Fifth annual Wellness Expo to bring related practitioners

Erick Lappin/Contributing Writer

The Biscayne Bay Campus Wellness Center is lubricating the machinery for the Wellness Expo 2012, held on the first Tuesday of March for the last five years. The event will take place on March 6  from 10 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the Wolfe University Center, and will focus on boosting health and wellness of students and the community.

“We invite several vendors and health care providers and they do various health screenings,” said Ludovica Virgile, BBC Wellness Center program assistant.

The screenings include  chiropractic checks for spinal alignment, dental exams, blood pressure tests, and asthma and allergy examinations.

The Care Resources’ mobile unit, which conducts HIV tests every Tuesday on campus, will also be present.

All services will be free for those who attend.

“The purpose of the Expo is really to bring awareness of health and wellness to the FIU students, faculty and community,” Virgile said.

Participants will have access to first hand information on how to take care of their bodies with exercise, diet and health-promoting habits.

Organizers also expect more students to use the services provide for by the University Health Services, which are included in the University’s medical fee.

Either way, this will be a platform to raise student awareness of the BBC Recreation Center, which provides services like yoga training and fitness assessment.

This year, the Walgreens store located at Northeast 151st Street and Biscayne Boulevard will be sponsoring the expo and will offer 15 percent off to University students every Wednesday.

“It  has always been a successful event. Our vendors always return the next year,” Virgile said. “We always have new vendors wanting to come by, like Ideal Body Weight, providing the smoothies this year.”