Here are the recent faculty appointments and promotions involving School of Kinesiology and Recreation faculty.
Photo gallery: KNR faculty appointments, promotions
Unit: Kinesiology and Recreation
KNR alumni spotlight: Exercise science grad reverses type 2 diabetes
Most people do not realize or believe that type 2 diabetes can be reversed, and that type 1 diabetics can achieve a considerable reduction in medicine, but both of these goals have been achieved by Illinois State alum Dr. Sarah Dran Hallberg’s patients at her medical weight loss program.
KNR alumni spotlight: PE teacher enriches students’ lives
Judy Tiggelaar ’82 earned her physical education (PE) degree with an emphasis in adapted PE from Illinois State University.
Athletic training major interns at Kennedy Space Center
Jaime Peers, an athletic training major in Illinois State’s School of Kinesiology and Recreation, spent her summer as an athletic training intern at the Kennedy Space Center RehabWorks in Florida.
Collection Spotlight: Women’s Physical Education Majors (PEM) Club
While there have been hundreds of registered student organizations in ISU’s history, only one club focused on women and their love for their chosen major, physical education. Researchers using the Women’s Physical Education Majors (PEM) Club collection can see how this club became a campus staple through its many sponsored co-ed activities and events.
KNR students make Costa Rican cultural immersion trip
Eleven kinesiology and recreation students and faculty leaders traveled to Costa Rica for a nine-day cultural immersion visit in early May.
ISU’s Ewing Cultural Center offers internship like no other
Interns expect to work in a cramped cubicle. So Amanda Elston felt pretty good when she pulled up to a $22.5 million home and climbed the circular staircase to the office on her first day at Ewing Cultural Center.
Thanks to you: Focused on ISU’s people and programs
Illinois State alumnus Gene Jontry pays attention to details. His meticulous form at the free throw line sealed a 94 percent free throw average, a Redbird record that still stands.
