Health and physical awareness at Dubai Women's College

The program included Sports Days organized by the Health and Fitness Department at DWC for the students to experience a variety of sport and recreational activities in order to help them develop their teamwork and sportsmanship skills.

For three consecutive days, DWC's community participated in four tournaments and eighteen different sports activities each day.

All DWC students participated in a fun run and tug of war events were organized at the beginning and end of the sports days.

Sports offered during the program included Basketball. Tennis, Bocce, Croquet, Volleyball, Table Tennis, Darts/Chess, Soccer, Yoga, Badminton, Mini Golf, Aerobics, indoor Rock Climbing, Swimming, and others.

Several students received medals for winning in the fun run, tug of war, and all tournaments.

DWC strategically integrates sports and activities within its academic curriculum and offers health and fitness activities in order to promote exercise, healthy lifestyle, and wellbeing among its students.

"Students' were able to undertake a wider variety of team or individual sports and recreational pursuits compared to last year. We start with our students from the very basic sports skills since the majority of them have had limited experience to participate in sports and motor skills before.

It is very important for us to make them not only understand, but also feel the significance of exercise in their lives and that is why we organized a wide range of activities so they can select the sport they are most interested in practicing," noted Suzanne Trease, Chair of the Health and Fitness Department at DWC.

Several lectures on health issues were also introduced to the students including a skin test by a consultant from Medical Delta Co., a dermatologist consultation from Kaya Skin Clinic, premarital screening counseling, personal Hygiene and Women and sports, and free dental problem consultation.