One year after COVID canceled the annual conference of the Illinois Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (IAHPERD), members were more than eager to gather again Dec. 2 and 3. That includes students and faculty from the NIU Department of
Read moreKNPE, Lorado Taft staff combine forces to keep field experience despite COVID
COVID-19 is not stopping P.E. majors in Gail Koehling’s KNPE 466: Field Experience at Outdoor Environments course from getting a taste of Lorado Taft training. Students in KNPE 466 typically visit the NIU facility in Oregon, Ill., for three days and two
Read moreKNPE alumna visits alma mater with 266 middle-schoolers eager for reward of physical activity
Katelyn Neidel wishes her daily P.E. class at DeKalb’s Clinton Rosette Middle School would last longer than 45 minutes. That wish came true for Neidel and 265 of her classmates April 21 as they spent five hours at Anderson Hall banging drumsticks,
Read moreClinton Rosette students visit KNPE for day of physical activity
Katelyn Neidel wishes her daily P.E. class at DeKalb’s Clinton Rosette Middle School would last longer than 45 minutes. That wish came true for Neidel and 265 of her classmates April 21 as they spent five hours at Anderson Hall banging drumsticks,
Read moreP.E. majors flock to Lorado Taft for intense hands-on experience in teaching outdoor education
Bright sun peeked through mist and bare trees just after 10 a.m. on a late February day as the first hints of record warmth boldly unleashed an early spring. For two groups of students – one made up of 20 fifth-graders from
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