Interactive Map of Statesboro Wellness Centers
By: Jordan Hauser and Eden Hodges
Wellbeing is a hot topic at this time of year. Students are stressing over finals, individuals in the workforce are getting ready for the new year, and the stress of the holidays is coming in at full force.
There are five aspects when it comes to working on your wellbeing and creating a healthy wellness program for yourself. Wellness encompasses physical, emotional, spiritual, social, and the intellectual aspects of one’s health. Statesboro has over 15 wellness center gyms including the gym on the Georgia Southern University campus.
GSU has a variety of options to help students and staff succeed by calming their stress. GSU offers the Recreation Activity Center and counseling center. The RAC holds many amenities including workout equipment and yoga and meditation classes. While the counseling center works more on one on one therapy sessions as well as group counseling.
“Working at the RAC I see many students come in to use the RAC as a stress reliever, during finals week you will catch many crowds at any time of the day coming to work off the stress of finals,” RAC Facility Assistant Kennedy Finch said.
GSU also has an online wellness hub where students can easily access to see all the opportunities, they have to attend wellness events and get in contact with counselors. The counseling center offers weekly group sessions for students to attend if they prefer group settings and gives them a chance to meet people as well.
“Being a supervisor and a gym rat, I spend about 80 percent of my time at the RAC. I enjoy working somewhere that I also am passionate about going myself,” RAC Facility Supervisor Chris Longazel said.
Every semester GSU holds a huge wellness event on campus during finals week. Wellness week is a week-long event that includes activities each day such as snacks, massages and playing with therapy dogs.
“I am also a student that also works, finals week can be the most stressful time, campus needs to remember us students are trying to manage a school, work, and a social calendar,” Finch said.
There are many opportunities around campus, from individual wellness sessions such as counseling or group opportunities like attending a yoga class. With all the options at these students’ fingertips it holds the question of how much are these students utilizing these.
I do not attend any of the final’s wellness week. I just don't have time,” Finch said.
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