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Posted iPad App Review: BlogPress to cedar@umn
BlogPress is an application that allows a user to publish to a host of blogging platforms, including the University of Minnesota's Think blogging tool. BlogPress can also be used with WordPress, Tumblr, Blogger, MSN Live Spaces, Movable Type, TypePad, Live Journal, Drupal, Joomla, and SquareSpace. BlogPress integrates with Facebook and...
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Posted The Tucker Center's Fall 2010 Distinguished Lecture Archived to CEHD News (archive)
An archive of the Tucker Center's Fall 2010 Distinguished Lecture is available online. The lecture, "Reducing Obesity among Minority Females: The Critical Role of Physical Activity", featured three U of M scholars: Beth Lewis, Ph.D., Daheia J. Barr-Anderson, Ph.D., M.P.H.,...
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Posted Tucker Center Film Festival Date Set to CEHD News (archive)
The first-ever Tucker Center Film Festival, presented with U of M Athletics, will take place on Tuesday, February 1, 2011, in conjunction with the the 25th Annual National Girls & Women in Sport Day. More details regarding the event to...
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Posted Test entry to PsTL's iPad Forum
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Posted The Tucker Center's State Fair Pictures to CEHD News (archive)
The Tucker Center staffed a booth at the Minnesota State Fair on Wednesday afternoon. Check out pictures from the "Great Minnesota Get-Together" here....
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Posted LaVoi quoted in Salt Lake Times' article on youth sport to CEHD News (archive)
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Posted Letter to Editor in Star Tribune Re: "iCollege" to Treks Explore 2010
Here is the link to the student's response to Gov. Tim Pawlenty's appearence on the Daily Show....
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Posted Kinesiology doctoral student to participate in social media panel to CEHD News (archive)
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Posted Extra Credit - Day 1 to Treks Explore 2010
Add your name and a picture to the UThink system by following along with this screencast....
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Posted Monday's presentation to Treks Explore 2010
Monday's PowerPoint presentation is available via GoogleDocs. You can view it in your browser or download the PDF....
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Posted Research on the TV Coverage of Women's Sport Featured on NPR to CEHD News (archive)
Professor Cheryl Cooky (Purdue) was interviewed by Wisconsin NPR about the recent research report, Gender in Televised Sports: News and Highlights Shows, 1989-2009, that she co-authored with Michael Messner (University of Southern California). The piece is available to listen to...
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Posted Welcome to Treks Explore! to Treks Explore 2010
We are thrilled to welcome you to the blog of the 2010 "Explore" Treks. WHAT IS TREKS: It's a new, exciting, incentive-based opportunity for all CEHD instructional staff that engages two cohorts in collaborative learning and development of academic technology...
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Posted Affliated MNYSRC scholar publishes editorial in British Journal of Sports Medicine to CEHD News (archive)
Steven Stovitz, an affliated MNYSRC scholar, recently published an editorial in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. The piece is titled, "The pyramid of sports medicine and child health", and can be downloaded here as a PDF....
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Posted Buysse to visit Dominican Republic, develop new course on globalization of sport to CEHD News (archive)
Jo Ann Buysse, education specialist and Tucker Center affiliate, recently received a travel grant to go to the Dominican Republic in March. She will be meeting with sport professionals and arranging site visits for a new learning abroad course on sport, globalization, and human capital.
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Posted National Girls and Women in Sports Day is Today! to CEHD News (archive)
The Tucker Center is proud to celebrate the 24th Annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NGWSD). NGWSD is the premiere occasion to celebrate the participation, success, and accomplishments of girls and women athletes - and members of the...
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Posted Norris co-authors book chapter to CEHD News (archive)
Alyssa Norris, program associate in the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport and a first-year M.A. student in the School of Kinesiology, co-authored a chapter in the recently published
Handbook of Prejudice, titled, "Sexism and heterosexism." The book provides a comprehensive review of current conceptions of prejudice within a variety of academic disciplines and institutions.
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Posted The Constitution Ratification Process to Kinesiology Graduate Student Organization
A draft of the Constitution is available online.Please read the document - and identify any changes you'd like to see made. Then, we'd like you to take a survey to approve, approve with changes, or reject with changes.The deadline for...
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Posted Nov. 30th - Minutes to Kinesiology Graduate Student Organization
Three main items were discussed at the November 30th meeting of the Kin-GSO:The Draft of the Organization's ConstitutionThe Nomination/Election Procedure for OfficersThe Mentorship ProgramThe following action steps were determined following the meeting: ratifying the constitution, moving forward on the elections...
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Posted Affliated Tucker Center Scholar to be Published in SMQ to CEHD News (archive)
Affiliated Tucker Center scholar Heather Maxwell is the lead author of a paper titled "Signage vs. No Signage: An Analysis of Sponsorship Recognition in Women's College Basketball", which will appear in Sport Marketing Quarterly (SMQ)....
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Posted Kane & LaVoi comment on violence in women's sport to CEHD News (archive)
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Posted Research Interest Database to Kinesiology Graduate Student Organization
The Kinesiology Graduate Student Organization will be creating a mini-database of all the current graduate students and their research interests.To be included, please email Justin Geijer (geije001@umn.edu) with the following information:NameAdvisorResearch Interests Thesis/Dissertation (Subject/Title if you have one!)...
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Posted Upcoming Events - Mark Your Calendars! to Kinesiology Graduate Student Organization
The next meeting of the Kinesiology Graduate Student Organization will be on either Monday, November 30 or Tuesday, December 1st. Please take the doodle poll to vote on your preference!Also, we will be having a Thanksgiving Break Happy Hour on...
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Posted Nov. 9th - Minutes to Kinesiology Graduate Student Organization
Today's lunch meeting was well-attended with 15 Kinesiology graduate students present.A collaborative discussion of the goals and options of the organization ensued - with the many deliverables agreed upon before the next meeting in three weeks.If you were unable to...
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Posted Connect with the KinGSO on Twitter and Facebook to Kinesiology Graduate Student Organization
The organization has recently created a Twitter account and a Facebook page to enhance our internal and external communication - find us on those sites!...
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Posted Nov. 9th Agenda to Kinesiology Graduate Student Organization
Agenda for Kinesiology Graduate Student Organization Pizza Lunch Introduction & inspiration Goals of the organization-Academic -Professional -Social Future events/deliverables...
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Posted "Models" Kinesiology Graduate Student Organizations to Kinesiology Graduate Student Organization
Below is a list of some comparable GSOs that we could potentially model.Michigan State - Kinesiology Graduate Student OrganizationThe purpose of the organization is to provide a forum for interaction amongst graduate students and faculty members between and within the Department of Kinesiology.Texas...
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Posted Tucker Center Scholars to Present at NASSS to CEHD News (archive)
Tucker Center Associate Director, Nicole LaVoi, and affiliated Tucker Center scholar Heather Maxwell are both presenting at the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Conference in Ottawa, Canada on November 4-7, 2009. LaVoi's presentation is titled, Coaching Youth...
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Posted The Tucker Center's Fall 2009 Distinguished Lecture to be Streamed Live to CEHD News (archive)
The Tucker Center's Fall 2009 Distinguished Lecture, Facing Off Over Facebook: The Impact of Social Media on Women Sports, will be available via live stream on Monday, Oct. 19, beginning at 7:00pm Central Time. [convert this to your time] The...
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Posted Tucker Center Unveils New Blog to CEHD News (archive)
The Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport has created a new blog in conjunction with its Fall 2009 Distinguished Lecture on sport, gender and social media. The first post, Social Media: What it is and Why...
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Favorited Welcome to your blog! on Organization and Management of Sport
Nicole LaVoi, Tucker Center Associate Director and Lecturer in the School of Kinesiology, is quoted in a Salt Lake Times article ("What happened to Utah's beloved 'Sandlot'?" by Bill Oram) regarding the rise of organized youth sport and the lack of free play for kids.
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