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Tag: Illinois Youth Center

Project FLEX 3.0 begins, ready to grow

October 27, 2020 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE

COVID-19 has proven no match for Project FLEX. It’s true that when the pandemic arrived in the spring, the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KNPE) did suspend its initiative that provide in-person, structured physical activity to young men incarcerated at the

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Swole Patrol: KNPE’s Project FLEX adds earned privilege of 1:1 personal training

February 26, 2020 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE

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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Project FLEX culminates in campus visit for young men who glimpse opportunity

May 15, 2019 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE

They seem like any other college students. Young. Comfortably dressed. High school graduates. Eager to participate. Curious about GPAs and friends, part-time jobs and time management. Interested in earning college degrees to pursue careers in coaching, law enforcement and music. But these

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Illinois Youth Center speaker to discuss ‘Flexing Behind Bars’ of juvenile detention

March 26, 2019 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE

In the six months since Project FLEX began delivering physical education and leadership training to young men incarcerated in the Illinois Youth Center of St. Charles, many eyes have been opened. Jenn Jacobs and Zach Wahl-Alexander, professors in the NIU Department of

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KNPE professors, grad student launch Project FLEX inside Illinois Youth Center

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

Opened in December 1904, the 120-acre Illinois Youth Center in St. Charles can hold 348 juvenile males in its Level 2 medium-security facility. The average daily population of 138 represents about 40 percent of that capacity. The average age is 17. Those

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