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IN THIS ISSUE
Best wishes,
Beverly D. Ulrich
Professor and Dean
Spring 2003 1
KINESIOLOGY ALUMNUS
PIONEERS WELLNESS
PROGRAM
Obesity among children has doubled
in the last decade, according to the
Center for Disease Control. Diabetes
and high blood pressure are also on
the rise. Dr. Vincent Bufalino, in a
study of several children in the
Chicago area, found that 40% of
James Walton, director of physical education and principal of Lake Forest Schools
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ALUMNI PROFILE
effort for a lower numerical reading that wellness program, and he credits his and the school board and the parents
equaled the level of effort by those stu- Michigan education for giving him an have always been very positive about the
dents who were in better physical shape excellent foundation. “There was so direction of our program.”
with higher numerical readings. This much science and research involved at Walton has had a challenging and
important discovery was made because Michigan, it was great, and it helped me satisfying career at Lake Forest, but he
of the technology, and because the meas- think of developing a new curriculum as never expected to work in the elemen-
urements track individual progress an opportunity,” he said. tary school environment. He took extra
rather than comparing each child with As part of his research, Walton courses and became certified at the K-12
other students. met with Phil Lawler, department head level when he was at Michigan, but con-
of the Naperville, Illinois centrated in high school education. He
Physical Education Program. did his student teaching at Huron High
Lawler is a consultant for the School in Ann Arbor.
National Heart Association, “Michigan’s School of Education
and he is the trendsetter who encouraged us to set up practice inter-
began the move toward fitness view sessions, and my first was at Lake
training in the public schools. Forest,” said Walton. He arrived at the
Lawler maintains that, in interview straight from a gross anatomy
addition to improved health lab, dressed in jeans and carrying his lab
and fitness, it has been noted coat. Before they even sat down, the
UM Photo Services, Martin Vloet
that students have better brain interviewer said, “We are not looking
function after exercise. for a coach.” Walton did not want to
Another research step miss his opportunity for a practice inter-
involved collecting data. view, and so he continued.
Walton and his teachers noted Lake Forest was looking for a per-
improved heart rate changes son interested in pursuing new directions
in fifth and sixth graders who in physical education. Those areas
exercised. Once they were included psychomotor development, per-
Lake Forest students use the Fitness Center sure of the statistics, Walton ceptual motor development, movement
presented the findings to the training, and sensory development,
Many parents have commented principals and administrators in charge which at that time were all in the begin-
that children who previously dreaded of the curriculum. He wrote summaries ning stages of development. “When I
attending physical education classes now and proposals for presentation at the heard the challenge of the position, I
look forward to the exercise in this pro- school board meetings. “I told them decided that this interview could really
gram. During a parent visit Walton said what we needed, and I showed them be meaningful. I ended up working in
that he overheard a father asking his how and why,” he said. one of the kindergarten through fourth
first grade daughter if the fitness center The result was a series of changes, grade buildings, and I have been here
was where she came to play. “No which have been evolving over approxi- ever since,” said Walton.
daddy, this is where we come to work mately an eight-year period. The first Although he has made his mark at
out,” she said. major change involved the combination Lake Forest, Walton will soon move on
The fitness classes may be fun, but of the physical education program and to new endeavors. He plans to retire at
they are definitely not all play. The edu- the health program, and the program the end of the 2003 school year. He has
cational component is stringent. The changed to a fitness-based focus. “Over made no specific plans as yet, but what-
students are taught concepts such as the last three years we have developed ever he does, it is a safe assumption that
heart rate, endurance versus strength, standards and benchmarks for what will he will again prove himself to be a
and the association between exercise and be taught at each level and they were leader.
good health. They learn about basic implemented throughout the district,” Walton has two children, CJ and
kinesiological principles that help them said Walton. Courtney. His son, CJ, played high
understand muscles and their movement. Many people deserve recognition school and college football. His daugh-
They make those associations with every for helping to make the Lake Forest ter, Courtney, has been involved in many
activity. The goal is that by the end of wellness program into what it is today, dance activities and, as a senior in high
the eighth grade year students will be according to Walton. “The teachers school, is in the process of looking at
able to use the data to identify, develop have been so enthusiastic, and the potential colleges, including, of course,
and actualize their own fitness program. biggest thing I had to do was to get out the University of Michigan.
Walton served as the researcher, of their way,” he said. “The superin-
motivator, and spokesperson for the tendent provided enthusiastic support, —Cheryl Israel
Spring 2003 3
Sport Business
Industry
4 Spring 2003
company, and the largest interactive soft- Arena/Stadium Advertising Gladden, associate professor of sport
ware-maker in the world. “Video games Many other forms of advertising are used management at the University of
are like the microwaves were in the at sports events to increase brand recog- Massachusetts.
1970s—every kid wants a Playstation II, nition. The dasher boards at ice arenas
or XBOX,” he said. are filled with corporate names and
Venue Marketing
logos.
Venue marketing has become more prev-
Legal alent in the last several years, where
As the sport business industry has grown, Public Relations companies provide construction funding
so too has the need for sophisticated con- DeCecco said that Pepsi product sales at in exchange for a sponsorship for their
tractual agreements. Steve Weinreich, BA a large stadium are only equivalent to a name to be linked to a physical site. For
’93, is the associate counsel for Sports- small convenience store, but building the example, Federal Express committed
Loop, a full service marketing and events rapport is worth much more. “The con- $205 million to rename the home of the
company located in Chicago. Weinrich sumers see our presence, and they have Washington Redskins to the FedEx Field.
is involved in drawing up contracts for the opportunity to taste and feel the “Comerica Park went up in Detroit, and
sporting events, and he also assists athletes product while doing something they the Lions played at Ford Field for the
in negotiating contracts, to make sure that enjoy,” he said. first time this year,” said Craig Wotta,
people are represented equitably. BA ’91, UM Yost Ice Arena manager.
The complexity of the sport busi- Sport Management (SM) faculty is
ness industry brings the potential for Sponsorships studying the justification for investing
many “legal firsts.” For example, CNN Sponsorships are another way in which public funds in facilities for professional
reported that in a recent case a basketball companies gain product visibility when sports. The objective is to compare the
player had to take legal action against the they pay for a direct association with a rationale for and the effects of such an
team management for the right to use his sports event or team. Movalson said that investment. SM faculty members
own name in the address of his personal EA Sports sponsors approximately twelve Richard Wolfe, David Moore, and Keith
web site. sports events annually, such as the EA Harrison are involved in this research,
Sports 500 car race and the Sports Maui along with faculty member Michael
invitational, where the nation’s top intercol- Johnson of the Michigan Business
Advertising legiate basketball teams are invited to play. School.
Advertising in the area of sports is anoth- Nine out of twelve of the events are broad- In summary, the sport business
er competitive arena. For example, The cast on ESPN. industry crosses state lines, product
Wall Street Journal reported that the Buccarelli said that the New York lines, and legal lines to touch almost
2003 Super Bowl ads sold at a cost of Mets think of their sponsors as partners. every area of the economy. Many
$2.2 million for a thirty second spot. “We worked with Pepsi to develop a Kinesiology and other UM alumni have
The televised Super Bowl advertisements commemorative can for our 40th anniv- careers in the industry, and we are thus
are nothing short of a phenomenon, with ersary logo,” said Bucciarelli. “When connected to the sport business network.
many people watching the ad spots as Verizon became a Mets sponsor, I negoti- Faculty remain current with ongoing
intensely as the game. ated with them to place a Mets schedule research using state-of-the-art methods.
Pepsi gave an early release of its at their counters.” Through research publications,
2002 Super Bowl advertisement with
Kinesiology has a national and interna-
celebrity pop star Britney Spears in order
tional voice in this significant part of the
to take advantage of the intense pre-game Image Matching economy.
publicity, which Pepsi spokesman Dave Michigan faculty is currently conducting
DeCecco said more than paid for the research on the image matching aspect of 1. Street & Smith’s Sports Business Journal,
advertisement cost. The Super Bowl sponsorships, looking at the extent to <http://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/
page.cms?featureld=13x>
post-game publicity is just as intense, which a sponsored sport property and a
2. Ibid.
with ad analyses on the morning shows, sponsoring corporation project consistent 3.Thalman, James. “To buy Games publicity
on the Internet, and in many written images. A second important focus is the would cost $22.9 million,” Deseret News, 25
April, 2002, p. 1.
publications for five to ten days follow- development of an approach which
4. Fédération Internationale de Football Web
ing the event. DeCecco refers to the goal prospective sponsors could use to deter- site: <AssociationFIFAworldcup.yahoo.com
of “creating a buzz” to take advantage of mine what sport properties provide /en/020624/2/17xw.html>
5. Street & Smith’s Sports Business Journal
“the water cooler factor,” when company appropriate image matches. Kinesiology 6. Harris, Richard Jackson. A Cognitive
products become the subject of discus- faculty Richard Wolfe and David Moore Psychology of Mass Communication. (Mahwah,
sion in public meeting places. are collaborating on this project with Jay NJ: L. Erlbaum Associates, 2001), 19.
Spring 2003
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MAKING A DIFFERENCE
6 Spring 2003
IN MEMORIAM
Spring 2003
7
ALUMNI NEWS
Do you realize that you are a member programs. Such programs need the sup-
Achievement within Ten Years of
of the Kinesiology Alumni Society? You port and participation from all of our
Graduation
automatically became a member when alumni. They provide the means for
Given to Kinesiology alumni who have
you graduated from Kinesiology—no Kinesiology students to discover them-
excelled in a field related to Kinesiology.
dues to pay, no forms to complete. As selves, and gives them a glimpse of the
2001: Roger Harvey, CFO of Crunch
the chair of the Kinesiology Alumni real world and their fields of interest.
Fitness
Society Board, I am writing this letter The Kinesiology Alumni Society
2002: Dr. Pam Davis, University of
to ask for your help, and hope that you Board is another area where alumni can
Michigan Medical School
will support Kinesiology in any manner make a difference. We look for you to
that works for you. become a part of Kinesiology by volun-
Career Achievement
A great number of individuals teering to serve on the committees.
Given to Kinesiology alumni who have
have supported both the Division of Through any or all of these efforts
shown outstanding professional and per-
Kinesiology and the University of you can help take Kinesiology into the
sonal achievement in their chosen field
Michigan over the years. It is this sup- future.
and/or public service in any field.
port that has made the University of Please keep in touch and let us
2001: Carrie Meek, Congresswoman
Michigan a major, world-class institu- know where you are and what you are
Dr. David Lohrmann, Professor,
tion. We have all benefited from this doing. We hope to see you at the 2003
Indiana University
support, somewhere along the line. alumni reunion on October 17, 2003 at
2002: Ken Burnley, CEO, Detroit Public
That is the past. the Michigan Union. The details will be
Schools
What about the future? The mailed closer to the event.
William Hardy, Principal, Roosevelt
future depends on our alumni—our cur-
Middle School
rent alumni, and the young adults who Sincerely,
will become our future alumni and sup- Pete Kempf
Lifetime Achievement
porters of the University of Michigan Chair, Kinesiology Alumni Society Board
Given to individuals whose service to
and the Division of Kinesiology. We
the Division of Kinesiology has enhanced
look for our alumni to donate to the For additional information or to pass
and changed Kinesiology over their
University of Michigan and the Division along comments, you can contact:
lifetime.
of Kinesiology. Scholarships are needed Pete Kempf at gonavy@umich.edu,
2001: Pat Materka, former Assistant
to sponsor future students and endow- Catherine Serrin-Niekro, Vice Chair-
Director of Development and Alumni
ments are needed to provide for future person of KAS at cbsum@umich.edu,
Relations
professorships. Shelly Kovacs at skovacs@umich.edu,
We also look for alumni to mentor or Cheryl Israel at cisrael@umich.edu.
current students through mentoring
8 Spring 2003
Pictured are Kinesiology alumni who participated in the career networking session in
October. Front, left to right: Dana LaKritz, Pam Davis, Scott Jeffer, Patty Donohue-
Ebach, John Pheney, Jennifer Sutherland, Jose Kotoor. Second row, left to right: Elmo
Morales, Ken Burnley, Betsy Carny, Shawn Truax, Drew Pudduck, Gail Tait. Last row,
left to right: Jeff Bush, William Hardy, Pete Kempf, Tom Cecchini, Judy Renfrew Hart,
Steve Molnar, Griz Zimmerman, Roger Harvey
Pictured left to right: Alumni Award winners Dr. David Pictured left to right: Pam Davis, Gail Tait, Patty Donahue-Ebach, and
Lohrmann, William Hardy, Roger Harvey, Pam Davis, Pat Van Volkinburg enjoy the 2003 Alumni Reunion.
Pat Materka, and Ken Burnley
ALUMNI NOTES
Ben Abramson (BS ’60, MA ’62) is cessful promotion of ESPN’s Original
enjoying retirement. He is living in Motion Picture, “The Junction Boys.”
All photos on this page by Peter Smith
Boynton Beach, Florida for six months, He is currently focused on the launch of
then he will go back to Yonkers, New ESPNHD, ESPN’s High Definition net-
York for six months. He still coaches work. He is also in the process of
girls basketball in the MacCabee games, launching ESPN Deportes, a Spanish
and he will travel with the team to sports network that will run fourteen
Houston and New Jersey in August. hours a day, seven days a week.
Seth Ader (BS ’94) Marketing Manager Steve Basmajian (BS ’98) is working for
of the ESPN Consumer Marketing the UM Emergency Department. “It is
Department, recently completed a suc- an excellent career opportunity for me,”
Spring 2003 9
he said, “with a great learning experi- Thomas A. Cecchini (BSED ’66) is the John R. Ghindia (BS ’86) is the
ence for physician assistants and resi- Director of Western Region Sales at President of the University of Michigan
dents.” Async Associates. Async specializes in Club of Greater Detroit.
Citrix Application server computing
Jodi Berris (BA ’01) is a program associ- solutions for general business, health Brian Glick (BA ’96, MBA ’01) complet-
ate at Hillel in Ann Arbor. She advises care, financial, government and educa- ed an MBA in Computer Information
student groups, works with donor gifts, tional markets. They work with leading Systems at Baker College. He is the
and she works with the website and vendors such as Microsoft, Citrix, Sun, Project Manager for Information
other forms of publicity. Jodi has trav- Novell, Watchguard, Checkpoint, RSA, Technology at Alro Group in Jackson,
eled extensively. She went to Cape Compaq, DELL and HP. Michigan. Brian is married and has a
Town, and to Robben Island where five-month-old son.
Nelson Mandela was imprisoned, and Mary Bennett Drake (BS ’58) enjoyed
to Paris. (See picture below.) the UM alumni trip to France last fall. Doug Gross (BA ’99) is the men’s assis-
tant golf coach at the University of
Haley Berger (BA ’99) is the Associate Christina Eyers (Chapski) (BS ’97) Michigan. Prior to this he worked with
Producer at ESPN in Bristol, CT. She began a temporary faculty position at the American Junior Golf Association as
works on “Sportscenter,” “Baseball Central Michigan University last fall. the tournament director, where he was
Tonight,” and other studio-based shows. She teaches athletic training classes and responsible for the planning of several
coordinates the clinical education pro- national golf tournaments each season.
Jim Berry (BS ’89) is the Director of gram. Last April, she and her husband “Through the Kinesiology movement
Sports Medicine at Myrtle Beach High welcomed their daughter, Rileigh science classes, I learned how the body
School in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Johanna Eyers, into the world. moves and works, which helps tremen-
He and his wife, Becky, welcomed dously as a coach when players have
Cooper Anderson Berry into the world Jessica Cohen (BA ’99) graduated from injuries and need advice for stretching
last April. Cooper joins his big brother, Fordham University School of Law and or strengthening,” said Gross.
Carson Andrew, who is six-years-old. and she is now practicing law in New
York City at Proskauer Rose, LLP in the Helen Johnson Harding (BA ’94) is cele-
Mikerra Bostic (BS ’99) is in her second Labor & Employment department. brating her fourth anniversary at the
semester of grad school at Eastern in the Detroit Zoo. She is the Membership
Masters program for Educational Dr. Pamela Davis (MA ’92, MD ’99) is Services Manager. She and her husband,
Leadership with a cognate in student currently in the last year of her four- Andre, have a seventeen-month-old
affairs. She also works in the Academic year residency at the University of daughter, Haley Harding.
Advising Department as a graduate Michigan Combined Internal Medicine
assistant. and Pediatrics program. Pete Kempf (SOA ’76, MA ’95) is a
Senior Research Scientist with Breed
Michael Briguglio (BS ’81, MA ’82) Technologies Inc. He develops new
teaches Honors World History at technologies for occupant restraint sys-
Fountain Hills High School in Fountain tems (seatbelts and air bags) for the
Hills, Arizona. He was twice named the transportation industry. Pete is current-
State Coach of the Year. He also serves ly chair of the Kinesiology Alumni
as the varsity baseball coach, and his Society Board.
teams have won the past two 3A State
Championships. Michael lives with his Jim Kielbaso (MS ’95) is the Strength
two daughters—eight-year-old and Conditioning Coach at the
Samantha, and five-year-old Madeline. University of Detroit. He recently
opened the Total Performance Training
Sheri Esrock
Susan Carter (BS ’99, M.Ed. ’00) gradu- Center, a training facility for athletes, in
ated in 2000 with an M.Ed. in adapted Wixom, Michigan.
physical education from the University
of Virginia. She is teaching special edu- Jodi Berris, BA ’01, and a University of Jose Kottoor (MS ’94) is the Director
cation at a middle school in Highland Utah student with several South African of Physical Therapy and Occupational
Park, IL, and recently became engaged dancers Therapy at the University of Michigan
to another UM alum. Hospital, Mott Children’s Hospital,
Med Rehab and Spine Program.
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Dana LaKritz (BA ’96) obtained her law He and his wife, Kris, are expecting their received her M.S. and M.P.H. entitled
degree from Wayne State University Law second child this summer (July). Fitting in Fitness for Life!®. She and
School in 1999. She joined the law firm her work were also featured in a new
of Butzel Long, P.C., a Detroit-based Judy Oppenheim (BS ’68, MS ’73) joined magazine to help women become more
firm of 204 attorneys with offices in Front Range Orthopaedics in Colorado organized entitled Balance.
Michigan and Florida. Her practice Springs, CO, and she is enjoying a new
concentrates on the area of commercial home, new colleagues and new friends. Jeffrey Singer (BA ’00) is the Assistant
litigation, primarily contract disputes Trauma is the mainstay of her practice. General Manager for the Vero Beach
and police misconduct cases. Dana was She is also considering a team physician Dodgers in Arizona.
recently elected to the Kinesiology position for one of the local schools.
Alumni Society Board. Jen Sutherland (BA ’97) is the Manager
Jonathan Paley (BA ’95) has been pro- of Corporate Communications for
Dr. David Lohrmann (BS ’70, MA ’75, moted to the head of the New York- Suburban Sports & Entertainment. She
Ph.D. ’81) is an Associate Professor at based advertising agency DCODE. is responsible for the marketing and
Indiana University in the Department Among others, Jon’s firm handles the public relations in all areas. She is also
of Applied Health Science. He was ABC Sports and ESPN accounts. responsible for marketing and designing
installed as President-Elect of the the layout of Michigan Hockey, a hock-
American School Health Association for Sarah Plum (Roach) (BA ’97, BS ’97) ey newspaper with the largest distribu-
2002-2003, and he will be President for graduated with dual degrees in Physical tion in the Great Lakes region and
2003-2005. Education and Sport Management Chalk Talk, a hockey coaches newsletter.
Communication. She is an elementary
Sharon Lowen (MA ’73) wrote two PE teacher with the Livonia Public Gail Tait (MS ’86) is an Assistant
introductory books on Odissi, a classical Schools in Livonia, MI, and she is cur- Professor and Assistant Director of
dance of India and continues performing rently working on a master’s of education Physical Education at the College of
concerts around India and teaching in health education at Wayne State DuPage in the Chicago area. She was
Modern Dance at the American University. recently elected to the Kinesiology
Embassy School, New Delhi. Alumni Society Board.
Andrew Pudduck (BA ’96) launched a
Dr. S. James Manilla (BS ’49) is in his sports and entertainment consulting firm, Shawn Truax (BS ’02) is an associate
sixteenth year as Vice President of esp, which conceives and executes strate- producer at NFL Films, in charge of the
Development at the University of gic, innovative, consumer-based promo- playbook segment on the ESPN Sunday
Arizona Foundation. In the past he has tions for the athletic world. Countdown Show. He is currently con-
served as President of three community ducting research for a profile on former
colleges (Harrisburg, Penn Valley, and Monroe K. Rowland (Sticks) (BS ’52, San Francisco 49’er head coach Bill
Kansas City/Pima), and he was at MA ’55, Ph.D. ’60 ) is still actively par- Walsh, which will air on the flagship
Oakland Community College for ten ticipating in sports at the age of seventy- show, “NFL Presents.”
years. two. He ran the Nick Katsounis
Memorial 10K last June, and finished Kelly Vaughn (BA ’01) was promoted to
Steve Molnar (BA ’00) is a copywriter at fifth of thirteen. Congratulations! Director of Ticket Operations for the
Perich and Partners Ltd., an advertising Flint Generals Hockey Team, and she is
firm in Ann Arbor. He is involved in Justin Schulman (BA ’96) joined Athletes involved in community and public rela-
conceptualization for all media types: First last July as the Director of Business tions. She is responsible for group and
print, web, outdoor, radio, and televi- Operations. Athletes First is a sports game night ticket operations, as well as
sion. He also writes radio and television agency with over fifty NFL clients, and most graphic design and advertising for
scripts, headlines and body copy for is an industry leader in contract the team. She also coaches “Cheer
print, billboard, and web banner ads. negotiation, player marketing and client Extreme,” an All-Star cheerleading team.
He has worked with such clients as servicing.
Carhartt, Harman Kardon, Grand Philip Welch (BS ’99) is the Program
Hotel, Liberty Sports Complex, and the Michelle Segar (BA ’89, MS ’95, MPH Coordinator for MFit, the Health
Health Alliance Plan. ’97) conducts research on women and Promotion Division of the University of
physical activity. She was published in Michigan Hospital System. He is also a
Eric Namesnik (BS ’94) continues as the Women’s Health Issues, (Vol. 12, Personal Trainer at the One-on-One
Assistant Head Coach for the University November/December, 2002) about the Athletic Club in Ann Arbor.
of Michigan Men’s Swimming Team. intervention she developed after she
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FACULTY NEWS
12 Spring 2003
Jay Basten (MS ’93, Ph.D. ’02), success- of Aging. The course is designed for Congress of Biomechanics in Calgary,
fully defended his dissertation and social science majors, and she was asked Alberta last August entitled “Artificial
earned a Ph.D. from the University of to develop an on-line version of this neural oscillators as controllers for loco-
Michigan’s Center for the Study of course for the required science offerings. motion simulations and robotic
Higher and Postsecondary Education. She also gave several presentations to exoskeletons.” One of Dan’s colleagues
The title of his dissertation is “The community and health organizations and presented their collaborative work,
Influence of Institutional Success in Big- delivered the annual Creamer Lecture “Ground reaction force patterns influ-
Time Intercollegiate Athletics on College entitled “Training the Brain Through ence electromyographic activity during
Choice: An Organizational Identity- Movement: Aging, Parkinson’s Disease, stepping in non-disabled and spinal cord
Based Study of Students’ Enrollment and Physical Activity.” Last fall she injured subjects,” at the 32nd Annual
Decisions.” attended the Society for Neuroscience Meeting of the Society For Neuroscience
meeting in Orlando, FL. last November in Florida. He was
Katarina Borer was published in the appointed to the Membership
American Journal of Hypertension. The Dee Edington was published in the Committee of the American Society
article was entitled “Circadian blood American Association of Occupational of Biomechanics.
pressure overswinging in a physically fit, Health Nursing Journal, the Journal of
normotensive African American Environmental and Occupational Jeff Horowitz received a three-year
Woman.” She is currently conducting Health, the Mercer Human Resources award from the American Diabetes
research on appetite suppression by Consulting, Disease Management and Association to conduct studies on the
exercise, which is producing interesting Outcomes, and Healthcover. He was effect of adding endurance exercise
preliminary results. She will present invited to present his talk on “The training to a weight-loss program on
preliminary findings at the Society for Business Case for Worksite Health factors that regulate lipid metabolism
Neuroscience annual meeting and at the Management” at the Dow Chemical and how these alterations in lipid metab-
meeting of the Society for the Study of Corporation, the Honeywell Corpor- olism may affect insulin sensitivity,
Ingestive Behavior that will be held in ation and the Pfizer Employment Group. which is the primary symptom of Type II
Groningen, Netherlands. He also presented at the VieLife diabetes. He also received a one-year
Corporation in London, England, and award from the Michigan Diabetes
Paul Borsa, Director of Athletic several conferences in Washington, D.C. Research Training Center to examine the
Training, announced on October 18, He spoke before the Iowa Wellness effect of fat and carbohydrate availabili-
2002, that the Undergraduate Athletic Council and the Wellness Coalition in ty on fuel metabolism. In addition, Dr.
Training Education Program was grant- Kalamazoo, MI. He also presented at Horowitz is collaborating with
ed national accreditation by the Eastern Michigan University during their researchers from the University of
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Presidential Society series. Michigan Institute of Gerontology on a
Health Education Programs (CAAHEP). project aimed at examining the effect of
The program is officially recognized as Dan Ferris was awarded a four-year resistance training on muscle structure
having met the standards established by grant from the National Institutes of and function, metabolic profile, and pos-
the National Athletic Trainers’ Health for his project “Motor Adapta- tural stability in elderly subjects. Dr.
Association, American Academy of tion During Human Locomotion.” He Horowitz is a co-investigator on this
Family Physicians, the American was invited to present at the Ortho- project that was funded by the Michigan
Academy of Pediatrics and the American paedic Research Laboratories, UM Life Science Corridor. He has continued
Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine. Department of Medicine in May 2002. his duties as an Associate Editor for the
UM’s Athletic Training Education His talk was entitled “Robotic exoskele- Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology
Program is one of five programs in the tons for gait rehabilitation.” He was and in 2002 he was an invited/keynote
state of Michigan, and one of 181 also invited to the Let’s Talk Wellness speaker at conferences in Turkey,
undergraduate programs in the United with SCI! Where Does Technology Fit? Greece, and Canada.
States to be accredited by CAAHEP. conference, which was hosted by the
University of Michigan Model Spinal Keith Harrison presented “Ballers for
Susan Brown, Associate Dean for Cord Injury Center for individuals with Life: Black Athletic Politics in the 21st
Research, held the Visiting Chair in spinal cord injury and clinicians that Century” during the Capitalizing on
Gerontology at St. Thomas University, serve them. His talk was entitled “The Sport: America, Democracy, and Every-
in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada latest research on technology for exercise day Life conference at the University
during the fall semester. She taught a and physical activity.” He gave a of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign last
new course entitled Physical Challenges research talk at the Fourth World February. He also spoke on “The
Spring 2003
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African American Athletic Image on from Performance Change: an fMRI syndrome,” at the Motor Development
Campus: Ballers and Shot Callers” at the Investigation” at the University of Research Consortium meetings in Austin,
UCLA Center for African American Michigan Functional MRI Symposium; TX. In March, 2003, she presented an
Studies Circle of Thought Speaker Series “The Cerebellum, Motor Learning, and invited talk on basic and applied science
in Los Angeles, CA last February. Performance Change” at the McKnight research implications for therapeutic
Brain Institute and Brooks Rehabilita- interventions at the University of
Jackie LaNew was invited to present tion Center, at the University of Florida, Delaware. During March and April she
at the annual University of Michigan Gainesville. She received a NASA/ASEE also served as an external reviewer for the
Physical Education Workshop in Summer Faculty Fellow Award, and she Kinesiology programs at the Universities
December. The title of her presentation worked at The Neuroscience Labora- of Maryland and Wisconsin, respectively.
was “Upright Water Exercise.” tories at the Johnson Space Center in
Houston, TX last summer. Bruce Watkins chaired a paper presenta-
Rachael Seidler was published in tion session at the International
Cerebral Cortex, Science, Motor Dr. Beverly Ulrich, Professor and Dean, Communication Association annual meet-
Control, and the Journal of Gerontology was awarded a four-year NIH grant ing in Seoul, South Korea last July. The
Psychological Sciences. She was invited which began in August, 2002, for a panel was on “Media entertainment and
to give the following lectures: “Motor project entitled “Modeling Dynamic reality.” He traveled to Beijing and
Skill Learning: From Cognition to Resources to Solve Movement Shanghai, where he met with a new col-
Skilled Repertoire” at the University of Problems.” In November, she gave a league and several doctoral students from
Michigan Cognition and Perception research presentation, “Emergence of Beijing University to discuss mutual
Forum; “Separating Motor Learning walking patterns in infants with Down research interests.
14 Spring 2003
DIVISION NEWS
GOOD LUCK IN YOUR NEW connect with Kinesiology alumni work- when the students came back to see him
ADVENTURES… ing in the field. after graduation. “They would some-
Carol has enjoyed her Kinesiology times give me credit, but it is their
Carol Overley retired last August from career, but she is looking forward to insight that makes them progress rather
her full-time position as student advisor, exploring other opportunities in a differ- than a prod from me,” said Harry.
a position she has held since August of ent geographical area. She also looks During his career Harry had the
1993. She returned to work part-time in forward to visiting her two grandchil- opportunity to work on several commit-
November and will continue in Student dren, Ben and Nathan. During the past tees that were appointed by the presi-
Services through April, when she plans few months she has traveled to Chicago, dent’s office. He is particularly proud of
to move to her new villa in Naples, FL. Boston, Memphis, and Atlanta. She has his committee work in the area of
Over eighty people attended a been busy with her hobbies—stitching, enlightening the university community
September reception in her honor. Carol sewing, and quilting—and she made all about diversity issues related to race,
said that she loves working with the stu- of her Christmas gifts. gender, and sexual orientation. He
dents on their curriculum plans, and she served on the Academic Services Board
has been greatly involved in assisting twice and he worked on the Student
them with their career development over Code of Conduct.
the years. She and Pat Materka, former Harry is currently looking for new
Assistant Director of Development and professional opportunities, and he is
Alumni Relations, co-taught a career looking at the issues of leadership and
development class for many years, and Christian education in the Episcopal
Carol continued teaching the class after Church. He is taking two courses at the
Materka’s retirement in 2001. Ethical, Ecumenical Seminary in Detroit:
Theology and the Old Testament.
Spring 2003
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has covered several Title IX issues in regard to prep athletics at Michigan; David
Shand, attorney and adjunct lecturer; and Ed Sikorski, an attorney who has had
cases in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals involving intercollegiate athletics. KINESIOLOGY STUDENT
GOVERNMENT OFFICERS
Robin Katz, president
Jamie Gall, vice president
Tracie Yip, treasurer
Alicia Holtz, secretary
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES
Athletic Training
Amanda Spyker
Movement Science
Mimi Dalaly, Allison Elenbaas
Physical Education
Heidi Merrill
Sport Management
Jessie Christel, Emily Herman,
Thomas Wharry
Left to right: Dean Beverly Ulrich and Academic Program Coordinator Pat CONGRATULATIONS
VanVolkinburg with Title IX panel members Jean King, Marissa Pollick, and Mike Burns
at the Title IX panel in honor of Martin Luther King’s birthday, January 20, 2003.
Professor Emerita Phyllis Weikart is
the creator and director of Education
through Movement: Building the
Foundation program, which is associated
with the High Scope Educational
Research Foundation. High Scope
recently received a two-year, $70,000
grant from the Whitney Fund for the
Education through Movement program
to offer a comprehensive series of train-
ing activities to integrate music into the
existing curriculum of preschool pro-
grams within five Wayne County com-
munities. The training series will be
conducted in partnership with Inkster-
based Starfish Family Services, a human
services agency that offers programs to
address issues surrounding poverty.
“The program is unique in that it offers
both training and follow-up activities to
Title IX panel members David Shand, Ed Sikorski, and Bill Roose with student govern-
ment representatives. Left to right: Heidi Merrill, Robyn Katz (President), Emily Herman, ensure the validity of teacher skills and
Tracey Yip (Treasurer), Jessie Christel, and Amanda Spyker at the Title IX panel in honor the integration of activities at the class-
of Martin Luther King’s birthday, January 20, 2003. room level,” said Weikart.
(Excerpts printed from the October
16, 2002 press release from the
High/Scope Educational Research
Foundation)
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