FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 8, 2010
Contact: Cydney Archie
(662) 329-7119
cja2@muw.edu

Miller Lecture at MUW to feature fitness coach John Ashworth

COLUMBUS, Miss− The Department of Health and Kinesiology at Mississippi University for Women is hosting its annual Miller Lecture on Wednesday, April 14 at 12:30 p.m. in the Emma Ody Pohl building, room 206.

The Miller Lecture is designed to bring professionals in the field of health, fitness, physical education or exercise science to campus for the benefit of the students and the community.

John Ashworth, the “Fitness Nomad,” from Middleton, Wis., will be the guest speaker. The fitness coach, writer and entrepreneur has worked with others to help improve their health and fitness for more than 16 years. He worked for the University of Wisconsin Hospital as a trainer to people diagnosed with diabetes or heart disease.

He will discuss careers in the fitness industry as well as ideas for marketing a fitness business. Ashworth’s website, exercisecareers.com, gives more information on this topic.

The lecture is free and open to the public.