Newswise — TOPIC: Healthy habits: Keeping your New Year's resolutionSOURCE: Christina Eyers, assistant professor of physical education and sport and clinical education coordinator
http://www.chp.cmich.edu/atep/faculty/christina-eyers.htm
Why is it so difficult to keep a New Year's resolution? In an age of fast food and leisure activities, what approach must one take in order to change a lifestyle and avoid setbacks? Christina Eyers, an assistant professor at Central Michigan University, is a certified athletic trainer who can give expert advice on goal setting and maintaining one's commitment to physical fitness throughout the New Year and for life.
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TOPIC: Winter weather woesSOURCE: Martin Baxter, assistant professor of meteorology
http://www.geo.cmich.edu/baxter.htm
Who knows what the upcoming winter season will bring. It's anybody's guess, but Central Michigan University's Martin Baxter can provide the best-informed insight on all things weather-related. Baxter is an expert in forecasting, specifically precipitation systems and how weather patterns in one area can affect another part of the country. He studied the snow-to-water ratio, determining the amount of water produced by the melting of snow; he was the first meteorologist in America to publish results on the subject.
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TOPIC: Importance of holiday cards and lettersSOURCE: Michael Papa, professor of communication and dramatic arts
http://www.cda.cmich.edu/staff/michael_papa.htm
Central Michigan University's Michael Papa, who feels that "technology-mediated communication is removing our records of everyday life for the future," can discuss the importance of holiday cards and letters from the perspective of a communication scholar. Papa, a past chairman of CMU's communication and dramatic arts department, teaches classes on group communication and has conducted research on social and economic development programs around the world. He is one of the authors of "Organizing for Social Change: A Dialectic Journey of Theory and Praxis," a book regarding the role of communication in social change around the globe.
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TOPIC: Super Bowl bettingSOURCE: Tim Otteman, instructor of recreation, parks and leisure services administration
http://rpl.cmich.edu/faculty/otteman.htm and http://www.timotteman.com
One of America's favorite sporting events — the Super Bowl — takes place each winter, and with it comes a popular occasion for gambling. Tim Otteman, a nationally quoted authority on sports gambling, is available to speak with media regarding Super Bowl betting and related topics. Additionally, Otteman is an authority in the areas of sports administration and management, commercial recreation, and recreational programming; he also has leisure activities expertise, with an emphasis on games.
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TOPIC: 24 hours of 'A Christmas Story' on TBSSOURCE: Peter Orlik, director, School of Broadcast and Cinematic Arts
http://www.bca.cmich.edu/alumni/UBCAsite/facultyDetail.asp?employeeID=1
Every year on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, the TBS cable network gives us 24 consecutive hours of young Ralphie's quest to obtain a Red Ryder BB gun in the holiday classic "A Christmas Story." Central Michigan University's Peter Orlik is available to speak with the media regarding TBS's annual decision to air the film 12 times in a row — and why America loves this movie enough to keep watching it over and over again. A broadcast educator at CMU since 1969, Orlik founded the university's broadcast and cinematic arts school. He can talk about careers in electronic media, media education and issues related to broadcast media, including political advertising, media criticism, programming and history. He is the author of several books on broadcasting, including "The Electronic Media: An Introduction to the Profession," "Electronic Media Criticism: Applied Perspectives," "Broadcast Cable Copywriting," "Career Perspectives in Electronic Media" and "Exploring Electronic Media: Chronicles and Challenges." He received the Broadcast Education Association's Distinguished Education Service Award in 2001 and was inducted into the Michigan Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 2003.
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TOPIC: Holiday volunteerism and philanthropy; National Mentoring MonthSOURCE: Shawna Ross, Volunteer Center coordinator
http://www.cmich.edu/volunteer
Winter provides a double dose of public service, as the holidays inspire volunteerism and philanthropy in November and December, while January is National Mentoring Month. Shawna Ross, who coordinates Central Michigan University's nationally recognized Volunteer Center, is available to speak with the media regarding the importance of mentoring, as well as public service and philanthropy in general. More than 4,000 students — 20 percent of CMU's student body — participate in Volunteer Center programs and services in any given year. In fall 2006, the university was named one of nine nationwide recipients of the Katrina Compassion Award for Excellence in Hurricane Relief Service as part of the first-ever President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll Awards presented by the Corporation for National and Community Service. CMU also landed on the organization's President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction for Hurricane Relief Service and President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction for General Community Service. Most recently, the center's Alternative Breaks program, which sends students on volunteer trips during breaks in the academic year, was named the Break Away national Program of the Year.
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