[148] Beauty More Than Skin Deep On "Love Your Body Day" At MTSU

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Oct. 15, 2010
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Courtney Clardy, 615-995-0680

BEAUTY MORE THAN SKIN DEEP ON “LOVE YOUR BODY DAY” AT MTSU
Women in Action Takes Charge with Emphasis on Healthy Bodies and Attitudes

(MURFREESBORO) – Women in Action, an MTSU student organization, will present “Love Your Body Day” from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 21, on the Keathley University Center knoll on the MTSU campus. The purpose of the event is to encourage women to love themselves inside and out.
Students and faculty will be asked to participate in physical activities, including jumping rope, hula hoops and jogging in place, for prizes. A feminist bake sale will provide homemade goodies and healthy snacks.
Vendors will distribute information, including Curves, Renfrew Center for Eating Disorders, MTSU Health Services, VOX-Voices of Planned Parenthood and the Women’s Studies Student Organization.
From Monday, Oct. 18, through Wednesday, Oct. 20, the “Love Your Body Day” campaign will urge women to participate in “No Makeup Monday,” “Tennies and T-shirt Tuesday” and “Workout Wednesday.” Participants are asked to use social networks like Facebook and Twitter to display how they embrace their natural beauty by uploading a photograph and tagging MT Women in Action.
For more information, contact Courtney Clardy at 615-995-0680 or cac5y@mtmail.mtsu.edu.


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Founded in 1911, Middle Tennessee State University is a Tennessee Board of Regents institution located in Murfreesboro and is the state’s largest public undergraduate institution. MTSU now boasts one of the nation’s first master’s degree programs in horse science, and the Council of Graduate Schools in Washington, D.C., acclaims MTSU’s Master of Science in Professional Science degree—the only one in Tennessee—as a model program. This fall, MTSU unveiled three new doctoral degrees in the sciences.