Did you know that next year will be San José State University’s sesquicentennial (150th)?Here’s a brief department history, in reverse. How much of this can our readers remember personal-ly? In 2004, we changed our department’s name from Human Performance and the most recentadditions to the department were Sport Management in 1991 and Athletic Training in1980. In 1978we had changed our name from the Department of Physical Education, which was a brief interludefollowing the separate departments of Physical Education for Women, and Physical Education forMen that had existed since 1927. If you ever wondered about the geography of YUH and SPX, itmay make more sense if you know that the west end was originally the men’s building (completewith pool, now disused), and the east end was originally the women’s building. You can still just seewhere the old name used to be if you look very closely outside the doors into the courtyard.

Briefly, there was a separate Department of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women, with its ownAD, parallel to the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics for Men. Before that, Men’s Athleticswas housed within Men’s Physical Education, and Women’s Athletics (in a somewhat less competi-tive format known as the Women’s/Girls’ Athletics Association) was within Women’s PhysicalEducation. If you go back to the 1920s and 1930s, women’s sports was sometimes conducted viatelegraphic meets where, for example, San Jose State College (as it was in those days) might haveits women swim in the Women’s Pool at, say, 3 PM, while at the same time, another college’swomen swimmers were racing at their own pool,. Only later, when times were telegraphed, did thecompetitors know who won! This was designed to keep the women’s sports less highly competitivebecause such competition was thought to be both unladylike and unhealthy for women.

Our department also gave rise to the separate Dance Department in 1974, because their goalswere more performance-oriented than were ours, and to the Recreation Department in 1957 becauseit was less concerned with the physical fitness perspective. Also in the 1950s, we hired our firstprofessor with a PhD, Dr. William F. Gustafson, who still visits the department from time to time.

All of our faculty until quite recently had their professional preparation in Physical Educationteaching with perhaps a specialization in their area of expertise, be it measurement, philosophy, orexercise physiology. Indeed, it was only in the 1930s that SJSC offered its first non-teaching degreein any subject. At that time, enrollment was 2,700, the population of the City of San Jose was80,000, and fees were $9 per quarter. By comparison, today the enrollment is approximately30,000; the city’s population is over 1 million, and fees are $1650 per semester. It wasn’t until 1968that Physical Education offered non-teaching concentrations, in science, dance, sport, or humanities.

In the 1920s, the university rejected a complete move to south campus, so as to support the localmerchants. The land at South Campus cost $25,000. There was a rise in enrollment followingWorld War I (and II) but most of the students were women, so the numbers were not greatly affect-ed. Numbers were much more affected by the 1917/18 influenza pandemic which gave rise to con-cern about student health and to our first college physical education requirement. In 1901, SwedishLing gymnastics was popular, beating out the more stunt-oriented German gymnastics. Women’ssports from England (such as field hockey) became popular alongside those from the US (such asbasketball). For the men, football and baseball were popular but there was often a problem findingenough men for either team, since women outnumbered men by about 10 to 1.

Only in 1871 had the State Normal School (as it was then) moved to San Jose from SanFrancisco because the people were “intelligent, hospitable and moral” according to the catalogue.And so we get back to 1862, when a lady named Adele Parot offered our first classes in PhysicalCulture. She had been trained at the only US-based institution where such teachers were educated,the Dio Lewis Normal School in Massachusetts. That she made it from Massachusetts to California,before there was a transcontinental railroad, and when the telegraph was in its infancy, is little shortof miraculous but from her small beginning came the first state physical education requirement any-where in the US, in 1866, and from that, eventually, came you!

Look out for the many historical events in the spring and fall of 2007, commemorating the uni-versity’s founding. By popular request, we will be bringing back the Alumni Luncheon, which willbe held on Saturday, April 28. Save the date! More details will follow. This will be a very specialyear to be associated with San José State University and I hope you will take part in some eventsand thus be part of the unbroken chain. Check out http://www. sjsu.edu/150TH/events.html formore information.

Please do send me your news, either by email to sreekie@kin.sjsu.edu, or by regular mail to Dr.Shirley Reekie, Department of Kinesiology, San José State University, San José, CA 95192-0054,CA, or drop by in person. I’m a sport historian, so I love hearing old San José State stories!

Shirley H.M.Reekie

Chair’s Message...Looking Back 150 years, and Forward, Too!

Vol. 18 No. 1December 2006

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FACULTY/STAFF NEWSAt the last faculty meeting of thefall, we celebrated a 91 yearold—Tom O’Neill had a birth-day cakewhich heshared withcurrentfaulty andstaff. Tomcomes toSan JoséState two or three times a weekto swim, and while on the facul-ty taught swimming and divingand then became a muchadmired social dance teacher.

Dr. Susan Wilksinson writes:Good news from Sacramento forphysical education! TheGovernor has allotted $500 mil-lion dollars in his current budget(that is a half a billion dollars) tobe spent for the Visual andPerforming Arts and PhysicalEducation Standards-basedinstruction. During the summermonths professional groups fromdance, music, art, drama andphysical education came togeth-er to discuss the use of themoney and created recommenda-tions for how the money couldbest serve K-12 schools. As aresult, a series of Administratorworkshops arebeing providedup and downthe state toassist superin-tendents, assis-tant superinten-dents, principals, district curricu-lum coordinators and departmentchairs to think critically aboutthe implementation of standardsbased instruction in physicaleducation and the visual and per-forming arts. One such work-shop was held in San Jose onNovember 1 and 2. The com-mittee has made their recom-mendations. They believe thatthe money should be invested inimproving the quality of teach-ing by providing standards basedprofessional development forteachers, leadership based pro-fessional development for school

site administrators, standardsbased curriculum development,assessment of student learningand the evaluation of instruction-al programs, and instructionalresources to support standardsbased visual and performing artsand physical education. Thecommittee also agreed that themoney should reach all five con-tent areas to provide sufficientaccess for all students in schools.This is an exciting time forschool physical education. Thehope is that the money will bespent "wisely" and evidence willbe collected to be used to con-vince the Governor that moremoney will further the goal ofimplementing standards basedinstruction in the future.

Dr. David Furst ran, amongother races, the back to School5k earlier in thefall. He notonly won the60+ event buthis time wasfaster than allthe 50 yearolds; one shouted to him “You’remy role model”! Way to run,David! David retired from thedepartment in the fall, and wewish him well.

Dr. Mo Han is the new facultycontact for the Sports MedicineClub.

Lilienthal, S. K. (November,2006) Socio-economic Inclusionin the Management of Sport:Experiences of Minimum WageWorkers in the Sport Industry.Paper presented at the WesternSociety for Physical Educationfor College Women Conference,Nov, 16-19, 2006, Asilomar, CA.

Lilienthal, S. K. & Pitts, B.(November, 2006). “Gay Marketgoes Mainstream”: A Discussionon the Gay and LesbianConsumer Revolution in Sport.Presented at the Sport MarketingAssociation Annual Conference,Nov. 2-4, 2006, Denver, CO.

Dr. Emily Wughalter will bereturning to the department fulltime in thespring follow-ing her success-ful time asAssociate Deanfor First YearExperience.She recently attended the annualconference of the WesternSociety for Physical Educationof College Women and complet-ed her presidency of that organi-zation. Welcome back, Emily!

Dr. Ted Butryn and Dr. MattMasucci each presented aresearch paper at the NorthAmerican Society for theSociology of Sport Conferencein Vancouver, British Columbiain November. Dr. Butryn's paperwas entitled, "Documenting thering: An analysis of professionalwrestling documentary films."Dr. Masucci's paper was entitled,"As real as it gets?: Anautoethnographic examination ofa mixed martial arts academy."

Dr. Butryn also has a chapterin the recently released textbookentitled, "Foundations in kinesi-ology: Studying human move-ment and health." His chapter isentitled, "Technology, sport, andthe body."

Dr. C. Daniel Weng led a cardiotai-chi team to Taiwan to the 1stWorld Cup Tai-chi Chuan inNovember. The five memberCaliforniaCardio Tai-chiTeam did verywell andreceived aCertificate of"Excellence inPerformance.” Over one thou-sand athletes from a 28 countriesparticipated in this eventwatched by the Vice President ofTaiwan. Leaders of teams fromMalaysia, South Africa, Braziland the hosting organizationswere so impressed by the perfor-mances of Dr.Weng’s teams thatthey have invited him to intro-

duce this sport to their countriesin the near future.

During his trip Dr.Weng lec-tured on Cardio Tai-chi at threecities. Lectures were given to theDepartment of Chinese MartialArts, Chinese CultureUniversity, the Department ofCoast Guard, Central PoliceUniversity, and the GraduateSchool of Leisure Study andManagement of RecreationalSports, National Taiwan Instituteof Physical Education. Dr.Wengmet with Dr.Kuei-yuan Wang,Secretary General of TaiwanNational Association of SelfDefense, Fitness andRecreational Sports, andreceived from her an appoint-ment letter as an HonoraryPresident of their organization.

Dr. Nancy Megginson attendedthe 2006 National Conference onPhysical Activity for theExceptional Individual held inLos Angeles, Nov. 9-11. ThreeKinesiology students also attend-ed-- Rita Brum,Liz Gonzalez,and RachelChristensen--and should becongratulated ontheir self-initiat-ed professional involvement anddevelopment!

Dr. Jinhong Jung gave two pre-sentations at the NationalPhysical Education TeacherEducation Conference whichwas held on October in LongBeach: " A Guided ReflectionProtocols in PETE," and "Levelsin Action: Make Hellison’sModel Fun with Games."

Please check out ourwebsite to see what we

are currently doing. Go to:

http://www.sjsu.edu/kinesiology/

Dr. Bethany Shifflett served asMC for the 10th annual SJSUBallroom Classic in November.It was a tremendously successfulevent with 85competitorsentered in oneor more of 75American orInternationalstyle events.Participants included competi-tors from 12 teams includingUtah State, Stanford, Cal PolySLO, San Diego State, andUCSB. For those looking tobrush up on their dancing orlooking for a place to get started,check the SJSU ballroom danceclub website: http://www.sjsu.edu/orgs/sjsubdc/

While on sabbatical this pastspring Dr. Shifflett redesignedthe CASA web site, convertedthe KIN portion of the course“Development of HumanPotential” to a stand-aloneonline format, and submitted forpublication two articles.

Dr. Greg Payne was recentlyhonored by the AmericanAcademy of Kinesiology andPhysical Education for two yearsof service on the executiveboard. He has just completedthe 7th edition of Human MotorDevelopment: A LifespanApproach.According toMcGraw-Hill, it is themost usedmotor devel-opment text.He is also co-editor, along witha Chinese Scholar, of an intro tomotor development book for thePeople's Education Press ofBeijing, China. Dr. Payne wasinvited to make the first E.C.Davis Honor Lecture honoringthe first society president of theWestern Society for Kinesiologyand Wellness, "A healthy mindin a healthy body" in Reno inOctober.

Dr. Peggy Plato gave two pre-sentations at ACSM this summerin Denver: “Predicting lactatethreshold in cyclists using venti-latory threshold” with MichaelMcNulty (MA, ‘02), StevenCrunk (Ph.D. in Mathematics) &Alev Tug Ergun (MA, ‘05);and “Cardiovascular andmetabolic responses to noncon-tact kickboxing in Females”Alev Tug Ergun, Peggy Plato,& Craig Cisar. The conferencewas also attended by KristinaDrummond (current graduatestudent and part-time instructor),Mary Rosenberger (MS, ’04)currently in a doctoral programat Boston University, JenniferHan (MS, ’03) currently in adoctoral program in Oklahoma,and Alev Tug Ergun (MA, ‘05,part-time instructor)

Dr. Gong Chen met with ViceMinister Xiao-ya Chen ofMinistry of Education of China,and Dr. Jin Yang, division presi-dent of Basic Instruction in theMinistry ofEducation ofChina regard-ing promotingself-defenseeducation inK-12 in China.He was given the title of guestprofessor by NorthwesternPolytechnic University, a topuniversity in China. Dr. Chen isthe first guest professor from thephysical education profession.Dr. Chen also completed theproject “Teaching self-defensein public schools in ZhejiangProvince” collaborated withShaoxing Institute of Sciencesand Arts.

Dr. Shirley Reekie in Octoberattended the bi-annual CSUKinesiology Chairs’ meeting atCal Poly San Luis Obispo, andthe CSU New Chairs’ meeting atCSU Long Beach.

Dr. Stan Butler again directedthe summer National YouthSports Program (NYSP). Thisprogramoffers a freefive-weeklong summersports andeducation pro-gram for chil-dren from disadvantaged fami-lies. In addition to giving freemedical exams, this year KaiserPermanente donated $10,000 tohelp support the program.

Former KIN Professor and SJSUWater Polo Coach, Lee Walton,recently coached the NorCalAlums to the US Water PoloMasters 55+ Championships.Along the way, the formerSpartans defeated the team fromStanford and another team com-posed of former SouthernCalifornia collegiate stars.Walton’s team followed theNational Championship with atournament championship at theFINA World Masters Water PoloChampionships held at Stanford

University. Among the formerSJSU water polo stars playingfor the Nor Cal Alums was KINalum Bruce Watson (’76). In a recent volume of JOPERD:Lilienthal, S. K. & Mowrey, R.J. (September, 2006). Stop"Passing the Trash": Addressingthe Circulation of Repeat SexOffenders in Coaching. JOP-ERD 77 (7), 3-5, 54.

Members of the After SchoolAll Stars JudoProgram, runby ProgramDirector DaveWilliams, par-ticipated in theNational JuniorOlympic Judo Championships,held at the Event Center in earlyJuly. They had another greattournament with four studentswinning medals.

Amy Freitag (MA ‘05) formerstudent and front office staffmember. now has a baby daugh-ter, Ariana Elena, born Sept.13th.

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FACULTY/STAFF NEWS

The Alumni Luncheon is Back!

Saturday, April 28

Department of Kinesiology

and incorporating the former Departments of Human Performance,

Men’s Physical Education, and Women’s Physical Education

After a gap of a few years, and in conjunction with the150th celebrations, we have decided to reinstitute theAlumni Luncheon. This will be held on Saturday, April28th, on the San José State campus. Details will follow butplease save the date and plan to attend! Both men andwomen are most cordially invited to attend. We hope tohave some current faculty and students attend, as well as anumber of retired faculty.

Please bring with you old photographs, yearbooks, and anyother memorabilia from your time at San José State, toshare with friends.

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FEATURE

Dr. Sonja Lilienthal has always been passionate about promoting sport.Her first committee position (at age 10) was the media and PR directorfor the local swimming club. Since then she has held numerous volun-teer positions in amateur and collegiate sporting organizations inAustralia and in the USA. Dr. Lilienthal hastaught sport management at the University ofCanberra (Australia) and at the Hong KongSports Institute and has many practical experi-ences in sport management. She has worked invenue management at Penn State, Ohio State, atthe 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, and mostrecently worked at the 2004 US Olympic Trialsfor Rhythmic Gymnastics as the Volunteer Coordinator. She is the authorof a book entitled “Newtown Tarts: A History of the Sydney UniversityWomen’s Sports Association” detailing the unique beginnings ofwomen’s collegiate sport in Australia. Dr. Lilienthal spends any freetime exploring Northern California with her trusty canine companion onthe look out for the next In-N-Out Burger! She has lived throughout theworld, returning to San Jose State following a one year stint as a “Gator”at the University of Florida. A fan of many sports, overseas travel, andStudy Abroad Programs, she directs the Sports Management programswithin the Department of Kinesiology.

Dr. JinHong Jung earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in PhysicalEducation at Seoul National University and his doctorate in PhysicalEducation Pedagogy at the University of Georgia. He has over ten-yearsteaching and coaching experience at publicschools in South Korea. While there, he servedas a lead teacher of the Action Research Team ofthe public schools as well as a coordinator ofKorean Sport Pedagogy Association. He wasrecognized as an outstanding teacher by theMinistry of Education of South Korea. Prior tohis joining San José State University in 2006, healso taught courses in the Physical Education Teacher Education Programat Bridgewater State College. His major research interest is curriculumand instruction in physical education. In particular, he is interested inreflective teaching, teachers’ knowledge development, and alternativeteaching models such as responsibility model, sport education model, andgames for understanding. He is a member of American EducationalResearch Association (AERA), the American Alliance for Health,Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD), and theNational Association of Sports and Physical Education (NASPE).

Dr. KyungMo “Mo” Han is the Director of the Undergraduate AthleticTraining Education Program (ATEP). Prior to his current position, Mowas the ATEP Director at CSU DominguezHills. Currently, Mo is the Chair of the SportsRehabilitation Specialist Education Council andSports Rehabilitation Specialist Board ofCertification of the Korean Association ofCertified Exercise Professionals (KACEP) inSeoul, Korea. He also serves as a Board ofCertification (BOC) Examiner. Dr. Han’sresearch interests are lower extremity injury and rehabilitation, and lowerextremity biomechanics.

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CLOSE UP!

CLOSE UP! This new feature will focus on full time and part time faculty and staff

Ms. Heidi Peterson…

…and Dr. Gong Chen:

Gong Chen graduated from Shenyang Physical EducationInstitute in 1976 and became an instructor there. He received hismaster’s degree from Beijing Physical Education University in1981 and returned to Shenyang as a lecturer. He went to Cal PolyPomona as a visiting professor 1985-1987, and became Dr. Chen in1990 at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. He joined SJSUas an activity specialist in 1990.

Badminton is Chen’s favorite activity. He started the SJSU bad-minton club in 1995 with 20+ students and had 160+ members infall 2006. The club won the Northern Collegiate championship in1995-06 with a 8-0 record after defeating Stanford, UC Berkeley,UC Davis. The club won the championship again in 1996-97 witha 7-0 record. The club’s achievement was commended by FormerPresident Caret, former Provost Bain, and the Academic Senate.Chen also started badminton camps; in 1990 the invited coach was9-time national champion Ben Lee and the 2002 camp featuredworld champion Dr. Ling-wei Li. These professionals brought newconcepts, professional skills and instructional strategies to SJSUbadminton. Chen has published two badminton books and a DVD,and co-organized many badminton tournaments including the annu-al spring and fall Bay Area Open, Northern CaliforniaChampionship, Northern California Collegiate Championships, andannual NCCAF (Northern California Chinese Athletic Federation)Open.

Self-defense is the area where Chen has spent most of his timefor research, curriculum design, and promotion. His researchincluded "A study on subjects taught in American nationwide uni-versity self-defense courses" and “Chances of survival dealing withdifferent attacks in lab studies”. His curriculum design projectsinclude “University Self-defense Curriculum” and “Self-defense inPublic School”. The university curriculum was presented at the1993 National Basic Instructional Program Conference, 1996 SWAAHPERD conference, 2002 World Physical EducationConference. It was adopted by China’s leading Beijing University

in 2002, and many other universities in China in 2004 through theNational University Self-defense Instructor Training Project. Theschool self-defense curriculum was published in Strategies in 1999and featured in several projects in China.

Chen invented a model self-defense curriculum--SmarToughSelf-defense--for university self-defense courses. This new systemwas presented at the 1996 Southwest American AllianceConvention, and was commended as “the first curriculum whichturns self-defense into a science”. Chen’s book, A new concept ofself-defense, represents this invention, and one year later Self-defense and crime prevention was published in the Chinese lan-guage, the first systematic and comprehensive self-defense book inChina’s history. In June 2004, Chen published his third self-defense textbook, A comprehensive guide to self-defense. Thisbook included first-hand research results, and new theories andapplications for diverse populations. Also in June 2004, Chen (co-authored with Professor Zhang at Beijing University) publishedanother book Safety education and self-defense for nationwide uni-versity self-defense courses in China. Each new book has a DVD.Chen gave two widely televised speeches on self-defense onChinese TV in 2004 and was invited as a top researcher and cur-riculum designer on self-defense to give a lecture to the Chinesenationwide physical education department chairs training program.Chen was a guest professor at Northwestern PolytechnicUniversity, a top university in China in 2006 and was an honoraryprofessor at Shenyang Physical Education Institute in 1996.

Chen is also a taichi and table tennis instructor and practitioner.He has published two table tennis books and a taichi book. Chenpublished a creativity textbook in 1985 and translated (published) acreative thinking book in 1986. These works helped Chen’s cre-ation in self-defense. Chen likes to play with ideas since hebelieves that although necessity is recognized as the mother ofinvention, the father is the playing.

Gong Chen

Since I graduated from San Diego State University with my P.Edegree I have often wondered at the "tool-kit" of skills, abilities,knowledge, and confidence I gained through my educational expe-riences. I was a typical student, with a twenty hour-a-week job anda twenty-hour-a-week Athletic Training Internship, so finding timeto study was always a struggle. It became clear early on that P.Ewas no cake-walk, my studies encompassed a variety of sciences,history, sociology, psychology, and philosophy, not only in a theo-retical manner but I had to learn to apply the concepts to real world,life and death situations. I found that coming to class with somepreparation - actually reading the recommended information asdelineated on the course description (green sheet) led to betterunderstanding and an ability to successfully apply the information -and I learned more!

Our field has grown and expanded significantly in the past thirtyyears, and while I may not remember everything I learned, I do

know how to find the information and comprehend it. This hasserved me well as in order to make ends meet, I have often encoun-tered the question "Can you also..." teach an activity, coach a sport,run an event, operate a press conference, serve as a research intern,write a policy and procedures manual, negotiate a contract, sell sea-son tickets, raise money, promote, speak, - well, you name it and Iseem to have been asked to do it! Because I had a solid foundationin anatomy, kinesiology, biomechanics, motor learning, pedagogy,administration/management, exercise physiology, sports psycholo-gy, nutrition, and perhaps, most importantly, human nature, I havemanaged to not only survive but succeed!

I am proud to be a Physical Educator first and foremost, as wellas a Certified Athletic Trainer, I can think of no other area of studythat encompasses so much variety in scope and skills and betterprepares one for whatever the future may bring.

Heidi J. Peterson

The 2006 Adapted PhysicalActivity Club has new boardmembers! Adam Elix--President; Philip Dao--Vice-President; Nicar Bocalan--Treasurer; Rita Brum--Secretary; Chris Navas--Public Relations. The club isplanning a trip to Lake Tahoefor a Blaze Disability WinterSport Camp training confer-ence, Dec. 14-16, 2006.Anyone interested may con-tact any of the board mem-bers or Dr. NancyMegginson for more infor-mation.

The following students haveaccepted offers of admissionto the Undergraduate AthleticTraining Education Programfor the 2007 spring semester:Kyle Tanedo, KiiraRodriguez, Sunly Chan,Adam Mendez, NathanUbl, Mikel Jackson, SeanNafarrete, Jennifer Reed,Yoshiaki Tsuboyama,Amanda Farmer, AustinToloza, Leily Kazemi,Steven Alcantara, RichardOsheim, Ashley Mamola,Tarin Gambello, CandaseHeath, Cory Floyd, JavierMargarito, MatthewGuthrie, Timothy Leong,Lauren Dykema, JessicaStacy

The following affiliated clini-cal sites have been added asnew venues for athletic train-ing students to complete theirrequired practicum experi-ences:Bishop O'Dowd HS inOakland, Canada College inRedwood City, St. Mary'sCollege in Moraga (pendingrisk management approval),Presentation HS in San Jose,Westmont HS in Campbell.

December Dodson was theAthletic Trainer of the Monthfor November for theUndergraduate AthleticTraining Program.Congratulations!

Brien Arakaki created thefollowing high school web-site link: http://www.mvla.net/apps/comm.asp?Q=397Check it out!

The PEK club officers for2006-2007 will be elected atthe start of the springsemester, and the FacultyAdvisor is Dr. Matt Masucci.In the absence of elected offi-cers, the student representa-tive is Brianna Brown, thewebsite designer is CourtneyWong, and Lynn Wang is incharge of public relations.

Among items on theiragenda for this year are plan-ning the graduation dinner,beginning a speakers' seriesin the KinesiologyDepartment, and conductinga survey on what snacks anddrinks Kinesiology majorswould like to have in thevending machines in ourdepartment. The club is alsolooking to become involvedin the community and if anyalumni work at a school orclinic or hospital where KINClub members could volun-teer, please contact Briannaat bribrown17@yahoo.com

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STUDENT NEWS

DEPARTMENT EVENTS

Another very successful Aerobicthon was held on Friday,December 1 with approximately 450 students attending.This event, now in its 15th year, aims to reduce stress, andpromote aerobic fitness right before final exams kick in.Invited instructors and refreshments provide for studentsacross the university a great ending to the last full week ofclasses. The event was held in SPX 44B and was coordinat-ed by Ms. Carol Sullivan. One of the guest instructors wasJerrie Moo Thurman (BS’, 81).

Our traditional fall picnic for all students, faculty, and staff inthe Department was held on Monday, October 16th at thebarbecue pits behind Spartan Complex. Over 250 peopleattended.

The Sixth Annual DisAbility Sport Expo was organized byDr. Nancy Megginson, with assistance from Mrs. JanetClair and students, held Nov. 13th in the SPX 44B gymnasi-um and was a huge success! KIN 159 students and theAdapted Physical Activity Club sponsored the event whichconsisted of three hours of various disability sports, food,raffles, and a silent auction. Approximately 100 persons werein attendance at some point during the Expo!

Dr. Nancy Megginson, together with students from her 156,159, and graduate classes, ran the Bill Duncan MemorialWheelchair Basketball Tournament in early December.Really fast-paced stuff, with these teams: Phoenix,Albuquerque, Utah, Lakers, Clippers, and Golden State RoadWarriors. Chrissie Morris (BS, ‘02) came to watch.

A CPR class for the professional rescuer was conducted byDr. Leamor Kahanov in December. Approximately 25 stu-dents and faculty from the Department were certified.

DONATIONSAs usual, you will find enclosed in this Alumni Newsletter anenvelope for any donation you may be able to give to helpthe Department. Currently, we are seeking funds for:* equipment for the exercise physiology, biomechanics,adapted, athletic training, teacher education, motor behav-ior, stress management, and qualitative research laborato-ries*faculty release time for research and moving toward someendowed positions *classroom upgrades are slowly ongoing but help would bemuch appreciated here, too *international exchange of faculty and students who bringso much back from their experiences abroad*at the other end of the scale, we would like to give all thestudents who pass our introductory class Department T shirts. Sponsorship here would be most welcome.Any donation is very much appreciated—thank you!

December Dodson

ALUMNI NEWS

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Armando Morales Moreno (BS, ’57) was achampion for disadvantaged students andrecent immigrants, an avid golfer, restaurantentrepreneur, and active Senior Olympian.Armando served in the United States NavalAir Service. He loved spending time withhis two children and eight grandchildren. Amemorial service was held on July 17th,2006.

Joel Craig Jr. (BS '71) at age 69, on June16, in Capitola. An Arkansas native, Craigserved for two years as a medical corpsmanwith the US Marines. With his family, hemoved to Australia in 1973 and taught physi-cal education and coached. He returned toCapitola in 2000.

Diane Cluff, Physical Education, died at age78 on July 6 in Rossmoor. Cluff headed thePhysical Education Department at HillsdaleHigh School in San Mateo until her retire-ment in 1983.

Many will have known Dr. Betty Jane Trotterand will be saddened to hear of her death.

Thanks to Margaret Fay Maxfield. MSOccupational Therapy, 1974 for sending this:

Dr. Betty Jane Trotter, 83 Dr. Betty Jane Trotter,an educator, author,coach and life-longadvocate of women’sathletics, died Nov. 2 atFort Sanders SevierCounty Nursing Home.She was the last of ninechildren of Emert Arthur and Ollie TinsleyTrotter of Sevierville.

Trotter served in educational posts inTexas and California, retiring as a full pro-fessor from San Jose State University. Shewas a graduate of the University ofTennessee (Kappa Delta and Phi BetaKappa) and earned her masters and doctoraldegrees from Teachers College, ColumbiaUniversity in New York. During her career,Trotter authored a noted textbook “Volleyballfor Girls and Women” and served as a coachwith the U.S. Women’s volleyball team for

the Pan Am Games.She was preceded in death by her eight

siblings, Sadie, John, Mell, H.D., James, andMary Emily Trotter, Virginia TrotterStafford, and Dorothy Trotter McMahan.She is survived by her niece, Virginia TrotterBetts, Nashville, TN, and two nephews, JimTrotter, Jr. and Bob Trotter of Denver,Colorado, two first cousins Patsy B.Davenport, Knoxville and Ralph Butts, a sis-ter-in-law, Mary Evelyn Trotter ofGatlinburg, four great nieces and two greatnephews and their children. The familywishes to acknowledge with gratitude herlong time caregiver, Lois Smyre.

After retirement to her home on DouglasLake, she and her business partner, FayMaxfield, of Canberra, Australia, operated aChristmas tree farm near Kodak, TN. Trotterwas an active member of First UnitedMethodist Church in Sevierville, theManthano Club, and served on the board ofSevier County’s Safe Space and theSevierville Humane Society. She was anavid supporter of UT women’s sports.

George R. Haney (BS ’39), ofGlendale, CA, now 91 years old,writes that he well recalls WaltMcPherson and Bob Bronzan, 15meals in the school cafeteria for$3.25 a week, and school costing$9.00 per quarter.

Instructor Ms. Lee Pate’s sisterLisa Pate-Baum (BS ’92) guestinstructed Lee’s Kin 31 Bodysculptingclass. Lisa isa successfulpersonaltrainer inAptos (holdsNSCA CPTcertification)and has alsobeen voted the "Best AerobicsInstructor" in a "Best of SantaCruz" edition of the local paper.People wait up to 45 minutes toget into one of her classes whereshe teaches at Spa Fitness Centerin Capitola.

Susan Garcia Tinkley (BS ’65)played on the tennis and swimteams and recalls major camp

each year. She taught for 11years at El Rancho HS in PicoRivera, CA, and then after a mas-ters in counseling, moved toNogales HS where she served asa counselor for 23 years untilretirement. She reads, runs (hascompleted several 5Ks) and liftsweights. Susan and husband of39 years, Bill, recently droveacross the US.Amy Chang (MA ‘06) recentlygave a presentation at theAssociation for the Advancementof Sport Psychology conferencein Miami, FL. Her presentation,was entitled: "The ResonancePerformance Model:Applications on ExerciseAdherence and Well-Being" andher co-authors were Dr. Butryn,Dr. Furst, and Dr. Masucci.

The following recent graduatesof the Graduate Athletic TrainingEducation Program are nowemployed in the followingplaces:Alise McBrien - VanguardUniversity, Assistant AthleticTrainer

Cindy Mak - Cañada College,Head Athletic TrainerBrad Sain - Stanford University,Assistant Athletic TrainerBryce Schussle - San FranciscoState University, AssistantAthletic Trainer

Sara Seibert (BS, ’05) a gradu-ate of the pre-professionalemphasis, has started her firstyear in the PT program at CSU-Fresno.

Cesar Cardenas (BS, ’06) washired as the head athletic trainerat Holy Names University inOakland, CA.Becky Roark (BS, ’06) is a grad-uate assistant in athletic trainingat Azusa Pacific University, inAzusa, CA working with thewomen’s volleyball, and men’sbaseball teams.

Jeremy Lawson (MA ‘03) wasappointed Head Strength &Conditioning Coach at MarinCatholic High School inKentfield, CA.

Kellie Arnone (BS, ‘05) wasaccepted to the PT program atCSU-Long Beach.

Bill Yanowsky (BS MA) washired as the Head AthleticTrainer at Delaware StateUniversity. Bill was formerly theAssociate Head Athletic Trainerhere at SJSU.

Courtney Siler (BS, ’05) is serv-ing as a graduate assistant in ath-letic training at Portland StateUniversity.

Rachael (Rolle) Joye (MA ’06)just accepted the position asHead Athletic Trainer atPhiladelphia Biblical University,a NCAA DIII school inLanghorne, PA.

Teoma Taylor (BS, ‘05) wasaccepted to Howard University'sPhysical Therapy Program inWashington, D.C.

Kelly Dybdahl (BS '06) Exercise& Fitness Specialist emphasishad a second son, Dominic, bornon June 2.

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