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Tag: exercise science

Kinesiology, athletic training majors visit, learn during Chicago Blackhawks practice

November 13, 2019 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE

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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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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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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USA Weightlifting’s Mike Gattone shares career advice with Kinesiology students

April 16, 2019 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE

Rewarding careers in strength and conditioning are possible, but they require hard work, flexibility, creativity, determination, patience and – sometimes – even sacrifice. So said Mike Gattone, senior director of Sports Performance and Coaching Education for USA Weightlifting. Gattone shared his wisdom

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Call of the Mountain: 40 hearty members of NIU Exercise Science Club volunteer, compete at 2019 Abominable Snow Race

March 13, 2019 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE

Another winter, another mountain. Members of NIU’s Exercise Science Club returned to the Abominable Snow Race for a second consecutive year in February, this time traveling to Devil’s Head Ski Resort in Merrimac, Wis. Forty students helped with pre-event set-up Friday night

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Sit or stand? SCOPE research examines sedentary behaviors of older adults at Oak Crest

March 29, 2018 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE, KNPE alumni eNewsletter

Excessive sitting, some say, is the new smoking – in other words, something that insidiously contributes to shortening a lifespan. Indeed, says Emerson Sebastião, a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education, at least one decade of research

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KNPE inks transfer agreement with Rock Valley for Kinesiology

March 29, 2018 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE, KNPE alumni eNewsletter

Rockford-area students with plans to major in Kinesiology now have another option toward NIU Student Career Success. NIU’s Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education has signed a “2+2” agreement with Rock Valley College to provide a smooth transition between its associate degree

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Engage U.S. ready to launch with trip to Olympic City USA

February 14, 2018 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE, KNPE alumni eNewsletter

All of the world’s eyes – Brandon Male’s included – are on South Korea. But the instructor in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KNPE) is looking at the Winter Olympics through a different lens, one that understands that the games

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Exercise Science Club students shine at Abominable Snow Race

February 14, 2018 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE, KNPE alumni eNewsletter

Caitlin Paxton’s journey to the foot of a snowy Lake Geneva mountain drew her into the heart of the Abominable Snow Race. But amid the frigid cold and friendly competition, the senior from Plano found affirmation of her dream to teach Physical

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