{"id":30550,"date":"2016-06-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/acsm-lauds-tarletons-exercise-is-medicine-on-campus-program\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T10:28:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T15:28:39","slug":"acsm-lauds-tarletons-exercise-is-medicine-on-campus-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/acsm-lauds-tarletons-exercise-is-medicine-on-campus-program\/","title":{"rendered":"ACSM lauds Tarleton’s Exercise is Medicine on Campus program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Silver-Level Recognition<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, June 20, 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n

STEPHENVILLE, Texas\u2014Tarleton State University is setting the bar for promoting physical activity on college campuses in Texas. The university recently earned silver-level recognition in the Exercise is Medicine on Campus program, a U.S.-based health initiative through the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tarleton President F. Dominic Dottavio kicked off the program last October with the signing of a proclamation to make Exercise is Medicine (EIM) an official university program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2016, the ACSM will recognize more than 50 colleges and universities around the world for participating in the EIM, with only a small percentage of schools receiving gold, silver or bronze status. Tarleton is the only EIM registered school in Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EIM urges universities and colleges to promote physical activity as vital to good health. It encourages making movement part of the daily campus culture and providing students with tools necessary to engage in lifelong physical activity. EIM also links healthcare professionals with fitness experts to provide referrals for appropriate exercise prescriptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTarleton\u2019s EIM is a joint effort between Student Health, Student Counseling and Recreational Sports,\u201d said the program\u2019s administrator Shanna Moody. \u201cAs part of the program, counselors and nurse practitioners write prescriptions on a specially designed prescription pad for students that specify exercise as treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exercise options include yoga, strength training, cardiovascular exercise, meditation or flexibility sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStudents redeem prescriptions at Tarleton\u2019s Rec Sports Center on the Stephenville campus with one of our nationally certified personal trainers or group exercise instructors,\u201d Moody said. \u201cThe program offers training for university staff as well as lunch-and-learn presentations for students and campus employees.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEIM benefits the Tarleton community by showing support for health and fitness as a part of the campus culture. Exercise is an initiative that can be supported by everyone and benefits the university as a whole,\u201d said Moody. \u201cThose who exercise are healthier, happier and more productive in the classroom and in their jobs. Exercise is a universal language that provides increased opportunities for interaction between students and employees of the university.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to Moody\u2014Tarleton\u2019s assistant director of fitness and wellness\u2014the university\u2019s EIM leadership team includes: Amy McKay, assistant professor of kinesiology; Bridgette Bednarz, director\/nurse practioner for Student Health Services; Lauren Finley, wellness graduate assistant; and Grayson Eckhardt, post baccalaureate nursing student and certified personal trainer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tarleton, a member of The Texas A&M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven educational experience marked by academic innovation and exemplary service, and dedicated to transforming students into tomorrow\u2019s professional leaders. With campuses in Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian and online, Tarleton engages with its communities to provide real-world learning experiences and to address societal needs while maintaining its core values of integrity, leadership, tradition, civility, excellence and service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Contact: Shanna Moody \u2013 Assistant Director of Fitness\/Wellness
254-968-0762
smoody@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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