Posted 3:23 p.m. Thursday, March 29, 2012
The Adapted Physical Activity Council has given the UW-L Center on Disability Health and Adapted Physical Activity its 2012 Program Recognition Award.
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A UW-La Crosse program in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science has received national recognition for helping persons with disabilities and preparing professionals in the field.
The Adapted Physical Activity Council has given the UW-L Center on Disability Health and Adapted Physical Activity its 2012 Program Recognition Award. The award recognizes the center for enhancing high-quality physical activity opportunities for people with disabilities. The center, established in 1972 as the Special Populations Program, provides health and physical activity services for area people with disabilities, while providing UW-L students professional development in working adapted physical activity.
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The Adapted Physical Activity Council also recognized current UW-L students and alumni working with adapted physical education.
Students Rachel Smith and Ashley Zimmerman received the 2012 Master Student Recognition Award for coordinating UW-L’s adapted physical activity mentoring community service program. “They are outstanding academic students in addition to providing leadership, service and inspiration in adapted physical activity,” says Professor Garth Tymeson, a faculty member in the UW-L center. Other center professors include Manny Felix, who directs the center, and Pat DiRocco.
Also, 1988 UW-L program graduate Lauren Liebermann, currently a professor at the State University of New York at Brockport, received the 2012 Professional Recognition Award. Liebermann has published 13 books, more than 80 articles and has received more than $800,000 in grants in her efforts to promote adapted physical education.
The Adapted Physical Activity Council advocates, promotes and encourages programs, policies, standards, training and research in physical activities for special populations. The awards were given during a conference of the American Association for Physical Activities and Recreation in Boston March 15.
Find out more about the UW-L Center on Disability Health and Adapted Physical Activity at www.uwlax.edu/sah/ess/sape/html/spp.htm.
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A UW-La Crosse program in the Department of Exercise and Sport Science has received national recognition for helping persons with disabilities and preparing professionals in the field.
The Adapted Physical Activity Council has given the UW-L Center on Disability Health and Adapted Physical Activity its 2012 Program Recognition Award. The award recognizes the center for enhancing high-quality physical activity opportunities for people with disabilities. The center, established in 1972 as the Special Populations Program, provides health and physical activity services for area people with disabilities, while providing UW-L students professional development in working adapted physical activity.
[caption id="attachment_10865" align="alignright" width="500" caption="A group from UW-L went to Boston to receive national recognition for their efforts with adapted physical education initiatives."][/caption]
The Adapted Physical Activity Council also recognized current UW-L students and alumni working with adapted physical education.
Students Rachel Smith and Ashley Zimmerman received the 2012 Master Student Recognition Award for coordinating UW-L’s adapted physical activity mentoring community service program. “They are outstanding academic students in addition to providing leadership, service and inspiration in adapted physical activity,” says Professor Garth Tymeson, a faculty member in the UW-L center. Other center professors include Manny Felix, who directs the center, and Pat DiRocco.
Also, 1988 UW-L program graduate Lauren Liebermann, currently a professor at the State University of New York at Brockport, received the 2012 Professional Recognition Award. Liebermann has published 13 books, more than 80 articles and has received more than $800,000 in grants in her efforts to promote adapted physical education.
The Adapted Physical Activity Council advocates, promotes and encourages programs, policies, standards, training and research in physical activities for special populations. The awards were given during a conference of the American Association for Physical Activities and Recreation in Boston March 15.
Find out more about the UW-L Center on Disability Health and Adapted Physical Activity at www.uwlax.edu/sah/ess/sape/html/spp.htm.