RE 358 Students Visit Devil's Lake State Park

RE358Students

Students enrolled in RE 358: Teaching of Rock Climbing, will be fulfilling part of their course requirement this month at Devil's Lake State Park in Wisconsin. The course will cover basic techniques of technical free rock climbing and progressing to more difficult routes requiring intermediate climbing techniques.  Prerequisites consist of RE 155, PE 230 or previous rock climbing experience, and instructor's permission.


 

Student Groups

Athletic Training students

Man standing next to Health Promotion Society table

Woman on rock climbing wall

Student Athletic Training Organization

Health Promotion Society

OORP


 

News and Information

SATO members

Congratulations to the Student Athletic Training Organization (SATO) for being named the 2008-2009 Student Organization of the Year at this year's Leadership Banquet hosted by the Center for Student Enrichment.

Smit and Tremethick

HPER professor Mary Jane Tremethick and nursing professor  Eileen Smit, pictured right and left, were honored by the Michigan Campus Compact. The pair was selected for a faculty/staff community service-learning award for their work leading a study abroad program in Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Honduras.  The professors will lead another group of students to Honduras this month.

ISBS banner

Northern Michigan University will host the 2010 Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports, July 19-23. An exciting lineup of speakers, workshops and activities are being planned for the Marquette Congress.  A call for presenters will go out following the 2009 Congress in Limerick, Ireland. The NMU conference contact is Dr. Randall Jensen (rajensen@nmu.edu; 906-227-1184). ISBS Web site
ORLM SUMMER INTERNSHIPS
Outdoor Recreation, Leadership and Management Majors participate in summer internships.  Click here to learn more about where they are and what they are doing.

HPER Major Nicole Weber
Honored by Board of Trustees

Community health education andNicoleWeber Spanish major Nicole Weber was recently awarded the 2009 Board of Trustees Student Achievement Award for outstanding female graduating student.  Weber was recognized at the Leadership Banquet on April 15.


Sports Medicine Symposium
Northern Michigan University will be hosting the Annual Summer Sports Medicine Symposium on June 25 & 26.  Physicians, physician assistants, athletic trainers, physical therapists, team administrators, chiropractors, nurse practitioners and massage therapists' are encouraged to attend this event.  This program is approved for 14 Continuing Education Units for Certified Athletic Trainers BOC Approved Provider #P2805.  For more information visit the NMU Continuing Education Department or call (906) 227-2130.

Senior Citizen Outreach

"If exercise could be packed into a pill, it would be the single most widely prescribed, and beneficial, medicine in the nation." Robert N. Butler, M.D., Director, National Institute on Aging.

The HPER Department offers senior citizen programs which are open to the community throughout the year.  More information