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Welcome to the Department of Kinesiology

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Welcome to the Department of Kinesiology (formerly Health and Human Performance). Please browse through various links to see details about our academic, research and outreach programs.

Please also feel free to contact any of our staff and faculty about questions you might have regarding our curriculum, research or outreach. See the link in the orange menu bar.

Students, get all the information you need about courses, advising, forms you will neeed, and opportunities for you following graduation.

For full details of our recent activities, please read our annual report.

NEWS

Assistant Professor (Exercise Physiology)

Dr John Quindry will be joining the department in the Spring semester of 2009. Dr Quidry comes to Auburn via Appalachian State University where he is an assistant professor in the Department of Heallth, Leisure & Exercise Science.

College of Education Awards

Congratulations to the faculty and students from the Department of Kinesiology who received awards for their outstanding accomplishments this year.

Department of Kinesiology to senior exercise science major Jenna Valaer and exercise science doctoral student Casey Breslin
Dr. Peter Hastie received the college's Outstanding Faculty award for Research. Hastie, a professor in the Department of Kinesiology, serves as the program area coordinator and graduate program officer for the Physical Education-Teacher Education program.
Dr. Leah Robinson received the college's Outstanding Faculty Early Career Award for excellence, research and outreach during her first year as an AU faculty member. Robinson is an assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology.

New Building

In the near future, the Department of Kinesiology will be moving home. The Department of Kinesiology Building will be attached to the new Campus Recreation Complex. This is a particular exciting venture, as the new recreation complex will be a state of the art facility designed to maximize participation in physical activity across the entire campus.

Meeting Hosts

AU Department of Kinesiology will be hosting the 2008 MDRC meeting at St. George Island, FLA. Meeting dates are October 30th - November 1st, 2008. For details, click here