By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Forget pull-ups, rope-climbing and all the other stereotypes. Physical education is much different these days. It’s not a glorified recess where students establish their dominance during a game of dodgeball, and it’s far more than a set of drills that determine who can run the fastest and jump the highest. Today’s physical education classes focus on overall wellness, fitness concepts and healthy habits that can lead … [Read more...] about No more pull-ups; UNK prepares future PE teachers through active learning
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Looking to get healthier? UNK program helps families exercise more, eat better
By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – It’s that time again, when people start thinking about New Year’s resolutions and ways to improve their lives. If exercising more and eating healthier are among your goals for 2019, there’s a University of Nebraska at Kearney program that can help. Building Healthy Families is a 12-week program that works with participants to identify better food choices, modify unhealthy behaviors and increase physical activity. The free … [Read more...] about Looking to get healthier? UNK program helps families exercise more, eat better
Lopers working, serving McCook this summer through Rural Futures Institute Student Serviceship
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWbWVBpSoTA Three University of Nebraska at Kearney students will return to McCook this summer for another round of McCook THETA camps - “Teaching Health, Exercise, Technology and Aquaponics.” Tyan Boyer of Plainview and Collin Fleecs of Sutherland kicked off the pilot of the program led by UNK professors Greg Brown and Nate Bickford last summer. This year, they will be joined by fellow exercise science major Bradley Schoch of … [Read more...] about Lopers working, serving McCook this summer through Rural Futures Institute Student Serviceship
David Vail to discuss book on pesticides, aerial spraying, health
WHAT: Calvin T. Library Faculty Profile Series BOOK DISCUSSION & SIGNING: “Chemical Lands: Pesticides, Aerial Spraying, and Health in North America’s Grasslands Since 1945.” PRESENTER / AUTHOR: David Vail, UNK assistant professor of history ABOUT THE BOOK: A distinctly regional view of agricultural health evolved after World War II. Vail’s analysis reveals a particularly strong ethic in the North American grasslands where practitioners sought to understand and … [Read more...] about David Vail to discuss book on pesticides, aerial spraying, health
Greg Brown, Todd Bartee receive RFI grants for rural health, wellness projects
KEARNEY – University of Nebraska at Kearney faculty Gregory Brown and Todd Bartee have received Rural Futures Institute grants for projects addressing challenges and opportunities facing rural populations in areas of family health, wellness and health science education. They are among nine award recipients receiving almost $400,000 in grants, which engage faculty and students from across the four University of Nebraska campuses as well as Kansas University, Purdue … [Read more...] about Greg Brown, Todd Bartee receive RFI grants for rural health, wellness projects
