Kennesaw, Georgia

• Today's tech-savvy students expect higher ed catalogs to be informative, up to date, engaging, easily navigable and optimized for their phones.
• "I congratulate these ten institutions that are using their course catalogs to creatively inform, educate, attract, engage, and convert students," said Kimberly Prieto, vice president for product at Modern Campus.
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• Among the most common, and arguably the most meaningful, tracking method for daily physical activity is step counting.
• Counting steps is far more than a fad: The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services dedicated a sizable portion of its most recent physical activity guidelines to documenting the relationship between daily step counts and several chronic diseases.
• Unfortunately, the guidelines have little to say about how step counts might be used to aid in weight management, an outcome of critical importance given the high rates of overweight and obesity in the U.S.
• I am a professor of exercise science at Kennesaw State University, and our lab has been conducting studies examining relationships among step counts and a number of health outcomes.

Step counts may – or may not – lead to weight loss

• A number of recent studies have looked at whether increasing step counts can lead to weight loss over a certain period of time.
• One large-scale study called a meta-analysis concluded that increasing physical activity by way of step counts was effective for attaining modest weight loss.
• My team’s research has compiled weight, body fat percentages and average step counts for large numbers of adults between 19 and 40 years of age.

Parsing the numbers

• We have used our data to develop a model that predicts average daily step counts per unit of fat mass from body fat percentage.
• Take, for instance, a man who weighs 175 pounds (80 kilograms), of which 25% is fat.
• Although they have different amounts of lean mass, both men have about 44 pounds (20 kilograms) of fat.
• In other words, the heavier person has a lower percentage of body fat and walks more to maintain that leaner body composition.

Step counts for weight loss

• With our model, you must determine your body weight and fat weight in kilograms – to do this, simply divide your weight in pounds by 2.2.
• With this information in hand, our model can provide a step count target that is specific to a person’s current body weight and body fat percentage, and their goal for fat loss and weight reduction.
• So even with a comfortable pace, this additional daily dose of walking would take fewer than 30 minutes.

• NCA is a conference that unites high school scholars from across the nation for career exploration and skills development.
• INROADS College Links participants will spend three days immersed in interactive learning that allows them to explore careers in STEM while continuing to develop leadership skills.
• The INROADS National Career Academy will take place from June 25 to June 28 at Kennesaw State University-Marietta Campus, a minority-serving institution.
• "NCA follows our goal to break barriers, build futures, and help diverse students make the connections needed to excel.”
  The INROADS College Links Program is designed to equip students with the skills needed to succeed in college, careers, and life.

• Martinsville, VA, Feb. 13, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In October of 2022, the Board of Directors of The New College Institute (NCI), a state governmental agency of higher learning located in Martinsville, Virginia, announced the beginning of an Executive Director search to identify the next leader of the Institute.
• The NCI Executive Search Committee, led by Richard Hall, Eric Jones, and Hubert Harris, received, and assessed 28 applications from candidates across the country for the Executive Director position.
• Our goal was to offer a collaborative environment to gain multiple perspectives and viewpoints as a part of the decision-making process.
• His experience, energy, “can-do” spirit, and overwhelming drive to succeed will make him a transformational leader for the Institute as we move forward.