What did we accomplish with EiM week in 2012?

• First campus-wide EiM event at Penn State (Nov 5-9, 2012)
• Outdoor exercise “stations” at high visibility locations
• Engaged >2500 passersby in exercise
• Incentivized participation with contests, prizes, celebrities
• Handed out 1500 pedometers, 1000s of fitness brochures
• Referred 160 students to the Fitness Center (White bldg)
• Collected 1200 student surveys
• Set-up information booth at the HUB (with HealthWorks)
• Promoted walking/biking on campus, stair usage
• Nittany Lion step challenge
• Hosted 2 scientific presentations on Exercise as Medicine
• Hosted community presentation by ABC’s Chris Powell (Feb 5, 2013)

EiM week participation

Impact:

In March we distributed a short follow up survey via email to 860 students who participated in EiM week in 2012. We had 159 people complete the survey, and 98% remembered participating in EiM week and 54% remembered the activities they participated in