{"id":3252,"date":"2017-10-10T15:57:19","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T15:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/wellness\/?p=3252"},"modified":"2017-10-20T13:08:44","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T13:08:44","slug":"acc-wellness-program-recognized-by-austin-mayor-steve-adler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/wellness\/acc-wellness-program-recognized-by-austin-mayor-steve-adler\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC Wellness Program Recognized by Austin Mayor Steve Adler"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3251\" style=\"width: 269px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3251\" class=\"wp-image-3251\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/wellness\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2017\/10\/IMG_5108-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/wellness\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2017\/10\/IMG_5108-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/wellness\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2017\/10\/IMG_5108-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/wellness\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2017\/10\/IMG_5108-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/wellness\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2017\/10\/IMG_5108-2-510x382.jpg 510w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/wellness\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/78\/2017\/10\/IMG_5108-2-1080x810.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Benefits Manager Steve Hassel and Benefits Coordinator Gina Akin receive award from Mayor Steve Adler<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Austin\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhfcaustin.org\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"m_3466212086519124522gmail-il\">Mayor<\/span>\u2019s Health &amp; Fitness\u00a0<span class=\"m_3466212086519124522gmail-il\">Council<\/span><\/a>\u00a0has named Austin Community College a Certified Partner in recognition of ACC\u2019s Employee Wellness Program.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhfcaustin.org\/certified-partners-2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MHFC Certified Partners<\/a>, which include some Austin\u2019s best-known employers, must offer initiatives addressing physical activity, nutrition, tobacco-free living, health education, and preventative services.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA healthier workforce is a more productive workforce, which benefits our students and supports their success,\u201d said President\/CEO Dr. Richard Rhodes, an avid runner and enthusiastic advocate of the wellness program. \u201cWe\u2019re grateful to those who have developed these initiatives and to the many faculty and staff who create a healthy workplace by participating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Established by the Human Resources Office in August 2013, ACC\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/wellness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Employee Wellness Program<\/a>\u00a0has expanded beyond exercise classes to encompass programs on healthy eating, diabetes education, meditation, and other wellness practices. In addition to fitness classes, the program encourages employees to be active by using the stairs and taking advantage of campus walking trails. This spring the HR Office introduced \u201cMammo Mixers\u201d to promote mammogram screenings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Austin\u00a0Mayor\u2019s Health &amp; Fitness\u00a0Council\u00a0has named Austin Community College a Certified Partner in recognition of ACC\u2019s Employee Wellness Program.\u00a0MHFC Certified Partners, which include some Austin\u2019s best-known employers, must offer initiatives addressing physical activity, nutrition, tobacco-free living, health education, and preventative services. \u201cA healthier workforce is a more productive workforce, which benefits our students and supports [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3925,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updates"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3925"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3252\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/wellness\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}