UNK students teach nutrition and physical activity to hundreds of area fourth graders at annual event

The Department of Kinesiology and Sport Sciences hosted 660 Kearney-area fourth graders.

Building Healthy Families: Kate Heelan using $2.5M grant to keep focus on kids

Thanks to her largest grant so far – $2.5 million from the Centers for Disease Control…

No more pull-ups; UNK prepares future PE teachers through active learning

By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Forget pull-ups, rope-climbing and all the other stereotypes. Physical…

Living Right: Todd Bartee finds niche in public health

By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications Most exercise science research occurs in a controlled environment. Professors and…

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…

More than 800 fourth-graders visit UNK to learn about fitness, nutrition

By TYLER ELLYSON UNK Communications KEARNEY – Foster Field looked – and sounded – a lot…