Physical Activity QEP - Southern Adventist University

SOUTHERN ADVENTIST UNIVERSITYDesired Student Learning Outcomesa view of education as affecting more than just the mind. The mission encourages thepursuit of wholeness, the vision aims to graduate servant leaders committed to livingbalanced lives, and one of the core values is a balanced lifestyle.spiritual development, intellectual development, individual and social development,physical development, and discipline-‘‘in Balance: Physical Activity” QEP,There is no exercise that can take theplace of walking. By it the circulationSouthern Adventist University seeksof the blood is greatly improved.to strengthen student learning in thegeneral education area of physicaldevelopment.The student learning outcomesAdventist University students, and a recommitment to promoting healthy lifestyleprinciples foundational to Seventh-day Adventist education. Chart 3 is an overview of the1. Swhile at Southern Adventist University.The Rockport One-Mile Walking Test (see Appendix A) was selected as theinstrument (D’Alonzo, Marbach, and Vincent, 2006), because it is considered “anp. 75), and because of its ease to administer independently. Students will receiveinstructions for the assessment in activity courses and during the mid-semester campus-‘‘Moderate exercise every day will impartstrength to the muscles, which withoutTestimonies to the Church, vol. 2, p. 533Testimonies to the Church, vol. 3, p. 78throughout the lifespan. Improvingcalls for a consistent physical activityprogram. Students are encouragedto meet the minimum ACSM physicalactivity level each week as part of14