In the News
Health & Kinesiology
Volume 2, Issue 1 July, 2011
Congratulations to the Class of Spring 2011 What an amazing group of students... May 13th, Spring 2011 Graduation, was an amazing day for over 75 Health and Kinesiology Students and over 300 proud parents, friends and loved ones. I can personally tell you it was also a very special day for the Faculty and Staff of the Department of Health and Kinesiology. Although the Department continues to grow each and every semester, it is still small enough for the Faculty and Students to build bonds that will last far longer than their time here at UT Tyler. For those of you that are approaching graduation, look at your fellow students happy faces, for you are not that far away yourself!! Dr. Marzilli
What’s New in H&K
The Department Continues to Expand
Body Composition Laboratory (HPC) Renovation Since arriving at UT Tyler 3years ago, I have heard about the “room” where the Hydrostatic Weighing Tank was housed. I heard many horror stories about it, but until just a couple of weeks ago, I had never actually seen it. Upon seeing the room, I was pleasantly surprised by both the size of the room and the quality of the Hydrostatic Weighing Tank. Did it need some work? YES! But more importantly, did it have great potential? YES!
Based on what I saw, we have started preliminary plans for the renovation of this space to make it more than just the “room” where the Hydrostatic Weighing Tank is housed, but create a new Body Composition Laboratory! This laboratory would be a state of the art facility where students will learn and get hands on experiences with multiple types of body composition measures.
creation of a waiting room and bathroom, new carpet, and a new fresh coat of paint. I am hopeful that this new laboratory will be ready for students to use during the Fall 2011 semester. I have included a sketch of the anticipated renovations. Wish us luck!
The renovation includes the
Dr. Marzilli
February Events
Volume 2, Issue 1
Department Spotlight:
Student Travel
Under the supervision of Rebekah Grube, Head UT Tyler Athletic Trainer and Advisor to the Athletic Training program, a group of students traveled to New Orleans for the National Athletic Trainers Association Annual Meeting in June. This student trip is the 4th trip H&K students took this year. I think student travel is a great way for students to learn more about their perspective fields of study and I hope there is more travel in the years to come! Dr. Marzilli
Ms. Rebekah Grube, BS, MS Head Athletic Trainer The University of Texas at Tyler
Rebekah Grube and eight other BS Kinesiology Athletic Training Majors traveled to New Orleans for the National Athletic Trainers Association Annual Meeting June 19th— 22nd. For many of you that don’t know, National and State meetings are a very important way for you to start networking and to stay up to date in the field of study. With over 30,000 members, the NATA annual meeting provides awesome opportunities to start creating your network. According to Rebekah, all the students really had a great time and learned a lot from this meeting. One unexpected surprise
Was that one of our former H&K Graduate students was selected to present a case study at this National Meeting. Candace St. Julian presented a paper on supraventricular tachycardia in college female basketball athletes. “We are very proud of Candace for being selected to present at the NATA convention,” said Rebekah Grube, UT Tyler’s head athletic trainer. “It is quite an honor and says a great deal about Candace’s knowledge and abilities.” Not only does it say a lot about Candace, but having former students give National presentations is awesome for our Department too! I hope more of you do this in the years to come. To make sure we have a greater presence at State and National meetings, I have asked the Faculty to provide me at least one meeting for Health, Kinesiology, Physical Education and Athletic Training majors for the 2011-2012 academic year! I will make it my priority that you get to travel to these professiona meetings and represent UT Tyler and the Department. Dr. Marzilli
Message From the Chair of Health and Kinesiology
Dr. Scott Marzilli Can you believe that we are already 1/2 through the summer? That is just amazing to me. For those of you that took advantage of the “Staying Connected” Summer Online program, well I hope it is going well for you!!! For everyone else, I hope you are getting ready for an exciting 2011-2012!!! I just wanted to use this month to share with you a little about my vacation in California with my Family. As many of you know, my entire family lives in Southern California. My family includes my Mom, my Dad and my two brothers. Although I would consider us very close, I have lived away from my family now for almost 16 years! In fact, Texas is the closest I have lived to my family in over 11 years. Well I had the best 30 days imaginable. It was amazing how important the little things were to me. I was able to drive my Mom to work every morning and meet her for lunch every afternoon. My entire family had dinner together almost every night! It was kinda funny, I almost felt like I was
back in high school again, but this time, unlike over 20 years ago, I savored every minute of the time I got to spend with my family. In fact, some of the most memorable times were when we were just doing the little things together. I can’t tell you how amazing it felt to be home, to be with my family, and to be able to create these amazing memories! I only share this with you because many of you live very close to your parents and family and you may be able to see them each and every day. Take this time, take as much time as you can, to spend with your family and loved ones for tomorrow is never promised to us! Anyway, I hope you have a great 4th of July!!!
Tip of the Month I only have one tip for the month of July and that is to stay COOL. After spending 30 days in Southern California with an average temperature of 75 degrees, coming back to Tyler, TX this month has been a killer. I honestly thought that I was running slower outside because my shoes were melting and sticking to the street!! Really, 105 degrees!! Anyway, find any fun and exciting ways to stay cool this summer and if you are going to exercise outside, make sure you do it early in the morning and stay hydrated! Well, stay COOL this summer. Dr. Marzilli