Nearly 100 YSU employees are taking the plunge this semester and trying to soak up more water to improve their health. The Hydrate for Health Challenge, which runs through Oct. 12, is part of the YSU Living Well Employee Wellness program. Participants are tasked with consuming seven, eight-ounce servings of water a minimum of five days a week. “We also want to focus on improving hydration levels in general,” said Carrie Clyde, Wellness coordinator. “Some people don’t drink enough throughout the day and have the potential to become dehydrated.

Two wind turbines towering over the northeast corner of campus are part of a federal research grant aimed at developing alternative energy resources. The turbines were installed over the summer behind Melnick Hall, and a third is slated to go up later this fall. “It’s exciting research,” said Hazel Marie, distinguished professor and chair of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. The turbines, which are part of grants totaling more than $2 million from the U.S.

Mark Twain once said, “Write what you know.” So, if you’re going to write what it’s like to climb around on a ropes course high above the floor of the Andrews Student Recreation and Wellness Center, well, you better get out there and do it. That was part of the reasoning behind Matt Feehley’s assignment for students in his writing class. Feehley, an adjunct professor in the English department, had his students complete the course and then write about it. He told The Jambar: “A lot of times in this class we’ll have students write about some personal experience.