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Gina Twardosz | Sunday, February 16, 2020
While Valentine’s Day is a time for romance, Friday’s “Fall in Love with Wellness” Student Health Fair encouraged students to practice self love with self care. The fair featured dozens of informational booths from campus and community organizations, therapy dogs, spin class demos, giveaways and an escape room. Heather Abbott, a counselor at the Saint
Serena Zacharias | Monday, November 19, 2018
Chicken wing bones, a pizza box, used floss, peeled tape, fruit stickers, granola bar wrappers, worn contacts and an empty Planters Mixed Nuts container are items typically found in a trash bin. This past week, however, they were some of the many pieces of garbage a group of Notre Dame students carried with them wherever they
Sara Schlecht and Julianna McKenna | Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Communication studies professors Marne Austin and Terri Russ are redefining learning through their implementation of mindfulness in their classroom setting. Professor Austin said she defined mindfulness as a commitment to always being present in the current moment. “Mindfulness is a practice of presence and of radical presence with each other,” she said. “It means that we
Gina Twardosz | Thursday, September 28, 2017
Several Saint Mary’s students are taking Notre Dame’s Mindfulness and Meditation course to become more mindful and less stressed. Senior Kate Zurovchak said Mindfulness and Meditation focuses on being present in the moment. “Mindfulness is being present in the moment. People usually get caught up in a lot of things, like with stress or anxiety,”