Healthy Bears Take the Stairs

Project Basics

Project Sponsor: School of Public Health

Awarded:$5,399

Grant Awarded: Spring 2015

Project Status: Complete

Project Description 

Healthy Bears Take the Stairs is a health and sustainability campaign in University Hall (U-Hall) that aims to reduce electricity consumption by promoting taking the stairs instead of elevators, and to increase physical activity among those who work and study in U-Hall by making the experience of taking the stairs more appealing, while simultaneously engaging the wider university community in healthy behavior.

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