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Sam Clark

β€œA typical day is always busy. We don’t go nine to five, we often work 12 to 16-hour days. We’ve got to love our families and spouses and kids for understanding that,” said Sam Clark, Head Coach for Women’s Soccer at Life University, describing her average day at work. β€œBut there is no typical day, and I think that is one of the most intriguing and most wonderful things about athletics – it’s always a new challenge.”

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Danielle Holtman

Working in a vitalistic health institution, we wanted to capture work-life balance, living congruently with our mission and vision and teaching staff what that looks like. Jenifer Valtos and Holtman started researching what other corporate wellness programs looked like and what actually worked and what didn’t. They figured out incentive-based, community-centered wellness was key. It was a collaboration between Valtos and Holtman on the research end of it, and the Staff Council Executive Board helped create it. The inaugural VitalU started in Fall Quarter 2019. β€œIt’s only on its second quarter, and it feels like it’s already been changing the campus. People are having more conversations about health and what’s happening in their actual lives.”

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CCISE Article Featured in Blue Dot Magazine

The Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) has released their 11th edition of their Blue Dot magazine, which features an article co-authored by Associate Director for the Center for Compassion, Integrity and Secular Ethics (CCISE) and Associate Professor at Life…

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Aysia Cortez

Aysia Cortez is in her final quarter at Life University, on track to graduate in June with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. She plans to put her degree to use in the future, but first, Cortez is pursuing a career as an MMA fighter.