Fitness Program Leads by Example

By David Hunt

Changes in the State Health Plan that threaten to penalize some overweight employees starting in 2011 raise the question: What's available at work to help faculty and staff members lose weight and live healthier lives? A check of the resources available online through the university and the State Health Plan can easily leave you underwhelmed by the choices. More on that later.

But, on the bright side, NC State employees are showing what can be done, on their own, to improve their health and fitness.

Native American Art at the Gregg

Now through Dec. 19 stop by the Gregg Museum in the Talley Student Center and check out the first installment of Native American art that has been donated to NC State by Drs. Norman and Gilda Greenberg. The exhibit includes beautiful rugs, carvings, baskets and pottery that the Greenbergs began collecting in New Mexico in the 1950s.

DIY Mobile Web Site

Putting NC State's mobile Web site in the hands of those with an iPhone, Blackberry or the like was a do-it-yourself project for Web developers across campus.

Faculty and Staff Notes

Don't forget to sign up for a free accident insurance policy and get your seasonal flu shot. And get the skinny on the W-2 smackdown. It's just that exciting.

Bulletin Board

Halloween on Hillsborough, twilight golf (is there a full moon?) and a lecture on Victorian-era parenting that I forbid my boss to attend.

In the News

Check out this week's top media hits, including the big news from Centennial Campus and why your thumb drive may get a lot smaller someday.

Print the Bulletin

For an in-depth interview with Chancellor Randy Woodson (thank you, Alumni Association), download this week's PDF version of the Bulletin. Please print the Bulletin double-sided, if possible, to save paper and money and reduce our carbon footprint.

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