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Wellness lecture
to begin
By Melissa Anderson
Summer On-line Forty-Niner
The College of
Health and Human Services at Cal State Long Beach has established
the Donald Lauda Wellness Lecture Series. The lectures
are expected to begin spring semester 2002.
The series began
with a $25,000 grant from Kaiser Permanente. Donald Lauda,
dean of CSULB's College of Health and Human services said
the vice president of Kaiser Permanente felt it would be a
good contribution.
"This ties
in directly with what our university stands for, and it ties
into many departments," Lauda said.
Lauda teaches a
class on alternative medicine at CSULB. In spring he will
be teaching a class on alternative health and will be bringing
in about 12 speakers.
"Last year
I had a speaker that spoke about alternatives for cancer treatment,
and that went over well," Lauda said. "This could
be one area of wellness that the series could have a speaker
for, but there are other areas as well."
The Wellness Lecture
Series will cover different areas of the health industry.
"There are
different areas of wellness. For example, there is physical
wellness, social or psychological, so the speakers won't just
cover one area of wellness," Lauda said. "We want
to have speakers that cover all different areas of health
and wellness."
The lecture series
is not scheduled to begin until spring semester, and will
consist of only one lecture per semester. The lecture
is open to both the university and the public. An advisory
board will choose the topics of these lectures.
The advisory board
is composed of faculty, administrators, representatives from
the College of Health and Human Services, members of the community,
and a student. One of the board members is former CSULB vice
president Jack Shanline. So far, no student has been appointed.
"I want a
student on the board who is genuinely interested in wellness,"
said Lauda. "If someone says I go jogging everyday, that
is good, but that doesn't necessarily mean they are interested
in wellness. The student will be chosen based on their personal
interests, but also their participation in other programs."
So far the board
has had a hard time finding nationally recognized speakers
at an affordable price, and with a flexible schedule.
"We are trying
to get Andrew Weil M.D, from Arizona, he speaks on wellness
through nutrition," said Lauda. "The only problem
is that he is not available for 18 months!"
"Some speakers
are just ultra-expensive, so it is hard," said Lauda.
"I know that Patch Adams spoke about two years ago, and
he was definitely paid a significant amount."
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