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Academics: School of Arts & Sciences:
Sports Studies and Physical Education
“The SSPE Department offers students a wide range of knowledge and skills. From our multiple concentrations and our top-notch faculty, the SSPE department can prepare you for any career in athletics!”
- Drew Praster, graduating SSPE major
The job market is booming in the field of Physical Education, with graduates receiving immediate job opportunities in elementary, middle, high schools and more!
Our Sports Studies and Physical Education Department is full of options to fit your interests like:
Not only do the faculty in our SSPE department have top degrees, many have extensive "real world" experience in physical education, teacher education, and coaching. That experience helps students connect the classroom lectures with real world settings.
The connection is developed even stronger through the interactive training with local school students and Chowan’s Internship Advantage.
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Dennis Helsel Interim Chair, SSPE |
“Quality students in a one on one environment.”
Education:
- BS in Engineering Sciences, United States Military Accademy
- MA in Mathematics, The Pennsylvania State University
- Med in Sports Management, The Pennsylvania State University
Courses Taught:
- Calculus for Business Majors
- Precalculus
- Calculus
- SSPE 350, Event Management/Risk management
- SSPE 475, Sport Finance
Awards:
Business Manager of the Year, CABMA
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Seok Yoon, PhD. Assistant Professor |
“Education is knowing where to go to find out what you need to know; and its knowing how to use the information you get."
Education:
- Dr. Seok Yoon received his B.S. degree in Physical Education from Yonsei
- University in Seoul, Korea. He received his Master’s degree in Exercise
- Physiology at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.
He earned his doctoral degree in the area of Health Physical Activity Behavior at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.
Dr. Yoon joined to work at Chowan in 2008.
Courses Taught:
- Fitness/Nutrition
- Health
- Nutrition
- Kinesiology/Biomechanics
- Research and Evaluation in PE and Exercise Science
- Exercise Physiology
Publications:
Yoon, S. (2004). “Resistance exercise and resting metabolic rate.” Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 75(1), A-15.
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Jim Hammond Instructor of Sports Studies & Physical Education Coordinator for Physical Education/ Teacher Education |
“I am looking forward to teaching in the SSPE Department and working with Chowan students. I feel my experience in teaching, administration, counseling, coaching and consulting will be of great asset in preparing students for their future careers.”
Education:
- Otterbein College - B.A. Health and Physical Education
- Xavier University of Ohio – M.Ed. Health and Physical Education
- Xavier University of Ohio – M.Ed. Guidance and Counseling
Courses Taught:
- Foundations of Physical Education and Sport
- Administration of Physical Education and Sport
- Methods of Teaching Health and P. E. in the Elementary School
- Methods of Teaching Health and P .E. for the Middle and Secondary School
- Teaching Individual and Dual Sports
- Teaching Team Sports
- Adapted Physical Education
- Directed Student Teaching in Health and Physical Education
Awards:
- Rolling Hills Schools (Ohio) Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame
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Tiffin University Athletic Hall of Fame