{"id":106820,"date":"2017-04-27T17:23:43","date_gmt":"2017-04-27T21:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/?p=106820"},"modified":"2017-04-28T12:35:57","modified_gmt":"2017-04-28T16:35:57","slug":"look-what-we-found-mike-millikens-mckell-b-well-doll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/news\/2017\/04\/27\/look-what-we-found-mike-millikens-mckell-b-well-doll\/","title":{"rendered":"Look What We Found: Mike Milliken’s doll that sees all"},"content":{"rendered":"

A curly-haired stuffed doll sits on a boom box in a Merrill Gymnasium room in which Bates wellness manager Mike Milliken stores exercise gear.<\/p>\n

Dubbed \u201cMcKell B Well\u201d by Milliken, the doll spends most \u2014 but not all \u2014 of his time in the cave-like space. And though students, faculty, and staff who join Milliken\u2019s strenuous boot camp\u2013style workouts may fail to notice him, he\u2019s still watching.<\/p>\n

“You never know how he gets there.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

McKell is like an Elf on the Shelf, says Milliken, referring to the stuffed Santa\u2019s elf that some parents deploy in their homes before Christmas, telling their children that the elf is there to keep an eye on all that naughty\/nice stuff.<\/p>\n

Just as an Elf on a Shelf turns up in new spot each morning, so does McKell. \u201cHe finds himself around the kettle bells, dumbbells, sometimes on the medicine balls. Sometimes up high. You never know how he gets there,\u201d says Milliken, whose B Well program<\/a> provides a broad menu of exercise, nutrition, and mindfulness activities for the Bates community, all delivered with some fun and levity, thanks to McKell (and Milliken).<\/p>\n\t\n\t

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A \u201cspoof gift\u201d to Milliken from his Human Resources colleague Brenda Sawyer, McKell has been known to turn up in Commons. \u201cKidnapped,\u201d suggests Milliken, who has found his doll in various locations: by the apples, the salad bar, or the vegan bar. He has also appeared with the donuts. Milliken enjoys that irony.<\/p>\n

And McKell has been featured in social media videos for the B Well program, including a hip-hop performance on nutrition<\/a>. \u201cHe likes to dance,\u201d says Milliken.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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