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Tag: Chad McEvoy

Here We Grow: Sport Management

October 27, 2020 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE

This is the first in an occasional series exploring high-growth majors and programs in the College of Education. Todd Gilson remembers well the reaction to his plans to study Sport Management at Ohio Northern University, where he earned that very bachelor’s degree

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International Affairs honors KNPE

December 9, 2019 Mark McGowan enewsletter, 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

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Educator in Residence John M. Dunn tells students: ‘You can be the agent of change’

October 23, 2019 Mark McGowan Alumni, CAHE, enewsletter, KNPE

When John M. Dunn first came to NIU from his small hometown in southern Illinois, new and towering horizons opened to him. No longer surrounded by people who looked just like him – everyone in downstate Pinckneyville then was white, and Dr.

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NIU, KNPE dedicate M. Joan Popp Lab

October 10, 2019 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE

Beaming at what she proudly called a “Huskie Hall of Fame” of distinguished coaches, teachers and supporters, NIU President Lisa Freeman saw in the audience at the new M. Joan Popp Motor Behavior Lab reason for great confidence. Freeman, along with NIU

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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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KNPE prepares to launch master’s degree in Athletic Training, accelerated program

May 15, 2019 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE

Classes begin next summer for the NIU Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education’s new master’s degree in Athletic Training. The new graduate program will replace the department’s longtime bachelor’s degree, a move precipitated by actions taken by the Commission on Accreditation of

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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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Community Learning Series to highlight rewarding careers in sport management

October 2, 2018 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE

Dan Migala is always thinking. The co-founder and chief innovation officer of 4Front Sports and Innovation Consulting Firm is the guy behind the Chicago White Sox’s 7:11 starting time – brought to you by 7-Eleven, of course. He’s also the marketing whiz

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Chair’s Welcome

October 1, 2018 Mark McGowan Uncategorized

I hope this message finds you well. We are excited to share in this newsletter some of the exciting things going on in the NIU Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education. You will find several news stories included in this newsletter, and

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KNPE quartet visits University of Tetova for global conference on sport sciences

June 13, 2018 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE, KNPE alumni eNewsletter

More than 80 years after NIU first opened as the Northern Illinois State Normal School in 1899, faculty in Physical Education began to embrace a new way of thinking. “Our Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, and our peers across the country,

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