Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation
110 Sports and Health Center, 1216 Ordean Court, Duluth, MN 55812
Phone: 218-726-7120: Fax 218-726-6243: Email: hper@d.umn.edu
Exercise Science
Exercise Science Program Status and News
Spring Semester 2007
- THERAPEUTIC LIFESTYLE CHANGE (TLC) PROGRAM to begin
The TLC program is a collaborative effort of faculty and students in the Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (HPER).The purpose of the program is to help UMD faculty and staff members to make healthy changes in their lives. There are two components: (1) individualized and supervised health programming for a select number of participants and (2) a health education series for all campus employees. The program is being coordinated by Ken Harkins. Faculty directly involved are Char Harkins, Karen Skrbich, and Amy Versnik-Nowak. The program will offer on campus experience for Exercise Science Students who have completed ESAT 3420 Exercise Testing Prescription. Its being run in the 201 Exercise Physiology Lab three mornings a week. Exercise Science students involved Spring Semester are Stacy Schulz, Jenna Ohland, Kayla Odegard, Andrew Noren, Marie Ulven, Erin Monarski, Bryce Bastolich and Chris Kirckof. It will also offer an educational component being coordinated by current health education major Kerry Berger.
Fall Semester 2006
- There are currently 160 majors in three concentrations.
- New Equipment in the Labs Fall 2006
- 8 new laptops in the Motor Learning Lab
- 30 new Suunto Heart Rate Monitors for the Exercise Physiology Lab, coupled with the Suunto Team Manager
- CorTemp™ Ingestible Core Body Temperature Sensor system for the Exercise Physiology Lab
- Lactate Pro Analyzers for the Exercise Physiology Lab
Summer 2006
- There are currently 160 majors in three concentrations.
- Dr. Morris Levy was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure May, 2006
- New Equipment in the Lab 2006
- Digital Balance
- Digital Scale
- Respiratory Function (added to the Metabolic Cart)