Colorado Springs, CO – The National Strength and Conditioning Association Foundation announced that Taylor Dinyer, Exercise Physiology Doctoral Student, was one of its recipients for the 2018 Women’s Scholarship. All scholarship recipients must be active NSCA members, must fully complete the appropriate applications, and meet all specific requirements for individual … Read More
Colorado Springs, CO – The National Strength and Conditioning Association Foundation is proud to announce that Mark Travis Byrd has been named a recipient of the NSCA’s Challenge Scholarship for 2017. Byrd was selected by the NSCA Foundation Scholarship Committee after a thorough evaluation process of all applicants. This program … Read More
Anna Buchanan, KHP Health Promotion graduate student, was interviewed on Spectrum News about ProjectWELL. ProjectWELL is a grant sponsored by the Kentucky Commission on Women to improve women’s cardiovascular health through smoking cessation, weight loss, and nutrition. Watch the video here.
Dr. Melinda Ickes, associate professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion, discusses her work helping to identify and address the epidemic of e-cigarette use among teens. Watch the video here.
Congratulations to the following students! Three KHP graduate students were awarded funding through the Arvle and Ellen Turner Thacker Research Fund, which was established to provide mini-grants in support of the research efforts of doctoral graduate students in the College of Education. Travis Byrd, Exercise Physiology doctoral candidate who is … Read More
By Hilary Brown (From UKNOW) LEXINGTON, Ky. (Dec. 19, 2018) – High school and middle school students in Perry County, Adair County and Casey County are now equipped with the tools to enact change in their hometowns. Thanks to a partnership between Kentucky Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program and UK’s Bridging … Read More
Dr. Liz Whitney, Assistant Professor in Health Education and KHP alumnus, LaDonda Porter, physical education teacher at Beaumont Middle School in Lexington, received awards at the annual Kentucky Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (KAHPERD) conference on Sunday, November 11, 2018. Dr. Whitney received the award for University … Read More
Dr. Meredith Sims, a UK College of Education alumna who was advised during her doctoral work by Dr. Heather Erwin in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion, was recently recognized for her promotion of arts integration. Sims is an assistant professor of dance and coordinator of the dance education … Read More
Kinesiology and Health Promotion graduate students Mallory Brown (Ph.D. student), Donovan Ross (Ph.D. student), and Hannah Bourg (masters student) attended the 2018 Annual Conference of the American School Health Association (ASHA) October 4 – 6, 2018, in Indianapolis, IN. Both Mallory Brown and Donovan Ross presented their original research in … Read More
Students in KHP 690 (Applied Foundations of High Performance) recently participated in a lab experience at the Lexington Fire Department’s Training Academy to experience how challenging it is to perform simulated firefighting tasks. The students wore a 50 lb weighted vest to simulate the weight of the firefighters’ protective gear. … Read More