The U.S. Department of Education (USED) has designated a number of health and physical education teacher shortages in Kentucky during the 2018-19 school year. These shortages were approved in the Bluegrass and Western Kentucky school districts. Approval of shortages in these areas may benefit student grant and loan recipients who … Read More
Elizabeth Whitney, Ph.D.,assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion’s Health Education Program, spent the Spring semester collaborating with a research/pedagogy group that included faculty from Truman State, Towson University, Minnesota State – Mankato, and SUNY-Brockport. Together, they created a website with resources and lesson plans related to … Read More
The American School Health Association (ASHA) announced Thursday, August 8, 2019 that Elizabeth Whitney, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion, was elected to serve on the 2020 Board of Directors. The press release stated that “Dr. Whitney’s research interests are in the broad area of child/adolescent … Read More
An Ouyang finished his Ph.D. in Exercise Science in May 2019. In June, he found out that he received a prestigious postdoc research position at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)/Harvard Medical School (HMS). He credits the graduate education in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion (KHP) at the University of … Read More
This summer in Dr. McMullen’s course KHP 380: Health Education in the Elementary Classroom, students presented health topics to children at Wee Care Preschool through reading books and using accompanying props. Topics included: dental hygiene, yoga, promoting positive mental health and anti-bullying.
The UK Running Club has been in existence for a little over 6 years. While the club mainly consisted of road races and cross county meets, they began to compete in track & field starting in 2017. Every season since has been historic! This year, the club competed in several … Read More
Biomechanics graduate student, Justin Gibson, needed one more faculty member on his thesis committee. He created a music video to add the extra incentive for Dr. Haley Bergstrom to say “yes”! After all, how could anyone say no?
Several Kinesiology and Health Promotion faculty and students presented at Mary Todd Elementary STEM/Science night on March 28th, 2019. Dr. Rosie Lanphere organized and lead a group of KHP faculty and students which included; Dr. Jody Clasey, Dr. Justin Nichols, Dr. Jill Day, Matt Thomas, Tori Vogelaar, Lilly Bradley, and … Read More
LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 5, 2019) (UKNOW by Hilary Brown) – Nationwide, e-cigarette use in high school students has risen more than 75% and more than 50% in middle school students between 2017 and 2018. Rates of e-cigarette usage in Kentucky have risen at a similar rate, prompting University of Kentucky … Read More
By Camiran Moore Asia Seidt. Graphic by UK Athletics LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 26, 2019) (UKNOW) — University of Kentucky junior swimmer Asia Seidt has been named the Arthur Ashe Female Sports Scholar of the Year, selected out of 1,000 nominees by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine. “You can’t find a better … Read More