Adult fitness program
The UGA Fitness Center is accepting new applications for participation in its adult fitness and cardiac rehabilitation programs. The adult fitness program is designed to develop flexibility, muscular strength and endurance, and cardiovascular endurance.

The cardiac rehabilitation program is a series of exercise sessions for people with coronary heart disease, prior heart surgery, or revascularization, or those at risk for developing coronary heart disease. The program builds endurance, strength and flexibility and can assist in preventing the progression of heart disease.

The adult fitness and cardiac rehabilitation programs were developed 23 years ago by Harry DuVal, director of the center and associate professor of exercise science. These programs have served more than 1,500 adult fitness and cardiac rehabilitation participants, about 800 of whom have been cardiac patients. Some have participated in the program for more than 15 years.

Each week the Fitness Center offers three one-hour cardiac rehabilitation exercise sessions (9:30 a.m., 2:45 p.m. and 4:00 p.m.) and three one-hour adult fitness exercise sessions (6:45 a.m., noon and 5:15 p.m.) on Monday, Wednesday and Friday in 101E of the Ramsey Student Center.

The year-long program costs $30/month for the adult fitness program and $35/month for the cardiac rehabilitation program, in addition to an initial entrance and fitness evaluation fee of $95. A physician’s referral is required prior to initial testing and stress-test evaluation.

During the classes, a qualified exercise specialist leads participants in multi-level cardiovascular exercises. Advanced cardiac life support personnel are also on duty during the cardiac rehabilitation exercise sessions to ensure a safe and effective session.

An accurate evaluation of progress, individual exercise data, progress reports and periodic re-test data are kept on each participant and shared with the referring physician when appropriate.

Those interested in joining the program or receiving more information should contact Jacquee Rosumny at 542-4230 or jrosumny@uga.edu.

UGA Night at Six Flags
The UGA Alumni Association and the department of student activities have organized UGA Night at Six Flags on April 29, 6 p.m. to midnight. During this time, Six Flags will be open exclusively to UGA students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends.

Tickets are $20 until April 28 ($25 on April 29) at the Tate Student Center cashier window (542-8074, open 9 a.m.–4 p.m.) or at 542-8514.

The UGA cheerleaders, the Pep Band and Miss UGA 2005 will be in attendance that night. Attendees are encouraged to wear red and black.

McPhaul summer camp
The McPhaul CFD Center at UGA is accepting registrations for summer camp 2005. This year’s camp will accommodate 40 children and includes weekly field trips, swimming at Legion Pool, learning activities and lots of fun. The camper-to-staff ratio is seven to one. Camp will run from June 1 to July 22, 7:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. daily. The cost of $115/week covers food and field trips. Children entering kindergarten, first or second grades in fall 2005 are eligible.

Registration will be accepted at the McPhaul Center on a first-come, first-served basis. A deposit of $115 is required and will be applied to the last week of camp.

Call 542-4929 for more information.

Library course reserve deadline
Faculty should submit course reserve lists for summer semester by May 2 and for fall semester by July 11. Full details may be found at www.libs.uga.edu/­ access_services/reserve_letter.html.

Lists received after these dates will be processed as quickly as possible according to processing priorities.

May 10, the last day of spring semester final exams, is the deadline to retain a spring semester list for summer semester. Contact the reserve desk at the main or science library to retain a list.

Direct questions about main library reserves to Viki Timian, mainresv@uga.edu, 542-3256; about science library reserves to Cynthia Prosser, sciresv@uga.edu, 542-4535.

Pregnancy, back pain, exercise study volunteers sought
The department of kinesiology is recruiting pregnant women to participate in a study.

Volunteers must have current back pain or a history of back pain, must be between the ages of 18 and 35, must be willing to be randomly assigned to one of three exercise programs, and must not be past the 21st week of pregnancy. Participating women must also be free of selected complications and must obtain approval from their pregnancy health-care providers.

Babysitting will be provided at the exercise and testing sessions. Volunteers will be paid $150 for participation and $60 for completing three one-hour testing sessions.

The 16-week moderate-intensity resistance exercise programs involve either exercise during pregnancy, exercise after pregnancy, or exercise after pregnancy with health education during pregnancy. The health education will involve pregnancy-related education classes to be held in the evening at Athens Regional Medical Center.

Additional information can be obtained from Tameka Gude (542-4138; tgude@uga.edu) or at http://projects.coe.uga.edu/bpepstudy.