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• Posted Featured Program: Recreation, Park, and Leisure Studies to Discover KINESIOLOGY
  The Recreation, Park, and Leisure Studies (RPLS) program is a dynamic undergraduate program designed to prepare students to enter a professional career in a field that provides individuals, families, and communities the opportunity to develop happy, healthy, and satisfying lifestyles. This holistic approach allows us to examine many disciplines as we explore the motivation of individuals within the four domains of physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development across the lifespan--and how people use recreation and leisure in their lives.
• Posted Our Labs & Centers: The Graduate Students of HSPL to Discover KINESIOLOGY
  The Human and Sport Performance Lab's (HSPL) cohort of graduate students consistently brings passion to their academic work and research endeavors, often with their research questions inspired by their own participation in sport and physical activity. By drawing on their involvement with physical activity, these graduate students bring unique perspectives to their research experiences. Below you will meet some of the bright HSPL graduate students who are translating their everyday activities into ground-breaking research!
• Posted Featured Research: The Past and Future of LPHES to Discover KINESIOLOGY
  The Laboratory of Physiological Hygiene and Exercise Science (LPHES) has a long history of research success dating back to the 1930's and is a national leader in studying human health, nutrition, and disease. It has showcased the work of well-known and seminal researchers such as Ancel Keys, Elsworth Buskirk, Henry Taylor, Henry Blackburn, and Arthur Leon.
• Posted Test message to The Director's Dispatch
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• Posted Proprioception and motor control in Parkinson's disease to Human Sensorimotor Control Lab News
  A summary and thorough review of our current knowledge how body awareness and proprioception is affected by Parkinson's disease will soon appear in the Journal of Motor Behavior. This review has been the collaborative effort of a group of scientists...
• Posted Welcome Kai Li and Naveen Elangovan to Human Sensorimotor Control Lab News
  Two new graduate students have entered the laboratory this semester. Kai comes to us from China and holds a degree in Applied Physics. Naveen has been working as a physical therapist in India....
• Posted How children learn to play the violin to Human Sensorimotor Control Lab News
  In a new study to be published in the Journal of Motor Behavior we examined the bowing motions of beginners and experts. One finding indicated that beginners need to play in excess of 700 hours to show the same low...
• Posted Predicted sensory feedback does not enhance haptic perception to Human Sensorimotor Control Lab News
  This is the major finding of a new article to appear in the journal Experimental Brain Research. This work was conducted at the Italian Institute of Technology in Genova, and is part of our ongoing collaboration with this research centre....
• Posted New design launched using Movable Type to Human Sensorimotor Control Lab News
  Our web site is sporting a new look and feel thanks to Movable Type and the Professional Template Set. The Professional Template Set makes it possible for just about anyone to get up and running with a new web...
• Posted UMN Pre-Med info sessions (revised) to Updates:
  The Twin Cities Campus has scheduled five pre-med information sessions this summer, from June through August. Prospective students and advisers are welcome to attend. For more details, see the Pre-Med Information Sessions flier or go to www.meded.umn.edu/admissions/ and see the...
• Posted UMN Medical School admissions to Updates:
  There is a change in the medical school application process. The University of Minnesota Medical School has two campuses: Minneapolis and Duluth. The Medical School is based in Minneapolis where students may explore specialties and subspecialties, engage in research, and...
• Posted UMN Nursing admissions to Updates:
  The Bachelor of Science in Nursing has some prerequisite changes for fall 2010 admission. A new prerequisite planning sheet is available for your reference....
• Posted UMN Pharmacy admissions to Updates:
  Dear Students, We have an important announcement for any prospective students to the Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D.) program at the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy. In order to better prepare students for this professional program, the college has made...
• Posted April update e-newsletter to Updates:
  April 2009 update email newsletter as a PDF....
• Posted Gopher Sports Internship Opportunities to Sport Management Jobs
  Gopher Sports promote interns from within – game day is their starting point and the best interns finish as a manager or director.
• Posted Gopher Sports Internship Opportunities to Kinesiology, Sport Management, and Recreation Jobs and Internships
  Gopher Sports promote interns from within - game day is their starting point and the best interns finish as a manager or director.
• Posted CD Henry Internship to Sport Management Jobs
  The Big Ten Conference is seeking candidates for its CD Henry Internship position.
• Posted CD Henry Internship to Kinesiology, Sport Management, and Recreation Jobs and Internships
  The Big Ten Conference is seeking candidates for its CD Henry Internship position.
• Posted Soccer Coach/Coordinator Summer Position Available to Sport Management Jobs
  Soccer Coach/ Coordinator needed to organize a summer youth soccer league for youth (ages 8-16) at the Commonwealth Terrace Cooperative (CTC).
• Posted Soccer Coach/Coordinator Summer Position Available to Kinesiology, Sport Management, and Recreation Jobs and Internships
  Soccer Coach/ Coordinator needed to organize a summer youth soccer league for youth (ages 8-16) at the Commonwealth Terrace Cooperative (CTC).
• Posted PGA Championship Seeking Temporary Staff Members to Sport Management Jobs
  The PGA Championship needs help starting the week prior (around August 5th/6th) and going through approximately August 19th.
• Posted PGA Championship Seeking Temporary Staff Members to Kinesiology, Sport Management, and Recreation Jobs and Internships
  The PGA Championship needs help starting the week prior (around August 5th/6th) and going through approximately August 19th.
• Posted Internships Available at Palm Beach County Sports Commission to Sport Management Jobs
  The Palm Beach County Sports Commission has four (4) summer internships available.
• Posted Internships Available at Palm Beach County Sports Commission to Kinesiology, Sport Management, and Recreation Jobs and Internships
  The Palm Beach County Sports Commission has four (4) summer internships available.
• Posted Twin Cities Marathon, Inc. Internship to Sport Management Jobs
  Twin Cities Marathon, Inc. is searching for a part-time intern, to support the planning and execution of year round events.
• Posted Twin Cities Marathon, Inc. Internship to Kinesiology, Sport Management, and Recreation Jobs and Internships
  Twin Cities Marathon, Inc. is searching for a part-time intern, to support the planning and execution of year round events.
• Posted West Meets East to Professor Maureen Weiss in China
  Monday, October 13, 2008 Our day was filled with activities commemorating the “1st Sino-US Kinesiology in Higher Education Forum� organized by Beijing Sport University. We had a chance to walk through the grounds. A status of Mao at least 30...
• Posted Is it Listerine? to Professor Maureen Weiss in China
  Sunday, October 12, 2008 After breakfast we spent a couple of hours in the Ancient Culture Street of Tianjin that has been recently expanded and renovated for commercialism. It reminded me of a flea market with many different stalls (mostly...
• Posted Is It Watermelon Time Yet? to Professor Maureen Weiss in China
  Saturday night, October 11, 2008 The Chinese like to eat…lots and lots of food. Every meal has been over the top in quantity as well as quality of food. Basically we all sit at a big round table with a...
• Posted A Celebration of Women to Professor Maureen Weiss in China
  Saturday afternoon, October 11, 2008 Today was the 50th anniversary of Tianjin University of Sport. Pomp and circumstance were displayed including mock sword fighting, a singing of the Olympic theme song, and an explosion of fireworks. I might mention that...