Briar Cliff hosts Health and Wellness Fair

Briar Cliff University hosts their annual Health and Wellness Fair on campus. Students and faculty got the chance to participate in hands on activities and get health screenings with available sponsors. At the event, multiple local vendors such as the Siouxland Community Health Center, Lifeserve Blood Center, and MercyOne Cardiology showed participants certain skills to keep up with healthy living. Briar Cliff students also had tables related to their profession. BCU’s Doctrine of Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and School of Nursing program hosted booths related to mobility and cancer prevention methods.   

BCU students crowd around the IBC Innovative Business Consultants booth, while Veronica Pitzl got the opportunity to test her HbA1C (Hemoglobin A1c) via a fingerstick, a frontline test for Diabetes.  

The Lifeserve Blood Center was at the event, Briar Cliff hosts blood drives through Lifeserve once a semester and is looking for more volunteers! Allison Brumels ran the booth and informed people about the benefits of donating blood. 

Lea from Mercy One shows the BCU soccer team what it takes to do CPR compressions on dummies. 

Trevon Gilliam and other people on campus were able to get a free massage from The Main Street Massage and Wellness Center. 

Drew from Main Street Massage and Wellness Center show BCU students Georgia Krohn and Lyndsey Mcgowan the benefits of essential oils. 

The BCU Nursing students (Veronica Pitzl, Michaela Lange, Katie Baker, and Kirsten Martinez) showed what breast and testicular cancer feels like so participants know what to look for on their own.   

BCU students and faculty learning about different venders that were at the Health and Wellness event.  

Payton Hilts, a BCU nursing student takes Taylin Boettcher’s blood pressure at their Heart Health booth. 

Aaron Okoro, and BCU student, signing up at the Siouxland Community Health Center booth. With the equipment they brought, participants were tested for syphilis and HIV on the spot and got their results within minutes. 

Briar Cliff student, Aneas Davenport signing up for a raffle gift basket from the BCU Care Team.