The first ever KINSmas event on November 29 brought the seasonal spirit to the Chilliwack campus at CEP as Kinesiology students and faculty enjoyed a friendly Survivor-style team competition organized by the KINpals.
“This turned out to be a very well received and successful event with about 60 students attending in total, along with some faculty members. Students used their physical literacy, time management, fundamental movement skills, human body orientation, team dynamics and communication and overall problem solving skills to work their way through 5 stations,” noted kinesiology lab instructor Amber Johnston, who runs the KINpals group, in which senior kinesiology students mentor first-year students.
Stations included Ginger All the way (a relay for gingerbread decorating), Rollin’ with my Snowmies (toilet paper human snowman), Holiday Hunt (figuring out clues around CEP to spell out SANTA), A Femury Christmas and a Hippy New Year (team ski and 100-piece double-sided human-body puzzle) and finally the Pitch your Puff (in the KIN lab using golf wedges had to pitch large marshmallows into targets). This was followed by a social and a tinsel trivia where students collectively tried to guess who was who for the faculty jeopardy!
“This came at a great time, a good stress reliever for students before they get into final exams, and an opportunity for all years of KIN students to mingle,” said Johnston.
KINSmas had a philanthropic side too: the students collected $100 in donations and the department will match that $100 and add faculty donations to support the children of UFV students from the Angel Wish tree at CEP – and purchasing some toys for them!
