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Azusa Pacific celebrated Wellness Week Feb. 24-28, featuring a variety of events designed for health awareness.

The week included sessions hosted by the Women’s Resource Center, the offices of Career Services and Residence Life, athletics, the Counseling Center and Health Center.

“This theme week is the university’s way of showing what we value,” said Wellness Week Committee Chair Gidget Wood, director of the Student Health Center. “We want to make sure we cover all areas of wellness such as spiritual, physical, emotional and mental.”

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Aside from collaborations of different departments on campus, the Wellness Week Committee was responsible for organizing and working out the details for the week.

“We met at least monthly since September, and then in January, every other week,” Wood said.

Physician assistant Katie Shubin and other Wellness Week Committee members were the main contributors to Monday’s Health Fair on Cougar Walk.

Shubin and the committee were in charge of bringing community vendors to the fair in order for students to be exposed to local healthy living options. Among community vendors were places such as indoor trampoline park Sky Zone, juice and boba store Thirst Teas and Glendora hair salon The Loft.

The Women’s Resource Center hosted three events during the week. Tuesday’s “Get Up and Move!” event was led by applied exercise science administrative assistant Stacie Silva.

Silva’s event informed attendees on different ways to maintain healthy lifestyles amidst busy schedules.

“Our department focuses specifically on physical well being because it’s a major contributor to a person’s overall wellness,” said Silva. “It helps balance out what APU is doing as a community in other areas of spiritual, emotional, social and intellectual wellness.”

Wednesday’s events included an informational job market workshop hosted by the Office of Career Services. Students learned about key skills companies look for, with an emphasis on the importance of professionalism.

Thursday’s event jumped back to the WRC for a seminar on healthy relationships.

“I learned how important it is to appreciate and value the words of the women in your life,” said WRC undergraduate intern Heather Garza, a junior biology major.

Thursday ended with the 2012 documentary “Hungry for Change,” which explored shocking facts the food industries keep from the general public.

“I realized that is important to make myself a priority because I cannot take care of others if I do not first take care of myself,” junior history major Michelle Stukenberg said.

The week concluded with a celebration in the WRC in honor of on-campus nurse Colleen Montz as part of a monthly series that honors different women on campus.

“We hope students take more advantage of the different resources available for them here on campus,” said WRC Director Dr. Elaine Walton.