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HONORSDepartment chair Dr. Mike Bemben was one of two professors to receive the David Ross Boyd Professorship in 2016. According to the Provost’s website, to qualify for this Professorship a faculty member must have consistently demonstrated outstand-ing teaching, guidance, and leadership for students in an academic discipline or in an interdisciplinary program within the University. This appointments is for life.

Academic advisor Megan Denney was se-lected to give a presention titled, “Exam-ining the Formal Learning Environment of Academic Advising” at the Oklahoma Academic Advising Association spring conference held at Oklahoma City Com-munity College. She also delivered a presentation titled, “A Crash Course in Student Development Theory as a Guide to Advising Approaches” at the National Academic Advising Association Region VII conference in Manhattan, K.S. Megan has also been admitted to the Univerisity of Oklahoma’s Adult and Higher Educa-tion Ph.D. program, which she will start coursework for in August. Additionally, she was elected by the advising com-munity at OU to serve on the Provost’s Advisory Council for Academic Advising Steering Committee for 2016-2018.

College of Arts and Sciences Scholarships

Cowden Scholarship Matthew Borgerding

Kimberlin Brooks

Heather Marie Goff Scholarship Katie Seliga

Jack Roe Denton Scholarship Taber Kaspereit

Robert E. and Mary B. Sturgis Scholarship Bayan Abdallat Jordan Barber

Amir Bhochhibhoya Jessica Butler Jennifer Dinh

Bayli Donaldson Alyson Freeland Natalie Janzen David Lantis

Claire Switzer Kori Thomas Natalie Wolf

Brackbill Arts and Science Scholarship Tiffany Hopp

Phi Beta Kappa

Christopher BazeLandon Eggleston

Brenna GardellKatie NgoDar Patel

Kaitlyn SheehyBrooke Wiederkehr

Hannah Wilson

American Kinesiology Association

Exercise Physiology PhD student Xin Ye was selected as a recipient of the

Graduate Student Writing Award for 2016.

Danielle Lynn was selected as an Undergraduate Scholar for 2016.

Department of Health and Exercise Science

and Health and Exercise Science Student Association

Scholarships

Doctoral Student Research Award Xin Ye

G. Michael Sims Master’s Student Award Valerie Senkowski

Helen Riddle Doctoral ScholarshipXin Ye

Mary Ann Price ScholarshipOlivia Raiber

Virginia Morris ScholarshipHannah Wilson

HESSA Community Service ScholarshipShelbi Sutterfield

Alex Gough Michelle Nguyen

Fall 2015 Provost’s Certificate of Distinction in Teaching

for Outstanding Graduate Assistants

The recipients represent the top 10 percent of all graduate assistants across

campus by student evaluations.

Breanne Baker Maria Collado Taylor Franklin

Brandie Holt Natalie Janzen Hayden Tharp

HES GRADUATES

Fall 2015Reilly Bennett Nathan Brown

Breanna Dahlquist Pearl Dang

Marisa De Loera Christopher Dunlap

Michael Emerson Kristen Etherton Kristen Faucett Breanna Gardell

Pauline Ha Kody Haskins

Christopher Konkel Anthony Moore Caitlynn Neely

Tan Ngo Sejal Patel Sandi Price

Katherine Qualls Ayanna Rashidi Kathryn Reely

I’Dreana Richard Cayla Smith

Sarah Steckler Amanda Upshaw

Brooke Wiederkehr Kristin Wilkins Kelsey Wilson Abby Winslow

Mackenzie York

SPRING 2016Ashlee Armon

Braleigh Barkus Eduardo Barrios

Steven Behm Daniel Blackwood

Brenden Brown Morgan Burris

Ashley Callahan Allison Castleberry Emily Chenoweth

Clare Costello Carter Cumbie Anne DeRuyter Matthew Dial

Scott Donahue Hannah Donnelli Landon Eggleston

Emily EnglishKourtney Fox

Brandon Goodman Alexander Gough

Joshua Hardy Joshua Henson

John Hintz Lauren Jackson

Jena JasmanCarla Johnson

Amanda Kaufman Tori Kelley

Alex Kessler Emily Landrith

Robert Lind Taylor Lippert

Lindsay Loy Danielle Lynn

Nicole McGuire Jayden MillerGabriel Moore

Ellen Moses Bethany Munding

Katie NgoSteven Nguyen

Britney Norman Kellie O’Reilly Juan Orendain Callie Parsons Atmiyata Patel

Dar PatelMichael Pham

Tyler Presgrove Leith Prise

Alwyn Quarshie Olivia Raiber

Chloe Reid

Rachel Rose Adriana Sharp Sydney Smith Tyler Smith Cole Stevens Shaye Strong

Tej Tamakuwala Kayla Taylor

Mariah Thomas Maisha Thrash Barbara Tong

Jenette Truong Ellie Van Keirsbilck

Sneha VarugheseKathy Vo

Lauren Wallace Rachelle Ward Kelsey WatsonAlyse WilliamsHannah Wilson Jeffrey WilsonHaley Wince

Mallory WrightChelsey Zerby

CongratulationsSUMMER 2015

Payton AtchleyChristopher Baze

Mckenzie BrundsonBrittan Elder

Alexandra EllerMichale GarvieBrandie Holt

Jacob KasenurmJarrett Miller

Anhquoc NguyenDelina Nguyen

Blake NuckollsShawn OglePriya Patel

Lara PinkertonRebecca PowellBrian PribbleDavid RossTeresa Vu

Irene WongTrevor Wright

MASTER OF SCIENCE DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHYMaria Collado Valerie Senkowski Marcin Szczyglowski Yong Zhou

Charity Cavazos Xin Ye

Emily Kromann is a ju-nior from Fort Worth, Texas. In addition to pursuing a degree in Health and Exercise Science, she is also part of the Honors College and aspires to become a physical therapist. As early as her freshman year of high shool, Emily felt called to become a physical ther-apist. She wanted to be in a career where she could leave work every day feeling like she fulfilled my life motto: to leave the world bet-ter than she found it. During her junior year of high school she was affirmed in her decision to be a physical ther-apist because she was given the opportunity to be a patient. That year, she broke her back, which changed her life forever because it ruined her chances of living her dream of being a college volleyball player. However, Emily counts the tragic injury as a blessing. “I saw the Lord’s faithful-ness and learned that injuries are more than an anatomical prob-lem,” she said. “Injuries hurt peo-ple emotionally and mentally,

sometimes more than they hurt people physically.” Through her experi-ence Emily learned that physi-cal therapists do a lot more than take patients through exercises. “I learned that physical therapists have to ‘wear a lot of hats’ — therapist, cheerleader, coach, doctor, psychologist, en-courager and teacher,” she said. “I can’t wait to become a physical therapist so that I can be a part of other people’s healing processes, the way that a physical therapist was a major part of mine.” Outside of her studies, Emily works as an undergrad-uate research assistant in Dr. Black’s lab, is involved in Greek life, serves on the leadership team for Crossover Ministries, mentors freshmen students and has been involved with Camp Crimson as a small group leader for two years. She also trains for races and other athletic events. While in college she has run two half marathons, a Tough Mudder and recently com-pleted her first marathon on April 24, 2016! When she is not running outside, you can often find her on a volleyball court somewhere because she still loves the game even though her previously bro-ken back keeps her from playing like she once did.

Her passion for sports, along with her passions for God and mentoring/loving on other people, is best combined and seen in her summers spent working at Kamp Kanakuk. “Kamp Kanakuk is a camp for Christian athletes in Missouri, and it is my favorite place in the world,” she said. “It is also the place where I became passionate about Christ and felt God’s calling on my life to help rescue women from human trafficking when I’m not working as a physical thera-pist.” Emily hopes to one day combine her passions for physi-cal therapy and human trafficking prevention. “My first experience with this possibility was this past Jan-uary when I was chosen by Global Health Outreach to go on a med-ical mission trip to Nicaragua as a PT intern to minister to, med-ically treat, and love on human trafficking victims and their chil-dren,” she said. “It was one of the most ful-filling, humbling, and eye-open-ing experiences of my life; I feel so blessed that I have been given life-changing opportunities and experiences in the health field thus far, and I have no doubt that more await me in the future.”

Emily KromannMeet HeS Junior

Faculty Focus: Dr. sarah Maness Sarah Maness joined the HES fac-ulty in August 2015. Originally from Raleigh, N.C., she earned a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences and Span-ish from North Carolina State Uni-versity. She then relocated to Atlan-ta, Ga. to complete a master’s in public health in the De-

partment of Behavioral Science and Health Ed-ucation at Emory University. She then moved even farther south to the University of South Florida to earn a doctorate in Public Health. Her research interests are in health dis-parities and the social determinants of health. Her dissertation work analyzed associations be-tween social determinants of health and adoles-cent pregnancy. In her free time she enjoys reading and

travel. Last summer she visited London, En-gland and Málaga, Spain. In the Department of Health and Exercise Science she is the director of the Social Determinants and Health Dispar-ities Lab, and teaches courses at both the un-dergraduate and graduate levels. Dr. Maness looks forward to continuing to teach and to get to know the students in the department.

Click the image above to watch a short video about the

Social Determinants and Health Disparities Lab

The HES internship program is designed to give HES majors an opportunity to gain valuable real-world experience while applying knowledge acquired from their HES course-work. By allowing real, practical experiences, HES majors are able to better understand their career choices and gain expe-riences that enhance their skills. Students who are admitted to the HES major are eligible to enroll in HES 4430*, which will be applied as a HES upper-division elective. If you have questions about internship opportunities or your eligibility to enroll, please consult with your academic advisor.

*HES 4430 is a S/U graded, variable (1 to 4) credit course. Credits are determined by the number of “contact hours” at the internship site.

Board of Visitors

Jennifer Hopper Dugan * INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center

Bridgit finley physical therapy central

John Friedl* Oklahoma state department of health

Christa Gatewood* integris health

jim thorpe outpatient rehabilitation

R. David nordyke OU architectural and engineering services

Brock schnebel, m.d. st. anthony hospital

richie splitt* Norman regional health system

lance walker*michael johnson performance center

jody watson* (Chair)usps national center for employee development

The purpose of the Board of Visitors is to advise the Chairperson and faculty of the Department of Health and Exercise Science, College of Arts and Sciences, on department matters pertaining to improving the Department’s visibility,

sustaining professional networks, and facilitating development efforts for long term Departmental initiatives.

The Board is comprised of distinguised alumni and friends of the Department of Health and Exercise Science.

*Department of Health and Exercise Science alumna or alumnus

The Sport Performance Analytics Laboratory is a collaborative research laboratory spanning exercise physiology (athlete performance) and sport business (organizational performance). The laboratory currently executes research investigations from across the entire spectrum of the production and exchange processes of elite and professional sport. Therefore, research projects taking place in this laboratory can range from analysis of “on the field” athlete tracking measurements, all the way to analyzing the “market attention” and neurological measurements of sports product consumers. The driving focus for the research laboratory is exercising optimal collection, management, and analysis of large and often complicated datasets related to sport. Students participating in laboratory research are competitively selected for the ability, experience, and/or potential capability of becoming a top sport performance data analyst in their respective fields.

Sport Performance Analytics Laboratory

Sport Business AnalyticsThe sport business analytics division is directed by Dr. Daniel Larson. His research, teaching, and service are focused on the business concerns of sport, specifically the economics, marketing, and financial concerns of various sport organizations, governing institutions, and athletes.

Current and upcoming projects:• Sport viewer eye-tracking analysis• Sport event spectator eye-tracking analysis• Emotion and attention measurements of sport viewers using functional neuroimaging (electroencephalography (EEG))• Social network data analytics

Dr. Jay Campbell is the director of the athletic performance analyt-ics division of the Sport Performance Analytics Laboratory. His back-ground includes coaching NCAA women’s gymnastics, strength and conditioning coaching and working with OU’s sports nutrition program within the athletics department.

Current and upcoming projects:• US Army fatigue analysis and injury prevention modeling• Traditional vs. variable resistance training in athletic populations• Muscle damage related to sport rehabilitation• Performance modeling in hockey and rugby• Sport vision and neural priming

Athletic Performance Analytics

Dr. Dan Larson

Dr. Jay Campbell

FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT http://cas.ou.edu/sport-performance-analytics-lab

U P D A T E S

It’s a BoyOur administrative assistant, Danni and her husband, Josh welcomed their new baby boy, Judah Arthur McCutchen on Thursday, May 5. Judah was born at 11:30 a.m. and weighed

6 pounds 15 ounces and measured 18 inches. Big sister Charlee is enjoying having a new little brother!

LOOKING AHEADAUGUST

16: MANDATORY GTA MEETING22: FALL 2016 BEGINS

SEPTEMBER17: alumni event

DECEMBER12-16: final exams

16: fall 2016 graduation

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