This fall, Maria DeWitt will join the team of academic advisors at the Michigan State University College of Education as a kinesiology advisor. Previously, DeWitt was a health science advisor at Oakland University, where she was nominated for Advisor of the Year. She has also worked as a substance abuse therapist at Salvation Army Harbor Light and a child...
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In Columbus, Ohio, the COSI science center is offering in-depth physical exams. The exam, which costs $50, tests each patient’s strength, aerobic endurance and flexibility, and then compares the results to the average population. The patients also receive an “exercise prescription” and meet with a fitness expert to set personally modified goals. While Jim Pivarnik, a professor of kinesiology and epidomiology...
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Fourteen doctoral students from the Michigan State University College of Education are participating in a two-week study tour to Botswana from June 24 – July 9, 2011. The tour, led by Deborah Feltz,  a chairperson and award-winning professor of the MSU Department of Kinesiology, will expand students’ knowledge of physical and psychological child development, along with educational philosophy, curriculum, structure...
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Donald E. Heller, a noted scholar and expert on higher education, has been approved as dean of the College of Education at Michigan State University. He will assume the position effective Jan. 1, 2012. Heller is professor of education and senior scientist at Penn State University, where he has served as director of the...
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Fifteen doctoral students from Teacher Education, Educational Policy and Higher, Adult and Lifelong Education (HALE) are traveling together to universities and schools throughout Vietnam this month as part of a new international study trip opportunity sponsored by the College of Education. The group, which departed on June 4, expects to visit approximately 15 institutions...
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Companies are offering DNA tests supposed to help families decide which sports their kids will play best. But, “Genetic testing can’t measure the passion a young person has for an activity,” says Larry Lauer, director of coaching education and development at Michigan State’s Institute for the Study of Youth Sports. He tells TIME magazine...
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