News & Events in the Department of Kinesiology
Frank Rife, Associate Professor and the Kinesiology Undergraduate Program Director is the recipient of the 2012 School of Public Health and Health Sciences Outstanding Teacher Award. Dean C. Marjorie Aelion noted that Dr. Rife's dedication to overseeing the Kinesiology Undergraduate Program and his excellence in teaching have contributed immeasurably to the School of Public Health and Health Sciences' educational mission. Dr. Rife will be presented the award at the SPHHS senior recogition ceremony in May.
Richard van Emmerik, was inducted into the National Academy of Kinesiology (NAK) at the annual meeting, September 14-17, 2011, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dr. van Emmerik joins Professors Clarkson, Hamill, Kamen, Kent-Braun and Freedson as UMass Amherst members of the academy. The primary purpose of the NAK is to encourage and promote the study and educational applications of the art and science of human movement and physical activity. Election to the Academy is restricted to 165 scholars who have been elected by their peers, recognizing individuals who have made significant scholarly contributions to the study of and/or application of the art and science of human movement and physical activity.
Joseph Hamill received the Jim Hay Memorial Award for Research in Sports and Exercise Biomechanics at the American Society of Biomechanics meeting held August 10-14, 2011 in Long Beach, CA. The Jim Hay Memorial Award was established in 2004 through the support of the Hay family and additional donors to recognize outstanding career accomplishment and is awarded annually to an investigator who has conducted exemplary research in the area of sports and exercise science biomechanics. The Hay Award selection is based on originality, quality and depth of the research and the relevance of this work to the field of Sports andExercise biomechanics. Dr. Hamill delivered the Jim Hay Memorial lecture at the meeting.
Dr. Patty Freedson, chair of the department of kinesiology delivered a keynote address at the 2nd International Conference on Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity and Movement (ICAMPAM) held in Glasgow, Scotland, from May 24 - May 27, 2011. Dr. Freedson's Physical Activity and Health Laboratory group all joined her at the conference, with each member of the team delivering either a poster or oral presentation on topics ranging from novel analytic methods to estimate physical activity to the impact of exercise training and sedentary behavior interventions.
Barry Braun, professor in the Department of Kinesiology was selected as the final spring 2011 Umass Spotlight Scholar. Professor Braun is being recognized for his scientific leadership in exercise and its effects on metabolism. He is currently Associate Professor of Kinesiology and Director of the Energy Metabolism Laboratory where his research program is focused on 2 areas: 1). integrating exercise, pharmacology and diet for metabolic “rehabilitation” and to prevent/manage Type 2 diabetes and 2) how changing energy expenditure or energy balance impacts hormonal regulation of appetite. Dr. Braun has received funding from the National Institutes of Health and the American Diabetes Association for his work and he has published more than 65 peer-reviewed research articles in journals such as American Journal of Physiology, Journal of Applied Physiology and Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. Professor Braun was selected from an exceptional pool of faculty nominations to receive this recognition. The honor comes with a cash prize, a commemorative poster and extensive publicity in campus publications. Spotlight Scholars are individual faculty members who exemplify the quality and commitment of the UMass Amherst faculty.
Erin Snook, assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology has been named one of six faculty members to be a 2011-12 Family Research Scholar on the basis of her promising work in family-related research. Her research includes understanding the antecedents and outcomes of physical activity behavior in populations with neurological diseases, particularly multiple sclerosis (MS). During her CRF Scholar year, Snook will develop a grant which proposes "Tracking the progression of multiple sclerosis using two novel outcome measures" that are being developed and tested in her current research. Currently available measures of MS symptoms and function have significant limitations; accurate measurement is vital for determing the effectiveness of rehabilitation and treatments and for tracking the progression of MS and needs to be a priority for family research.
Sofiya Alhassan, assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology, was recently awarded a 4-year $448,782 K01 grant from the NIH National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. The purpose of the project is to examine the effects of a culturally-appropriate Afro-centric dance program that engages both pre-adolescent African-American girls and their mothers on daughter's physical activity and insulin levels. The study will take place in the greater Springfield area. Findings from this research may provide a viable option for increasing physical activity for African-American girls and their mothers, and thereby help to identify a strategy for reducing obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus in African-American girls.
Edward Debold, assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology, presented a paper at the Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society in Baltimore, MD. His research in the Muscle Biophysics Lab at UMass entitled: Phosphate Enhances Actin Filament Velocity at Low pH in an In Vitro Motility Assay have important implications for our understanding of the molecular basis of muscle contraction. They also provide molecular insight into process of muscular fatigue and the loss of cardiac contractility during a heart attack. Based on the impact of the findings, Ned's presentation was chosen to be highighted in the prestigious Motility Subgroup Symposium. "It was a great honor to be chosen by the Organizing Committee to speak to an assembly of the world's most preeminent researchers in the areas of muscle biophysics and molecular motors" said Debold. These findings will reach an even wider audience as results from this study were recently published in the American Journal of Physiology.
Erin Snook, assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology is one of the faculty members from the School of Public Health and Health Sciences to appear at "Women's Health in the 21st Century: What We Need to Know," sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Massachusetts, on Saturday, March 12th. Read more...
Sofiya Alhassan, assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences was recently awarded a $174,972, 2-year grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Active Living Research Program. The grant will fund a project to study the effects of short bouts of structured physical activity during designated outdoor playtime on physical activity and sedentary behavior during the school day in lower socioeconomic status preschoolers in the greater Springfield area. The results of this project program will ultimately inform policy decisions regarding the design and implementation of physical activity programs in the preschool setting.
Sofiya Alhassan, assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences was chosen to participate in the American College of Sports Medicine Leadership and Diversity Training Program. The purpose of this program is to train ACSM professional members of racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds who hold a terminal degree to become ACSM leaders and Fellows. In addition, the program seeks to expand the access that individuals from racial and/or ethnic minority backgrounds have to the leadership structure within the ACSM organization.
Erin Snook, assistant professor in Kinesiology, received a one-year, $39,040 Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers pilot grant to develop and test a new symptom questionnaire for multiple sclerosis (MS). MS is a chronic disease of the central nervous system whereby a person’s immune cells attacks the myelin sheath that surrounds nerve axons. This destruction results in a wide variety of symptoms including balance and gait problems, cognitive impairment, sensory problems, fatigue, spasticity, and muscle weakness. In this project, Snook will be developing and testing a MS symptom questionnaire that assesses the severity, frequency, and distressfulness of symptoms. Assessing multiple symptom characteristics simultaneously should lead to a more accurate measure of MS symptoms that can be used to track disease progression and the effectiveness of drugs and clinical interventions. More information
Sarah Witkowski, Assistant Professor in Kinesiology received a UMass Faculty Research Grant. Her grant is entitled, "Mechanisms underlying endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular disease: Circulating progenitor cell senescence, telomere stability,
and inactivity."
Brian Umberger was awarded $594,000 from NSF to study the evolution of human locomotion.
Kinesiology undergraduate student receives the UMass 2012 Winter Female Scholar-Athlete Award.
On Wednesday, March 28, 2012, Michaela Butler received the Winter Female Scholar-Athlete Award for
excellence in both the classroom and athletics. Michaela represents UMass as a diver. This season, she competed in the NCAA Zone A Championship, taking eleventh in the three-meter dive (534.60) and twelth in the one-meter dive (479.85). Before arriving at UMass, Michaela was a gymnast, not a diver. Her diving accomplishments are all the more impressive considering how new to the sport Michaela is.
In the classroom Michaela is prepared, engaged, works hard, and peerforms well. After graduation, Michaela plans to pursue a career in Orthopedic Surgery. The skills she has culminated through UMass Athletics and the Kinesiology Department will serve her well. The department is proud to have Michaela representing it.
Summer Moukalled receives 2012 Senior Leadership Award
The Senior Leadership Award recognizes graduating seniors who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and service to the UMass Amherst community. Award recipients have distinguished themselves through important contributions to student organizations and campus jobs, through academic excellence, and through public and community service.
Megan Colwell is William F. Field Alumni Scholar
The William F. Field Alumni Scholars Program was established in 1976 to recognize and honor third-year students for their academic achievements at UMass Amherst. The program was named in honor of William F. Field, the university’s first Dean of Students, for his outstanding support of academic excellence and his personal commitment to bringing out the best in every student.
Kinesiology undergraduate students, Trent Ainsworth and Shiyi Zan, are the recipients of the American Kinesiology Associate Undergraduate Scholar Award.
Trent P. Ainsworth, graduating senior, also will be receiving a 21st Century Leadership Award from the University for this year. The award recognizes graduating seniors who have demonstrated exemplary standards of achievement, initiative and social awareness. He is planning to attend medical school next year at the University of New England: College of Osteopathic Medicine. Trent is the first of our students to win this particular University award.
Shiyi Zan is currently working in Boston as a Research Associate in Orthopedic Surgery for Mark Brezinski MD, PhD, and Associate Professor of Harvard Medical School and Director of the Optical Coherence Tomography Lab at Brigham & Women's Hospital. Shiyi is taking a year off and then plans to apply to medical school.
Ling Xin, Kinesiology doctoral student, receives travel grant to attend the Mary Frances Picciano NIH Dietary Supplement Research Practicum.
Kinesiology doctoral student, Ling Xin, received a travel grant to attend the Mary Frances Picciano NIH 
Dietary Supplement Research Practicum being held at NIH in June. Practicum participants will be from a variety of health-related disciplines such as nutrition, food science, pharmacology and pharmacognosy, kinesiology, medicine, dentistry, nursing, and complementary and alternative medicine. This practicum provides an intensive examination of dietary supplements used by millions of Americans. It will present a thorough overview and grounding about issues, concepts, unknowns, and controversies about dietary supplements and supplement ingredients. The program will also emphasize the importance of scientific investigations to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and value of these products for health promotion and disease prevention and treatment as well as how to carry out this type of research. Speakers will include experts from NIH, academic institutions, and federal regulatory agencies such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Kinesiology graduate students receive awards at the School of Public Health and Health Sciences 14th Annual Research Day 2011.
Rob Hyldahl, Kinesiology doctoral student has been awarded 1st place and Kinesiology masters' student Julianna Eve was awarded 3rd place for the Research Poster Awards at the School of Public Health and Health Sciences 14th Annual Research Day 2011.
Kinesiology Undergraduate Students Present Research at The 17th Annual Massachusetts Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference.
The following Kinesiology students are giving oral presentations and posters at The 17th Annual Massachusetts Statewide Undergraduate Research Conference on April 22, 2011:
Oral Presentations:
Jessica Fay - "Central Nervous System Mechanisms for Age-Related Loss of Muscle Power"
Jennifer Kodela - "Microarray Analysis of High and Low Creatine Kinase Responders to Eccentric Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage"
Corianne Oliver - "Suppression of Appetite after Exercise: Role of Elevated Body Temperature"
Posters:
Kathleen Franklin - "Sex differences in glucose and insulin concentration consequent to increased sitting time"
Ariel Newman - "Step Count Accuracy of the GT1M Accelerometer at Slow Walking Speeds"
Christina Machaby - "A Case Comparison Study of Energy Expenditure During Activities of Daily Living in Multiple Sclerosis and a Matched Control"
Abbie Marrale - "A Case Comparison Study of Energy Expenditure During Activities of Daily Living in Multiple Sclerosis and a Matched Control"
Marianna Mavilia - "Does a decrease in daily sitting time enhance exercise training effects on measures of obesity?"
Joy Nightingale - "Metformin may blunt some effects of exercise to reduce risk factors for the metabolic syndrome"
Amelia Nodell - "Effect of Enjoyment on Energy Expenditure during Self-paced Exercise"
Teresa O’Brien - "Daily Pattern of Physical Activity in Healthy Older Adults"
Mary Pardee - "Ergogenic and Physiological Effects of the Prescription Stimulant Adderall"
Danielle Aspinwall - "The Accuracy of Omron Pedometers at Slow Walking Speeds"
Emily Seery - "Physical Activity, Sleep Quality and Symptomatic Fatigue in Young and Older Adults"
Tylar Suckau - "The Movement and Activity in Physical Space [MAPS] Score in Older Adults: A Case Comparison Study"
Rebecca Thibault - "Step Count Accuracy of the GT3X Accelerometer at Slow Walking Speeds"
Kinesiology doctoral students received research grants from the American College of Sports Medicine Foundation.
Kate Lyden’s grant entitled, ‘Metabolic response to increased sedentary behavior dose,’ is funded through the ACSM Paffenbarger-Blair Fund for Epidemiologic Research on Physical Activity Initiative. Technological advancements have transformed human lifestyle from one that is highly active to one that is extremely sedentary. Even individuals who perform the 
recommended amount of physical activity often accumulate large amounts of sitting for leisure, work or transportation. Research indicates even regular exercisers may not be protected against the negative consequences of too much sitting and the way we accumulate sitting may be important in determining the specific health response. It appears that prolonged uninterrupted sitting may be particularly detrimental to health, but attenuation of this response might be possible with frequent breaks from sitting. To avoid sitting for prolonged periods of time, researchers have suggested standing to answer the phone, or using standing/walking work stations. These recommendations seem reasonable, but little is known about how they actually interact to affect health. This project will evaluate how sitting time and how we accumulate sitting time (e.g. prolonged unbroken periods of sitting vs. breaking up sitting time) affects metabolic and cardiovascular risk factors. We will study sedentary behavior within individuals’ natural setting (e.g. their normal home, workplace and leisure environments) so we can easily translate our findings to typical human behavior. Findings from this study will begin to shed light into specific ways we can change our behavior to improve health and may help inform future public recommendations on sedentary behavior.
Rich Viskochil’s grant entitled ‘The effect of exercise serum exposure on pancreatic islet function’ is funded through the American College of Sports Medicine Foundation Doctoral Student Research Grant Initiative. Exercise has proven effective at preventing the development of type 2 diabetes, an insidious 
disease affecting millions of Americans. Most of this protective effect is attributed to changes in the muscle as the individual becomes more sensitive to the hormone insulin. There has been much less focus on how exercise may work to increase the amount of insulin being secreted from the pancreas. Insulin secretion typically reacts to any changes in muscle sensitivity in order to maintain normal blood sugar levels, making it very difficult to measure improvements in insulin secretion following exercise. It is unclear whether those improvements are due to an increase in pancreatic function or just a side effect of the changes in the muscle insulin sensitivity. In order to properly measure changes in insulin secretion independently of improvements in insulin sensitivity, testing must be done in cell culture without the presence of muscle. This method has not been developed yet, and the first step towards measuring insulin secretion this study will develop and validate a technique to measure any direct changes on pancreatic islets from exercise. Once that is established, testing can occur to determine the effect exercise training on insulin secretion by putting the cells, called islets, in serum taken from people who are exercising. This serum may dictate how the islets respond to sugar by secreting insulin, which we can then measure. By measuring the effects of insulin secretion in a cell culture, we may be able to determine whether or not exercise has a direct effect on insulin secretion and identify a new mechanism by which exercise works to prevent diabetes.
Undergraduate senior Kinesiology major Rebecca Thibault received one of the ten 2010-2011 Gerald F. Scanlon Award for Outstanding Student Employee given by the university. Rebecca has been an invaluable assistant working in the kinesiology department for the past two years. This award recognizes and honors students who have demonstrated outstanding performance by contributing their time and/or skills to help UMass Amherst achieve its goals and objectives.
Third year Kinesiology undergraduate student, Hannah Stoops is one of 5 students from the 
School of Public Health and Health Sciences who is a winner of the Williams F. Field Alumni Scholars Award. The William F. Field Alumni Scholars Program was established in 1976 to recognize and honor third-year students for their academic achievements at UMass Amherst. The program was named in honor of William F. Field, the university’s first Dean of Students, for his outstanding support of academic excellence and his personal commitment to bringing out the best in every student.
Three Kinesiology undergraduate students have been awarded Honors Research Grants by Commonwealth Honors College. Jessica Fay is working with Dr. Jane Kent-Braun on a research project entitled "Central Mechanisms for Age-Related Loss of Power and Subsequent Effects on Physical Function". Mary Pardee is working with Dr. Barry Braun on a research project entitled "Ergogenic Properties and Possible Side Effects of Common ADD/ADHD Medication, Adderall". Emily Seery is working with Dr. Jane Kent-Braun on a research project entitled "Physical Activity and Sleep Quality Across the Lifespan". In addition, biology major, Jennifer Kodela has also received an Honors Research Grant for her research project with Kinesiology faculty member, Dr. Priscilla Clarkson, entitled "High Throughput Analysis of Microarray Data: High & Low Responders to Eccentric Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage".
UMass men's soccer senior midfielder Stuart Amick has been named to the ESPN Academic All-District Second Team as announced by CoSIDA today. Amick has a 3.78 GPA in kinesiology and has started 14 games this season scoring three goals. For his career, he has played in 77 matches with 9 goals and 4 assists. A native of West Lafayette, Ind., Amick has been a four-year starter for the Minutemen. In 2009 he was named to the Atlantic 10 Academic All-Conference team. As a freshman in 2007, he was named to the A-10 All-Rookie Team, the Soccer America All-Freshman Second Team and earned a spot on the U.S. Under-20 National Team. During his career, UMass has won an Atlantic 10 Tournament title, the A-10 regular season title, made two appearances in the NCAA Tournament, and reached the NCAA College Cup.
On Saturday, September 26th, 2010, 17 students from the UMASS Amherst Kinesiology Club took part in the "Step Out for Diabetes" event to raise money for the American Diabetes Association at Look Park in Northampton. The team of students walked as a team called "UMASS Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences" and raised over $500 for the event as well as helping with organization. Four of the UMASS Amherst athletic teams were also on hand to lend support and fire up the crowd. The "Step Out for diabetes" events are held all over the country and are organized around the theme that "Every step you take and every dollar you raise helps the American Diabetes Association provide education programs in our community, protect the rights of people with diabetes and fund critical research for a cure." Associate Professor Barry Braun PhD, the faculty advisor for the Kinesiology Club, spoke at the event about the direct benefit a 3 year award from the American Diabetes Association had to support his research program focused on optimizing the use of exercise to prevent/manage Type 2 diabetes. Research Professor Stuart Chipkin, MD, was also on hand in his dual roles as faculty member in Kinesiology and Endocrinologist at Valley Medical Center in Amherst. Congratulations to the Kinesiology Club for their hard work and dedication in helping to make "Step Out for Diabetes" an enormous success.
Two undergraduates in the Department of Kinesiology, Amanda Libertine and Jennifer Rivero, have been selected to be National Scholars for 2010 by the American Kinesiology Association. This award, presented for the first time in 2010, honors a select number of students, whose academic and leadership records are distinctive.
These students, who were nominated by faculty, have demonstrated an exceptional interest in the field of kinesiology by undertaking independent or guided research, assuming leadership positions, and volunteering to serve in various, kinesiology-related endeavors.
The committee was impressed with Amanda's service as a research assistant in the Physical Activity and Health laboratory, and the fact that she presented her research on running economy at the University's Undergraduate Research Conference and her research on interactions of physical activity and sedentary time at the New England Regional conference of the American College of Sports Medicine.
The committee was also impressed not only with Jennifer's academic performance but her involvement as an undergraduate research assistant in the muscle biology and imaging laboratory and her initiative in developing the requisite skills needed to conduct a senior thesis project examining the effects of altering the inflammatory response prior to performing a muscle-damaging exercise.
Both recipients will receive a certificate and will be listed in the archive of awardees on the organization's website (americankinesiology.org). The AKA, an organization of over 110 kinesiology departments housed in colleges and universities nationwide, promotes and enhances kinesiology as a unified field of study and works to advance its many applications.
Graduate Student Kirsten Granados is awarded travel award to national meeting.
ACSM Alumni Reception
Our annual UMass alumni reception will be at the ThristyBear Brewing Company, San Francisco, May 30th from 5:30 -8:30 PM. It is located at 661 Howard St and is very close to the convention center.
If you want more information, please go to their website: http://thirstybear.com/
Carolyn Patten, ('98, PhD): Is the speaker for the 2011 Greene Memorial Lecture in Physical Therapy at Springfield College.
Carolynn Patten, Ph.D., PT is the speaker for the 2011 Greene Memorial Lecture in Physical Therapy at Springfield College on Thursday, April 7, 2011. The title of the lecture is "From Motor units to Motor Recovery...Development of a Mechanism-basedFramework for Neurorehabilitation" Please click here for a copy of the announcement.
Pete Pfitzinger ('97, MS): CEO of the New Zealand Academy of Sport North Island
When Pete Pfitzinger completed his Master of Science degree in Kinesiology at UMass Amherst in 1997, he had an unconventional background. As a two time Olympic marathoner with an MBA and over 10 years’ business experience, Pete was in a career transition, looking to combine his passions for physiology, management and high performance sport. Pete moved to New Zealand shortly after graduation (his wife is a kiwi Olympian) to work as an exercise physiologist and manage the commercial sport science arm of the University of Auckland. He is now the CEO of the New Zealand Academy of Sport North Island, which provides sports science, sports medicine, career and education and planning support for approximately 500 elite and developing athletes and 100 coaches from 10 sports. The Academy is primarily government funded with a staff of 46 including over 30 sport scientists and strength & conditioning specialists.
Pete says, “The technical knowledge and people skills I learned at UMass, and particularly in Patty Freedson’s lab, have been invaluable. Our success here in New Zealand is based on the ability of our people to provide the latest advances in sports science and sports medicine to coaches and athletes in a user friendly way. Our role is to assist this nation of just over 4 million people to “punch above its weight” in the Olympics and world championships.”
Kim Johnson Enters Northeastern's Physician Assistant Program
"I graduated in 2007 from the Kineisology department, and wanted to write to my former professors about what a wonderful education I received at UMass. I was hoping to write to this to all my former professors in Kinesiology, but it appears some have moved on. Regardless, I would like to say that the program did an exceptional job preparing me for both my job and now graduate school. I am at Northeastern University (along with Meghan Courtney of Umass Kinesiology! They know how to pick em' at NEU.) in the Physician Assistant program and have felt really well prepared. I have not been struggling with the workload and course content like many of my colleagues, and I know that its because I have an excellent background in the information. Prior to enrolling at NEU I worked for three years at Georgetown University Hospital for the Department of Neurology, and all the neurologists and neurosurgeons were impressed with my knowledge of A&P, and I have this department to thank for that. The department does an excellent job at preparing students for both work and continued education and I cannot thank you enough."
Jennifer Rivero, Kirsten Granados and faculty mentor Barry Braun are awarded Travel Awards to attend the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) National Meeting in Denver, CO.
Graduate students Jennifer Rivero, Kirsten Granados and faculty mentor Barry Braun from the Kinesiology Department in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences received Travel Awards to attend the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) national meeting from May 31 – June 4, 2011 in Denver, CO. The funding is awarded by The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)/Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Program, which is a component of a federal grant from the MARC Program of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. In making the award, the FASEB MARC program noted that "The University of Massachusetts was selected on the basis of their programs and record in orienting and assisting superior students toward careers in the fields of biomedical and behavioral research." Professor Braun and Ms. Granados will be presenting their research in symposia and free communications at the ACSM conference.
Cybex Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Body Shop
The Kinesiology Department will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 10, 2011, at 3 pm in the Totman Building, Room 153, to commemorate the opening of the newly refurbished Body Shop Fitness Center. The ceremony celebrates the new research and education partnership between the Kinesiology Department and Cybex International, a Massachusetts-based manufacturer of premium exercise equipment. As part of the agreement, CYBEX has provided $120,000 worth of state-of-the-art equipment for use in the Body Shop, including 10 new cardio and 12 new resistance training machines.
Art Hicks, President of CYBEX, along with Paul Juris, a UMass Kinesiology alumnus and Executive Director of the CYBEX Institute for Exercise Science, will be on hand for the ceremony. Sabine Holub, wife of UMass Chancellor Robert C. Holub and a department benefactor well known among Body Shop staff for opening the center at five a.m. every morning, will help convene the event. Following the more formal ceremony will be informal demonstrations of the new equipment by our kinesiology students and faculty. Refreshments will be served. Read More
