[117] MTSU students bring stress management into focus at General Mills Sept. 26-27

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. —MTSU students will help General Mills employees learn how to handle stress at the Murfreesboro plant’s annual job fair.

Undergraduate and graduate students taking classes in the departments of Health and Human Performance and Social Work will participate in the fair at 200 Butler Drive from 6 to 9 a.m. and from 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 26, and Thursday, Sept. 27. 

The students will provide the workers with information on stress management and what to do when they feel overwhelmed by stress.

“Chronic neck pain, back pain, even a lot of inflammatory and chronic diseases can be triggered by stress,” said Chandra Russell Story, an associate professor in the Department of Health and Human Performance.

Members of the Health Education Research Organization, an MTSU graduate student group advised by HHP professor Andrew Owusu, are part of the volunteer effort.

Story said between 300 and 500 people are expected to attend the two-day fair which accommodates employees’ work shifts. The fair provides students with opportunities to enhance their portfolios and gain valuable experience.

“We enjoyed spending time gathering evidence-based resources to provide to the employees at the General Mills health fair,” Story said. 

For more information, contact Story at 615-898-2812 or chandra.story@mtsu.eduor Cathy McElderry, chair of the Department of Social Work, at 615-898-5673, or cathy.mcelderry@mtsu.edu.