Blood pressure screenings are offered about 10 times each semester in various buildings throughout campus. Jodie Poeppelman, wellness program graduate assistant, said that the screenings average about 10 employees per session. We can do a thousand of these and in 999 of them, nothing shows up. Except for occasional headaches which she attributed to sinus pressure, Duell said she had no signs that caused her to worry about high blood pressure. In addition to blood pressure screenings, the wellness program also coordinates mammograms and cholesterol, colon cancer, anemia and prostate screenings as well as flu shots and body fat percentage clinics.
Employees can also take several different exercise classes during their lunch hour or after work.
The wellness program also offers noon-hour speakers on topics ranging from depression to vitamins. The brown bag lunch sessions are free and open to the public.