The University of Michigan School of Kinesiology is always on the move!
Here's what we've been up to over the last few months.
|
|
Kathy Kern, Applied Exercise Science
and Movement Science lecturer, taught
her newly virtual Principles of Motor
Behavior lab from her dining room.
|
|
Before COVID-19 struck, Movement
Science senior Semat Adekoya (front
center) and her student org, Maize Rage,
celebrated '90s Night at Crisler Center.
|
|
Faculty, staff, and alumni congratulated our
graduating students via a video produced
by Sport Management alum Jon Paley.
|
|
Moving the World Towards Racial Justice
Dean Lori Ploutz-Snyder and Professor Ketra Armstrong respond to recent events that are rooted in systemic racism.
|
|
Countdown to the Kinesiology Building
|
|
Construction on our new home, the Kinesiology Building, was paused for two months due to Michigan’s “Stay Home, Stay Safe” order. Now that construction restrictions have been lifted, we’re ramping back up and are still on track for fall 2020 move-in and January 2021 classes.
|
|
|
In a 5/27 video chat with incoming students, U-M President
Mark Schlissel
said he is optimistic the university can provide a “public health-informed” fall semester that brings students back to campus and blends in-person and remote learning. He added that the university would have a much clearer understanding of what the fall semester will look like by the end of June.
|
|
|
Title IX and Campus Sexual Misconduct
|
Last month, the US Department of Education issued new rules for how sexual misconduct investigations are handled on college campuses. Sport Management lecturer and practicing attorney
Marissa Pollick
talked with NPR
Stateside
's April Baer about what these changes mean and how they relate to Title IX.
|
|
|
Applied Exercise Science and Movement Science associate professor
Leah Robinson
was awarded a five-year National Institutes of Health grant totaling $2.6M for the Children's Health Activity Motor Program (CHAMP) Afterschool Program: Promoting Physical Activity & Health in Children.
|
|
|
Returning to College Sports
|
What's the safest way to resume sports following a global health pandemic? Sport Management professor
Mark Rosentraub
wrote an op-ed for the
Indianapolis Business Journal
with suggestions for how and when college sports could return.
|
|
|
In a major advance in mind-controlled prosthetics for amputees, U-M researchers, including
Movement Science associate professor
Deanna Gates
, have tapped faint signals from arm nerves and amplified them to enable real-time finger-level control of a robotic hand.
|
|
|
Faculty members
Pete Bodary
,
Tom George
, and
Kathy Kern
, and GSI
Allyssa Memmini
, received the 2019-20 Students’ Excellence in Teaching Award, which is voted on and presented by the Kinesiology student body. Recipients were surprised with the news in their virtual classrooms.
|
|
|
Supporting the Front Line
|
As the manager of athletic training at the Henry Ford Health System,
Christina Eyers (MVS '97)
and her team were ready to join the fight against COVID-19. This included providing health screenings, assisting in emergency rooms and walk-in clinics, and safely transporting patients to isolation wings. "[The athletic trainers] were eager to help," she said.
|
|
|
Katharine Bohlmann (SM '19)
, business solutions manager for the Miami Dolphins and Hard Rock Stadium, got the surprise of her young professional career last month when she found out she's a 2020 Front Office Sports Rising 25 awardee. "It’s humbling to get to represent the University of Michigan," she said.
|
|
|
What have YOU been up to?
Let us know and you might be featured in our next
Alumni Spotlight
!
|
|
|
Healthy Mind, Healthy Body
|
2020 Health and Fitness graduate
Tiffany Yoo
is a passionate advocate for mental and physical health. She promotes awareness through her Live Love Fitness LLF Instagram account and the Breaking the Silence of Stigma on Mental Health event she organized last fall. “If your mind isn’t in the right place, your body will follow," she said.
|
|
|
As a content specialist and photographer for U-M Social, 2020 Sport Management graduate
Grant Floto
found a unique way to honor the Class of 2020. Each day in April, he posted a photo of a senior on the university's Instagram account, along with one word that represented their time at U-M.
|
|
|
Health & Fitness + COVID-19: Where Do We Go From Here?
Hosted by
Mike Stack (MVS '04)
, founder & CEO of Applied Fitness Solutions and Applied Exercise Science lecturer
Join us for a three-part webinar series exploring the impact of COVID-19 on the health science and fitness community:
Wed., June 17 • 1:00-2:00pm EDT
T
Wed., July 8 • 7:00-8:00pm EDT
Wed., August 12 • 1:00-2:00pm EDT
Invitations and panelist details to come.
|
|
|
|
SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS
Due to financial uncertainty, some students may not be able to begin or even return to their studies this fall. The
Kinesiology Emergency Aid (COVID)
fund assists with temporary expenses related to COVID-19, including technology, housing, and tuition support.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|