Music for Healing 5k

• Music for Healing 5k:- Run 3.1 Miles

Located just three miles from the Atlantic Ocean and the beautiful beaches of Boca Raton, the campus features everything you expect from a modern university -- suite-style housing for nearly 4,000 students, brand-new athletics and recreational facilities, art galleries, a cafe/movie theater complex and so much more -- all in a vibrant, tropical setting with a student body that is the most diverse of all of Florida's public universities. The Music for Healing 5k race route courses through the lush FAU campus. The route is Certified 5K by USA Track & Field and Runner's Edge Inc. bounding over flat, well-maintained, tree-lined roads. Official timing will be determined using accu-chip technology.

The route is Certified 5K by USA Track & Field and Runner's Edge Inc. bounding over flat, well-maintained, tree-lined roads. Official timing will be determined using accu-chip technology.

Directions from I-95 COMING FROM THE NORTH: Take I-95 south; exit Glades Road and go east approximately one mile; FAU will be on your left. Upon entering the campus, follow signs for the Music for Healing 5k Parking. COMING FROM THE SOUTH: Take I-95 north; exit Glades Road and go east approximately one mile; FAU will be on your left. Upon entering the campus, follow signs for the Music for Healing 5k Parking. Directions from the Turnpike COMING FROM THE NORTH: Take the Turnpike south; exit at Glades Road and go east approximately 6 miles; FAU is located on your left. Upon entering the campus, follow signs for the Music for Healing 5k Parking. COMING FROM THE SOUTH: Take the Turnpike north; exit at Glades Road and go east approximately 6 miles; FAU is located on your left. Upon entering the campus, follow signs for the Music for Healing 5k Parking.

The Elvie & Alex Ress Music for Healing 5k is a charity event to support Ress Family Healing by Music Program at Florida Atlantic University. This unique program brings student musicians from the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters Department of Music into local treatment centers to introduce live music performances as a positive influence in the medical setting. Although these performances do not constitute formal music therapy, they do offer many of the same benefits, such as stress relief, anxiety reduction and providing a healing environment. The graduate students who give these performances gain valuable experience in community outreach. They also learn how to provide interactive, intimate performances and to realize how they can profoundly impact people through their music. Performances have been consistently well-received by patients, family members and healthcare staff. These live concerts clearly provide an effective distraction from the many stressors and physical discomfort that patients in treatment face on a daily basis. Not only do the student musicians reach out and touch their audience, but, through personal interaction, they are also forever touched.