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Category: KNPE alumni eNewsletter

Message from the Chair

September 21, 2020 Mark McGowan Alumni, enewsletter, KNPE, KNPE alumni eNewsletter

The ancient Greek philosopher, Plato, is credited with the proverb, “Necessity is the mother of invention.” In 2020, I cannot think of truer words. As the COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped higher education, in KNPE we have learned new ways of mentoring students,

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Clinical experiences shift for COVID-19, remain meaningful via creative faculty

September 21, 2020 Mark McGowan Alumni, enewsletter, KNPE, KNPE alumni eNewsletter

As a parent who is helping to manage the remote learning of his three young children, Jim Ressler sees firsthand how teachers in the Kaneland School District are shifting their instruction for COVID-19. Ressler, an associate professor of Physical Education Teacher Education,

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KNPE Alumni Accomplishments

September 21, 2020 Mark McGowan Alumni eNewsletter, KNPE, KNPE alumni eNewsletter

Congratulations to these Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education alums! Alexis “Pookie” Gonzalez, B.S. Kinesiology, ’16, M.S. Sport Management, ’18, was named volleyball assistant coach by the Northern Michigan University Athletics Department. Gonzalez comes to NMU after a year-long stint at the

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Sport Management alum Jamaal Hines scores job leading after-school programs

August 12, 2020 Mark McGowan Alumni, enewsletter, Graduate Programs, KNPE, KNPE alumni eNewsletter

Jamaal Hines grew up hooked on police procedurals on TV, imagining that he someday would solve crimes like the detectives on “CSI” and “NCIS” on behalf of innocent victims. Enrolling at Old Dominion University in his native Virginia, he earned a bachelor’s

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KNPE alumni accomplishments

January 21, 2020 Mark McGowan Alumni, enewsletter, KNPE, KNPE alumni eNewsletter

Congratulations to these Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education alums! Julie Bergstrom, B.S.Ed. Physical Education, ’98, was featured Jan. 9 by the Naperville Sun: “The Waubonsie Valley High School physical education teacher and soccer coach has a passion for everything sports-related and

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KNPE alumni accomplishments

October 9, 2019 Mark McGowan Alumni, KNPE, KNPE alumni eNewsletter

Congratulations to these Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education alums! Courtney Franson, M.S.Ed. Kinesiology and Physical Education, ’16, was named director of YWCA Rock County’s Child Care Program in June. In addition to overseeing compliance with local and federal regulations, ensuring safe

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B.S. in Sport Management soars past new degree’s enrollment expectations

October 4, 2019 Mark McGowan KNPE, KNPE alumni eNewsletter

NIU’s Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KNPE) celebrated a successful launch of its new bachelor’s degree in Sport Management this fall. Fifty students were expected to begin the program in August, but the department exceeded that goal and welcomed 68 majors.

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Higher ed leader John M. Dunn named college’s Fall 2019 Educator in Residence

September 24, 2019 Mark McGowan Alumni, enewsletter, Graduate Programs, KNPE, KNPE alumni eNewsletter

A university president. A provost. A dean. A department chair. A vice chancellor – and two terms as an interim chancellor. An internationally respected researcher. John M. Dunn, recently retired from a decade of successful leadership of Western Michigan University and now

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KNPE to dedicate M. Joan Popp Lab

September 24, 2019 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE, KNPE alumni eNewsletter

NIU’s Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education will dedicate a new and renovated lab in October, thanks to the generosity of a late, longtime faculty member. The M. Joan Popp Motor Behavior Laboratory, located in Anderson Hall 213, hosts classes in areas

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M. Joan Popp Motor Behavior Lab opening underscores power of giving back to NIU

September 24, 2019 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE, KNPE alumni eNewsletter

Opened in 1964 – the year the Beatles first came to America – NIU’s Anderson Hall definitely can show its age in some corners. Not in the new M. Joan Popp Motor Behavior Laboratory, however, which sports new paint and a sleek,

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Congratulations!

March 25, 2019 Mark McGowan Alumni, KNPE, KNPE alumni eNewsletter

Gretchen Schlabach, Professor Emerita in the NIU Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, will be inducted Wednesday, June 26, into the National Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame. The NATA Hall of Fame celebrates the achievements of the athletic training profession’s legends;

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B.S. degree in Sport Management ready to enroll undergraduates for Fall 2019

October 2, 2018 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE, KNPE alumni eNewsletter

NIU’s Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KNPE) will launch a bachelor’s degree in Sport Management next fall. The new program capitalizes on the department’s rich heritage of preparing graduate students for careers in the thriving sport industry, which includes all of

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