Program Events and Happenings

News:

Emmy Kaiser, Fall 2012 SEP Student, has been in London for the past month competing for the United States in the Paralympic Games.  Click here to see a picture of her and Dr. Judge sharing a Ball State moment all the way in London.  Congrats on a great performance Emmy!  Check out more of her story, Kaiser's Tennis Dream. 

Congratulations to Jacob Cooper for his work to receive a $10,000 Cohen Peace Fellowship grant to conduct his project entitled, "Soccer for Peace in Jordan: A Qualitative Analysis of Program Effect.".

Congratulations to Emmy Kaiser, Dr. Blom’s Soccer for Peace and Understanding in Jordan was a success! You can check out her work by visiting the project’s Facebook page.  

Conferences:

Second year students Brian Foster and Erica Pasquini recently presented at the Association for Applied Sport Psychology Conference in Atlanta, GA.   Click here to see a picture of our group in attendance.  Pictures from left to right: Dr. Razon, Ben Burkett, Brian Foster, Will Drumright, Erica Pasquini, and Dr. Blom.

Second year student, Stephen Woodward, presented his thesis proposal “Sources that Predict Leadership Behaviors in Coaches of Athletes with Disabilities” at the 22nd Annual Midwest Sport and Exercise Psychology Student Symposium hosted by Michigan State University. Job well done Stephen!

Accomplishments:

We are proud to announce two of our students have been accepted into doctoral programs. A big congratulation goes to 3rd year Jenn Lape on her acceptance into the Ohio State University kinesiology doctoral program in health and physical activity behavior and alumnus Meghan Halbrook (2010) on her acceptance into West Virginia University’s sport and exercise psychology doctoral program. Great work ladies! 

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