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Upcoming Events
Movement for Life Golf Invitational
Monday, August 18
8:30am
University of Michigan Golf Course
For more information, contact Madison Gates (734) 647-8712 or madelyse@umich.edu
Recent Grad Reunion
Friday, Sept. 26 thru Sunday, Sept. 28
The second annual University-wide Recent Grad Reunion will welcome back the undergraduate classes of 2003-2008 during this weekend. Come and celebrate with fellow U-M alumni and relive your college days.
Events include:
- Meet & Greet — hook back up with old friends‚ or even find new ones‚ in this laid back environment at the Alumni Center.
- Club Wolverine — dance and sing the night away with friends, win prizes and PARTY!
- Go Maize Tailgate — experience “Hail to the Victors” in a brand new way
- Michigan v. Wisconsin — time to exact revenge and show the Badgers what the Wolverines can do!
More information
Kinesiology Homecoming
Friday, October 3
More information.
M-Go Blue Alumni Tailgate
Saturday, October 4
For more information, please visit the U-M Homecoming Tailgate site.
UM Football Homecoming: Michigan vs. Illinois
Saturday, October 4
Time t.b.d.
University-wide 50th Reunion Gala
Saturday, October 4
Time: Evening. Location to be announced.
For more information, visit the UM 50th Reunion site.
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Kinesiology In The News
The Faculty in the News section now has its own page!
Observatory Lodge New Home for Kinesiology
Laura Bailey
UM News Service
April 7, 2008
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Moving, stretching and growing were perfect metaphors for the grand opening of the $11.5 million Observatory Lodge renovation Thursday, as the Division of Kinesiology celebrated its new academic home.
During remarks at the ribbon cutting ceremony, President Mary Sue Coleman said the former housing facility for faculty and staff that worked at the hospital had “good bones.”
“If any academic unit on campus understands the importance of community, good bones, stretching and growing, it is Kinesiology. Movement is essential for growth and momentum, and we are seeing both from the Division of Kinesiology,” Coleman said. |
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Kinesiology student Rebecca Edgeworth, left, joins Dean Beverly Ulrich and President Mary Sue Coleman in ribbon-cutting ceremonies for Observatory Lodge, new home to the Division of Kinesiology.
(Scott Soderberg, U-M Photo Services)
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Originally a 30,600-square-foot five-level apartment building, Observatory Lodge hasn't been occupied for almost a decade. The 1930 Tudor revival maintained its grand exterior, and the lobby's historical elements also were restored and preserved. The rest of the interior was renovated for classrooms, labs and meeting space. Kinesiology netted about 18,000 square feet of classroom, office and research space in the move. More… |
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Charles Woodson Funds New Kinesiology Scholarship
Ben Belanger
Kinesiology Student
Charles Woodson, Sport Management alumnus and Heisman Trophy winner, recently gifted his alma mater with $100,000 to fund a new need-based academic scholarship. The scholarship gives preference to incoming Kinesiology undergraduates and will first be awarded this fall.
With the opportunity for his gift to be matched dollar-for-dollar through the President's Challenge campaign, he decided this was the perfect occasion. His $100,000 gift will be matched by the fund to total $200,000.
A cornerback with the Green Bay Packers, Woodson says that he does not want people to only think about his name in an athletic context. “I want students to say that Charles Woodson not only contributed to our athletic side, he contributed to a way that someone can better the world.”
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Commencement 2007
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U of M Kinesiology conferred eight doctoral, ten Master's, and 212 Bachelor degrees at its annual Commencement Exercise April 27 in Hill Auditorium. The Class of 2007, parents, family and friends were addressed by the Hon. John J. H. “Joe” Schwarz, M.D., former U.S. Congressman from Michigan’s 6th District and current President of the Alumni Association of the University of Michigan.
In addition to the awarding of degrees, U-M Kinesiology recognizes faculty and students for their scholarly achievements during the past year. These awards include:
- Paul Hunsicker Memorial Award: Lindsay Cottrell, Nicholas Knuth, Meghann Lloyd
- Bernard Patrick Maloy Award for Excellence in Writing: Jeff Monahan
- Student Choice Teaching Award: Prof. Dale Ulrich, Kelly Donahue
Commencement Photo Album
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Order photos from the Kinesiology Commencement Photo Gallery
The 2007 Kinesiology Commencement Photo Gallery is made available through the Kinesiology Alumni Society and alumni support through the Kinesiology Annual Fund. If you would like a copy of one of the photos, please email us at Kinesiology Development & Alumni Relations with the file name (found on the top line of each photo's page) and we will send you a hi-res electronic version for you to reproduce.
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Wilpons Establish Sport Injury Prevention Center
Fred (AB ’58, LSA) and Judy Wilpon (AB ’58, LSA), pictured right, have established the University of Michigan Sport Injury Prevention Center, a research and outreach collaboration involving U-M Kinesiology, UMHS Med Sport, UMMS Orthopaedic Surgery and the Biomechanics Research Laboratory in the College of Engineering.
The goal of the Center is to provide national leadership in preventing sports injuries, particularly those that cause life-long problems. The Center focuses on athletes of all levels and abilities, from children to senior citizens, and from recreational to professional athletes. |
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Researchers from across the University of Michigan employ state-of-the-art approaches to better identify athletes most at risk, understand the injury mechanisms, and develop better treatment and prevention programs. The second of two such research ventures in the world, the Center expects to reduce sport related injuries in children and youth by 50 percent within the next ten years. Full story... |
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