Texas Wesleyan is the first Blue Zones-approved university in Texas
by: Shaydi Paramore (The Rambler)
At Tuesday’s 2020 Town Hall meeting at the Baker Building, Wesleyan President Frederick Slabach thanked the university’s Blue Zones ambassador members that worked to make this happen.
Based on the New York Times bestseller The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve Lived the Longest by Dan Buettner, the Blue Zones Projects were created to inspire people globally to live vibrant and active lives, according to bluezonesproject.com.
“The Blue Zones Project focuses on empowering employees and students to be happier, healthier, and more productive by creating healthier work environments,” said Christi Tallent, human resources administrator.
With the help of fitness opportunities for employees in the gym, a tobacco-free campus, creating multiple walking routes on campus and the library, and creating purpose workshops, faculty and staff ambassadors were able to put the initiative into place, Tallent said.
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(article originally published Feb. 14, 2017)
