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Posts tagged as “mount fitness center”

Renovations Planned for Future Trade Programs

By editorialteam on May 14, 2020

President Vander Hooven discusses plans to add trade facilities to Mount Fitness

By Peter Edwards
Observer Contributor

Enrollment has been steadily dropping over the last several semesters at smaller colleges and universities across Massachusetts, including Mount Wachusett Community College. School officials and MWCC President James Vander Hooven have been searching for solutions to the problem. 

Recently, MWCC applied for a $20 million grant to cover the cost of renovations to the Fitness Center, adding trade classrooms in much of the underutilized gym space and revamping the gym itself.  read more

Working Together Toward Wellness

By editorialteam on March 19, 2020

MWCC health professionals’ tips for all-around fitness

By Ryan Lyesiuk
Observer Contributor

Living a healthy lifestyle is beneficial to all individuals, particularly college students seeking better overall health. Improved overall health often leads to better classroom performance, improved sleep, less anxiety, and better general mood. This is according to Jason Snoonian, Director of the Mount Wachusett Community College Fitness & Wellness Center (Mount Fitness), Katherine R. Kusza, Registered Nurse at MWCC, and Nancy Regan, staff assistant in health services at MWCC. read more

Let’s Get Physical

By editorialteam on February 4, 2020

Fitness Center director discusses benefits of exercise for students

By Ryan Lyesiuk
Observer Contributor

Fitness is particularly beneficial to college students seeking better overall health. According to Jason Snoonian, director of the Mount Wachusett Community College Fitness & Wellness Center (also called the Mount Fitness Center), improved health often leads to better classroom performance.

According to Snoonian, increased brain stimulation during exercise may assist a student in and out of the classroom.

Photo by Thomas Hill Jr.
MWCC Fitness & Wellness Center

“Exercise and increased fitness often leads to better study habits, better-quality sleep, significant overall health advances, and improved confidence,” he said. read more