Become An ACC Exercise Star – January 29 – April 7, 2024
Could you use a little extra motivation to get back on track with your exercise goals? Looking to stay connected with your campus colleagues? Well….Get Ready because….. Exercise Stars 2024 is almost HERE!!!
Yes…that’s right! It’s almost time for your next opportunity to become an ACC Exercise Star for 2024!
Registration Open through Monday, February 5th, so be sure you get in on the fitness fun and help your campus win the title of Most Active Campus!
This annual exercise incentive program and friendly competition between the ACC campuses is designed for ALL LEVELS to encourage you to increase your activity level and get movin’! Just 15 minutes a day can really make a difference on your health (and even earn you a prize)!!
Participation is Easy…Just:
Set your exercise/activity goal & sign up for your fitness level
Start exercising and be sure to log your minutes each week on your campus spreadsheet
Be part of your campus’s Exercise Stars team… your exercise minutes contribute to your campus’s total to help win ‘The Most Active Campus’ competition
Receive tip sheets and motivating messages throughout the program
Watch your minutes add up and your fitness improve
Make friends and enjoy exercising with your peers
Be on the lookout for fun new BONUS POINT Opportunities! Yes…you can earn bonus minutes just by participating in additional wellness opportunities throughout this friendly competition.
Click HERE for More details and specifics regarding the challenge!
Are you ready to get started on your fitness goals already and represent ACC on the statewide level?
This additional 10-week challenge runs January 22nd – March 31st (which overlaps some with Exercise Stars anyways), and it’s not too late to sign up and log your exercise minutes. Count your hard work for both challenges, and help us show the other state agencies that ACC is ready to GET FIT!!
The goal for Get Fit Texas is to log 150 minutes a week of movement for six out of ten weeks. Find out more about this challenge and register through www.getfittexas.org.
If you have any questions, contact Mauri Winters at mmiculek@austinccedu or 512-223-7577.
On September 16, 2022, the ACC Employee Wellness Program was recognized at the 2022 Mayor’s Health & Fitness Awards ceremony. Not only did the program receive the MHFC Workplace Partner Certification at the Gold level, but it was also chosen as the ‘Moving the Needle’ recipient in the area of physical activity. This award recognizes workplaces for exemplifying best practices in creating spaces that promote health and well-being and programs that affect positive change toward healthy lifestyles.
For more on this, you can see the press release from the City of Austin at the link below:
On Friday, April 26th, ACC hosted the inaugural Employee Wellness-Fest 2019!
Nearly 200 employees came together to celebrate wellness across the district with field day games, exercise demos, health and wellness information tables, and even a new campus competition, the Campus Wellness Cup. Smiling faces were seen throughout the Eastview courtyard as employees were able to get in some physical wellness, engage with their peers from the different campuses and strengthen those bonds between colleagues.
Dr. Richard Rhodes presented the Exercise Stars awards as a part of the event recognizing the top 3 overall individuals from each fitness level, as well as the top 3 Campuses with the most minutes. Wellness Champions from each ACC campus helped put this event together and the Eastview Campus staff worked especially hard to prepare for the big day! Finally, 19 vendors from both the college and the community came out for the event to provide information regarding services related to employee wellness. Several of these vendors, as well as many other local businesses provided wonderful prizes to be won as well.
Congratulations to the Eastview Campus for taking home the first ever ACC Campus Wellness Cup!
Which campus will be ready to capture this honor next year and take home this fantastic trophy at the Wellness-Fest 2020? Yes…we are looking forward to the opportunity to repeat this event again next year, and hope you will be sure to join us again then!
Here are a few pictures from the event, but you can view all pictures in the Photo Gallery!
