The SDFC prides itself on being a welcoming, diverse environment for guests and employees alike. SDFC employees come from a variety of backgrounds and nationalities, each with their own unique culture. Outreach Coordinator Chetandeep Singh Gill is one such employee.
Gill hails from a tiny village in Punjab, a state in India. He’s a graduate student at ASU, and he’s set to walk in May with a Master’s in mechanical engineering.
Eating right and sticking to a balanced diet is essential to Building Your Best You. But consulting with a registered dietitian can help students start down a path to proper nutrition and help those already on that path stay focused on reaching their goals. Luckily, the SDFC has its own dietitian to help both sets of students.
So, you’re coming to ASU in the fall? Awesome! You must be excited…to drown in so much information in the first week of school. You have to worry about housing, tuition and figuring out where your classes are — and what’s this you hear about a secret garden?
Fret not, you newbies are in luck.
The Sun devil Fitness Complex is full of talented student workers and I had the pleasure of conducting an interview with one of them. Jack Hiemenz is a senior going into his final semester. He works as a facilities manager at the SDFC and has a passion for golf and hockey. The golf club he is a part of just won a national tournament in Las Vegas. Like a lot of students at ASU, Jack left for his home state for the break and he was nice enough to give me some time of his day for a phone call. Here is what he had to say.
Stop me if you’ve been here before:
It’s 1:20 p.m. You just got out of your 11:30 class. You’ve got a couple hours before your next class, and your stomach begins to growl because that slice of bread you had breakfast maybe wasn’t good enough. So what do you do? Do you hop in your car and make your way to the nearest Whataburger? Jump on light rail and take it to a Chipotle? (Confession: this is sometimes a solution to my hunger.) Or did you plan ahead and pack yourself a healthy snack for this exact situation?
Do you find it hard to fall asleep at night? Do you find yourself reaching for an Ambien or ZzzQuil more often than you’d like?
First, know that you’re not alone, as 60 million Americans — lots of them students like us — admit to having experienced insomnia. But second, know that there are other ways to fall asleep faster without turning to medication.
Here are just five of the many possibilities: