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Tag: PALS

Future teachers, high schoolers learn together during P.E. Leadership Summit

April 12, 2020 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE

In times like these, it often becomes more obvious what we all have in common. Empathy and sympathy for friends, family and strangers who are suffering. Admiration for people courageously and selflessly serving on the front lines at their own risk. Material

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Ressler named Senior Faculty Fellow

October 10, 2019 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE

Jim Ressler knew he was on to something good in February, when he and his colleagues from the NIU PALS Group played host to 70 students from West Aurora High School for the first P.E. Leadership Summit. Two months later, the associate

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P.E. Leadership Summit trains, inspires students from West Aurora High School

March 13, 2019 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE

Jim Ressler is a strong advocate for the power and potential of Physical Education leadership programs. “First, they offer a different experience for high school students in P.E. classes,” says Ressler, a professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education. “Second,

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Belizean Youth Sport Coalition takes next step as project wraps

January 31, 2017 Mark McGowan enewsletter, KNPE

Just look at the numbers. Three years. Twenty-seven organizations. One hundred and twenty-one coaches, teachers and youth workers trained – 13 of them traveling to the United States for that preparation, partly delivered by three NIU students. Fifteen hundred youth enrolled in

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Gold medals are not the only reason to get youth involved in sport

August 24, 2016 admin-salvani enewsletter, KNPE

Written by Paul Wright, Lane/Zimmerman Endowed Professor The 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil have given us the opportunity to marvel at the heights of human potential. We have been able to watch amazing displays of athleticism and skill from the most elite competitors

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Collaborating on Outdoor Education

May 24, 2016 admin-salvani enewsletter, KNPE

Did you know NIU is home to one of the premier outdoor education facilities in the country, the Lorado Taft Field Campus? In addition to this amazing resource, NIU’s College of Education has faculty expertise and an extensive network of partners working

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