State Health Commissioner, Judith A. Monroe, M.D. is the Featured Speaker at the 2006 Marian Godeke Miller Lecture
The Marian Godeke Miller Lecture was generously endowed by Marian and Bill
Miller of Lafayette in 2000. The lecture traditionally focuses on health, wellness
and physical activity issues as they affect the citizens of the State of Indiana.
Now in it’s seventh year, the Marian Godeke Miller Lecture is an important
outreach of the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation in delivering
its’ core message of Living Well through Healthy Lifestyles.
Held on April 19, this year’s featured speaker was Indiana State Health Commissioner, Dr. Judith A. Monroe. Prior to the lecture, Dr. Monroe graciously offered to spend the afternoon on the Bloomington Campus meeting with faculty and students to discuss collaborative efforts with the School of HPER as well as the future of careers in the health and wellness fields.
That evening over 80 students and faculty met in the Student Recreational
Sports Center Auditorium to hear Dr. Monroe’s presentation on “INShape
Indiana: Current efforts to Improve the Health of Hoosiers”. Upon
reviewing current statistics that included some troubling trends in the rising
percentage of smokers throughout Indiana, Dr. Monroe emphasized that “our
most basic defense against disease is personal responsibility.
Every Hoosier has the opportunity to improve the quality of their life. We
can have a healthier state tomorrow if every Hoosier commits to healthy choices
today”.
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