Exercise is Medicine

The SVSU Health and Wellness program promotes an active lifestyle through various events and opportunities offered to faculty, staff, and adjunct faculty. SVSU is honored to be recognized by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the Exercise Is Medicine On Campus (EIM) Initiative as a campus that promotes healthy lifestyles and physical activity as a means of disease prevention.

Exercise Is Medicine On Campus (EIM) Initiative, Member 

EIM was launched by ACSM and the American Medical Association (AMA), and recently endorsed by the Surgeon General. EIM is designed to make physical activity and exercise a standard part of disease prevention.

As an EIM Campus we:

• Recognize that exercise and physical activity are important to health and treatment of diseases
• Encourage campus to establish lifelong exercise and physical activity habits that can significantly improve quality of life
• Support ACSM's efforts to bring a greater focus on exercise