Campus Dedicates Building,
Hosts Health Forum
BY VALERIE ORLEANS
From Dateline (April 22, 2004)
Cal State Fullerton will celebrate the completion
of the Kinesiology and Health Science Building Friday, April 30,
with a dedication ceremony and campuswide Community Wellness Forum.
“We have a daylong series of events designed
to focus not only on the building dedication but on good health
practices,” said Roberta Rikli, dean of the College
of Human Development and Community Service.
Kicking off the festivities at 8 a.m. will be a panel
discussion on “Addressing the Obesity Epidemic in Children:
Schools and Communities Working Together” in Room 199 of the
Kinesiology
and Health Science Building. Panelists include Mark
Horton, deputy director of Orange County Health Care Agency; William
Habermehl, superintendent of schools for Orange County; Susan Clark,
director of endocrinology at Children’s Hospital of Orange
County (CHOC); America Bracho, president of Latino Health Access;
and Michael Ruane, executive director of Children and Families Commission.
Kathy Koser, chair of the Division of Kinesiology and Health Science,
will moderate the panel.
“The timing for this event is especially critical
considering the dramatic increase in childhood obesity over the
past few years, making it one of the country’s most urgent
public health concerns,” said Rikli.
“This forum will help raise awareness about
what various programs in the county, including Cal State Fullerton,
are currently doing to combat the current epidemic of children’s
obesity and assist with the future health of our children,”
said Koser.
President Milton A. Gordon will welcome campus and
community guests to the building dedication and reception at 10:30
a.m. on the building’s patio. Jack O’Connell, California
State Superintendent of Public Instruction, will give keynote remarks.
As a community partner with Cal State Fullerton, Bill Wood, vice
president of community relations of PacifiCare Health Systems and
president of PacifiCare Foundation, also will speak.
Other activities include a health fair, tours and
a 1:15 p.m. forum on Promoting Well-ness in Later Years: A 10th
Anniversary Celebration of Campus/Community Partnerships –
Honoring the Past, Looking to the Future,” in the Ruby Gerontology
Center. Special forum guests include Wood of PacifiCare; Mary Ellen
Courtright, vice president of the Archstone Foundation; and Mary
Paul, interim executive director of the Orange County Office on
Aging. Debra Rose and C. Jesse Jones, co-directors of the Center
for Successful Aging, will be the main speakers, discussing issues
and programs related to health and mobility in later years.
“We know that mobility greatly impacts the
quality of life of older adults so programs such these offer practical
services to members of the community and hands-on educational experiences
to students pursuing careers in gerontology and kinesiology,”
said Rikli.
The Kinesiology and Health Science Building houses
undergraduate and graduate programs in kinesiology, undergraduate
programs in health science and a new masters of public health degree
program, which begins this fall.
Seating is limited. For reservations, call 278-3316,
or register at http://hdcs.fullerton.edu/knes/khp.htm.
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