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  • HHS McNair Scholars – 2018

    The Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program is an initiative of the United States Department of Education. The goal of the McNair Program is to increase the enrollment of students, from historically under represented groups, in science and graduate programs across the country. Ronald McNair was a physicist and astronaut. … Continued


  • Food Recovery Network at UNCG

    Food Recovery Network at UNCG

    The Food Recovery Network is an extensive network of college student groups across the nation who are passionate about fighting hunger and food waste in their communities.


  • New Faculty and Staff – Fall 2018

    New Faculty and Staff – Fall 2018

    New Faculty and Staff – Fall 2018


  • Homecoming 2018

    A few photos from the HHS table on Homecoming weekend 2018 ! Jonathan Lucas, HHS Alumni Association Board, and Bob Strack Homecoming crowd HHS table at Homecoming manned by Larissa Witmer and Jonathan Lucas Rebecca Hoggarth mans a table for the CSD Speech Pathology Program Health Coaches HHS table at … Continued


  • Keep Calm and Cool on Medical Care at the Falmouth Road Race

    Keep Calm and Cool on Medical Care at the Falmouth Road Race

    What if I told you that you could save someone’s life with just a tub filled with ice and water? While some people might be skeptical, if you were to ask any of the runners treated for Exertional Heat Stroke (EHS) throughout the history of the Falmouth Road Race, I think they would agree.


  • Welcome! HHS Students – 2018


  • HHS Announces New Joint PhD in Social Work Between UNCG and NC A&T

    https://news.uncg.edu/unc-system-approves-joint-phd-in-social-work/


  • Dr. Mike Perko from PHE Honored with the 2018 UNC System Teaching Award

    https://news.uncg.edu/mike-perko-excellence-teaching-unc-system/#:~:text=Mike%20Perko%20recognized%20for%20excellence%20in%20teaching%20by%20UNC%20System,-Posted%20on%20April&text=The%20University%20of%20North%20Carolina,Award%20for%20Excellence%20in%20Teaching.


  • Keynote Speaker Meredith Powers Presents at United Nations Annual Social Work Day

    Keynote Speaker Meredith Powers Presents at United Nations Annual Social Work Day

    Dr. Meredith Powers, Assistant Professor in Social Work, was recently invited to New York as a keynote speaker at the United Nations on Sustainable Development Goals, Climate Change, and Social Work as part of the 35th Annual Social Work Day.


  • Health and Wellness Expo

    https://news.uncg.edu/health-human-sciences-health-wellness-expo/


  • Lawther Lecture Spring 2018 – Steve Silverman

    Lawther Lecture Spring 2018 – Steve Silverman

    “Using Research to Understand School Physical Education” Dr. Silverman’s lecture will honor the memory of Dr. Cathy Ennis, Kinesiology faculty from 2008 -2017.


  • The Long Game: Tom Martinek

    The Long Game: Tom Martinek

    As a young education professor in the 1970s and 1980s, Dr. Tom Martinek was interested in the impact of teacher expectations on students — the Pygmalion effect. He was preparing future PE teachers and working to understand how things like “learned helplessness” might affect students.


  • Teaching Black Men How to Talk to Their Sons 91 Sex

    Teaching Black Men How to Talk to Their Sons 91 Sex

    Naomi Prioleau of WUNC reports on UNCG professor Tanya Coakley’s research on how black men talk to their sons about sexual health.


  • HHS Scholarship Highlights – 2018

    2017-2018 Scholarship Awardees


  • Hitting His Stride – Jason Moody

    Hitting His Stride – Jason Moody

    It started with a rolled ankle during a daily run. That’s when undergraduate Jason Moody first thought about the body’s biomechanics. How did his ankle turn, and what did it mean? That question ultimately led him to the Department of Kinesiology.


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