Kinesiology News

Faculty Member Bret Wood Honored for Teaching Excellence

The UNC Charlotte College of Health and Human Services is pleased to annouce its 2018-2019 Faculty Teaching and Staff Employee of the Year Awards. Bret Wood, Lecturer Emertius at the Department of Kinesiology, was honored with the Undergraduate Teaching Award.

Respiratory Therapy Program Earns Top Five Ranking

The UNC Charlotte online bachelor’s degree in respiratory therapy is ranked fifth nationally in the 2019-2020 BestColleges rankings. To compile its rankings, BestColleges reviews data from National Center for Education Statistics. The organization considers the following factors: Academics & Learner Support (50% of total score); Affordability (25% of total score); and Online Programming (25% of […]

Incoming CHHS Dean Quoted in Time Article on Step Counts

Dr. Catrine Tudor-Locke, who will begin her tenure as Dean of the College of Health and Human Services in August, was quoted in a Time.com article on health and step-counts. Dr. Tudor-Locke is one of the nation’s foremost experts on the topic. Read the article

UNC Charlotte Appoints New Dean of College of Health and Human Services

The UNC Charlotte community is pleased to welcome Catrine Tudor-Locke as dean of the College of Health and Human Services beginning August 2019. Tudor-Locke joins the University from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she is associate dean for research and administration in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences. Prior to her current […]

Kinesiology Student Named UNC Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant

Kinesiology master’s student Kaitie Wilkers has been named a UNC Charlotte Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant (TA) for 2018-19. The Graduate School hosts the Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award annually to honor top TAs nominated by faculty supervisors for their work. The awards, presented at the doctoral and master’s levels, recognize outstanding and innovative teaching techniques. […]

VENTURE OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP ADDS NEW ELEMENTS TO CHALLENGE COURSE

Imagine being 25 feet in the air, balancing atop a telephone pole. Your legs are trembling at the sight of the ground below, and you are connected only to a single safety rope. Your next move will require focus and determination. So, you breathe in deeply and jump. Participants will experience this anxiety-producing thrill with […]

The Courtside Clinician: Athletic Training at UNC Charlotte

UNC Charlotte athletic trainer Adam Jordan uses close relationships and clinical skill to keep players healthy. Campus is quiet and the sun is just beginning to glimmer across the windows of Halton Arena as Adam Jordan flicks on the lights of his basement office. The head athletic trainer for the Charlotte 49ers men’s basketball team […]

Hard Candy and a Car Crash: Students Intervene in Pair of Emergencies

You don’t know how you’ll respond in an emergency until you face one. Across UNC Charlotte’s campus, hundreds of students in health-related majors study to become professionals trained to step in at those critical moments. Over the spring semester, two exercise science students were called on to do just that. Listening to the stories of […]

Student Researcher Perseveres, Earns NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

UNC Charlotte’s Devin Clegg sees a strong linkage between his selection for a prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship and lessons he learned when conducting research and playing football with the Charlotte 49ers. Clegg, who completed his bachelor’s degree in exercise science at UNC Charlotte in 2016, is pursuing a master’s degree in biology […]

“Communiversity” Provides Support to Region’s Latino Immigrant Community

UNC Charlotte and the Camino Community Center have officially dedicated The Communiversity at Camino. The program, whose name recognizes the combined power of the pair, builds on and amplifies the efforts of Camino, a community-based organization that has provided resources to the Latino immigrant community of Charlotte since 2004, and serves over 20,000 people annually. […]