Mike Cruise joins CCU as health educator

Mike Cruise is the newest addition to Coastal Carolina University’s health and wellness community. As health educator, he will manage the day-to-day operation of Student Health Services’ health and wellness outreach programs and will lead prevention education, programs and services campuswide.

Cruise earned a master’s degree in health promotion and wellness management from Missouri State University. His research included an assessment of the impact of sleep deprivation on the MSU student population. During graduate school, Cruise worked fulltime as a corporate wellness manager.

Prior to joining CCU, Cruise worked as a health educator at the Army Wellness Center in Fort Sill, Okla., where he provided programs, education and primary preventive services targeted at improving the health and well-being of the military. He also developed individualized programs to improve the physical performance of soldiers.

As a former college baseball player at the University of Missouri, Cruise is excited to join Teal Nation and is eager to develop new and exciting health and wellness programs for the CCU community.

To meet the newest member of the health and wellness community, visit him in the Lib Jackson Student Union, Room B-102C, or contact him at mcruise@coastal.edu or 843-349-6626.