This spring 20 departments and 272 employees participated in the 10th annual Desire2Move (D2M) Physical Activity Challenge. D2M is an 8-week, eHealth, team-based competition during which team members track their minutes of physical activity with mobile apps. The team with the greatest overall average minutes is the winner of the Golden Shoe Trophy.
The following 20 teams with team captains competed for the Golden Shoe Trophy:
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies – Avani Raval
Applied Linguistics and ESL – Jordan Batchelor
Building Services – Astley Willacey
Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Online Education – Justin Lonsbury
College of Arts and Sciences – Vicky Hanning
College of Education and Human Development Dean’s Office – Matt Gillett
College of Nursing and Health Professions – Molly Paulson
Early Childhood and Elementary Education – Rebecca Clough
Educational Policy Studies – Jennifer Esposito
Gerontology Institute – Jennifer Craft Morgan and Lakisha Singleton
Honors College – Bill Nichols
Human Resources Wellness Champions – Cheryl Johnson Ransaw and Ryan Smith
Kinesiology and Health – Pete Rohleder
Middle and Secondary Education – Gwendolyn Kearney
Nursing – Perimeter – Masiki Williamson
Occupational Therapy – Wakesha Henley
Physical Therapy – Sujay Galen and Simone Smith
Psychology – Mike Beran and Vonetta Dotson
School of Public Health – Lynette Reid
University Library – Whitney Bates-Gómez
The 2023 D2M Team Champion was Physical Therapy with 8117 minutes. Building Services (7394 minutes) and Andrew Young School of Policy Studies (4602 minutes) finished second and third, respectively. Congratulations to PT on their 3rd D2M Team Championship!
Congratulations to the winning team and to all the amazing competitors! We hope everyone stays well, keeps moving, and returns in 2024 for the 11th annual D2M Physical Activity