Looking for silver linings has quickly become a daily, and necessary, healing priority for a struggling world. Viral videos of exhausted doctors performing John Lennon’s “Imagine” in a hospital lobby. Of relatives waving through windows at their loved ones in nursing homes.
Read moreSwole Patrol: KNPE’s Project FLEX adds earned privilege of 1:1 personal training
Swole – think “swollen” – is a hip way to compliment jocks on their muscles. Urban Dictionary defines swole as “a paragon of hypermasculinity, manifesting in the physical and attitudinal embodiment of strength, occupying space with intimidating quantity and developing rippling musculature
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Paul Wright and Jenn Jacobs, faculty in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, were featured in the Journal of American History for their work “Race, Economics, and the Politics of Educational Change: The Dynamics of School District Consolidation in Shelby County,
Read moreDoctoral students from Indonesia provide valuable insight for COE research mentors
In what seems like an “of course it is” bit of trivia, the official language of Indonesia is – yes, Indonesian. Linguists, according to WorldAtlas.com, categorize Indonesian as “a standardized register of Riau Malay” and “among the languages of the Austronesian language
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Read all about it: NIU’s Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education was well-represented in Volume 38, Issue 4, of the Journal of Teaching in Physical Education. Five faculty members – Jenn Jacobs, Jim Ressler, Zachary Wahl-Alexander, Paul Wright and Laurie Zittel –
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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
Read moreNIU celebrates fall commencement
NIU College of Education graduates stepped in the spotlight last month during the fall commencement ceremonies. President Dr. Lisa C. Freeman told the audience at the Dec. 15 undergraduate ceremony about Angie Lobdell, who earned a bachelor’s in Special Education. One day
Read moreCOE Student Spotlight: Brittany Williams
Hometown: St. Petersburg, Fla. Program: M.S.Ed. Kinesiology and Physical Education/Sport and Exercise Psychology Year in school: First-year master’s student What inspired you to pursue this degree/career? I have a bachelor’s degree in Psychology, and I’m just really into athletic training. It wasn’t
Read moreInternational Affairs honors KNPE
NIU’s Division of International Affairs honored the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KNPE) with its 2019 Award for Outstanding Department Contribution to International Education. Recipients are chosen for meeting one or more of these criteria: Supporting NIU-sponsored Study Abroad Programs that
Read moreJenn Jacobs nets federal grant to create national women’s sport summit in Belize
Alternative Spring BAE 2.0 will touch down in Belize in Spring 2020 with a different mission than its Engage Global debut in 2019, thanks to a $10,000 award from the U.S. Department of State. Jenn Jacobs, an assistant professor of Sport and
Read moreCOE Student Spotlight: Reina Ashley
Hometown: Chicago Program: M.S.Ed. Kinesiology and Physical Education/Sport and Exercise Psychology Year in school: Second-year master’s student What inspired you to pursue this degree/career? In high school, I was a student athletic trainer. Those three years really inspired me to get more
Read moreKinesiology, athletic training majors visit, learn during Chicago Blackhawks practice
Fifty-two Kinesiology and Athletic Training majors traveled Oct. 9 to watch a Chicago Blackhawks practice at the Fifth Third Arena. Members of the Exercise Science Club organized the Engage Local experience, which was funded by the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education.
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