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- UD officially acquires Chrysler property in Newark
- Piepalooza shows McNair spirit of community giving
- Fashion and Apparel Studies chair honored by Apparel Magazine
- 'Shakespeare First' attracts overflow crowd
- UD professor, alumnus help lead Vanderbilt death penalty debate program
- United Way campaign concludes with contributions topping $196,000
- UD launches Center for Political Communication
- Education professor inducted into Laureate Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi
- UD awarded funds for cyberinfrastructure development
- UD figure skaters excel at Eastern Sectionals
- Princeton anthropologist addresses human language and art in Darwin lecture
- Violinist Xiang Gao to lead China tour in June
- Delaware art history grad student honored for best paper
- MSERC programs in math education receive continued funding
- UD Library Associates elects officers for 2010
- Richards to return to faculty in College of Health Sciences
- UD Police seek information about injured student
- For the Record, Nov. 20, 2009
- UD in the News, Nov. 20, 2009
- UD planning teachers institute in cooperation with Yale National Initiative
- PCS, Academy of Lifelong Learning receive award
- Record 334 students receive General Honors Awards
- Vaughan elected interim president of national education organization
- Lambda Chi Alpha completes annual food drive
- Second Life Outsider art show seen a success
- Dec. 2: Former RNC chairperson Ed Gillespie to speak
- UD students tour CIA headquarters
- Interdisciplinary Humanities Research Center established
- UD hosts annual Delaware Space Grant Research Symposium
- UD ranks among top institutions in study abroad
- UD's second hydrogen fuel cell bus carries special guests
- Junior Chefs Rockfish Cook-Off accepting entries
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- Dec. 2: Former RNC chairperson Ed Gillespie to speak
- Nov. 30-Dec. 4: College School schedules book fair
- Dec. 1: LGBT community to mark World AIDS Day
- Dec. 3: Center plans Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration
- Dec. 6: New Castle County Alumni Club plans Winterthur holiday event
- Dec. 6: UD alumni events planned in Baltimore, Philadelphia
- Dec. 6: 'Jams for Jimmy' benefit concert to be held in Wilmington
- Dec. 7: Black Student Union to present program on racial stereotypes
- Dec. 12: Blue Hens men's basketball team plans toy drive
- May 7: Phi Kappa Phi plans ceremony
- Oct. 11-Nov. 29: International Film Series offered Sundays at Trabant
- Sept. 9-Dec. 2: 'Assessing Obama' series to feature faculty, national speakers
- Sept. 9-Dec. 2: 'Research on Women' fall lecture series announced
- Sept. 18-Dec. 18: Library's 'Lion Awakes' exhibition looks at reggae, Marley
- Sept. 26-May 1: Take in an opera at the Met with UD matinee tickets
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- Nov. 24 is final enrollment day for Flexible Spending Accounts
- Jan. 6, 28: Employee Nights at UD basketball games set
- Changes ahead for recognition of student honors
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- Nov. 30: Chemical hygiene, lab safety survey deadline
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1:30 p.m., Sept. 18, 2009----Remember the old expression, “an apple a day keeps the doctor away?” The University of Delaware is taking this to a whole new level with “Veg Out,” a health campaign that encourages members of the University community to eat more fruits and vegetables.
“Recent nutritional information tells us that fruits and vegetables not only aid in reducing the risk of many diseases, including heart disease, high blood pressure and some cancers, but eating them also makes you feel healthier and more energized,” says Kathy Corbitt, director of UD's HealthyU Employee Wellness Program. “Incorporating them into your diet should be the easy part -- trying to choose should be the hard part.”
To help jump start the program, Healthy U will be sponsoring a kick-off event on Friday, Sept. 25, from 10 a.m. to 1p.m. in Mentors' Circle. Various campus organizations, departments and local businesses will be on hand to distribute valuable information and tips ranging from what to look for when buying fresh produce to the many health benefits related to fruit and vegetable consumptions. This event is open to both students and employees.
Vendors will include UD Dining Services, Sysco Eastern Maryland, the Department of Animal and Food Sciences, UD Cooperative Extension, New Castle County Cooperative Extension, Wellspring, Healthy HENS, HealthyU, Milburn Orchards, Newark Co-op, Environmental Soil Management Research Group, and the Nutrition and Dietetic Club.
Sysco Eastern Maryland will also have fresh produce available for purchase to include apples, sweet corn, tomatoes, peaches, summer squash and zucchini.
A percentage of the fruit and vegetables purchases made at the Veg Out event will go to the Delaware Food Bank.
The Veg Out employee campaign will begin on Sept. 28 and run through Nov. 8. The cost is 15 Wellness Dollars, with which you will receive an activity log, weekly tips, and be entered to win in our weekly trivia challenge. All program participants will also receive an EZ-Freeze container.
To learn more or to register for this program, log in to HealthyU or call (302) 831-8388.