The Health & Exercise Sciences Department will be dedicating the Jack C. Bowen Memorial Garden on Saturday, June 2nd at 1:00 p.m.  The Garden is directly in front of Pershing’s East entrance. Please come join us in celebrating Jack’s life and dedicating this most fitting tribute to him.

Anne Ratermann, Emma Lennon, and Elli Mathis attended the NCUR (National Conference on Undergraduate Research) in Ogden, UT, March 29-31, 2012.   Anne, Emma, & Elli made an oral presentation on their research project, titled “Influence of Training Volume and Diet on Ferritin Levels of Division II Female Cross Country Runners.”

Also pictured is Dr. Alex Koch, former HES Faculty and project mentor.

On Saturday April 21^st, Exercise Science  students planning to become Physical Education Instructors implemented the 2^nd Annual Bike Rodeo for area children. Students in ES368 Lifetime Fitness planned, organized and conducted a variety of stations to teach children bicycle skills, safety, and rules. The Bike Rodeo is in conjunction with the City of Kirksville Parks and Recreation as the Bicycle Education part of the Complete Streets Grant awarded to the City in 2010

Former Exercise Science student Garret Powell ’10 recently returned to Truman to participate in Truman’s “Paging All Docs” program. Powell, a first year medical student at the University of Missouri and native of Macon, MO, serves as a Student Ambassador for the MU Medical School. While on Truman’s campus, Powell shared his perspectives on medical school, the admissions process, and how to best prepare oneself for the rigors of medical school. “Truman’s Exercise Science Program prepared me incredibly well for the intensive medical school course work and also put me a step ahead of my medical school classmates” said Powell, “There has yet to be concept in medical school that I did not already see at Truman.”

Kelly Walsh, pictured in back center, and the students from Mrs. Connie Charles’ grade 3-5 class from Faith Lutheran School show off a sheet Kelly painted to illustrate the muscles.  Kelly and Sarvesh Giri, HES students, are teaching 10 weekly lessons on the body systems to these students as their HLTH 440 capstone project.

(It was hat day at FLS, hence the hats!)

Khrysta Baig, senior Health Science major, has recently accepted a seat in the Masters of Science in Public Health/Registered Dietitian program at Johns Hopkins University. The program admits 8 students each year and prepares them to become dietitians and leaders in public health nutrition. Students in the program complete 10 months of study at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland and a 32 week practicum which rotates through several locations including The Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. She will begin classes this August.

In the Fall of 2012, HLTH 195/HLTH 196 will be replaced by HLTH 198/HLTH 198L to meet the Personal Well-Being requirement.  Here is important information regarding the new courses:

HLTH 198 Lifetime Health and Fitness (3.0 credit hours): The purpose of this course is to integrate material from a range of disciplines including (but not limited to) human physiology, psychology, sociology, and nutrition to present an interdisciplinary framework for disease prevention and health promotion.  The course focus is to promote a behavioral lifestyle change in which students integrate into their lives patterns of physical activity, health, and well-being.  The course fulfills the Personal Well-being Essential Skill component of Truman’s Liberal Studies Program (LSP).  This course is a “hybrid” course in that it has substantial on-line content supplemented by on-ground and on-line learning experiences.

HLTH 198L Lifetime Physical Activities:  This course is designed to introduce the student to a pattern of lifetime fitness and physical activity through a variety of activity modes. Regardless of activity mode, concepts of aerobic and anaerobic conditioning techniques will be explored. Where appropriate, issues of safety, equipment, theory, technique and other factors will be introduced.  Each semester, we offer several sections of HLTH 198L, each with a different activity focus. Check the Open Course List on TruView for a description of HLTH 198L courses offered.

Jennifer Zweifel was crowned Miss Northeast Counties on Saturday, February 18, 2012, earning her a spot in the Miss Missouri Pageant.  Jennifer will be using her HLTH 440 project (NEMO Heart Health) as a platform for Miss Missouri.   (This promotes the purchase of AED’s by area businesses, and promotes individuals in the community learning how to use the device.)  Miss Missouri will represent the state at the Miss America Pageant next year. Jennifer also won various scholarships and other awards as part of the title.  Congratulations Jennifer!

Jenny was crowned by another HES grad, Jenna Osseck (’11). Jenna’s sister, Tara Osseck (’07), was also an HES graduate who went on to become Miss Missouri 2009.

For complete articles, go to:  http://www.kirksvilledailyexpress.com/features/x1353881698/Winners-crowned-at-Miss-Northeast-Counties-Pageant or http://www.trumanindex.com/zweifel-wins-in-a-new-way-1.2802246

While studying abroad at the University of Ghana, I was able to volunteer with Mawuvio (God’s children in the tribal language) Outreach Program. The program gives orphans and children in disadvantaged families that can’t afford the cost of school in Ghana an education. Prior to the establishment of Mawuvio’s Outreach Program, many of these children were working on street corners and in markets selling food/provisions to help their families meet basic needs. Most have  never sat in a classroom and could not make use of letters or numbers. MOP believes that it is the lack of education keeping poverty alive. The NGO is dedicated to ending the cycle of poverty. I taught classes, depending on what was needed by the school. I also had small groups where we worked on individual problems like ABC recognition, counting, and such. It was incredible working with the kids; they were all very excited to learn, and constantly asked me to assign homework.

Lindsay Dodge was recently promoted to the Southeast Regional Manager at the American Junior Golf Association. Lindsay is responsible for furthering the AJGA mission within the Southeast region by creating and maintaining positive relationships with sponsors, golf courses, parents, committee members, and golf industry leaders. On the sponsorship side, Lindsay is seeking tournament title sponsors along with promoting the AJGA brand and creating new revenue for AJGA tournaments. Lindsay also works on finding new venues for the upcoming years to ensure quality golf courses for AJGA members. In 2012, Lindsay will run three tournaments aside from her sponsorship duties. In this role, she coordinates, plans, and executes the golf tournaments to conduct a financially and operationally sound event. Lindsay has lived in Atlanta, Georgia for 1 year and is originally from Topeka, Kansas. The AJGA Headquarters is in Braselton, Georgia, which is about 40 minutes north of Atlanta.