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Kinesiology and =
Health=20
Newsletter
Volume=20
4; Issue 1January=20
2013
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In This Issue
:: Lund to Receive NASPE Hall =
of Fame=20
Award
:: Pitts Hosts Visiting =
Scholar from=20
Shanghai
:: Ajisafe, Fanchiang Receive =
Graduate=20
Dissertation Grant Award=20
Greetings from =
the KH=20
Department!
Attitude=20
is Everything
People=20
attending the Fall 2012 College of =
Education=20
Convocation heard Karin Korb, a GSU Sport=20
Administration graduate, speak about her =
journey=20
through life. At 17, she was paralyzed =
following a=20
gymnastics vaulting accident. She used a =
metaphor=20
of being handed a plastic spoon to move =
the=20
mountain facing her. Her plastic spoon =
served her=20
well as she learned to play wheelchair =
tennis and=20
became the first female with a disability =
to=20
receive a Division I athletic scholarship =
to play=20
that sport. Her journey through life has =
taken=20
some interesting twists including dancing =
with the=20
Full Radius Dance Company and being =
inducted into=20
the Georgia Tennis Hall of Fame. I =
had the=20
opportunity to meet Karin before the =
ceremony and=20
her positive, can-do attitude is truly=20
impressive.
As=20
we start the new semester and the new =
year, let's=20
remember the positive influence that we =
can have=20
on others - our students, our clients, =
colleagues=20
- by the many things we do every day. =
Sometimes we=20
are given a plastic spoon to move a =
mountain, but=20
it is our attitude toward getting the job =
done=20
that can inspire ourselves and others to=20
greatness.
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Dr.=20
Jackie Lund
Chair,=20
KH Department
Lund =
to Receive NASPE =
Hall of Fame=20
Award
Dr. Jackie Lund, =
Professor=20
and Chair of the Department of Kinesiology =
and=20
Health, will receive the NASPE Hall of =
Fame Award=20
for Physical Education at the 2013 AAHPERD =
Convention.
The Hall of Fame Awards are NASPE's =
highest=20
awards given to honor outstanding =
individuals in=20
the fields of sport education, =
professional sports=20
and physical education/physical activity =
who make=20
significant contributions to maintaining =
sport=20
and/or physical activity as an integral =
part of=20
the total education program. The Hall of =
Fame=20
Physical Education/Physical Activity Award =
honors=20
individuals who have made significant=20
contributions in the development and =
promotion of=20
physical education or physical activity =
and its=20
identified sub-disciplines as an important =
part of=20
the total educational program. =
Congratulations,=20
Dr. Lund!
Pitts=20
Hosts Visiting Scholar from =
Shanghai
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Dr. Brenda =
Pitts is an=20
international scholar expert faculty =
advisor for a=20
doctoral student in sport management in =
Iran.=20
Morteza Azimzadeh recently successfully =
completed=20
his dissertation and degree with Dr. =
Pitts. =20
Dr. Morteza Azimzadeh is now an Assistant=20
Professor at the Ferdowsi University of =
Mashhad,=20
Department of Physical Education and Sport =
Science, in Mashhad, Iran. In addition, =
Dr. Pitts=20
is hosting a visiting scholar Ms. Amanda =
Yi Zhang=20
from Shanghai, China. Ms. Zhang is a =
faculty=20
member at the College of Sport Science at =
Shanghai=20
University. As a former professional table =
tennis=20
player, Ms. Zhang will study sport =
marketing and=20
table tennis under the guidance of Dr. =
Pitts for=20
one year.
Ajisafe, =
Fanchiang=20
Receive Graduate Dissertation Grant=20
Award
Toyin =
Ajisafe=20
and Daniel Fanchiang, two =
doctoral candidates with their =
concentrations in=20
biomechanics in the Department of =
Kinesiology and=20
Health, received GSU Graduate Dissertation =
Grant=20
Award for their outstanding dissertation=20
prospectuses. Ajisafe will study the =
modulation of=20
locomotor variables during =
level=20
surfaces to stair transition under the =
guidance of=20
Dr. Jianhua Wu. Fanchiang will study the =
effects=20
of vibration on the gait pattern of =
children with=20
idiopathic toe walking on three terrains =
under the=20
guidance of Dr. Mark Geil. Congratulations =
to both=20
of them!
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Daniel=20
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Fanchiang | |
As=20
editors of the KH Newsletter, our intent =
is to=20
provide an informative and captivating=20
newsletter that will entertain the =
faculty,=20
staff, and students throughout the =
year. We=20
hope you, the reader, can help guide it =
towards=20
your ideal form of communication.
If=20
you have news ideas that you would like =
to see=20
in the next issue of KH News or items =
that you=20
would like added to the KH Calendar, =
please feel=20
free to contact us. We are looking =
forward=20
to working with everyone in the =
Kinesiology=20
and Health Department.
Sincerely,
Jianhua=20
(Jerry) Wu, Ph.D.
KH=20
News Editor, jwu11@gsu.edu
Stephen=20
Duong
KH News Assistant =
Editor, sduong5@student.gsu.edu | <=
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Featured =
Article
Shasta =
Bridges,=20
a course instructor in =
the=20
Department of Kinesiology and Health, will =
be=20
leading the flash mob rehearsals and =
selecting two=20
students to participate in the One Billion =
Rising=20
Atlanta flash mob to be held on =
Valentine's Day at=20
12 Noon. Rehearsal dates are 4-6pm on =
January 31th=20
and February 7th in Sports Arena room=20
260.
One=20
Billion Rising Atlanta is the global =
activist=20
movement to end violence against women and =
girls. Valentine's Day 2013 will be =
an=20
official One Billion Rising Day of Action =
for the=20
City of Atlanta, declaring Atlanta a Rape =
and=20
Violence Free Zone. Atlanta will join =
activists,=20
writers, thinkers, celebrities, and women =
and men=20
across the world in defiance of the =
injustices=20
women suffer, demanding an end at last to =
violence=20
against women. There will be three major =
actions:=20
a gathering on the steps of the Georgia =
Capitol, a=20
huge flash mob on Peachtree Street, and =
public art=20
curated around the metro Atlanta area.
If=20
you are interested, please contact Shasta =
via her=20
email: sbridges@gsu.edu.
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