Campus exercise facility helps students stay healthy
The University of Miami’s Patti and Allan Herbert Wellness Center recently underwent a $5 million renovation. Renovations took place February 2011, and expanded the fitness room by 7,000 square-feet and doubled the amount cardiovascular exercise machines, from 60 to 120. The renovations also included the addition of a cycling studio and a Pilate’s studio. The...
Renovation expands possibilities in campus gym
The wait is finally over. After nearly a year of construction, UM students, faculty and alumni got their first look at the Patti and Allan Herbert Wellness Center’s newly expanded fitness center on Feb. 24. Yorence Ramiz, a junior who regularly visits the Wellness Center, is looking forward to working out in the state-of-the-art facility....
Meet Norm Parsons, Wellness Center Director
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The face behind the Wellness Center: Al Rose
On any given day, Al Rose, the assistant director of facilities at the Patti and Allan Herbert Wellness Center, is constantly in motion. Meetings with student employees, checking on equipment and chatting up patrons, Rose is known as the face of the Wellness Center. As the assistant director of facilities, he is in charge of maintenance,...
Improved Wellness Center unveiled
The wait is finally over. After nearly a year of construction, UM students, faculty and alumni will get their first look at the Wellness Center’s newly expanded fitness center this afternoon.
CHAMP program promotes healthy lifestyle
The purpose of this program is to help students understand their own level of fitness and what they need to do to improve it in a healthy way. Norm Parsons, the director at the Wellness Center, highly recommends the program to any student looking to improve their lifestyle.
Norm Parsons, Wellness Center Director
Get to know Norm Parsons.
Gym renovations still on schedule
Starting this November people can expect to enter the Wellness Center through an alternate entrance due to construction.
Wellness Center expansion shifts workouts
With construction well underway, the expansion of the Patti and Allan Herbert Wellness Center will be finalized by mid-February 2011. The current phase of construction will remain the same through the summer and into the first half of the fall semester. As a result of overcrowding due to a dramatic increase in the student population,...
Low calories, low prices
Dining Services has partnered with the Allan and Patti Herbert Wellness Center to provide on-campus diners with affordable value meals with a twist.
A celebrated rivalry turns 25
Once upon a time, at a University of Miami without sportsfest there was an annual competition called “Budweiser Super Sports” where students could compete in sports and athletic events for gifts and prizes, among them free beer at the Rat. Student organizations and individuals would register teams and according to old yearbooks the event...
Expansion approved
With the final approval from the university’s Board of Trustees, plans for a 20,000 square foot, $5.06 million expansion to the Patti and Allan Herbert Wellness Center began in December.
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