Pitt-Bradford was recognized for its culture of wellness

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford was honored with a gold designation from Exercise is Medicine for its efforts to create a culture of wellness on campus.

This is the sixth year Pitt-Bradford has been recognized by Exercise is Medicine, which promotes physical activity and collaboration to improve health on college campuses. Several activities helped the campus earn its fourth gold designation, including a referral system between health services and university’s exercise science program and the use of the Physical Activity Vital Sign through a student’s electronic health record, a main requirement for gold-level campuses. The organization also recognized an Instagram page that Autumn Deblock, a senior exercise science major from Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania, ran as part of her internship with the program.

“To be one of only 72 universities and colleges in the world to receive gold makes me very proud to have this program at Pitt-Bradford,” said Mark Kelley, associate professor of exercise science and founder of the campus’ Exercise is Medicine program. “The combined activities that student affairs, campus recreation and exercise science offer helped us with this award.”

Kelley accepted the award at the American College of Sports Medicine’s annual meeting in Denver.