Hundreds of students interested in their physical and mental well-being packed Arps Hall yesterday for the Wellness Fair. The event was held in collaboration with Graham High School to focus on preventing disease and promoting mental health.

Paul Granello, professor in Counselor Education, said over 200 students attended the fair which was held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Granello, who teaches a master’s degree program, said his students were a large part of the event, collaborating with high school students from Graham to design many of the booths at the fair.

“I assigned them this project instead of having a final,” he said.

Projects the students worked on varied from creativity and problem solving to stress management.

Melissa Rulong, a graduate student in counselor education, said she was happy with how the event went and the number of sponsors that attended.

The American Heart Association, Cancer Society, OSU Student Wellness Center and OSU Medical Center were among the organizations represented there, she said.

The fair featured 18 booths, including seven student-designed projects and 11 outside organizations.

Representatives for the various organizations and student projects passed out flyers with detailed information on the project and offered advice on how to be more physically and mentally fit. Some of the booths provided food to those who came.

Jennifer Jordan, director of experimental education at Graham High School, said she was happy to be included in the event.

She explained Graham is a charter high school located in Clintonville and is in its third year of existence.

“We focus on experimental learning. Students go to school three days a week and are sent out to do community service the other two days,” she said.

Rulong said the projects at the fair were judged by a panel invited to the event and by anyone who attended.

“We passed out a sheet for people to vote which booth they felt was the best,” she said.

The winner received a gift certificate to Barnes and Noble.

Jamie Dutterly, a sophomore in political science, attended the fair and said she was fascinated by most of the booths.

“I really liked the one that showed a computer image of the body. It showed what a brain looked like normally and what it looks like after a person has a stroke. It was very interesting,” she said.

Rulong said organizers hope to make this fair an annual event and to expand the number of projects.