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I N T H I S I S S U E

Energy, Progress,

Positive Change.

In all its denitions, the word

movement describes the dynamic

state o kinesiology today.

Movement encompasses the

scientic study o human

motion, the importance o activity

on growth and development, the

role o sport in society, the

exploration o new direc-

tions, and emerging trends.

brings you

research ndings and thoughtul

insights on developments in

kinesiology, as well as continuing

updates on aculty, students,

and your ellow alumni.

Published two times a year by:University o Michigan Kinesiology

1402 Washington HeightsAnn Arbor, MI 48109-2013

Dr. Beverly D. Ulrich, Proessor and Dean

Jim McIntyre, Director o Development

Alicia Marting, Assistant Director o Development

Shelly Kovacs, Director o Student Services

Alicia Marting , EditorPat Materka, Contributing WriterAlice Rhein, Contributing WriterDavid Betts, Contributing Writer

Jean Hunt, Contributing PhotographerPeter Smith, Contributing Photographer

Ken Arbogast-Wilson, Designer

U-M Kinesiology Oce (734) 764-4472Oce o Development and

Alumni Relations (734) 647-2689U-M Alumni Associat ion (734) 764-0384

www.kines.umich.edu/

Nondiscrimination PolicyStatementTe University o Michigan, as an equal op-portunity/afrmative action employer, complieswith all applicable ederal and state laws regardingnondiscrimination and afrmative action, includingitle IX o the Education Amendments o 1972and Section 504 o the Rehabilitation Act o 1973.Te University o Michigan is committed to a policyo nondiscrimination and equal opportunity or all

persons regardless o race, sex*, color, religion, creed,national origin or ancestry, age, marital status, sexualorientation, disability, or Vietnam-era veteran statusin employment, educational programs and activities,and admissions. Inquiries or complaints may beaddressed to the Senior Director or InstitutionalEquity and itle IX/Section 504 Coordinator,Ofce o Institutional Equity, 2072 AdministrativeServices Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1432, (734) 763-0235, Y (734) 647-1388. Forother University o Michigan inormation call(734) 764-1817. *Includes gender identity andgender expression.

The Regents of the

University of Michigan Julia Donovan Darlow, Ann ArborLaurence B. Deitch, Bingham Farms

Olivia P. Maynard, GoodrichRebecca McGowan, Ann ArborAndrea Fischer Newman, Ann ArborAndrew C. Richner, Grosse Pointe ParkS. Martin aylor, Grosse Pointe FarmsKatherine E. White, Ann ArborMary Sue Coleman (ex ofcio)

© 2008 Te Regents o the University o Michigan 508 7M

Features

Alumni Recnnect Thrugh Annual HmecmingGatherings PAGE 26

Charles Wdsn Endws a Kinesilgy Schlarship PAGE 2

Kinesilgy Internships Apply Lessnsin the Real Wrld PAGE 6

Departments

From the Dean PAGE 1

Moving Student Support Forward PAGE 2

Kinesiology on the Move PAGE 4

Alumni on the Move PAGE 10

Faculty on the Move PAGE 20

Development on the Move PAGE 23

Students on the Move PAGE 28

Calendar o Events BACK CovER



Welcme t ur Spring editin Movement magazine!

In this issue we commemorate a very special event, moving forward into a new “ront door”or our academic enterprise: Observatory Lodge. Kinesiology has grown over the yearsand the need or more space has been pressing. With the additional space in Observa-tory Lodge and our continued presence in the CCRB/Kinesiology/Dance complex and

the HMRC research house, Kinesiology has a new and expanded ootprint on campus.We have gained improved aculty and sta oces, more lab space, new classrooms and ateaching lab worthy o our growing student population.

We hope that you were able to join us on April 3 or the building opening. We enjoyedthe opportunity to open our doors and welcome our campus colleagues, alumni andriends to view our new space. I you were not able to join us, we hope you make time verysoon to visit and see all that Kinesiology is doing to lead our eld both in the lab andthe classroom.

In this issue we also highlight the work o the research laboratories that are located herein Observatory Lodge. We have a wonderul new space but the reality is the work thattakes place inside our walls that makes Kinesiology special. As you learn it is more about

these labs and the aculty and graduate students that are hard at work inside them, wealso hope you will consider a donation to the graduate endowment undraising that is un-derway now. President Coleman has very generously oered to match your gits, so that agit o $200 rom you becomes $300 or our endowment. Consider a multiyear pledge andthe President will continue to match your gits.

We also have the pleasure o announcing a very special need-based scholarship in this is-sue o Movement. Charles Woodson has stepped orward with a git o $100,000 that wasalso matched by a Presidential und-raising initiative to create an endowment o $200,000or undergraduate students. Many o you know Mr. Woodson rom his days on the oot-ball eld and his Heisman rophy win. We are grateul that he is making an academicinvestment in Kinesiology.

As our alumni, donors and riends we hope that you continue to take pride in the workwe do and in Kinesiology and our students. We hope that you will remain connected withus as we continue our forward movement! As we move orward together the impact o ourcollective eorts is astounding.

As always, I wish you much health, happiness and lots o movement!

Beverly D. UlrichProessor and Dean

The cer this issue

Movement departs rm ur

traditinal apprach isually

cneying mement thrugh a

phtgraph. This time yu nd awater clr by Ann Arbr artist and

Michigan graduate Bill Schurtli.

We selected this image because the

building is a physical refectin

ur rward mement. Inside this

building and ur cllectie space,

the uture ur eld is being

shaped, bth in the lab and

classrm. We lk rward t

welcming yu t ur new hme.



”Charles Wdsn nt nly cntributed t ur athletic side, he[has] cntributed t a way that smene can better the wrld.”

Anyone who ollows U-M ootball knows cornerback Charles Woodson was the rstdeensive player to win the Hesiman rophy. It was 1997, the same year the team went onto win the national championship.

Te next year, Woodson had to make one o the hardest decisions o his lie: to stay in schoolor turn pro. A junior in Sport Management and Communication, he elected to pursue hisproessional dream and was quickly drated by the Oakland Raiders.

Tat’s the superstar Charles Woodson, but Kinesiology Oce o Student Services DirectorShelly Kovacs knows the introspective Woodson who let U-M with a vow to und a scholar-ship. “He’s a man o ew words, but he knows what’s important to him. Over the years we’vestayed in touch, and with the opportunity to have a git matched dollar or dollar by the Presi-

dent, he knew this was the right time,” says Kovacs. Woodson’s $100,000 git will be matchedby the President’s need-based scholarship und to make a total o $200,000.

Woodson, now 31, says when he committed to going into the NFL, he wanted to give anacademic scholarship to the University o Michigan. “A lot o time went by, and I hadn’t oundwhat or how I wanted to do it. Shelly let me know about the match, and I thought this wasthe perect way to do what I wanted to do,” says Woodson.

“Part o the reason I am doing this scholarship is because I had a scholarship to one o thegreatest universities, and I didn’t take ull advantage o that opportunity at the University and inKinesiology,” says Woodson. He opted to und an academic scholarship rather than an athleticone because he says athletes are given scholarships that other students aren’t able to pursue.

Te und will give preerence to entering Kinesiology undergraduates rom the communities o Fremont, Ohio, his hometown, as well as Detroit/Ann Arbor, Oakland, Caliornia and GreenBay, Wisconsin, communities where Woodson has played ootball. “Due to the limited numbero academic scholarships available in Kinesiology, we are so grateul to Charles or his donation.Te students we are admitting are at the top o their high school class and being oered admis-sion, and many times nancial scholarships, at schools a ll over the country. In today’s economy,i we want to continue to enroll and retain these top students it is critical that we be able to oermore nancial scholarships,” notes Julie Simon, Kinesiology’s Recruitment Coordinator.

Woodson shared there are things he missed by going pro early. “When you come in as ayoung man, you meet a lot o dierent people and develop relationships. You’re a close groupwith those guys. It’s dierent now. You work with guys, but everyone has amily and children,

so you’re on your own,” he says. “Enjoy it while you’re in school.”

Te Kinesiology scholarship is actually one o two need-based academic scholarships thatWoodson has unded. Te other is a $50,000 nancial aid scholarship dedicated to hismother and it will be awarded to Fremont, Ohio students rom a single parent household.

Kovacs is most impressed that Woodson’s main objective is that he wants to make a dierencein someone’s lie. “He’s been active in the communities he’s lived in and played in, and thisscholarship is a good way to honor the commitment to those communities,” says Kovacs.

Woodson says that when you think o U-M athletically, you think o his name, but that’s not hisonly side. “I want students who walk around the campus to say that Charles Woodson not onlycontributed to our athletic side, he contributed to a way that someone can better the world.”

Charles Woodson Funds NewAcademic Scholarship by Alice Rhein

P h t g r a p h c u r t e s y f t h e G r e e n B a y P a c k e r s .

Woodson’s main objective

is that he wants to make a

dierence in someone’s lie.

M O V I N G S T U D E N T S U

P P O R T F O R W A R D



Eleanor Doersam (AB Ed. ’51, Tchr. Cert. ’51, AM Ed. ’57), learned a lt abut leadership rmMarie Hartwig. These lessns sered her well thrughut her career at Lansing Eastern High Schl

as a teacher, cunselr, administratr and principal. Knwn as Miss Dersam by her students and Ellieby her riends, she cntinues t speak ndly her mentr nearly 60 years ater she graduated rmthe Uniersity Michigan. Interestingly, the lessns taught were rganizatin and leadership thrughactie participatin in the Wmen’s Athletic Assciatin (WAA).

As all o Hartwig’s protégés quickly learned, the WAA was more about organization and leadershipthan it was about athletics and sports. In her junior year, Miss Doersam was the WAA Dorm Man-ager and the WAA Basketball ournament Manager. Tis involved organizing 60 women’s basketballteams in a double-elimination tournament scheduling all the games, courts and ocials and the socialunctions or which the WAA was known.

Alumna Honors Marie Hartwigby Helping Today’s Doctoral Students by M. James McIntyre

WAA provided leadership development opportunitiesor women at a variety o levels. Oten a woman would

participate in some sports, then move up to being themanager o her dorm team, then go on to manage asport or its season or perhaps its tournament, thenultimately become a WAA Ocer. Hartwig had a quietdevelopmental path established that women wouldmove along as their leadership skills grew. Tey learnedhow to run meetings, set agendas, delegate responsibili-ties, work with others and other organizational skillsthat can only be learned through experience. It is recog-nition o growth in these skills that the WAA womenremark about most when remembering their days withHartwig.

Doersam worked as a student to pay or her education.During her junior year Hartwig cal led her into heroce and told her to quit her job. Soon ater, Doersamlearned that Hartwig had secured nancial support orher so she could continue her education and extracur-ricular activities without outside work. Doersam stillappreciates this assistance and understands ully whatit allowed her to accomplish.

Doersam began her career in northern Michigan beorebeing given the opportunity to go to Lansing Easternas the women’s physical education teacher in 1953. She

spent the rest o her career as a beloved teacher, advisor,assistant principal and principal beore retiring in 1992.

In 2000 she started the Marie Hartwig Endowed Fundand served as the chair o the undraising committee.At that time she observed, “We want to use the pro-ceeds rom the und so we can have someone who cancome in here and do or students what she did or us.Miss Hartwig taught me how to become a high schoolprincipal and I wanted to thank her.”

Last year, Doersam took advantage o thePension Protection Act o 2006 to make

a substantial, year-end contribution to theEndowed Fund. She was able to transerIRA distributions directly to the Univer-sity or the Endowed Fund and not have topay income tax on the distribution. Whilethe Pension Protection Act o 2006 ex-pired December 31, 2007, there are alwayscreative ways o giving.

In addition to the benets o the IRA transer,Doersam’s git received a 50 percent match through thePresident’s Fellowship Challenge program. Tis pro-

gram provides a 50 percent match o all commitmentsor graduate support made through December 2008.

Doersam’s git and match, along with the proceeds o the earlier Marie Hartwig Endowed Fund, will now bedirected toward establishing the Marie HartwigGraduate Fellowship in Sport Management.

oday, the und has a value o more than $83,000.By bringing the endowment to $450,000 in an addi-tional commitment beore the close o the campaign,Kinesiology will have a ully-unded doctoral ellowshipor a student in Sport Management. Te ellowship

will support a deserving doctoral student or our years.Tis ellowship provides opportunities or doctoralstudents to grow into aculty members and mentorsto tomorrow’s students, just as Marie Hartwig was amentor to Ellie Doersam all those years beore.For more inormation, contact Jim McIntyre,Director o Development, (734) 615-4272 [email protected].

Eleanr Dersam



Kinesiology

by Sandra K. Wiley

Where in the world is . . .Student participation in study abroad continues to grow exponentially. An estimated 60Kinesiology students will travel internationally in 2008 or study abroad, internships,volunteer or research opportunities. A record-breaking 19 students are studying abroadduring Winter term. Students are studying in seven countries—Australia, the Czech Repub-lic, Egypt, Israel, Italy, The Netherlands and Spain—and on board a ship through Semesterat Sea, oered by the University o Virginia. Universities include Tel Aviv University, VrijeUniversiteit, the American University in Cairo, Charles University, Lorenzo de Medici,University o New South Wales, University o Sydney and more.

Number o U-M Students Abroadto Double by 2012President Mary Sue Coleman announced onNovember 15 that she intends to double the numbero U-M students studying abroad within ve years.Tis is a very exciting campus-wide commitment tointernational education, which is quickly becoming anational priority. Based on data rom Opendoors 2007 ,published by the Institute or International Education,this would mean that roughly 3,600 U-M studentswould study abroad by the year 2012. Nationally, U.S.student participation in study abroad has grown rom50,000 students annually in 1985/86 to 223,534 in2005/06. In the past ten years, there has been a 150

percent growth rate.

In Kinesiology, we have already nearly doubled thenumber o students going abroad in the past threeyears and can easily double it again, especially i ad-ditional resources become available to reduce studentcosts. By 2012, this would mean that 120 Kinesiologystudents would gain or expand their global experienceeach year. Division-wide support or study abroad isquickly becoming yet another way that U-M Kinesiol-ogy provides its students with an amazing education.

Financial assistance is critical or many students,

especially those who must give up earned incomewhile abroad during the semester or summer.We are building a travel nancial aid und andwelcome your donation. With additional contribu-tions, we can oer awards to even more students.Please contact Alicia Marting at (734) 615-9678 [email protected] or questions about how tosupport Kinesiology’s global program.

National Commitment to Education Abroadwo pieces o pending legislation could raise the

prole o Education Abroad and provide supplemen-tal unding or U.S. c itizens wishing to gain interna-tional experience. One bill—Te Senator Paul SimonStudy Abroad Foundation Act o 2007 (H.R. 1469and S. 991)—passed the U.S. House o Representa-tives in June 2007 and is waiting review by the U.S.Senate. Te other bill—Te Global Service Fellow-ship Program Act, (H.R. 3698)—was introduced inthe House in September 2007.

Senator Paul Simon’s Study Abroad Foundation Acthas gained strong bipartisan support in Congress and

has been endorsed by more than 35 higher educationand educational exchange organizations. Accordingto the Association o International Educatorswebsite, “the goal is to establish an innovative public-private partnership to create a more globally inormedAmerican citizenry by:• increasing participation in quality study

abroad programs.• encouraging diversity in student participation

in study abroad.• diversiying locations o study abroad, particularly

in developing countries.• making study abroad a cornerstone o today’s

higher education.”

Te Global Service Fellowship Program aimsto provide short-term volunteer opportunities.Congressionally appointed ellows could receivea modest stipend to support an overseas volunteerinitiative lasting up to one year. International vol-unteerism plays an important role in conveying theAmerican values o riendship, understanding andassistance to millions o citizens around the world.

K I N E S I O L O G

Y O N T H E M O V E



Nichlas Rademacher ‘08 and Emily an de Water ‘08at vrije Uniersiteit, Amsterdam.

Athletic Training Prgram Directr Brian Czajka

and students Samantha Kelley ‘07, Karen Miller

‘07 and Leah Drkin ‘08 at China’s Great Wal

n a study tur led by Dr. Li Li Ji, Uniersity

Wiscnsin Kinesilgy Department Chair.

Clckwise, rm upper let:

Rbyn odzark MvS ‘09 presents

results rm research she cnducted

in Beijing, China.

Annie Hildebrand MvS ’08 at the

Matterhrn in Switzerland.

Megan Casai MvS ’08 with her

parents in Aix-en- Prence, France.

Dr. Luis Yen with GIEU China 2007 students including Jaclyn Regan MvS ’08

(back let) and Jamie Tirrell MvS ’07 (rnt let).

New Exchange PartnersTe Center or Global Opportunities in Kinesiologyrecently nalized its third reciprocal undergraduate

student exchange agreement with the Vrije Univer-siteit Amsterdam in Te Netherlands. Emily van

de Water, MVS ’08, was the rst exchange studentto study abroad under this agreement. She enrolledin courses oered by the Human MovementSciences aculty and continued her study o theDutch language. Read about her experience athttp://dutchadventures.blogspot.com/.

Several other agreements are being negotiated withprospective exchange partners around the world. Anagreement or a student exchange with the Univer-

sity o Queensland School o Human MovementSciences in Brisbane, Australia, is being nalizedas this publication goes to press. Tis exchangemay become available to undergraduates as soon asWinter 2009. Negotiations are also underway withtwo schools in the United Kingdom: LoughboroughUniversity and the University o Leeds. Additionalprospective partners in English-speaking countriesinclude University College Dublin, in the Republico Ireland and the University o Otago in Dunedin,New Zealand.

Exchange students pay tuition to their home institu-

tion and receive credit in their major or coursestaken at the host institution.

Institutional Collaborationon Study AbroadTe Center or Global Opportuni-ties continues to collaboratewith colleagues at other Big 10schools with relevant study

abroad opportunities.

Plans are underway or an innova-tive study tour in May 2009 at theKarolinska Institute in Stockholm,Sweden, with Exercise Physiologyaculty and students rom theUniversity o Michigan, the Univer-sity o Minnesota and East CarolinaUniversity. Participants will hearabout cutting-edge research romleaders in the eld rom each o theour educational institutions and

additional invited guests. Under-graduate and graduate students willbe invited to submit applications during Fall term or this study tour led by Proes-sors Greg Cartee and Je Horowitz .

Athletic raining students will be oered the opportunity to travel to Beijing,China, in May/June 2009 on a tour led by Proessor Larry Leverenz, Athleticraining Program Director, Purdue University. Tis collaborative course onSports Medicine will be oered to U-M and Purdue students, who will be hostedby Beijing Sport University.

Read Kines student prlesand see mre pictures atwww.kines.umich.edu/gglbal

GoGlobal! cntinued n page 29



Caliornia native

Justin Schulman ,SMC ’96, knewriends were havingun working as campcounselors duringsummer breaks. He

chose instead to seek summer intern-ships that would ultimately help himdetermine his career path. “I alwaysknew I wanted to work in sports,” saysSchulman, an NFL agent who joinedCaliornia-based Athletes First in2002 ater receiving an MBA rom the

Anderson School at UCLA. “I knowhaving three internships helped medecide what I didn’t want to do.”

Schulman credits associate proessorBernard “Pat” Maloy, who died in2001, with encouraging him to gethis resume together and experiencevarious jobs while still a student. In thesummer o his reshman year, Schul-man landed his rst internship withthe L.A. Clippers, Schulman learned

about the marketing and managemento proessional basketball. Te ol-lowing summer, Schulman worked invideo production or ESPN in Bristol,Connecticut, and in his junior year, hechose an advertising internship withESPN.

Tough he loved the ESPN experience,and had a job oer ater graduation,Schulman’s internships helped himrealize that he wasn’t interested invideo highlights, ticket sales, or the

advertising arm o the sports indus-try. He liked the management aspect,and ater graduation, Schulman tooka management-training job with theNBA that parlayed into a position withhelping to establish the WNBA.

“I know my internships gave me experi-ence that I could use,” says Schulman,who now represents NFL players andnegotiates their contracts. He alsohandles many o the nancial opera-tions o Athletes First.

Kinesiology internships apply lessons in the real world By Alice Rhein

Ready r HireOut of the Classroom

Tough opportunities in the sports

management eld are greater than adozen years ago, Schulman says it’seven more competitive to nd that rstbreak. “I tell people to look beyond thetraditional, just get in somewhere to getexperience, and be prepared to workyour way up,” he says. “I had un duringmy summers, just in a dierent way.I think you’ve got to get out there anddo it.”

Jessica Berman,SMC ’99, associ-

ate counsel or theNational HockeyLeague in NewYork, credits herrst internship with

hockey analyst and broadcaster StanFischler as the launching point o hercareer. It was through a connection atU-M that Berman spent the summer o her sophomore year researching, writ-ing and preparing on-camera commen-tary or the inamous NHL reporter.

Te ollowing summer, the Brooklynnative worked or Fischler’s agent,Steve Forest.

“Te internships were essentially aweeding out process or me,” saysBerman, who credits Oce o StudentServices Director Shelly Kovacs andMaloy or encouraging her to seekinternship opportunities outside theUniversity. Berman ound she pre-erred sports management more thanreporting, and when she came back or

her senior year in Kinesiology, Bermandecided to enroll in law school. “I hadseen how Steve used his law degreein a unique way,” says Berman, whoultimately chose Forest’s alma mater,Fordham, to complete her law degree.Berman says her internships wereinvaluable and essential or choosinga career.

For Melissa

(Pick) Burnazian,SMC ’99, a summerinternship at JohnsHopkins in herhometown o Balti-more was enough to

see that her original choice o Move-ment Science was not her calling. Aterworking with a physical therapist anda sports medicine doctor or severalweeks during her sophomore summer,she came back in the all and switchedto Sport Management and Commu-

nication. “I learned a lot, and it waswonderul to get the exposure to healthcare, but I knew it was not or me,” saysBurnazian, senior manager o nationalbroadcast or Anheuser-Busch.

She realized advertising was her t,and in the summer o her junior year,Burnazian headed back to Baltimoreand asked the Ravens or a summermarketing position. Promotions neededor the new stadium made it a gruel-

ing summer experience, but it alsohelped open doors ater graduation. “Amarquee internship will help you withyour rst job. You need to have a ashybackground,” says Burnazian, whoserst job out o college was as a salesassistant or ESPN. One o her clientswas Anheuser-Busch, and a short timelater, she was working or the NewYork-based company as a media buyeror major league events. In her currentposition, Burnazian handles the buy-ing or shows that appear on Comedy

Central and other networks.

“For me, it was important to haveexposure to decide what I wanted todo,” says Burnazian. “My advice is i there’s something you like to do, seek itout. Ask to shadow, even i it’s just ora week. You get a taste or whether it’ssomething you want to do. I I hadn’t,I may not be in the eld I’m in.”



Internship at A&EBrought to You byKinesiology

When Bob DeFrank, senior director or corporate stafng and diversity at A&E Television Networks (AETN)heard that President and CEO Abbe Raven wanted to recruit U-M Kinesiology students or internship oppor-tunities, he was a bit puzzled. “Kinesiology?” he remembers saying, still trying to wrap his tongue aroundthe polyphonemic word. “I wondered, ‘Where is the afliation?”

By Alice Rhein

“Te internship was denitely

not a ‘going or coee’ job...”

—Stephanie Mueller

For Stephanie Mueller, a spring 2008 Sport Management gradu-

ate, hearing she got the A&E internship last summer could only betopped by the birthday present rom her parents. “My parents werewonderul and pretty much said, ‘Happy 21st birthday, we’re payingyour rent,” says Muller, a St. Louis, Missouri native, who eventuallyound a summer sublet in Midtown west.

Mueller says the $12-an-hour internship was “an amazing experi-ence. I was able to attend important meetings and teleconerences,I met other A&E executives rom oces around the country, andtook part in projects that were important to the uture o the net-works.” In addition, there were opportunities or the 16 interns toget to know one another including lunch-and-learns, ocus groups

or new programming and the digital lounge, where interns couldgo and try out the latest technology in video games, televisions,HD-DVD, Blue-Ray disc players, cell phones and a host o othermedia players.

“Te internship was denitely not a ‘going or coee’ job. I wouldarrive at 9 a.m. each morning and would start reading the variouse-mail newsletters regarding the cable and digital media industries,”says Mueller. Ater that, she would get started on continuousprojects or attend I classes to urther her knowledge o MicrosotExcel, PowerPoint or the A&E computer network.

“At rst I knew nothing about the industry. Now I am amiliar with

the lingo and the business and am looking to pursue it as my career,”says Mueller, who also had internships at the Palace o AuburnHills, working with the Special Olympics in St. Louis, and in theU-M Athletic Media Relations department. “My internship helpedme garner skills in oce tasks that I never learned beore. I learnedto write bries, some eective ways to conduct research, impressedmy superiors with my presentation skills, and made some greatnetworking connections that I will keep orever.”

However, in the three years that the partnership has been in ex-

istence, DeFrank says it’s been mutually successul. Since A&E’sinception 24 years ago, the New York-based company has always hada strong internship program. Te aliation with Kinesiology cameabout because Raven’s son, David Tackel, graduated in 2007 with aSport Management degree. While ackel was still a student, Ravenhad a one-on-one opportunity to speak with Dean Ulrich aboutthe possibility o an internship partnership. “Abbe understands theeducational importance o giving back. She has established partner-ships with her graduate and undergraduate college, and now her son’sas well,” says DeFrank.

Dean Beverly Ulrich says the internship with A&E is an excellent

opportunity, given the amount o money and the way it is structuredto provide mentoring while working with other interns in a competi-tive environment. “Tis is a abulous opportunity or any student whois truly committed to entering the sport business world. Tey need tobe outgoing and work well in collaborative settings. Tey should beeager to learn new things and to apply knowledge learned in classesat Michigan. Tey must be ready to work hard on small tasks aswell as large ones. Tese are all qualities we look or in all o our SMstudents,” she says.

Martha Reck, Kinesiology internship coordinator, says typically veto ten students apply or the paid summer internship. “We want tonominate our best students, so I send the position inormation to

Sport Management juniors and seniors who have a strong GPA,” shesays. “We also collect aculty recommendations or the interestedstudents. In addition, we ask about the student’s housing plans. Wedon’t want Bob (DeFrank) to oer a position, and then have it turneddown because the student can’t nd housing in NYC.”

Internship at A&E cntinued n page 29

Stephanie Mueller, ‘08takes in the NYC skyline.



The Kinesilgy Sprt Management degree is an excellent springbard r thse pursuing careers related t the business sprt at the pressinal leel. S when the Rss Schl Business apprached Kinesilgy last year with the idea anundergraduate dual degree in Sprt Management/Business Administratin, Kinesilgy oce Student Serices DirectrShelly Kovacs saw it as an pprtunity where bth schls culd benet.

Dual degree with the Ross School of Business OffersIncreased Options for Sport Management StudentsBy Alice Rhein

“Te reason is there are a lot o students interested in the expertise o sports business whichvery clearly has its own niche,” she says. “Having a dual degree will equip students with a littlemore depth in the general business application and the way the business world may dierrom the sport world o business.”

Tom George, Assistant Proessor and Director o the Undergraduate Program in SportManagement, says that over the years, there have been students who were torn between aKinesiology degree and a business degree. “Tis is a chance to accommodate those students.

It is very exciting or aculty and students. We can start with this dual degree as a way o

Kovacs, George and Robert Koonce,Director, Undergraduate Aairs, RossSchool o Business, have been workingsince last spring to dene the curriculumand requirements.

“My role has been to point out the logis-tics, anticipate a multitude o scenariosand point out when students need toapply to each unit,” says Kovacs, who

notes that with the addition o two newKinesiology aculty members this all,students will benet rom new courses inSport Economics that will become part

o the dual degree curriculum.

For Koonce, the opportunity to partnerwith Kinesiology is in keeping with the RossSchool’s interest in creating dual degreeswith other areas, including LS&A, theSchool o Music, and the School o Engi-neering, among others.

“It gives students in traditional business more

options now,” says Koonce. In the case o business students who choose a dual degreein Sport Management, there will be an entireindustry open to them now that they maynot have anticipated beore.

Koonce cites, or example, that an accountantwith a sport management background wouldhave a distinct advantage when it comes toworking with proessional sports clients.

George says the two curriculums had a air

amount o overlap, so part o the process wascreating the requirements or the dual degreeto include 15 required credits and 15 electivecredits to receive the 150-credit degree o BAin Sport Management and BA in BusinessAdministration.

Close to 100 students graduate each yearwith a degree in Sport Management. Kovacs

notes that even though the program is juststarting this al l, she’s already had

inquiries rom several dozenstudents.

“It’s a very competitive jobmarket and internships and

networking are very important,”says Kovacs. “In this very competitive

realm, this gives them an edge. Tey will havebroader business exposure. Tey will havethe benet rom both schools and earningboth degrees.”

establishing a more programmatic relation-ship and hopeully it will allow other wayso partnering, be it research or graduateprograms.”

Students who want to pursue this degreewill apply to the business school or theirrst year. In their second year, they will applyto the Kinesiology Sport Management pro-gram. Tey will receive two undergraduate

degrees, one rom each school, though theywill have to choose a home unit or adminis-trative purposes.



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Hmecming weekend is always lled with actiity, and ne the annual Kinesilgyhighlights is t pay tribute t the Alumni Achieement Award winners. Last octber 12was n exceptin as the Kinesilgy Alumni Sciety Bard hnred Joan E. Farrell,Ph.D. ’67, George A. Brooks, MS ’68, Ph.D. ’70 and Christian S. Parker, AB ’97in the areas Lietime Achieement, Career Achieement and Early CareerAchieement, respectiely.

AlumniAchievement

Awards PresentedHomecoming

Weekend For Joan Farrell , receivingthe Lietime AchievementAward was an honor. “It’sa lietime award, and I’velived a long lie,” she says.Farrell helped Kinesiologyevolve and expand during her34-year career at U-M. Dr.Farrell taught at the Univer-sity o Caliornia-Berkeleybeore coming to Ann Arborin 1951. In 1971 she was

made Associate Proessorand served in that capacityuntil her retirement in 1986.Dr. Farrell participated inmany local, state and nationalorganizations or the study o motor control. Shealso served in many administrative roles withinthe Division o Physical Education including theChair o the Adult Liestyle Program, which servedmore than 2,000 students each academic year. Dr.Farrell is still an avid gardener and can sometimesbe ound at the U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens,

where she has served as a docent. She continues tobe a staunch supporter o Kinesiology and attendsmany o its honor events.

Career Achievement Award recipient George

Brooks says he was delighted to receive the awardand also to attend the Homecoming weekendestivities with his wie, Dr. Rosemary Agostini,so she could experience her rst Big en game.Recognized internationally or his scienticinquiry that has enhanced understanding o howmuscle responds to a single exercise session andhow regularly practiced exercise causes muscle

adaptation, Dr. Brooks is Proessor o IntegrativeBiology at the University o Caliornia-Berkeley.He’s published more than 225 manuscripts and haswritten many book chapters and reviews. Brookshas been recognized or his work with other honorsincluding the 2007 American College o SportsMedicine Honor Award, the 1993 American Col-lege o Sports Medicine Citation Award and the2001 Edward F. Adolph Distinguished Lecturer o the American Physiological Society Environmentaland Exercise Physiology Section, among oth-ers. Dr. Brooks says he was pleased to receive theKinesiology Career Achievement Award, especially

since there are many alumni who have os-tered successul careers.

“Te luncheon was wonderul,” says Dr.Brooks. “I was a graduate a long time ago,beore it was Kinesiology, and I marveled atthe way it has grown under the direction o

Dean Ulrich. It is outstanding.”

“I’ve been nominated a couple o times overthe years, which is a privilege in itsel, and Iwas very ortunate, pleased and honored tobe the recipient this year, no question,” saysChristian (Chris) Parker. He recently joinedthe Nashville Predators as their Senior VicePresident or Corporate Development, aternine years as the Director o CorporatePartnerships or Silicon Valley Sports andEntertainment where he set sales records inexcess o $21 million. In his position, he was

responsible or all sales and service eortsor more than 80 corporate partners suchas Hewlett-Packard, Fox Sports Net andAnheuser-Busch.

“I think the University gave me soundbuilding blocks rom which to go orth,”says Parker.

Congratulations to our 2007 Alumni

Achievement Award recipients; we thank

them or their dedication and support.

KAS President Patty Dnhue-Ebach, Gerge Brks, Jan Farrell,

Chris Parker, and Dean Ulrich.

By Alice Rhein

“Te University gave me

sound building blocks

rom which to go orth”

—Chris Parker

A L U M N I O N T H E M O V E



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About the Achievement AwardsThe Kinesilgy Alumni Sciety Bard has estab-

lished three annual awards, with award winnersselected thrugh a nminatin prcess. Nmina-

tins are inited rm alumni and can be submitted

ia e-mail r letter. Nminatrs are asked t sub-

mit supprting materials (nminee rm, resume

and a brie reasn r the nminatin) that are

reiewed by the Alumni Bard Awards Subcm-

mittee, and then submitted t the ent ire Alumni

Bard r cnsideratin.

Winners are inited t the Achieement Awards

eent n Homecoming Friday, October 4.

Award winners receie tw cmplimentary t-

ball tickets r the Michigan hmecming game

and ne htel rm r a maximum tw nights.

Transprtatin t Ann Arbr is the respnsibility

the award winner.

Alumni Achievement Award Nominations

Award Categories

Early Career AchievementGien t a recent Kinesilgy

alumnus wh is excelling in a

eld related t Kinesilgy.

Career Achievement

Gien t a Kinesilgy alumnus

wh has shwn utstanding

pressinal and persnal

achieement thrughut their

career in their chsen eld.

Lietime Achievement

Gien t an indiidual whse

serice t Michigan Kinesilgy

has enhanced and changed

Kinesilgy er time.

Criteria or Awards•Alumni nminees must be an alumna/us in gd

standing as dened by Kinesilgy and theAlumni Sciety Bard.

•Nminatin must be based n at least partial actiity

in, r supprt actiity, in the Kinesilgy eld.

•Nminatin must be supprted by anther

Kinesilgy alumna/alumnus.

•Recipients must accept the award in persn (unless

deceased). I a nminee cannt attend the ceremny,

the award will be deerred until the llwing year.

•Recipients must hae earned a degree.

•Current Kinesilgy aculty members are nt eligible.

Emeritus pressrs wh are alumni may be s

hnred.

•Current Kinesilgy sta members are nt eligible.

•Current bard members may be s hnred.

Fr mre inrmatin cntact Alicia Marting at (734) 615-9678 r [email protected]



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Observatory Lodge

Kinesiology Transitions to

History and tradition form a gateway to tecHnology and innovation

at observatory lodge, Kinesiology’s new Home on tHe U-m central campUs.

By Pat Materka

Let t right:

A prtin the stained

glass windw in the oBL

lbby.

Brian Czajka and his

athletic training students

interact during his Ap-

plied Human Anatmy

and Physilgy lab.

The rnt oBL acing

Washingtn Heights.

P h t g r a p h s b y P e t e r S m i t h P h t g r a p h y .

Graduate students analyze

data in the Center r Mtr

Behair and Pediatric

Disabilities.

Festiities n April 3 marked the building’s grandpening, but aculty and sta hae been settlingint the new space since last octber. The e-

leel, 30,600 square t building nw huses 22aculty ces, 21 sta ces and e researchlabratries.

Te key beneciaries are the students. ObservatoryLodge has two new classrooms, both equipped withcomputer instruction stations and overhead projection,and a teaching lab tted with smart board technology,palm pilots and laptops or student use.

“Te rst oor is dedicated to student services,” saysKinesiology Business Administrator Tammy Bimer.

“Tere is a large student

study center, a career re-source center, a classroomand conerence room. TeOce o Student Servicesis located on the rst oorso that students have easyaccess to sta advisors andcourse inormation.”

Kinesiology’s Center or Global Opportunity (aection-ately known as “Go Global”) is on the second oor, alongwith a classroom, conerence room and aculty and sta

oces. Other oors house the remaining classroom,another conerence room, two kitchens, and ample ad-ditional workspace or lecturers, post-doctoral research-ers and our I service group. Te entire building haswireless internet and the space is lled with windowsallowing or views o the campus and plenty o naturallight in every oce and meeting space.

Within Easy ReachTe two lecture rooms and the teaching lab are in usealmost constantly rom 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and manyevenings. Tirty-two courses were taught there duringwinter semester. SM Assistant Proessor Kathy Babiak

uses room 1100 to advantage in her Human ResourcesManagement and Organizational Behavior courses.“Te new classrooms allow or greater exibility inbreaking out into groups or discussion and debate,” shecommented, “which is important or students to shareideas and perspectives. Te windows are nice too.”

Holly Sisson, a reshman in Athletic raining romSouth Haven, Michigan, noted the convenience o hav-ing all the equipment needed in Anatomy and Physi-ology class—plastinated exhibits o hands, eet andother specimens, stored within reach in the lab cabinetsinstead o being transported to and rom the classrooms.



Clckwise rm tp:

Kinesilgy administratrs meet with Dean Ulrich in the

urth fr cnerence rm.

“Grace” by Michael Gard in the lbby windw.

Students preparing r exams in the new student study center.

“It is so much easier to climb a ight o stairsinstead o rushing across campus when youhave back-to-back classes,” she added.

Between classes, studying, and workingpart-time in Student Services, Holly spendsmuch o her week at Observatory Lodge. Shelikes its “historic look” and the way it brings

students and aculty together under one roo.Unlike the CCRB/Kinesiology/Dance com-plex, where Kinesiology classrooms sharedspace with handball courts and gymnasia,OBL is a truly academic environment.

Kinesiology has needed this new space ormore than a decade. Undergraduate studentenrollment has climbed to 800, with recordlevels o applicants. Graduate studentsnumber 49 this term. Furthermore, in 1995Kinesiology received $532,000 in external

research unding; today that number is near-ing $7.5 million.

“Adding 18,000 square eet o classroom,oce and research space alleviates theovercrowding Kinesiology has experiencedover the past decade,” Dean Beverly Ulrich notes. “Its location, near the Medical campusand across rom the School o Public Health,encourages collaboration with other healthscientists. It brings enhanced visibility to ourteaching, research and recruitment eorts.”

Preserving a ‘Masterpiece’Built in 1930 at 1402 Washington Heights,Observatory Lodge was originally a privateacility occupied by University Hospitalemployees. Te University bought it in 1966and later rented the apartments to students,aculty, sta and retirees.

In 2001, the nal 19 occupants were vacatedand OBL was closed due to saety concerns.A lesser building might have been doomedto the wrecking ball, but conservationistsprevailed. Te udor Revival edice, with

its vine-covered brickwork, slate roo, gablesand turrets, has been cal led an architecturalmasterpiece.

Te $11.5 million renovation has let theexterior entirely preserved, along with thespacious entryway. Some o the originalarchitectural eatures are also retained in

the ourth oor Dean’s Suite; the rest o theinterior has been reconstructed—light, airyand modern. wo new elevators and a newstaircase are installed, along with all new me-chanical, electrical, plumbing and lie saetysystems, linking together the technology-enhanced classrooms, oces,labs and meeting spaces.

Te restored lobby, with itsexuberant wood beams rising toa vaulted ceiling, is a passage-

way rom past to uture. Let o the entrance is an arched stonereplace and the inscription,“Te ornament o the house isthe guest who adorns it.”

Te plaster walls display period light xturesand colorul patterns o vintage tiles.

But here too, visitors will nd two computerkiosks eaturing a directory o oces and acalendar o upcoming events. “Grace,” a lie-sized woven wire gural sculpture created byartist Michael Gard, revolves slowly in ront

o the tall stained glass window, a lyricalexpression o human movement.

Juxtaposing historic and modern, Observa-tory Lodge seems a perect metaphor orKinesiology’s strongly rooted past giving wayto a promising uture.



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This Nember 2005 campus aerial

pht the CCRB, Palmer Field, Stck-

well residence hall and obseratry

Rad shws the relatinship between

Kinesilgy’s tw lcatins.

As a practical matter,

Kinesiology has grown

too large to t into either

the CCRB complex or

Observatory Lodge, so it

will occupy both.

As we celebrate Kinesilgy’s me t obseratry Ldge an ineitable questinis raised: What abut ur space in the CCRB/Kinesilgy/Dance cmplex?

About one-third o the aculty members are retaining 13 oces and 11 laboratories in theCCRB/Kinesiology/Dance complex. Several areas o the building are being renovated torecongure the classroom, oce, and laboratory space, and students will continue to take

several o their courses in that building.

Te CCRB/Kinesiology/Dance complexhas been home to more than a generationo students. Te academic unit (then calledPhysical Education Department) moved tothe newly-built Recreational Sports buildingin 1977 ater the demolition o Barbour andWaterman Gyms. Tousands o graduatesassociate their Kinesiology degrees with the“CCRB.”

It’s not perect. Instructors in some CCRB

complex classrooms must compete with thecrash o barbells in the weight room directlyabove them or basketballs bouncing in adja-cent hallways. Laboratories have been carvedout o rooms that originated as handballcourts. Yet Kinesiology and the Departmento Recreational Sports have always beencompatible neighbors, sharing a commitmentto serving students and the University.

As a practical matter, Kinesiology has growntoo large to t into either the CCRB complexor Observatory Lodge, so it will occupy both.

Te Athletic raining aculty membersremain in the CCRB complex; all SportManagement aculty members are togetherin Observatory Lodge. Movement Scienceand Physical Education aculty members aredivided among the two locations, with someMVS aculty members having their oces

in OBL and research labs in CCRB complex.All aculty oces in the CCRB complex arenow located on the third and ourth oors o the south wing o the building.

Te labs remaining in the CCRB complextend to be those with dicult-to-movetesting and analysis equipment. Teselabs are located on the ground oor atthe north end o the building. Tese include

Kinesiology Retains Space in the CCRB ComplexBy Pat Materka



biomechanics, exercise physiology, sportmedicine and neuromotor control labs.Tere is also one lab on the ourthoor—Te Motor Development Lab.

U-Move Fitness, which oers a variety o group exercise and wellness classes to theUniversity community and the public, willmove upstairs to the third oor level rom theground oor, gaining visibility and space.

Construction is already underway this springon the third oor to create two new class-rooms that will be operational by all 2008,according to Kinesiology AdministratorTammy Bimer. Kinesiology will also house aconerence room, a sta oce, copy and mailroom, student computer lab and a total o our classrooms, including Bickner Audito-rium, in the CCRB complex.

Bickner Auditorium was renovated in 2007with upgrades to state-o-the-art teachingequipment, new urniture and lighting.Dr. Tom George, who teaches several move-ment science and physical education coursesin the auditorium, is enthusiastic about theimprovements. “Te new control system orall o the electronic components allows meto project content rom the computer, DVDplayer and visualizer (3D overhead projec-tor) with a touch o the control screen,” he

explained. “I can have all electronic mediamodes ready or use, and navigate betweenthem with one touch o the computer screen.It is very quick and easy to use multiplemedia presentations in class.

“Te students also have wireless access ortheir computers. Tey can access class notes,assignments and materials on Ctools or other

course sites during class. A number o students bring laptops or taking notesduring class,” he added.

A new student computer cluster wasalso added to the Kinesiology space inthe CCRB complex. Like ObservatoryLodge, the CCRB has wireless internetthroughout the building. Tat projectwill be completed by the end o August.

Te proximity o Observatory Lodgeand CCRB to each other as well as to theSchool o Public Health and the MedicalSchool Complex is ideally suited, DeanBeverly Ulrich observed, to acilitat-ing collaborative research and academicprograms.

Clckwise rm tp let:

Dr. Gregry Cartee, Pressr

Mement Science has his cmputer

up and running n me in day, but

a lt bxes t yet unpack

Lena Cranrd Kinesilgy Admin-

istratie Assistant unpacks the new

cpy/mail rm center n the third

fr the suth wing the CCRB/

Kinesilgy/Dance cmplex

Pressr Riann Palmieri-Smith set tles

int her new light lled ce.

Dr. Jerey Hrwitz, Assciate

Pressr, Mement Science takes

a break rm unpacking int his new

ce in the urth fr the suth

wing.

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Ming, stretching and grwing were perect metaphrs r the grand pening the $11.5 millin obseratry Ldge renatin Thursday, April 3 as the Diisin

Kinesilgy celebrated its new academic hme.

During remarks at the ribbon cutting ceremony, President Mary Sue Coleman said the ormerhousing acility or aculty and sta that worked at the hospital had “good bones.”

“I any academic unit on campus understands the importance o community, good bones,stretching and growing, it is Kinesiology. Movement is essential or growth and momentum,and we are seeing both rom the Division o Kinesiology,” Coleman said.

“We cannot ocially open the doors o Observatory Lodge today without acknowledging theleadership o Dean Beverly Ulrich. Her guidance and advocacy over the years have led to im-pressive gains in research unding, a growth in students and aculty, and critical donor support,including the division’s rst-ever endowed chair.”

Dean Beverly Ulrich noted in her remarks that, “indeed the celebration today marks theoccasion o reopening the doors o this grand building to Kinesiology and the public. But thebuilding itsel is only a marker or the people and the work that goes on inside it and the valuethat work brings to society.”

Architects Einhorn Yaee Prescott worked to preserve Observatory Lodge’s integrity whileupgrading acilities to meet the needs o the expanding program. (For more inormation aboutthe building see page 12)

Te Ann Arbor Historic District gave U-M its Rehabilitation Award or maintaining thebuilding’s character. Te commission cited the replacement o the non-original windows with

multi-pane casements, more in keeping with the original structure, and eorts to retain theslate roo and restore the squirrel weather vane and lobby.

by Laura Bailey, U-M News Service

Observatory Lodge Grand Opening

Grand Opening Photo Captions1 KIN senir Rebecca Edgewrth, Dean

Beerly Ulrich and President Mary Sue

Cleman cut the ribbn cially pening

the rnt dr obseratry Ldge2 KIN senir Caitlin Meadws leads a tur

grup guests thrugh oBL.3 Pressr Dale Ulrich speaks t a tur grup

abut the research cnducted in the Center

r Mtr Behair and Pediatric Disabilities

4 Guests bsere deices used r testing study

participants in Dr. Susan Brwn’s Mtr

Cntrl Labratry5 Dr. Rn Zernicke isits with Dr. Jhn Faulkner

(MS ’56, Ph.D. ’62) in the receptin tent set

up n the fat lt behind oBL.6 Pressr Melissa Grss enjys the

receptin tent estiities.7 Clare Canham-Eatn (BS ’75, MS ’76) isits

with KIN Deelpment Directr Jim McIntyre

and Tim Pattn.8 Pressr Katarina Brer, Research

Assciate Edward Arias and Susan Sherin

enjy a chance t catch up ater the ribbn

cutting ceremny.9 Kim Kiernan isits with KIN sta member

Sandy Wiley.10 Cmmunity members, alumni, aculty and

sta all gather t celebrate KIN’s grwth

and obseratry ldge’s restratin.11 Mike Leni (AB ’88) and his wie Diane

(nt pictured) were amng the many alumni

t cmeback r the eent.12 Susan and Barry Weiseld few in rm New

Yrk t take part in the celebratin.13 Graduate student Irully Jeng was ne the

many undergraduate and graduate students

wh tk time t participate in the day.

14 Jhn Ghindia (BS ’86), Shelly Kacs and Tim

Pattn enjy the aternn receptin.15 Tm Cecchini (BS ’66, AM ’69),

Lis Simmns and Emeritus Faculty member

Ken “Red” Simmns (MS ’62) discuss

KIN’s grwth er the years.16 “Grace” the sculpture by artist Michael Gard

that welcmes guests in the oBL lbby.17 Pressr vic Katch was ne the many aculty

members wh pened their ces

r the building turs18 Pressr Pat van vlkinburg takes in the iew

rm the urth fr cnerence rm with U-M

Prst Teresa A. Sullian.19 Dean Ulrich, U-M vice President r

Deelpment Jerry May and Prst Sullian

isit in the Dean’s new urth fr ce.

20 Jeannine Galetti and Jim Scarcelli (BS ’85)

reminisce abut Jeannine’s late husband,

Pressr Stephen Galetti.21 KAS Bard member Tdd Heyden (AB ’05),

oSS sta member Jennier Knapp and KAS

Bard member Elise Buggs (BA ’98) gather ut

rnt oBL bere the ribbn cut ting ceremny.

22 Guests arriing r the grand pening.23 Marsha Lewis is thanked by ne the

SAFMoD perrmers r her assistance in

ascending the rnt stairs.24 SAFMoD perrmance ensemble rm

Cleeland, ohi prided the pening

mement entertainment prir t the

ribbn cutting.26 Dean Ulrich intrduces President

Cleman.

27 Dean Ulrich thanks the many peplewh wrked tgether t make this grand

pening happen.28 President Cleman addresses the crwd.29 KIN student Rebecca Edgewrth ers a

student’s perspectie n the adantages

the new building prides; Edgewrth

was selected t speak by the KIN aculty.30 Part the restratin prcess was restr-

ing the oBL sign t its riginal cnditin.

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Research Laboratories are aCritical Part of the OBL SpaceBy Alice Rhein and David Betts

Kinesilgy’s new hme n campus may hae an exterirrm a bygne era, but the wrk taking place inside isanything but ld-ashined.

Te Observatory Lodge (OBL) houses a ull range o modernresearch activity. Next to oces and classrooms are ve cutting edgelaboratories that house some o the important work within Kinesi-ology. Associate Dean or Research, Melissa Gross, explains thatthe new laboratories in the OBL provide multiple benets over theprevious spaces in the old CCRB/Kinesiology/Dance complex. “Tephysical spaces are lovely and all the lab spaces are exible and open,”says Gross. Speaking o the benets the labs provide to the academicculture o Kinesiology, she adds, “Tere is research space on every

oor, near the class rooms and aculty oces, making research veryvisible and an integral part o the student experience.”

Dr. Susan Brown and student researchers in the Motor Control Labuse an electromagnetic 3-D motion analysis system and other clinicalassessment tools to explore sensorimotor control o human move-ment. “We have a great view. Te lab space is nice. It’s bigger andnewly renovated,” says Dr. Brown, succinctly stating the advantages o the new Motor Control Laboratory on the Fourth Floor o the OBL.

Doctoral student Melissa Wright recalls, “Our lab was in the Kine-siology building and our workspace was in the basement o CCRB.

We were at opposite ends. Now our lab and oces are together. It’sdenitely advantageous.” Wright continues, “I we are talking about aspecic paradigm or testing setup or our subjects, we can walk in theother room and look at our equipment and set something up,” saysWright. Dr. Brown adds, “It’s nice to have the opportunity to do astudy with patients, and then be close by to do the analysis.

Consolidation o people and resources in the OBL has also provenadvantageous or the Center or Motor Behavior and Pediatric Dis-abilities. Center director Dr. Dale Ulrich works with a multidisci-plinary team o researchers to understand motor behavior in inantsand children with disabilities including Down syndrome, cerebralpalsy, and Spina bida. Tese researchers endeavor to improve chil-

dren’s quality o lie through increased motor control and improvedcardiovascular health. Prior to moving to the OBL, labs or dataanalysis and proessors’ oces were split between the CCRB complexand the Kinesiology Annex. But in the OBL, the Center’s laboratoryon the Fourth oor expands available research and analysis space andsolves many o the communication issues that ormerly existed.

Doctoral student Megan MacDonald notes that the new researchspace in the OBL has been benecial. MacDonald is currently work-ing on an experiment to determine i children with Down syndromewho ride bikes get out more in the community. MacDonald says, “It’sbeen helpul because we added a ew desks and now our director, Dr.

Ulrich, is also in the same building.” Dr. Ulrich agrees that having hisoce in the same building as the lab is advantageous. With his labalmost directly above his oce, Ulrich adds, “it’s nice that I can walkright up the steps.”

wo spaces have been dedicated as shared research labs or the sportmanagement aculty. Dr. Bettina Cornwell compliments the space inwhich she will work saying, “the lab is wonderul because it allows meto continue with studies o memory or sponsorship-linked market-ing communications.” Dr. Cornwell’s research explores the impact o sponsor messages in sport as compared to other advertising contexts.Tis timely research has technological demands that the Sport Man-agement Lab meets. According to Dr. Cornwell, “Tis sort o work

requires rather controlled exposure o experimental materials and onsome occasions audio response or even response latency analysis andyou’ve got to have good quality equipment to ensure a meaningulstudy with these dependent measures.”

With the Sport Management Laboratory spaces located on the rstand second oors o the OBL, aculty and graduate student ocesare never more than a ew ights o stairs, or an elevator ride, awayrom research space. Matt Juravich, a rst-year Ph.D. student romWatertown, New York, appreciates the increased access to peers inKinesiology because he moved rom a rather isolated location.“I occupied the basement space in the Annex. My new oce is a

more modern space and provides easier access to aculty and sta,”says Juravich.

Interaction is also a big part o Dr. Weiyun Chen’s work in theCurriculum and Instruction Laboratory on the Tird Floor o OBL,which deals with Physical Education instruction. Dr. Chen andresearchers can be overheard discussing potential areas to increasedepth o research, conversation which is acilitated by the OBL. Tenew space, an expansion in size rom the lab in the CCRB complex,allows Dr. Chen and several other students to work simultaneously.“Since we moved to the OBL and the new (Curriculum and Instruc-tion) Lab, I involved more students in the line o research because o the adequate space,” says Dr. Chen.

Phil Michael Esposito, a rst-year Doctoral student, works withDr. Chen in a line o research examining how game skill and peror-mance competency impact teaching practices. He benets rom theconcentration o resources in the OBL. Says Esposito, “Tere aremore aculty and students passing by, and more chances to casuallybump into someone or just pop in and chat with someone whosedoor is open.”



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FacultyontheMove

Rosa M. Angulo-Barroso, Ph.DAssociate proessor

In the last year, Dr. Angulo-Barroso has hadpublications in the ollowing journals:

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurol-ogy, Infant Behavior; Te Journal of Nutrition

and Development; and Physical Terapy Jour-nal. Another our articles have been acceptedor publication in the Journal of Motor Be-

havior, Gait and Posture, Experimental BrainResearch, and Early Human Development.

Furthermore, she has been able to secureunds or research as a co-investigator in threenew NICHD grants examining the eects o

iron deciency in motor development.

Kathy Babiak, Ph.DAssistant Proessor

Tis past year, Dr. Babiak published two

papers, one on partnerships and alliances inOlympic sport organizations in the Journalof Sport Management, and the other on howthe ideas behind the ‘Moneyball’ approach to

baseball may be applicable to broader businessin the International Journal of Sport Finance.

Dr. Babiak also continued a partnership estab-lished with the Sports Philanthropy Project

exploring the issue o social responsibility andphilanthropy in proessional sport including

leagues, teams, and athletes. Some outcomes

o this relationship included two symposia atnational conerences or the North Ameri-can Society or Sport Management and theAcademy o Management. Additionally, two

manuscripts in the area o team and athletephilanthropy were submitted to the Journalof Sport Management. Dr. Babiak also servedher rst term on the executive board o the

North American Society or Sport Manage-ment and is working with her new doctoralstudent, Matt Juravich, who received the

Ruth Harris Fellowship.

Jay Basten, Ph.DLecturer

Dr. Basten has had a book review publishedin the Summer 2007 edition o the Review

of Higher Education—the ocial journal

o the Association or the Study o HigherEducation.

Katarina Borer, Ph.DProessor

In 2007, Dr. Borer presented at the Society orthe Study o Ingestive Behavior in SteamboatSprings, Colorado; Te American College o

Sports Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana;

and at the Endocrine Society in oronto,Ontario. She also published “Walking intensityor postmenopausal bone mineral preservation

and accrual,” with Katrina Fogleman, Melissa

Gross, Jacquelyn La New and Donald

Dengel in Bone the ocial journal o theInternational Bone, and Mineral Society.

Susan Brown, Ph.DAssociate Proessor

Dr. Brown attended the 2007 InternationalMotor Control Conerence in Santos, Brazi lalong with her our graduate students and gave

ve poster presentations at the conerence. Shealso published research articles in Experimen-tal Brain Research, Perceptual Motor Skills, and Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews.

Tis past year Proessor Brown’s lab graduatedthree Ph.D students: Dann Goble, currentlya post-doctoral student in Belg ium, along withDiane Adamo and Gerry Conti who are nowboth at Wayne State University. Dr. Brownalso serves on the editorial board o the MotorControl Journal.

Greg Cartee, Ph.DProessor

During 2007, Proessor Greg Cartee was

awarded a ve-year grant rom the NationalInstitutes o Health or $1.5 million to study

“Aging, Calorie Restriction and Insulin Signal-ing.” He gave invited lectures at the University

o Colorado (Boulder), Nara University o Education (Japan) and Kyoto University (Japan).He published two manuscripts in the Ameri-can Journal of Physiology: Endocrinology and

Metabolism and another manuscript in Applied

Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism.

Dr. Cartee continued as an Associate Editoror Exercise and Sport Science Reviews andwas named to the Editorial Boards or the

American Journal of Physiology: Endocrinol-

ogy and Metabolism and the Journal of Applied Physiology. He also became a member o theAmerican Physiological Society’s Porter Physiol-

ogy Development Committee and was extendedaculty aliation in the Program in BiomedicalSciences and in the Graduate Program in Cel-

lular and Molecular Biology at the University o

Michigan.

Weiyun Chen, Ph.DAssociate Proessor

Tis past year, Dr. Chen published two data-based research articles: “Interdisciplinary teach-ing: integration o physical education skills and

concepts with mathematical skills and concepts”

in L. B. Yurichenko (Ed.), eaching and eacher Issues with .P. Cone and S.L. Cone and “ACollaborative Approach to Developing an

Interdisciplinary Unit” in Journal of eaching in Physical Education with Nova Science Publish-

ers o New York and .P. Cone and S.L. Cone.

Dr. Chen was a panelist or an invited paper

presentation at Te 2007 History and FutureDirections o Research on eaching and eacher

Education in Physical Education Conerence inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Proessor Chen is also

on the editorial board or Journal of eaching

in Physical Education and serving on NASPE-Proessional Preparation and Research Steering

Committee. She has chaired Curriculum andInstruction Research Academy Committee to

review all NASPE C&I abstracts and organizedall C&I presentation sessions and awards or

the 2008 national convention, along with theAERA SIG Senior Scholar Lecture Commit-tee’s Pedagogy Review Panel and al l Research

Consortium abstracts at the 2008 AAHPERDNational Convention. Dr. Chen also reviewed

manuscripts or Physical Education and Sport

Pedagogy, Journal of eaching in PhysicalEducation, and Research Quarterly for Exerciseand Sport.

Dee W. Edington, Ph.DProessor

Dr. Edington continued his extensive presenta-tion schedule during 2007 with over 50 invited

presentations to a variety o audiences concernedabout the economic implications o health statusin individuals and organizations, especially

related to health care costs.

Dr. Edington serves as an Associate Editor o the International Journal of Worksite Health

Management and a reviewer or several researchand proessional journals. In addition, he servedon review committees or the Institute o Medi-

cine, National Institutes o Health, NCQA,URAC, Hong Kong Scientic Grants Review

Board and two Canada Provincial Worker’sCompensation Boards.



Dan Ferris, Ph.DAssociate Proessor

Proessor Ferris published seven articles in2007, in the Journal of Physiology, Journal of

Biomechanics, Journal of Neuroengineering andRehabilitation, Experimental Brain Research,

and International Journal of Humanoid Robot-ics. He gave invited presentations at two inter-national conerences: the 12th World Congress

or the International Society o Prosthetics andOrthotics in Vancouver, Canada, and the 5th

Scientic Meeting o the Neurorehabilitationand Reconstructive Neurosurgery Committee o the World Federation o Neurosurgical Societies

in aipei, aiwan.

Dr. Ferris was named Associate Editor o two journals: Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

and Journal of Neuroengineering and Reha-

bilitation. He was also invited to serve on theNational Institutes o Health study section

reviewing grant applications or Collaborationswith National Centers or Biomedical Comput-

ing. Proessor Ferris was invited to the U.S.National Committee on Biomechanics Summit

o Experts in Biomechanics. Out o 50 biomech-anists invited to the summit, rom around thecountry, Dr. Ferris was the only aculty member

rom a Kinesiology program.

Rodney Fort, Ph.DProessor

Dr. Fort joined the Sport Management acultyin 2007. His publications this year include:“Structural Change, Competitive Balance, and

the Rest o the Major Leagues,” in Economic In-

quiry with Young Hoon Lee and “Rational Ex-

pectations and Pro Sports Leagues” in the Scot-tish Journal of Political Economy with James

Quirk. He presented “Choosing CompetitiveBalance Remedies” at the Warsaw Center orSports Marketing, University o Oregon and

“Competitive Balance in Sports Leagues: WhenIs More Preerred to Less?” along with “Dynas-

ties and Rottenberg’s Uncertainty o OutcomeHypothesis: Te Case o MLB,” at the national

meetings o the Western Economic Association,Seattle, Washington, 2007.

Melissa Gross, Ph.DProessor Dr. Gross presented her work on emotion inbody movements at the 2007 International Soci-

ety o Posture and Gait Research in Burlington,Vermont; the American Society o Biomechan-ics in Palo Alto, Caliornia; and at a conerence

on the role o emotion in health and disease in

ilburg, Te Netherlands. Beth Crane, a Ph.Dstudent in her lab, was invited to present her

work at the Aective Computing and IntelligentInteraction meeting in Lisbon, Portugal and

Lan Wei, another Ph.D student, was awarded a

Rackham International Student Fellowship in

December 2007.

Tom George, Ph.DAssistant Proessor o Practice

In 2007, Dr. George was named the Director

o the Undergraduate Program in SportManagement.

Jerey Horowitz, Ph.DAssociate Proessor

Dr. Horowitz and his research lab received agenerous award o nearly one-hal million dol-

lars rom the Robert C. and Veronica Atkins

Foundation to examine the eects o diets highin saturated versus unsaturated ats on mecha-

nisms underlying the development o diabetesand cardiovascular disease in obese adults. Te

Horowitz Lab is also continuing data collectionand analysis or several exciting ongoing projects

ocusing on the eects o diet and exercise onmetabolic health in obesity.

Tis past year, Nick Knuth received his Ph.Drom the Horowitz Lab and he is now continu-

ing his research in human metabolism as a

post-doctoral ellow at the National Institutes o Health. Dr. Horowitz welcomed new doctoralstudent Sean Newsom, a new post-doctoralellow Minghua Li, and Lisa Locke, a new re-

search-dietitian/study-coordinator—all joiningthe lab in summer 2007. Dr. Horowitz had three

papers published in the past year in high impact,peer-reviewed journals. He and his students

also presented data rom their research at threeNational and International conerences.

Dr. David J. Moore, Ph.DAssociate Proessor

Tis past year Dr. Moore published “Sel-BrandConnections: Te Role o Attitude Strength

and Autobiographical Memory Primes,” in the Journal of Business Research with Pamela M.

Homer ; “Emotion as a Mediator o the Inu-

ence o Gender on Advertising Eectiveness:Gender Dierences in Online Sel-Reports”

in Basic and Applied Social Psychology; “TeAective-Cognitive Model o Stimulus-Based

Aect: Individual Dierences in Responseto the Vividness o Product Descriptions” inAdvances in Consumer Research and “Te

Role o Emotional Intensity in consumer

Success at Sel-Regulation” in Jerome Williamsand Miriam Stamps (Eds) Academy of Market-

ing Science both with Leah J. Bovell. He alsohas “Aroma Driven Craving and ConsumerConsumption Impulses” with Sheila Sasser

under research review.

Scott McLean, Ph.DAssistant Proessor

Dr. McLean joined Kinesiology in January 2007rom the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. He had

our papers published in key biomechanics andsports medicine journals this year, ocusingprimarily on the impact o atigue on central

processing and control mechanisms, and theresultant potential or non-contact ACL injury.

He also received unding through the Universityo Michigan’s Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention

and Rehabilitation Center to examine the e-

cacy o current ACL injury prevention trainingmethods within a more realistic sports environ-

ment that necessarily includes atigue and deci-sion making eects. It is hoped that this work

will aord the development o more eective prevention methods that can cater to the inherently

random nature o sports participation.

Proessor McLean has also initiated research

that will examine the relationship between knee joint anatomy and resultant neuromechanics as

a unction o skeletal maturation in children.

Further, the potential or this relationship tobe inuenced by habitual joint loading patternswill be explored. Outcomes o this research willagain enable more eective ACL injury screening

and prevention strategies to be developed thatcan cater to individual joint vulnerabilities, par-

ticularly in young developing children. He wasthe 2007 Chair o American College o Sports

Medicine Biomechanics Interest Group and isan invited speaker and symposium chair or theWorld Congress on Sports Injury Prevention

in Norway and the invited keynote or the ACLInjury Research Retreat (IV) in Greensboro,

North Carolina.

Riann Palmieri-Smith, Ph.DAssistant Proessor

Dr. Palmieri-Smith’s ve publications during

2007 include “Cryotherapy Does Not EectPeroneal Reaction Following Sudden Inversion”

in the Journal of Sport Rehabilitation with C.L.

Berg, J.M. Hart, K.M. Cross and C.D. Inger-

soll; “Quadriceps inhibition induced by an ex-perimental knee joint eusion aects knee joint

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mechanics during a single-legged drop landing”in the American Journal of Sports Medicine

with J. Kreinbrink, J.A. Ashton-Miller andE.M. Wojtys; “Gender Dierences In GluteusMedius Muscle Activity Exist In Soccer Players

Perorming A Forward Jump,” in Research in

Sports Medicine with J.M. Hart, J.C. Gar-rison, D.C. Kerrigan and C.D. Ingersoll; “Descriptive epidemiology o collegiate women’s

volleyball injuries: national collegiate athletic as-sociation injury surveillance system, 1988–1998

through 2003–2004” in the Journal of Athleticraining with J. Agel, R. Dick, E.M. Wojtys and S.W. Marshall; “Peripheral joint cooling

increases spinal reex excitability and serumnorepinephrine,” in the International Journal of

Neuroscience with J.L. Leonard, J.C. Gar-

rison, A.L. Weltman and C.D. Ingersoll. Dr.

Palmieri-Smith also received unding through

the University o Michigan’s Injury Preven-tion and Rehabilitation Center to examine the

restoration o quadriceps activation ater ACLinjury and surgery. Te goal o the project is to

determine the impact o pre-operative NMEStherapy on neuromuscular activation, atrophy,

and unctional outcomes.

Proessor Palmieri-Smith is the 2007 recipient

o the New Investigator Award that is awardedby the National Athletic rainers Research &

Education oundation and recognizes a research-

er who has earned their rst doctoral degreewithin the past ve years and who has made, andis likely to continue to make, signicant con-tributions to the body o knowledge in athletic

training and health care o the physically active.She is also the recipient o 2007 Outstanding

Young Alumnus Award rom Indiana StateUniversity’s Department o Athletic raining.

Rachael Seidler, Ph.DAssistant Proessor

In 2007 Dr. Seidler has received unding romthe Peier oundation and a Rackham aculty

grant or her project “Parkinson’s disease: inter-actions between stage o disease, treatment, and

motor and cognitive perormance.” ProessorSeidler is also co-investigator or NIH R01grant “Cortex changes in real/imagined move-

ment in ALS” with Robert Welsh, PI. Herpublications include “Sensorimotor adaptation:

neural substrates and intermanual transer o learning” in Brain Research with J.A. Anguera,

C.A. Russell and D.C. Noll; “Older adults canlearn to learn new motor skills” in Behavioural

Brain Research; “Aging aects motor learn-

ing but not savings at transer o learning” in

Learning & Memory; “Selective impairmentsin implicit learning in Parkinson’s Disease,” in

Brain Research with P. Tuite and J. Ashe.

Proessor Seidler is a consulting editor or the

Journal o Motor Behavior and she graduated

her rst doctoral student Ashley Bangert,Psychology, who was co-advised by Patti

Reuter-Lorenz .

Beverly D. Ulrich, Ph.DProessor and Dean

During 2007 Bev Ulrich was selected by herpeers to serve as President-Elect o the American

Academy o Kinesiology and Physical Educa-tion, an honorary association o leaders in the

eld o kinesiology. In June she was an invitedkeynote speaker at the European Academy

o Childhood Disability, in Groningen, Te

Netherlands. Several members o her lab grouptraveled with her to Te Netherlands and also

presented papers or posters at the meeting. InSeptember she gave a talk on her research involv-

ing inants with myelomeningocele at the Acad-emy o Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

meetings in Boston. She and her students alsopresented several papers at the North AmericanSociety or the Psychology o Sport and Physical

Activity meetings in San Diego in June.

In 2007 Bev and her colleagues published our

research articles, in Experimental Brain Re-search, Physical Terapy (2), and Quest. In addi-tion, two o her post-doctoral students moved onto more permanent positions: Dr. David Black

is now working in the research unit o Proctor& Gamble while Dr. Jill Heathcock is an as-

sistant proessor in the Department o PhysicalTerapy at the Ohio State University. Last but

not least, one o her doctoral students, Chia-Lin

Chang completed her Ph.D and is currentlya post-doctoral student in the Department o

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Universityo Pittsburgh.

Dale A Ulrich, Ph.DProessor

In 2007 Dr. Ulrich published our papers withDr. Angulo-Barroso and their doctoral stu-

dents resulting rom research involving treadmilltraining and inants with Down syndrome in

journals such as Physical Terapy, Developmen-tal Medicine and Child Neurology, Gait and

Posture. Proessor Ulrich also won the U-M Ki-nesiology senior’s choice teaching award in 2007.

Pat Van Volkinburg, MSClinical Assistant Proessor

Proessor Van Volkinburg has been selected tomake presentations at the AAHPERD coner-ence. She also had a NASPE Position Paper

published, a manuscript accepted by Strategies

and two non-peer-reviewed papers published.She currently has three manuscripts in review.During 2007 Proessor Van Volkinburg served

on an AAHPERD Joint Project and a NASPEProject and completed her term as Chair o the

Public and Legislative Aairs Committee orAAHPERD.

Jason Winree, Ph.DAssistant Proessor

In 2007, Dr. Winree published two papers:“Te Value o College: Drated High School

Baseball Players” in the Journal of Sports

Economics with Chris Molitor and “akings o Development Rights with Asymmetric Inorma-

tion and an Endogenous Probability o an Ex-ternality” in the Journal of Housing Economics

with Jill J. McCluskey. He also presented threepapers at the 2007 Western Economic Associa-

tion International Conerence in Seattle. Terst was his paper with Michael A. Leeds the“Eect o Exercise ype on Obesity among Chil-

dren,” the second was with John E. DiNardo,“Te Distribution o Home Runs in Major

League Basebal l rom 1959 to 2004,” and lastly

he presented his paper withRodney D. Fort

,“Revenue Sharing and Competitive Balanceunder Alternative Contest Success Functions.”Furthermore, at the Symposium or the 2007

North American Society or Sport ManagemenConerence in Miami he presented his paper

with Scott Tainsky, “Te Eect o InternationaPlayers on Major League Baseball.”



In the last 18 months, donorshave established the ollowingendowments:

• The Bickner Endwed Chair

• The Nichlas Leni EndwedResearch Fund

• The Rger and Elaine ZatkEndwed Schlarship Fund

• The Stephen and Jeannine GalettiEndwed Schlarship Fund

• The New Yrk Family EndwedSchlarship Fund

• The Bernard “Pat” Maly EndwedSchlarship Fund

• The Charles Wdsn EndwedSchlarship Fund

Deelpment Reprt

When the Uniersity launched the Michigan Dierence campaign in 2000,U-M Kinesilgy’s endwed unds ttaled just er $60,000. T say itwas a mdest amunt wuld be an understatement. Hweer, we must

remember that Kinesilgy is a relatiely yung, independent, degree-granting academic unit (nt een 25 years ld), and the imprtance ur eld and its grund-breaking research nly cntinues t grw.

oday, our endowed unds total nearly $5 million and an additional $1 million morehas been committed through planned gits and bequests. Tank you to everyone whohas stepped orward to support the endowment. Yet work remains to be done i Kinesiology is to continue its orward movement.

Why are endowed unds so important to Kinesiology?Tese unds provide critical undergraduate scholarships, graduate student ellowshipsand aculty support. Furthermore, endowment unds support Kinesiology’s innovativeresearch and special programs.

Tese unds position Kinesiology to recruit the best undergraduate and graduatestudents along with the top aculty in their elds to lead our scholarly and research e-orts. Having endowed graduate ellowships, specically or Kinesiology, is necessary orsecuring the best graduate students to study under our aculty and assist in teaching ourundergraduate students. Trough the endowments’ continuous unding stream, Kinesiol-ogy can ensure a level o scal stability and work to ensure a continued commitment toexcellence. Tese olks are our next generation o proessors.

Currently, Kinesiology’s greatest need is or endowed unds that will support gradu-ate students. Te Ruth Harris Endowment established by the late proessor emerita in1987 with additional support rom colleagues, alumni and Kinesiology unds, is the only

endowed ellowship in Kinesiology. Last all it was awarded, or the rst time, to gradu-ate student Matt Juravich a Sport Management student. A native o Watertown, NewYork, Juravich spent time as an energy engineer ater receiving his BS in Engineeringand Management rom Clarkson University in 2001 and earned his MBA at SyracuseUniversity in 2006.

Interestingly, our biggest competitor or graduate students is the private sector more thanit is other universities. Te best students can be lured in to the workorce rather thanpursuing a master’s degree or a doctorate. Oten, aspiring doctoral students instead haveto opt or proessional careers in industry or business because the high cost associatedwith our to ve additional years o education.

Tis is one o the reasons that prompted President Mary Sue Coleman to issue the

President’s Fellowship Challenge. Trough the Fellowship Challenge, the University willmatch all gits that support graduate study on a one-or-two basis. Te donors have ouryears to complete their pledges and receive recognition credit or the match.

Tank you or your support.

Jim McIntyreDirector o [email protected] | (734) 615-4272



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A ttal washut cancelling gl did nt deter diehard supprters the annual Mement r LieInitatinal, last August 20. Nearly tw inches rain deluged the Uniersity Michigan GlCurse the weekend bere and the day the th editin the special eent that supprts mtrbehair and deelpment research r peple with physical disabilities.

Invitational Chair Mike Leoni restructured the day’s schedule, moving the program and auction to lunchtime,drawing nearly 100 o the area golers planning to play. While rain continued, the live and silent auction gener-ated more than $25,000 rom nearly 40 items including U-M and proessional sports collectibles, Caliorniavacation getaways, a Great Lakes cruise and a charter ight to Kohler, Wisconsin or a day o gol at WhistlingStraits.

Trough individual gits, organizational sponsorships, rafes and entrance ees, the outing was able to gross

more than $100,000 or the rst time and netted more than $70,000. Te event proceeds were divided betweenthe Nicholas Leoni Endowed Research Fund, the Motor Control Laboratory under the direction o Dr. Susan

Brown and the Neuromotor Behavioral Laboratory directed by the Dr. Rachael Seidler. Both are movementscience aculty members in Kinesiology. Tis was the most successul event in the last ve years or the Move-ment or Lie Invitational. o date, the Invitational has grossed nearly $300,000 and netted almost $200,000or human motor research or those with physical disabilities.

Te most recent contribution rom the event brings the Nicholas Leoni Endowed Research Fund to $311,000in pledges and contributions. Te goal o the Movement or Lie Invitational committee chaired by its ounderMike Leoni (BA ’88 Kin.) is to bring the endowment to $500,000 over the next ve years.

Te 2008 edition is slated or Monday, August 18 at the U-M Gol Course. Te goal is to net $100,000; up

$30,000 rom 2007. Proceeds rom the Sixth-annual Movement or Lie Invitational will support research inthe Motor Development Laboratory directed by Dean Beverly Ulrich and Dan Ferris’ Human Neuromechan-ics Laboratory as well as the Leoni Endowment.

Currently the Motor Development Laboratory is investigating the development o stepping patterns and gait o inants with typical development and those born with spina bida. Its primary goals are to understand the pro-cesses that impact patterns o behavior, identiy potential control parameters that can lead to improvements inperormance, and test the eectiveness o interventions on the development o new behaviors such as walking.

Te research teams in the Human Neuromechanics Laboratory ocus on both healthy human subjects andneurologically impaired patients suering rom spinal cord injury or stroke. Te hope is to design and expandthe use o robotic leg braces capable o beneting both healthy and disabled individuals. Tese intelligentexercise machines could allow individuals with neurological disabilities to improve their mobility and quality

o lie. In addition, all o the current research projects could potentially lead to more eective therapies or gaitrehabilitation.

For more inormation about the Movement or LieInvitational, contact Jim McIntyre, Director o Developmentby calling (734) 615-4272 or sending an emailto [email protected].

Movement for LifeAnnual Golf OutingBy M. James McIntyre

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Let: Nick Rademacher

(Jr., M. Sci.), St. Jhns,

Shelly Kacs, Directr

Student Serices, Arkan

Jnna, Blmeld Hills

and Mike McInerney,(BGS ’80), Blmeld

Hills.

Right: Marc Feeney, Ann

Arbr, preiews the table

auctin items.

Let: Mike Leni has Sprt

Management intern Rnnie Brant,

Blmeld Hills, mdel the Wlerine

tball helmet autgraphed by

rmer tball players Desmnd

Hward and Anthny Carter.

Right: Bill Duek (BS Ed. ‘83, PE)

Ann Arbr, Bb Patek (MD ’83),

Lng Gre, Illinis and Je Chen

(BGS ’83), Farmingtn Hills.

Let: Dn Eatn shws his

successul purchase a Detrit

Tigers Jersey autgraphed by

Brandn Inge.

Right: Dean Beerly Ulrich thanks

nearly 100 guests r braing the

elements t attend the lunchen,

een thugh the gl uting was

washed ut.

Let: Laura Gable, Ann

Arbr, explains the alue

she has und in wrking

with the ULTrA prgram and

Kinesilgy’s Mtr Cntrl

Labratry. At right is her

daughter, Sydney.

Right: Shawn Pattn, Be

Ulrich and Shelly Kacs.



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“Welcme Back” was the theme Hmecming 2007 and with a Fridaylled with Kinesilgy-specic actiities,it truly was a time r recnnecting withld riends, recalling many nd mem-ries and learning abut all that Kinesil-gy is ding t remain leader and bestin ur eld.

At the awards luncheon, the KAS Board

presented the Distinguished Alumni Awardsto Joan Farrell (Ph.D. ’67), George Brooks (MS ’68, Ph.D. ’70) and Chris Parker (AB’97). Each has made contributions to theirrespective elds and to Kinesiology through-out their careers and are truly deserving o this special recognition (to read more aboutthe award winners see page 10).

Ater the award luncheon, the kicko orMaloy online auction, that pays tribute to thelate Kinesiology proessor Bernard P. “Pat”

Maloy, took place. On-hand or the eventwere most o the vice chairs and Pat’s wieNora and son Michael (to learn out about theauction results see page 9).

Te weekend also saluted members o the

Class o ’57 who have returned or their50th Anniversary Class Reunion weekend.

Jan (Mabarak) Shatusky (BS Ed. ’57)was instrumental in bringing back hal o the Women’s Physical Education class o 1957 or this special occasion; Kinesiology’saculty and sta would like to thank them allor coming.

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1 Members the Wmen’s Physical

Educatin Class ’57 restage theirclass pht taken their senir year.

Let t right, rw 1: Jan Shatusky,

Carl Strm, Marge Cllinge.

Rw 2: Pat Westerh, Betty Thurstn

and Pat Perig Gnser.2 Dean Beerly Ulrich addresses the

lunchen guests.3 Elise Buggs (AB ’98) and Clleen

Brphy (BS ’01) recnnect at the

Alumni Achieement Awards lunch.4 Kelly Mug (BS ’02) prides career

adise during the student/alumni

career netwrking sessin.5 Betty Thurstn signs her class ’57

pht mat while Rsemarie Simntn

lks n.

6 Harlan Huckleby (’79) pred an

animated and dedicated auctineer

r the Maly Lie Auctin7 Gerge Brks (MS ’68, Ph.D. ’70)

refects n receiing the career

achieement award, while award MC

Marln Wright (AB ’97) listen in the

backgrund.8 Emeritus aculty member Rd

Grambeau (AM ’48, EDD ’59) listens

t the alumni achieement award

winner speeches.9 Michael Maly, Nra Maly and

Nel Cimmin (AB ’94) isit a ter the

awards lunchen.10 Chris Parker (AB ’97), Rsemary

Agstini (wie Gerge Brks),

Phil Daman (AB ’97), Rb Haddad

(AB ’98) and Marln Wright (AB ’97)

shw their auctin purchases.11 Jerry Gnser (BS ’56, AM ’62),

Rsemarie Simntn, Pat PerigGnser (BS ’57) and Betty Thurstn

(BS ’57) isit at the eening alumni

receptin.

Over 30 alumni came back or the Oce

o Student Services annual alumni/currentstudent networking event. And nally, theday ended with an Alumni Reception orall and the live auction o some o the Maloyitems. Tat Saturday many Kinesiologyalumni took part in the Alumni Association’sGo Blue tailgate at the indoor track buildingollowed by the U-M versus Purdueootball game!

Homecoming 2008 is October 3 and 4

and Kinesiology looks orward to welcomingeven more alumni back or the annualestivities.

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Kinesilgy Award recipients, Uniersity Hnrs recipients, and KinesilgySchlarship recipients were recgnized and hnred at the Kinesilgy

Student Award Recipient Dinner n Thursday, March 20, 2008.

Dean Beverly Ulrich opened the program with a warm welcome and words o congratu-lations. Elise Buggs (AB ’98), Kinesiology Alumni Society Board Member, providedcongratulations on behal o the alumni. Shelly Kovacs, Director o Student Ser-vices, recognized the James B. Angell Scholars, William J. Branstrom Freshman Prizewinners, and the Kinesiology Scholarship recipients. Pat Van Volkinburg, AcademicProgram Coordinator and Chair o the Awards Committee, presented the KinesiologyAwards including:

• Te Phyllis Ocker Scholarship awarded to Lindsey Howard (SM ’08)• Phebe Martha Scott Achievement Award presented to Emily Kalmbach (PE/SM ’08)•

Lucille M. Swit Honor Award received by graduate studentBeth Smith

andEmily van de Water (MVS ’08)• Te Stan Kemp Award awarded to Matthew Fisher (PE ’08), Daren Grann

(SM ’08), Nicholas Rademacher (MVS ’08), Hillary Eagen (SM ’08), junior Stephanie Osmer and graduate student Antoinette Domingo.

Rebecca Chinsky (PE ’08), recipient o the Rachel G. ownsend Award, had the plea-sure o receiving the award rom special guest, Brian Townsend. Tirty-our students,eight aculty members, and our sta members attended this intimate dinner program.

Student Award Dinner

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All names rm let t right1 The Student Awards Dinner was attended by

students, aculty and sta and tk place in the

Michigan league.2 Student Elisabeth Rays listens t the welcming

remarks rm Dean Ulrich.3 Dr. Bettina Crnwell the sprt management

aculty isits with students at her table.4 Sprt Management aculty member Dr. Cathy

Babiak enjying the presentatin.

5 Dean Beerly Ulrich welcmes KAS Bard

member Elise Buggs t the dinner.6 oSS sta member Martha Reck and students

Elizabeth Simns and Michelle Krnblau isit

ater the awards presentatin.

7 Schlarship Recipients: (Frnt rw, let t right) Kristin Thmas,

Dnica Liu, Amber Radtke, Elizabeth Sibilsky and Kimberly Martinez.

(Back rw, let t right) Camern Crpek and TJ Winrey Jr.8 The Branstrm Freshman Prize Winners were James Wilbur,

Elisabeth Rays and Charles Much.9 Dr. Melissa Grss, student Rebecca Edgewrth and Dr. Sctt McLean.

10 Kinesilgy Award Winners: (Frnt rw, let t right) Emily Kalmbach,

Hillary Eagen, Beth Smith, Matt Fisher, Stephanie osmer and Lindsey

Hward. (Back rw, let t right) Daren Grann and Nick Rademacher.

11 Kinesilgy’s Angell Schlars: (Frnt rw, let t right) Marianne

Musigian, Carrie Lacrix, Brittany Nble and Mark Chrzanwski.

(Back rw, let t right) Adrianne Musick, Rebecca Edgewrth,

Michelle Krnblau, Rebecca Chinsky, Elizabeth Simns, Brittney

Hazard, Mlly Rea, Erin McCarty and Matt Lewis.

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Internship at A&E (cntinued rm page 7)

DeFrank says A&E’s goal is to make sure that students come awayrom the 10-week internship with a real understanding o whatbroadcast is about. “At the last lunch, Abbe spends time with the

students to see i the experience increased, decreased or changed at all their opinionabout the business. Te responses are always interesting, regardless o the answer.”

Dean Ulrich says she is very grateul to Raven or her commitment to Kinesiology stu-

dents and hopes other riends o Kinesiology and alumni who are working in the sportbusiness and entertainment world will ollow Raven’s example and help create moreopportunities.

While many sport businesses already rely on volunteer interns or a portion o theirworkorce, Ulrich challenges that paid internships provide a win/win. “I believe ourstudents at Michigan are a cut above their competition. Our programs help studentsdevelop skills that are suciently valuable to companies, and thereore, paid internshipsshould be a good deal or both student and company,” she says. “I hope more companieswill take a look at our top students and invest in the value they oer. We consider this along-term investment or both ‘teams.’”

Dragon Boat Raceson the Huron RiverTis year’s LS&A academic theme, ChinaNow,was launched in September with exotic water-

crat races and other estivities on the HuronRiver. Paddlers rom the community and a widerange o U-M units participated, includingKinesiology aculty, sta and students, andraced dragon boats to the beat o the drummer,seated at the bow. 20 paddlers lled long, nar-row wooden boats adorned with giant dragonheads and dragon scales on the sides. Organizedby the Center or Chinese Studies, Director

James Lee said the races helped bring the Uni-versity and community o Ann Arbor togetherand generated excitement about the theme year.

NBC Olympics Interviews U-M Students or InternshipsU-M was selected as one o a handul o schools where NBC Olympics interviewed

students or internships during the upcoming Summer Games in Beijing, China.238 U-M students applied or this once-in-a-lietime opportunity, including 27Kinesiology students. 63 were oered personal interviews, including 12 SportManagement majors. Ultimately, three SM students were among the nine U-M

students selected by NBC Olympics: Jason Krochak, Michael Lippert and

Vickie Chien. Congratulations to our outstanding students! Students will receivenancial assistance rom the Oce o the President, Oce o the Provost, AlumniAssociation, LS&A and Kinesiology.

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For more inormation aboutthese or any upcoming eventsplease call (734) 647-2689 oremail [email protected].

Movement or LieAnnual Gol OutingMonday, August 18U-M Gol Course

University-wide Young AlumniReunion (Classes o 2003–08)

Friday, September 26• 5:00–7:00 pm Meet and Greet, the

Alumni Association’s Alumni Center• 6:00 p.m. Pep Ral ly, Diag• 10:00 p.m.–2:00 a.m. Wolverine

Club, Millennium Club (210 South1st Street)

Saturday, September 27• Go Maize ailgate: 3 hours beore

kicko, U-M Gol Course(between holes 1 and 9)

• Michigan versus Wisconsinime BD, Michigan Stadium

Homecoming 2008

Friday, October 3• 3:30 p.m. Career Networking with the

students, Palmer Commons• 5:30 p.m. Alumni Reception and

Awards presentation, Palmer Commons

Saturday, October 4• Go Blue ailgate: 3 hours beore

kick-o, U-M Indoor rack Building• Michigan versus Illinoisime BD, Michigan Stadium

Ohio State Game Watch PartySaturday, November 223 hours beore kick-o in New York City

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We Need Yur SupprtKinesilgy graduate students will becme the next generatin scientists, leaders, educatrs

and experts in ur eld. Gits all sizes are needed t supprt graduate students and will be

matched 1:2 by the President’s Dnr Challenge Fund. Funding r graduate students will

allw Kinesilgy t achiee these gals:

• Recruit the ery best schlars, regardless their persnal means

• Attract and retain wrld-class aculty wh want t teach an exceptinal student bdy• Inspire mentrships with leading aculty wh rely n these talented students t cnduct

cllabratie research

• Cultiate the next generatin tp researchers, teachers and practitiners

Yur cmmitment t the President’s Dnr Challenge will supprt a dierse, ibrant student bdy

whse synergetic relatinships with exceptinal aculty can adance research and academic inquiry.

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