School of Health & Human Performance
Administrative Professionals' Day
"On April 25, 2006, in celebration of Administrative Professionals' Day, Dean Perrin hosted HHP's dedicated and outstanding staff for lunch at his home. To see photos, click here.
What's New in Technology
HHP faculty are on the cutting edge of using technology in the classroom and studio, and for online distance education. On March 31, 2006, faculty from across the five departments of the School shared their innovative approaches to using technology at the “What’s New in Technology” workshop. To read more, click here.
UNCG Professor Takes Teaching Expertise to Circus School
Larry Lavender is running off to join the circus. But it’s only to teach there. And he’ll be back after a couple of days.
The head of the Department of Dance at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro has been invited to teach at the National Circus School in Montreal, which supplies dancers and other artists to circuses across the world, including the famed Cirque du Soleil. To read more about Dr. Lavender, click here.
Etnier on the Doyle Report
Dr. Jennifer Etnier, associate professor in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science, studies exercise and its effects on brain functioning. She was interviewed in The Wall Street Journal (Aug. 20, 2005) on this topic.
More recently (Sept. 2), she discussed the academic benefits of physical activity among school children with David DeSchryver, managing editor of The Doyle Report, an e-newsletter that concentrates on education improvement and technology. To listen to a Quicktime file of Etnier's interview, click here.