12-2PM
Topic: DIY Spice Blend Bar
Location: HollyPointe Dining Hall
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Good News!
Quarter Queens!
Celia Cruz, the queen of Salsa will be the first Afro-Latina on a U.S quarter as one of five women who are going to be part of the American Women Quarters Program. She was a Black Cuban woman who won 5 Grammys, The National Medal of Arts, and was a fashion icon. One of her dresses is currently on display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Her music sparks joy! Check out her song, "La Vida Es Un Carnaval" when you need a mental boost.
Other women being featured include:
- Zitkala-Sa, citizen of the Yankton Sioux Tribe, and political activist for Native American rights. She was an educator, writer, lawyer, and activist.
- Pauli Murray, the first woman and the first Black woman to be ordained as an Episcopal priest. She was also a gender equality lawyer.
- Dr. Mary Edwards Walker, an abolitionist and surgeon during the Civil War era.
- Patsy Takemoto Mink, the first woman of color elected to serve on Congress.
#Purpose #Community
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Treat Yourself
Give yourself the gift of awe!
An article published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology highlighted that people who experience awe have reduced daily stress levels and an elevated sense of life satisfaction! Participants in the studies highlighted in this article were told people sometimes experience the emotion of ‘awe’ when they are in the presence of something amazing or breathtaking, something that they perceive as being vast or that they do not fully understand at the moment, something that can fascinate or impress us, but that can also make us feel overwhelmed or a little bit frightened. Experiencing awe even produced more positive outcomes than amusement, pride or even joy! Here are some ways you can experience awe on campus with some of our favorite views!
#Emotional #Physical
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Thrive Live
Events and Engagements for All Dimensions!
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“The Strive to Thrive newsletter intends to bring you well-being ideas, tips, events, information and ways to connect through all dimensions of well-being (physical, social, emotional, purpose, community, and financial). We hope that this layout reminds you of all the many ways to nourish, attend to, and elevate your well-being and the well-being of those around you.” |
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