WCHP faculty receives grant from United States Center for Coaching Excellence
Jody Langdon, Ph.D., associate professor of exercise science and coaching, was awarded more than $2,900 in funding from the United States Center for Coaching Excellence (USCCE) for her project, 鈥淯tilizing motivational theory to assess how coach developers shape the behaviors of coaches.鈥�
The USCCE Research Grant will help Langdon support the project鈥檚 first phase of development of a comprehensive coach assessment system for United States Lacrosse.
鈥淚n this phase, we are going to observe coach trainers and coaches in order to see how much of what is learned in training clinics is transferred to coaching athletes,鈥� Langdon said. 鈥淭he grant money will help us video record United States Lacrosse coach trainers and coaches, provide feedback and determine how well coaches transfer behaviors and create motivational climates that are beneficial to athletes.鈥�
Langdon has served as a faculty member in the Department of Health Sciences and Kinesiology for 10 years. Her research interests include enhancing student or athlete motivation, coaching education, psychological response to injury, and scholarship of teaching and learning.
WCHP faculty receives grant from United States Center for Coaching Excellence
Jody Langdon, Ph.D., associate professor of exercise science and coaching, was awarded more than $2,900 in funding from the United States Center for Coaching Excellence (USCCE) for her project, 鈥淯tilizing motivational theory to assess how coach developers shape the behaviors of coaches.鈥�
The USCCE Research Grant will help Langdon support the project鈥檚 first phase of development of a comprehensive coach assessment system for United States Lacrosse.
鈥淚n this phase, we are going to observe coach trainers and coaches in order to see how much of what is learned in training clinics is transferred to coaching athletes,鈥� Langdon said. 鈥淭he grant money will help us video record United States Lacrosse coach trainers and coaches, provide feedback and determine how well coaches transfer behaviors and create motivational climates that are beneficial to athletes.鈥�
Langdon has served as a faculty member in the Department of Health Sciences and Kinesiology for 10 years. Her research interests include enhancing student or athlete motivation, coaching education, psychological response to injury, and scholarship of teaching and learning.
蜜糖直播 student wins Next Generation of Campus Rec writing contest
Working with Campus Recreation and Intramurals (CRI) at 蜜糖直播 not only inspired Samantha Estep to pursue a degree in exercise science, but it also encouraged her to write an article that was selected as the grand prize winner of the inaugural Next Generation of Campus Rec writing contest.
蜜糖直播 student wins Next Generation of Campus Rec writing contest
Working with Campus Recreation and Intramurals (CRI) at 蜜糖直播 not only inspired Samantha Estep to pursue a degree in exercise science, but it also encouraged her to write an article that was selected as the grand prize winner of the inaugural Next Generation of Campus Rec writing contest.
蜜糖直播鈥檚 Q1 2020 Economic Monitor: Pandemic slams regional economy, outlook remains murky
Governmental response to the pandemic shuttered much of the regional economy toward the end of the first quarter of 2020, stated Michael Toma, Ph.D., Fuller E. Callaway professor of economics, in 蜜糖直播鈥檚 Q1 2020 Economic Monitor. Economic growth ground to a halt as seven of the eight indicators of current economic activity in the region fell. Significant declines were recorded in airplane boardings, hotel sales and port activity.
Armstrong Campus seniors show their work in online gallery show
蜜糖直播’s Armstrong Campus is hosting the senior art exhibition 鈥淪ynergy of Seven.鈥� It is a unique collaborative show with the artwork of Winter Anderson, Claire Chandler, Dawnesha Harrington, Patrice Jackson, Lindsey Porter, Jessica Pham and Asia Rogers-Lee. The senior exhibition originally scheduled to be in the Fine Arts Gallery on the Armstrong Campus is available to view online now through June 5.
Preserving history: 蜜糖直播 anthropology faculty, students to investigate Civil War battlefields
Few Civil War battlefield sites relating to Gen. William T. Sherman鈥檚 march through Georgia have been investigated archaeologically or preserved, but 蜜糖直播 anthropology professor Ryan McNutt, Ph.D., is hoping to change that by leading a project that will uncover and preserve two skirmish sites in Jenkins and Burke counties.
Preserving history: 蜜糖直播 anthropology faculty, students to investigate Civil War battlefields
Few Civil War battlefield sites relating to Gen. William T. Sherman鈥檚 march through Georgia have been investigated archaeologically or preserved, but 蜜糖直播 anthropology professor Ryan McNutt, Ph.D., is hoping to change that by leading a project that will uncover and preserve two skirmish sites in Jenkins and Burke counties.
Master of Health Administration program receives reaccreditation
蜜糖直播鈥檚 Master of Health Administration (MHA) has been reaccredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME), an interdisciplinary group of educational, professional, clinical and other health organizations that establishes the standard of measurement of graduate healthcare management education.
蜜糖直播 doctor of physical therapy students awarded scholarships
Twelve students in the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program at 蜜糖直播 were awarded scholarships totaling more than $17,000 from the Savannah American Business Clubs (AMBUCS).