Left, right, repeat: UMMC celebrates National Walking Day
Published on Monday, April 18, 2022
Highlighting the health benefits of getting those steps in, Medical Center employees and students took to the sidewalks on National Walking Day Friday. The activity is proven to promote heart health and reduce stress.
UMMC employees make a trek around campus Friday to celebrate National Walking Day.
Office of Well-being Project Manager Lauren Williams helps Dr. Safia Mohiuddin register for door prizes before UMMC's National Walking Day trek around campus.
UMMC employees and students enjoyed Friday's spring weather while joining the campus National Walking Day celebration.
UMMC employees and students walked nearly a mile around campus as part of a National Walking Day celebration.
Dr. Josh Mann, chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine at UMMC, encourages National Walking Day participants to get their steps in.
UMMC employees, from left, Tiffany Edinburgh, Charity Robinson, and UMMC Police Chief Mary Paradis share a laugh while walking around campus during National Walking Day Friday.
UMMC employees take a break from their duties for a walk around campus on National Walking Day Friday.
Mann encourages UMMC employees to make walking a healthy habit.
Paradis, left, and Williams chat at the start of the campus National Walking Day celebration.
Walking supports heart health, strengthens immunity, reduces stress and supports a healthy lifestyle.
UMMC employees walk past the Alumni House during a National Walking Day celebration Friday. The walking path was nearly a mile.
