UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN • FALL 2002

Energy, progress, positive change.In all of its definitions, the word movement

describes the dynamic state of kinesiology today.Movement encompasses the scientific study of human motion, the

importance of activity on growth and development, the role of sport in society, the exploration of new directions, and emerging trends.

brings you research findings and thoughtful insights on developments in kinesiology, as well as continuing updates

on faculty, students, and your fellow alumni.

From the Dean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Making a Difference in Athletic Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Development News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Honor Roll of Donors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Student News

Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Honors Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Alumni Profile: Scott Mial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Alumni News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

International News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

UM President Mary Sue Coleman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Division News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

IN THIS ISSUE

Published two times a year by:University of MichiganDivision of Kinesiology401 Washtenaw AvenueAnn Arbor, MI 48109-2214

Office of the Dean (734) 764-5210Office of Development (734) 615-4272Office of Alumni Relations (734) 647-2696UM Alumni Association (734) 764-0384

Beverly Ulrich, Professor and DeanJeff Freshcorn, Director of DevelopmentShelly Kovacs, Director of Alumni RelationsCheryl Israel, Writer and EditorRobin Little, Contributing WriterPat Materka, Contributing Writer Editorial Assistants: Katie Eggly, Erin Fowler,

Kristin Reis

Web Site: www.kines.umich.edu/

Making a Differencein Athletic Training

(See page 2)

Alumni Profile: Dr. Scott Mial (See page 12)

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FROM THE DEAN

Clear signs that fall is upon us are evident all around. The temperatures in AnnArbor are cool and pleasant, campus is alive with people and activities, and stu-dents and cars vie once again for the right of way on State Street. There can beno doubt that a new academic year is well under way!

Whether we are at the start of an academic year or mid-year, one thing wecan count on at Michigan is—things change. Change is inevitable and even nec-essary for an academic setting like ours to remain viable and vibrant. For exam-ple, the faculty constantly monitors our curricula and initiates revisions toreflect changing societal needs and in response to growth in the disciplinaryknowledge base. Faculty in our Sport Management and Communication (SMC) program recently determined that substantive curricular changes were needed. They are moving this major toward a second-level admissionwith an increase in the pre- and post-requisite courses in order to strengthen the sport business core of this under-graduate degree. The Athletic Training program faculty also instituted practicum and course-related changes aspart of our review for certification of our curriculum by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied HealthEducation Programs (see story on page 2). Our faculty ranks are changing too! Dr. Richard Luker (see page 19)joined us in September, part-time, as an Adjunct Associate Professor of SMC. Dr. Kathy Babiak will join us inJanuary as an Assistant Professor in the SMC program. Watch for an article about her in the next issue ofMovement. Many new students arrived on campus this fall too, causing another change, the sort that we thrive on. We have approximately 750 undergraduates and 30 full-time graduate students this year. Thesenumbers represent stable enrollment at the undergraduate level compared to last year and a strong increase in the number of full-time, fully-funded doctoral students. Thanks to the efforts of faculty and alumni the sources of funding for graduate students are growing steadily via federal research, training grants, and endowments. All in all, I believe these examples validate the old adage, change is good!

I hope you’ll be able to join us very soon to talk with faculty, students, and me about these changes, firsthand. Our Alumni Reunion on October 25th will present more opportunities than ever to socialize with fellowalums, meet faculty and staff members, and catch up on current events in Kinesiology. We’ve organized an openhouse and tour of the Kinesiology building from 3:30-5:30 p.m. the same day. Current students will be on hand to “meet and greet” you throughout the building, and faculty will be talking about our programs and researchactivities.

In this issue of Movement we celebrate the alumni and friends who made monetary gifts to Kinesiologybetween July 1, 2001 and June 30, 2002. Thank you for these most valuable contributions. Such gifts make a significant difference in the teaching, research, and service programs in the Division. They allow us to do manythings that we would otherwise be unable to do or could not do as well. Students and faculty really notice theimpact your support provides.

On behalf of the students, faculty, and staff of Kinesiology, I wish you good health and much happiness.Enjoy Movement!

Best wishes,

Beverly D. UlrichProfessor and Dean

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MAKING A DIFFERENCEIN ATHLETIC TRAINING

These are exciting times indeed forthe undergraduate athletic training

education program in the Division ofKinesiology. Under the leadership of Dr.Paul Borsa, the program has a new focusand a new direction for the futurebecause it will be receiving nationalaccreditation starting in January 2003.There is also a proposal to create aDevelopment and Sport MedicineResearch Center in collaboration with

the Departments of IntercollegiateAthletics and Orthopaedic Surgery.Where did athletic training begin andwhat do these developments mean forthe athletic training education program?

HISTORY OF ATHLETIC TRAINING AT MICHIGAN“Prior to 1996, athletic training was ahidden curriculum,” said Joyce

Lindeman, professor emerita. Studentsinterested in athletic training completeda basic and advanced athletic trainingcourse and volunteered on an informalbasis with the Department of Athletics.They rotated with different teams andwere supervised by members of the ath-letic training staff.

Paul Schmidt and Dave Ralstonfrom the Department of Athleticsapproached Kinesiology about collabo-ration. Lindeman and HarryMcLaughlin met with them to beginmoving athletic training toward a degreeprogram. “Students could take one oftwo tracks—one, an internship programcombined with coursework, followed byan exam; or two, an athletic trainingprogram curriculum, followed by anexam for certification,” said Lindeman.

When the Department of Athleticsdecided to pursue national accreditationfor the program, it needed to find anacademic home base. It seemed a per-fect fit for the Division of Kinesiology.In 1996, athletic training became thefourth major in Kinesiology. “Pat VanVolkinburg took the program fromthere,” said Lindeman, who retired in2000.

ATHLETIC TRAINING TODAYThe current education program is a col-laborative effort between the Division ofKinesiology and the Department ofAthletics. The program offers a well-rounded combination of academiccourse work and clinical experiencesthat educate students in the prevention,treatment, and rehabilitation of sport-related injuries and illnesses for athletesand other physically active populations.Students in the athletic training educa-tion program are required to completecoursework in anatomy, physiology,

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therapeutic modalities, clinical evalua-tion, and therapeutic rehabilitation, aswell as courses related to health, nutri-tion, and exercise physiology. The pro-gram has established both on-campusand off-campus clinical affiliates, withover fifteen clinical instructors, who provide the field experience so that students can put the theories learned in the classroom into practice.

Students are selected for the athlet-ic training education program after completing the necessary admissionrequirements. This is usually done dur-ing the second term of the students’freshman year. At the end of that term,students can then formally apply to theathletic training education program.This is a three-year competency-basedprogram that consists of six semesters ofcoursework, coupled with clinical expe-riences under the direct supervision ofprogram faculty and approved clinicalinstructors. Athletic training studentshave exposure to a variety of clinicalinstructors, settings, and patient popula-tions. Student athletic trainers alsointeract with a variety of allied medicalprofessionals, including the physicianstaff for UM athletics. They include two orthopaedic surgeons (Dr. JamesCarpenter and Dr. John Kuhn) and twointernists (Dr. Amy Bohn, a Kinesiologyalumna, and Dr. Daniel Hendrickson).The program also utilizes several off-campus affiliated clinical sites, includingPioneer High School, Pfizer GlobalResearch and Development, andMedSport.

Upon completion of the academicand clinical education requirements, stu-dents are eligible to sit for the nationalcertification exam given by the NationalAthletic Trainers’ Association’s (NATA)Board of Certification. In most states,certification is required to practice ath-letic training. Certified athletic trainers(ATCs) work in high schools, sportsmedicine clinics, colleges and universi-ties, and corporate wellness settings.Most students with a baccalaureatedegree continue their education in athlet-ic training/sports medicine graduate programs or in other allied health pro-fessional programs, such as occupational

therapy, physical therapy, physicianassistant, or medicine.

THE TRANSITION TO ACCREDITATIONPrior to fall term 2002, the athletictraining education program functionedas an internship program, whichrequired students to complete severalcore athletic training courses, coupled

with 1500 hours of supervised clinicalexperiences. Any student who met theinternship requirements could take thecertification exam. Under nationalaccreditation standards and guidelines,the program will be more competency-based (qualitative), as opposed to hour-based (quantitative).

As of 2004, the NATA is eliminat-ing the internship route to certification.As a result, all existing internship pro-grams have the option of either applyingfor national accreditation or being elimi-nated. In order to become nationallyaccredited, athletic training educationprograms have to demonstrate compli-ance with established standards andguidelines. Dr. Paul Borsa was hired in 1999 to spearhead the accreditation

process for Kinesiology’s undergraduateathletic training program.

The accreditation of the athletictraining education program signifieschanges in two arenas: educational competencies and clinical proficiencies.Competencies are content or subjectmatter areas that each program isrequired to include, and clinical profi-ciencies are the demonstration of hands-on clinical skills, where the students areputting classroom theory into practice.Accordingly, the program faculty andaffiliated clinical instructors have incor-porated educational components into thestudents’ clinical experiences. Athletictraining students gain a variety of expe-riences from working with student ath-letes under the supervision of a clinicalinstructor. Students are intimatelyinvolved with all aspects of sports healthcare at UM. Each day athletic trainingstudents are involved with pre-practicetreatments and prophylactic taping, eval-uating injuries, and providing immediatecare, as well as long-term planning ofrehabilitation programs for injured ath-letes. Dr. Borsa works closely with theprogram’s affiliated clinical instructors tocreate the best learning opportunities possible for the athletic training students.

ATHLETIC TRAINING DIRECTOR:DR. PAUL BORSAEver since high school, Dr. Borsa hashad a long-standing interest in sportmedicine. He suffered his share ofinjuries, but he and his teammates didnot have access to a certified athletictrainer or anyone qualified to evaluateor treat them properly. As a result,recovery was prolonged and painful.After graduating from high school,Borsa matriculated to the University of Pittsburgh to study athletic training.After graduation, he became certifiedand gained experience working as anATC in various athletic training settingsincluding a sports medicine clinic, highschool, university and professional foot-ball team before enrolling in graduateschool. Borsa prefers working withinjured athletes, as opposed to a diseasepopulation (i.e. those with arthritis or

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stroke victims), because “even thoughthey get injured a lot, athletes recoverquicker and are usually more compliantthan non-athletes.”

Dr. Borsa received his B.S., M.S.,and Ph.D. degrees at the University ofPittsburgh, whose undergraduate athletictraining program has been nationallyaccredited since the early 1980s. Priorto coming to UM, Dr. Borsa was anassistant professor at Oregon StateUniversity, which also has an accreditedundergraduate athletic training program,thus making him uniquely qualified tomake the necessary changes to complywith accreditation standards. In addi-tion to being excited about being thedirector of the athletic training educa-

tion program, Borsa was attracted toUM because he saw it as a great place toadvance his research program—given allof the resources UM has to offer, such asthe medical and engineering schools anda nationally recognized athletic program.

RESEARCHDr. Borsa’s research focuses on the pre-vention, evaluation, and management ofshoulder and upper extremity injuries.He notes that there are differencesbetween overuse related injuries andtraumatic injuries. In upper extremityintensive sports, such as swimming,

gymnastics, tennis, and baseball, you seean abundance of overuse injuries; where-as in collision sports, such as football,wrestling, and field hockey, you seemainly traumatic injuries. Borsa is mostinterested in overuse injuries becausethey seem to be the hardest to treat andheal.

As part of his research program,Borsa is investigating differencesbetween men and women in sport-relat-ed injuries. Gender-specific injury pat-terns have begun to emerge that are bothinteresting and disturbing. For example,women are four to eight times more like-ly to suffer an ACL (anterior cruciateligament) tear then men. Researchersthink that these injury patterns are due

to anatomical and physiological differ-ences between men and women.Hormone fluctuations in women createchanges in connective tissue, making itmore flexible and more pliable, andtherefore more prone to injury.

Borsa has also been studying vari-ous movement and strength variables ofthe shoulder in order to identify risk fac-tors for injury and to develop ways toreduce or eliminate those risks. Normallyphysically active females have beenshown by Borsa to demonstrate moreshoulder joint laxity than similarly activemales.

Borsa notes a growing push forevidence-based research. There is a clear need for more long-term studiesthat show the effectiveness of variouspreventative and treatment interventionsfor sports-related injuries. In addition,research is needed to determine whichmodalities and therapeutic exercises aremost effective for managing injuries, aswell as finding ways to prevent injuriesfrom occurring in the first place.

Borsa takes an interdisciplinaryapproach to his research by collaboratingwith faculty in various academic unitsacross campus. These include colleaguesin the Departments of BiomedicalEngineering, Orthopaedic Surgery,Radiology, and Occupational Health.

NEW DIRECTIONS FOR ATHLETIC TRAININGThe field of athletic training is branchingout beyond working with just athletes.Athletic trainers are now working withthe physically active in worksite wellnessprograms, as well as with pediatric andyouth sport populations. Pfizer GlobalResearch and Development in AnnArbor is an affiliated clinical site for UMathletic training students. Pfizer hashired a certified athletic trainer whoworks with employees who are injuredwhile on the job. The injuries seen inthis setting are very similar to injuriesthat are seen in the athletic population.

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They include overuse and repetitivestrain injuries. Athletic trainers are ide-ally suited for workplace employmentbecause they have both the training andthe experience to treat these types ofinjuries. “The addition of Pfizer as anaffiliated clinical site has been greatexposure for our students, as some ofthem may seek employment in this venueafter they graduate. In the future, wehope to establish more affiliated clinicalsites so that our students gain exposureto an even greater variety of workplacesettings,” said Borsa.

The NATA is focusing researchdollars on pediatric and youth popula-tions. Young athletes need specializedhealth care that coaches, in general, areunprepared to provide. Children whocontinue to compete following an injury,perhaps because the coach does notunderstand the nature of the injury, canexperience chronic problems. Borsawould like to see his research becomemore involved with participants in UMsummer sport camps by conducting hisresearch on these young athletes.

A further trend in sports healthcare is an emphasis on prevention.Athletic trainers are designing exerciseand weight training programs for thephysically active and athletes to preventinjuries. Dr. Borsa and Ph.D. studentJason Scibek are working with the men’sand women’s swimming teams to devel-op and implement dry-land preventativetraining programs. Swimmers sufferfrom a variety of overuse injuriesbecause of the repetitive nature of thesport. Repetitive and forceful use of theshoulder places these athletes at highrisk for shoulder overuse injuries.Certain muscle groups become overde-veloped and others become underdevel-oped. Borsa and Scibek’s goal is torestore balance and proper function.They will be assessing selected kinematicand kinetic variables of the shoulder,looking for abnormal patterns that maypredispose these athletes to injury. Thesecond part of the plan is to develop andimplement a preventative interventionprogram aimed at restoring normal

movement and strength patterns. Theprogram will include neuromusculartraining, close kinetic chain exercises(i.e., push-ups), and weight trainingusing tubing or Therabands. Both Borsaand Scibek are impressed with the will-ingness of the swimming coaches toallow them to incorporate their researchwith the teams existing training pro-grams.

Another interesting change in thefield is the predominance of women inundergraduate athletic training programsand the workforce. The majority of thecurrent Kinesiology students in the ath-letic training undergraduate program arewomen, which mirrors a national trend.Over fifty percent of the members of the NATA are women, and if the trendcontinues that percentage will rise. Theincrease in women athletic trainers isprobably a reflection of Title IX, whichguaranteed gender equity in collegiateathletic programs nationwide. This law was monumental in providing moreopportunities for women in sports health care.

A DEVELOPMENT AND SPORTMEDICINE RESEARCH CENTERThe Division of Kinesiology, theDepartment of Athletics, and theDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery arepoised to establish the UM Developmentand Sport Medicine Research Center.The goal of the center would be todevelop high-quality research that integrates sports performance and sportmedicine to address the prevention andtreatment of athletic injuries. It wouldprovide further clinical opportunities for Kinesiology students, as well asorthopaedic surgery and internal medicine residents.

The proposed UM Developmentand Sport Medicine Research Centerwould include three divisions: sports epi-demiology and education; whole bodyand joint kinematics/biomechanics; andtissue, cell, and gene research. Sportsepidemiology and education would studydifferent populations of athletes to better

understand their risks for injury, so thatprevention strategies can be developedand tested. The whole body and jointkinematics/biomechanics division woulduse the resources and personnel of theDivision of Kinesiology to study wholebody kinematics as methods of betterdefining the risks and mechanisms ofinjury identified by the epidemiologicalstudies mentioned above. Orthopaedicresearchers could use this data to develop computer models, or conductresearch using cadaver materials or ani-mal models, to study these mechanismsin more detail.

Tissue, cell, and gene researchwould then take this information anddevelop models for injury on the micro-scopic level. This would include defin-ing the location and magnitude of injuryto the cellular structures, detailed assess-ment of tissue repair, developing methods for augmenting these repairprocesses with growth factors, tissueengineering, or gene therapy.

In athletics, it has been difficult tobring the research findings to the playingfield. The proposed Center would provide an environment for the globalstudy of sports performance and injurythat would provide a better approach tostudying sports science and clearly facili-tate the translation of sports medicineresearch to the coaches and athletes,substantially reducing the risk for injuryand enhancing athletic performance.Borsa sees tremendous potential atMichigan for the center, which wouldattract graduate students to the Divisionof Kinesiology.

The move to accreditation of the athletic training education programand the planning for the Developmentand Sport Medicine Research Centerdemonstrates how far athletic training atMichigan has come in its short, six-yearhistory. With Dr. Borsa’s leadership inboth of these endeavors, athletic traininghas a very bright future.

— Robin Adelson Little

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DEVELOPMENT NEWS

Gift AnnouncementsWe are pleased to announce the follow-ing gifts:

The Blue Cross Blue Shield ofMichigan Foundation awarded DaleUlrich, Rosa Angulo-Kinzler, and BeverlyUlrich $10,000 in research funds fortheir selection as outstanding researchpublication on a health interventionissue (published in Pediatrics). Thefunds from the Research ExcellenceAward will be used to support theirongoing work on persons with Downsyndrome.

The estate of Jeanne C. Galley(’45) gave a $10,000 gift, which will beused to establish the Jeanne C. Galleyscholarship for female students in theDivision of Kinesiology.

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Undesignated giving is one of the most important ways you can support Kinesiology. This type of Annual Fund support

allows the Dean to use funds where they are needed most. Kinesiology knows how to stretch a dollar, but costs for

higher education continue to rise. The support of alumni and friends is vital to our growth. Because of your generous

contributions, we are able to continue offering the education and facilities our students need to be the “leaders and best.”

We ask that you consider giving a gift to Kinesiology before the end of 2002. Please use the form below. You

may also contact Jeff Freshcorn at (734) 615-4272 or by email at freshco@umich.edu for information about other

giving opportunities.

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SUPPORTING KINESIOLOGY

The Christopher Reeve ParalysisFoundation awarded Dan Ferris with$150,000. The grant will be used todesign and test a pneumatically-poweredbilateral hip-knee-ankle-foot orthosis forassisting locomotor training after spinalcord injury. The funds will be distrib-uted over three years.

The Steelcase Foundation awardedDale Ulrich with $150,000. The fundswill support the ongoing work throughthe Center for Motor Behavior in Downsyndrome on early treadmill training forinfants with Down syndrome, as well as the ongoing work on children withcerebral palsy. The gift will directly sup-port the hiring of a physical therapist toassist with the training. The funds willbe distributed over three years.

Honor RollPublishing the honor roll is a pleasurefor all of us in Kinesiology. It is ouropportunity to show our appreciation tothe people who have supportedKinesiology with contributions this pastyear. We appreciate your recognition,we appreciate your financial support,and we appreciate your continuedinvolvement as part of the Kinesiologyfamily. We would like to introduce youto our new giving category designations:

Dean’s Circle ($10,000 and above)Kinesiology Leaders ($5,000-$9,999)Kinesiology Partners ($1,000-$4,999)Kinesiology Society ($100-$999)Kinesiology Friends ($1-$99)

Thank you for your support!

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honor roll of donorsThis list represents gifts receivedbetween July 1, 2001 and June30, 2002. If your name hasbeen omitted or presented incor-rectly, please notify KinesiologyGift Records, 401 Washtenaw,Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2214,or e-mail kin.alum@umich.edu.

Dean’s Circle ($10,000 and above)

American Heart Association, Inc.Excell FoundationJeanne C. Galley TrustEmily and Eugene GrantNora A. MaloyChristopher Reeve Paralysis

Foundation

Kinesiology Leaders ($5,000-$9,999)

Anonymous Donor

Kinesiology Partners ($1,000- $4,999)

Abbott Laboratories FundMark J. AltonAnonymous DonorDonna and Mitchell EpsteinMr. and Mrs. Stephen J. GalettiRuth W. HarrisJanet and Dave HartmannJane Q. and Urbane W. HirdMary and David KerenBetty Jane and Peter KinyonRita and Robert LacherRobert S. Lawson and Janet

Osgood LawsonMinneosta Mining and

Manufacturing Foundation, Inc.Shirley R. NelsonVernie and Gordon NethercutBarbara Osborne OsbornNorma and Richard SarnsLinda and Arnold SchaferMarjorie M. SellB. H. Semler Family FoundationJanet and Michael ShatuskyLucile M. SwiftDr. George A. WadeSusan Pollay and Bruce WatkinsMary Lou and Paul WilliamsEve and Steven Yavers

Kinesiology Society ($100-$999)

AXA FoundationDiane R. AlbrightNicholas AlexanderBP Amoco FoundationBTM Capital CorporationBeverly M. BagozziAlice and Daniel BaileyMary Alice and Peter BankertCheryl D. BarkovichElizabeth and Jay BastenMary Collins Beacom

Dr. Diane L. BechelPatricia and Spaniel BennettBlue Cross/Blue Shield of

Michigan FoundationShelly and Harvey BermanDr. Diane L. Bechel Drina and Marvin Oliverio BoluytElizabeth Ann BousfieldBranch Insurance Agency, Inc.Claudia Brantley CouncilRebecca and James BroderickAmy and Charles BrooksMrs. David J. BrophyJenny L. BrossFred R. Brown, Jr.Richard S. BrownDr. Susan H. BrownDr. Michael H. BuchMr. and Mrs. William D. BurtonDr. Patricia A. Butler Margaret and Donald CanhamSharon and Joseph CarforaDr. Helen Stewart CartyDr. Julius S. CohenComerica, Incorporated Julie and Ray CooleyCarol CrawfordDr. Carol L. CrossNancy and James CuddebackMarnie Culligan and Lawrence N.

ParrottDaimlerChrysler FundDr. Patricia J. DaugertAnn and Gregory DeFreytasGay A. DelangheMr. and Mrs. Herbert W. DeromediEleanor A. DoersamLois Ann DohnerMary and David DrakeMr. and Mrs. Donald E. DufekSheri R. and William F. DufekMr. Robert L. DunnDr. Pat EdwardsMr. and Mrs. Sheldon EllisMr. and Mrs. Steven L. EvansJane and Cyrus FarrehiMary M. FarrehiDr. Joan E. FarrellVirginia E. and Ford J. FegertMr. and Mrs. Dean E. FinkbeinerJohn P. FoleyFord Motor Company FundBarbara E. ForkerMarilyn A. S. and Richard L. FowlerVivian A. FrazierDr. Patty S. FreedsonVivian and Sidney FriedmanAudrey and Jeffrey R. FreshcornMr. and Mrs. Willard J. FreyTheresa and Joseph GagliardiGE FundTheresa GartnerJudith E. GassCarol and Richard GaulrappStephanie GaulrappMary Geshel and Richard K. Murphy

Karen GhironJennifer and Marc E. GoldPatricia and Gerald Ira GonserProf. and Mrs. Rodney J. GrambeauMaureen and Gennaro GranitoJ. J. Gray & AssociatesJoy and Joseph GrayMartha L. and Philip L. GrayJeri and Robert GreenCarolyn and David R. GregorySally K. GriswoldMary and David GrossmanElizabeth and William GrovesHOK, Inc Scott A. Hanel Daniel R. HarberLeah and James HayslettMr. and Mrs. John J. Heering, Jr.Eleanor and William HendershotDr. and Mrs. Robert N. HensingerShirley and Charles HigginsLorna and Mark HildebrandtMr. and Mrs. Richard L. HonigJarrett Theophus HubbardGeorgiana and Donald M. HurstSheila and Patrick Iding Mr. and Mrs. Ronald IsbellMary Ann and Dennis JenkinsJames M. JerniganAnn E. JewettJohnson & Johnson Family of

Companies Contributions FundDonna and David JohnsonErnest D. JohnsonOpal L. and William O. JohnsonConstance and Robert KaiserAnne P. KampfePatricia and Randall KampfeCarol and Richard KarsonMr. and Mrs. Earl M. KatzSharon and Leon KaufmanWalter G. Kealy Jr.Mary Lou and Charles R.

Kellermann, Jr.Zachary A. KempPeter Charles KempfMichelle and Brian KlemzGloria and Leo KoceskiWilliam E. KogenBetty Hahneman and Leonard KolbGlenn F. KossickMarian V. and Dr. Andrew J. Kozar, Sr.Joan C. and Carl A. KreagerKathleen and Gerald KroneDr. Earl A. KubotaKatherine Kurtz and Raburn HowlandLancaster ConstructionMartha R. and Rory P. LaughnaMarlene and Gary LazarusJon P. LeBaronDawn Lemirande Joanna E. and Stephen B. LindellJoyce I. LindemanBarbara M. LindsayNancy E. Lohr

Julie A. and Dr. David LohrmannDr. and Mrs. Newton C. LokenKathryn A. LongbothamMaritza LopezJudith and Ronald LupuElizabeth M. and George F. LynchThe Graduate “M” ClubDr. Susan E. MacConnieJulie and John MackenzieCathy MancinoNancy and Gerard MangieriDr. and Mrs. Steven G. ManikasJohn F. Marcum, Jr.Jane and Steven Marks Kathryn and Andrew MarshMr. and Mrs. Hoke P. MartinPat and Robert MaterkaGerald E. MatthewsGloria and Adam McClayDr. John E. McDonoughMargaret and Robert McNallyAnn A. and John A. Meranda Kristin and David MerrittLisa and Gerard MeterRobert L. MillerKaren M. MincavageElizabeth H. and William M. MooreCharles Stewart MottIrene E. and Frederick MulhauserEvelyn and William MunsonWilliam G. MyersFrances S. and Bruce K. NelsonPatrick NicholsPeggy A. and John C. NicholsMarie and Colin NisbetCarol L. OverleyKay H. PaineKathleen ParascadoloDenise and Elliott ParrMargaret E. ParrottSonya D. PayneMargaret A. PenneyRandy J. PerzJames C. PetersDr. Joan A. PhilippDonna G. and John M. PhillipsSherree and John PicchettiMarilyn and George PonkaCarol and R. Richard RayIrving and Shelby RectorHercules G. RendaMaureen and Robert RichardsonDonna and Robert RickettsDavid A. Rigan Stephen M. RinkeRandi B. RitunoSandra and Rick RivasSarah L. RoachDr. Margaret D. RobbCharles RondeauCharlotte R. RoseBobbie and Bill RossPhyllis and Monroe RowlandJeanette and Adrian SandersMargaret and Peter Sarantos

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Mr. and Mrs. Karl Schettenhelm, JrChristine F. Schneider Susan and Allan SchneiderPatricia and Robert SchulmanPhebe M. Scott Trust John H. ScrantonJane and David SeamansDr. Kenneth L. ShapiroMaryanne and Ted SimmonsMr. Kenneth G. SimmonsLisa M. SlusarskiDean Gordon SmithMichael and Vernee StevensonJodi A. StoddardDeniece and John StrackDr. Gloria M. StrutzGail and William TaitTarget Stores Inc., a Division of

Dayton Hudson CorporationMarcia M. ThalerChris Thomas-SchocDr. and Mrs. Donald B. TrowBeverly and Dale UlrichMr. and Mrs. Jon C. UrbanchekVerna and William ValleyMary F. VandenBeltKathleen amd Lawrence VannBarbara and David WallaceRebecca M. WangEllen Ward and James YoungDoreen and Walter Wegmueller Dr. and Mrs. David P. WeikartDr. Christine L. WellsKatarina and Paul WengerDr. Nancy B. WessingerAndrea and Sheldon WexlerDr. Karen N. WhiteMaureen and Michael WhiteheadThomas F. WiederWinesong, LLCIrvin C. WisniewskiMarian and Herman WissenbergWright Family FoundationThomas G. WunderFrances and Wallace WysockiMr. and Mrs. Thomas N. YoungMarie Zeledon and Jose PartidaDiana and Thomas Ziolkowski

Kinesiology Friends ($1-$99)

Tammie and Jeffrey AdduciAll Four Seasons, LLCMary Louise H. AllenNancy and Phillip AllmendingerDr. and Mrs. Thomas AlpertMarjorie and Stephen AndreaeKristin and Steven AnstandigBeth and Brian AparoLinda Foran Armstrong Jennifer T. ArndtBree and John ArvaiDebra L. AstonAthletic Medical Technology, Inc.Atlantic Sports & Family Wellness

Center, L.L.C.Mr. and Mrs. Reuben AvesianNancy and Michael BaasDr. and Mrs. Douglas S. BaribeauAdam J. BahrNancy L. BahrDoris E. and Dr. William BaileyRochelle and Donald BalacuitAndrea Pusakulich Baldridge

Colleen and Gregory BallBeverly A. BallardDeborah E. BandRosie and Mario BanuelosJudy M. BardPhilip B. BarkleySara D. BarnardJohn J. BatsakesDawn and Ronald BattaniAdel E. BeachnauCarole and Dennis BeckerVirginia BeckerDr. M. Daniel BecqueMr. and Mrs. Michael R. BeierDavid M. BelangerKristin L. BenitMichael J. BezdekVirginia R. BierwirthBig Ten ConferenceLinda Bishop and Joseph CostanzaAnn and William BirkleDr. Judith A. BischoffEmma and Maurice BissonnetteDana and James BlakePeter B. BlankEdith M. and Thomas E. BletcherMichele J. BloomAmy and Christopher BohnTheresa and James BollmanGloria and Randy BoritzSheila and Donald BornemeierMary Elizabeth BorstShelley and James BoschanPatricia BoydSusan L. BrainardJudith L. BriggsPenny and Stephen BrooksDoloris and Lawrence BrownJuliana M. BrownJennifer L. BrueyKaren and William BruinsmaDr. H. Edsel BuchananBonnie and Herbert BuchbinderSally Thomas BuckDr. and Mrs. Alphonse R. BurdiMr. and Mrs. Daniel BurlingameJudith and Stephen BurnsDiane BushRobin D. BushMarlene Studer and William CanningJessie Cason-SmithChevronTexacoTherese and Randy ChurchillMartha Jane and John ClarkDouglas E. ClementzMr. and Mrs. Thomas CliffordMr. and Mrs. John E. Codwell, Jr.Heather S. CohenLauren B. CohnTerese and Joyel W. ColeJean ColemanSandra J. and Robert L. ColemanTyke M. ColemanPhyllis E. ColvilleCommunity Care ServicesConsumers Energy CompanyJacqueline E. ConcaughContract Source Group, Inc.Kimberly and William D. CookMary and David CookNancy and Stephen CopelandCarol A. CoppersmithKaren H. CordesJudith and James Cottingham

Van S. CowanNe’Sha R. CrenshawClaire K. and John E. DahlFlorence and James DargurzAndrea J. DarlingAlma J. DavisDegloria and Douglas DawsonMartha and David DecEvelyn and Joseph DeforsMary and Thomas DeHainautIvanice and Sam DeNicoloSally J. DennisAnne E. DeptulaJoseph Parker DevereauxDr. Steven T. DevorDickinson Family Charitable FundJean and Tom DickinsonJudith L. DiehlAgnes and George DikemanMr. and Mrs. Daniel J. DiNunzioBetty and Kevin DodleyMonica and James DoettlSusan and James DolanPatricia Donahue-EbachAimee and Scott DoyneMary Jane DraperSheri R. and William F. DufekCharlotte A. DuffWilliam and Frances DwyerLaura J. DykstraClare Canham-Eaton and Donald R.

EatonPaula and Richard EdwardsJoan and Christopher ElamPatrice Marie EllerDeborah S. and E. Arnold EngsterNancy L. EricksonAnnabel ErskineMr. and Mrs. Daniel Evans, Jr.Christina and William EyersKaren and Martin C. FarberSue FedewaDorothy and Carl FehringJanet and Henry FeldhusenNancy and L. Alan FinlaysonMr. and Mrs. Richard W. ForceJoanna FordIva FordhamJane and William FrazierMarilyn K. FredaAnn and Dave GandolfErika and Marvin GansLinda F. GardnerMary Jane GarlickNancy and John GavlikAnn and David GeenenJudith K. GerdesLinda and Douglas GerkinMichael GermanMary and Jim GilcreastNorma and Jack C. GillettDouglas R. GnodtkeMelissa and Eric GoldbergSuzanne and Jeffrey GolzLouise Alice GoodenowJean and William A. GoslingDenise J. GossElizabeth A. Greaves-HoxsiePatricia and Michael P. GreenlessLianna and Guy T. GriecoJudith and Robert GrimMichael C. GrimesLaura and Dan GroningerJoan and Edward Grossman

Kris and Mel GustafsonKimberly and Charles HadlockHeidi HaiteDr. Eleanor G. HallJon K. HallNancy E. and William J. HarrisMr. and Mrs. HartKristin B. HartmannDr. John F. HayesMr. and Mrs. HeamanStacey M. HeamsJudith and Robert HeidenreichRena and Bruce HeleniakMaria G. HendricksSondra and J. Downs HeroldAlexander T. HetzeckKathleen and Paul HeynDeborah and Michael HighfieldChristine and Daniel HigleyAmy J. HillPeggy and Lloyd H. HillPatti HillierDoris K. HoffmanJanet and Bruce HolbrookSylvia and Anthony HolifieldMichael C. HollwayLouise and Donald HoltzAndrew E. HoodDr. Elizabeth S. HoppeSusan and David HorningJoan and Michael HorvathSophia and Frank Houser JoEllen C. HoutzerBrandon W. HoweHilary Hughes-Anderson and

Erick AndersonMartha and Robert S. HurleyDavid P. IngramDr. Anne E. IrwinGenevieve and Henry IsaacsonJ & S Manufacturing CompanyKristin M. JablonskiVikki JablonskiGlenda and David JamesSara and Samir JamilMichael V. JamisonPaulius J. JankusDaena M. JanusSally and Charles JarvisScott S. JefferSusan H. JenoMr. and Mrs. Tom E. JobsonJohn R. JohnsonMichael A. JollyDr. Annie Lee JonesBarbara JonesMr. and Mrs. Thomas H. JoyceBethany and Richard KadishCathy A. KalaharSamantha L. KanarekGeoffrey M. KandesAlyssa R. KantKim KaufmanElizabeth KearnsMoira and Richard KeeferKerri A. KellyKathlyn B. KennedyKent Company, Inc.Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. KerrLinda M. KieltyBradley H. KiffersteinNina and David KingAnn KirkDr. Marian E. Kneer

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Michael R. KnubleHelen and John KokinakesKaren and Philip KokoczkaKelsey E. KollenKathy and Roman KomisarekThomas G. KonecnyCraig F. KoppelmanSteven B. KravitzSharon and Joel KrischerCarol and Kenneth KulczyckiChristine and John KulkaBarbara and Joel KuppersmithConstantine LambrosCarol and James LandSteven J. LandraJessica A. LangMelissa J. LangeGertrude M. and James S. LaSovageJamie Lawrence and Robert D. HayesNancy and Richard Leach, Sr.Brent J. LederEllen Leidy and James WilhiteConnie and Francis LeMireDr. Paul M. LepleyMr. and Mrs. Stuart LevineAlbert F. Lewicki, IICarol and Stephen LielandLifetime Fitness, Inc.Cathy and Andy LijoiAnne and Robert LillieJennifer G. LinderNancy and David LinskyRobin and Roderick LittleRosemary and Walter LoescheElizabeth and Keith LogieLani J. Loken-DahleCarol and Robert LoveRuth and Elias LumpkinsJason E. LustigCara R. LyonsG. Parcells and Norbert T. MadisonDr. Susan M. MadleyAnn and Howard MadsenRosemary MalocsayLorraine and Paul MaloneyIda S. MaloyJill MaloyLuAnne and Robert MandevilleCharles MansourAnn J. MapesCynthia A. MarquardWendy L. MarshallCathy A. MartinMr. and Mrs. William C. MartinLiz G. and Dale R. MasonMamncy and Patrick McAleerMariclare and Scott McCannBarbara and John McCormickJeff M. McGeeJohn McGilliardShawn Maurice McGowanMichael Sean McGuireSusan McGuireDr. and Mrs. George E. McIntoshMarjorie McIntyreMarilyn McKinneyBarbara L. McLaughlinHarry K. McLaughlinAdele and Wayne MelchioriMarion Charvat MelodyBeatrice and Alfred MelovLaura Ann MelvinDorothy and Gary MeteerCyndy and Harlow Meno

Mary Jane MichaelsConnie L. MillerMr. and Mrs. Edwin W. MillerMr. and Mrs. Wayne H. MillerMr. and Mrs. Daniel Q. MinertChristine and Ronald MirkovichRobin M. MitchellKendis Moore and Daniel R. DrakeCatherine Moorehead and

Gregory HenryLaura B. MorganDeborah and Gregory MoriartyMr. and Mrs. Christine MulkaPatrick J. MullallyLaurie G. MurphyConstance and Barry MurrayDorothy Myhre-DonahueCathy S. NachmanMario and Patricia NapolitanoGloria E. NastasMarguerite and Kevin NealonSusan G. and W. NellerAnnette NeubauerJill N. NicholsonMary Ann and Norman NiedermeierRonald NiekroNike, Inc.Jamie M. NimphieNissi Systems, LLCSusan A. NovitskyO’Donnell Funeral Home, Inc.Geraldine C. O’MalleyMr. and Mrs. Richard O’ShaughnessyDeborah Thaeler and Mark C.

OberdoersterMichelle L. ObuhanichPhyllis M. OckerRichard W. OhngrenDr. Herbert W. OlsonDr. Judith R. OppenheimKay and Douglas OppmanMarie L. ParentiCarol and Daniel ParkerRosemary and Kenneth ParkerChristine and Timothy PaskeBarbara A. and J. Laurence PassmorePamela and Robert W. PateShirley W. and Ara G. PaulRaymond PavichevichAndrea M. PeragineLee PerezRichard Carl PeterjohnJane B. and Don PetersonDr. Ernest Jack PetoskeyJustin R. PfauthDr. Karin Allor PfeifferDr. Marianne R. PhelpsSylvia and John PhilbrookLaura K. Phy-DalyJane E. PilcherMr. and Mrs. Murray B. PlotkinJudy and Rich PodolskiKenneth J. PolkDr. Charles N. PoskanzerCaren D. PotterJudith and Michael PrevilleJulia L. PriceSusan and Steven PungSuzanne and John PurdueLinda and David RandallMichael J. RandallDr. and Mrs. James RankinJennifer M. RasmussenJan and Ray Raspatello

Siuchu and Joseto ReomaEdith and Donn ResnickRobert ResslerNancy V. RhoadesElizabeth and Clifford RiceJoshua M. RichelewNancy and George RidoutRobert N. RiterJoanne M. RockwellMary Lou and Richard RogersMichelle M. RollerBarbara and Douglas RosingSuzanne and Richard RothsteinPamela and Kevin RowseySusan and Stuart RubinAmy R. RubensteinSBC FoundationDr. Margaret Scrivo SchaeferYuri SchemidtJerry S. SchleicherMelinda and Joseph SchmidtCarol and Richard L. SchollerCarol H. SchreckJustin H. SchulmanJoseph A. SchultzDaniel C. SchwabJohn P. SchwassBarbara B. SchweigerMargaret F. SchweitzerLinda SchweizerBeverly J. SebastianFrank A. SestitoHerb SeubertJane and Jim SexsmithConstance O. ShainCoren J. ShakarianKate Jones ShareVimla SharmaMarion and Jack SherburneMerrie ShinaDenise and Murray SicilianoRonnie and Harris SilverMichelle N. Simoff-KringsLisa R. SimsLinda and Loren SingerChristopher A. SintaDebra and Greg SmithKristine K. SmithMr. and Mrs. SmokerKaren and Michael SnyderGloria SpathPamela J. Kloote and Robert SpermoMary Ellen StackRoberta and William StapletonVirginia and William StarkDenise and Marc StaudtDiana and David SteelePatricia and David SteinmullerEmily J. StenzelKay and William StepanekGloria Jadwin and David StevensonPatricia C. StoddardLindsay G. StraussEsther J. StrubleNancy H. and William S. SturgisAparna SukhtankarVirginia and Jerry SundaySondra and Max SupicaPatricia A. and J. Elmer SwansonSylvia and Frank SwirpleLinda and Gregory SykesJames Harry SytekDr. Sheryl M. SzadyNancy and Dennis Szydlowski

Edmee and Edgar TabilaDr. Dominick A. TaddonioGwen Tan and Joseph HortillosaMr. and Mrs. Robert M. TeeterDeborah TeitsmanBetty and George ThumMildred and Alfred ThomasBetty Veres ThurstonWilliam E. ThurstonDale M. TimmerPamela and Anthony TognettiRachael and Brian TownsendSheila TrevorMr. and Mrs. Richard W. TryttenEdward Anthony TurekChristina M. ValentiEvonne and Louis ValenticMary VaralliAlfred H. VargaJo Ann VarsaSharon VaughnCatherine and Frank Velasquez, Jr.Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. VolkKaren and Wayne Von WaldMark W. VugrinovichKatherine Mary WainioAnn and Jonathan WalkerSharon and David WallsmithAmy and James WalshKathleen WalterDr. and Mrs. Ronald R. WangerinMr. and Mrs. Eric D. WardenCarolyn WatkinsMelissa and Steven WatsonMichael WatsonMichelle L. WatsonMary C. and Thomas R. WeadockDiana M. WeberBarbara and Richard WeidLois WeingardenSteven A. WeinreichZelma H. WeisfeldPhilip J. WelchAudrey and Thomas WernholmRolene and Patrick WestKevin C. WestrickThomas Steven WhinhamElizabeth M. WilberJohn G. WilhelmKaren Ruth WilkinsMr. and Mrs. Alfred L. WilliamsAndrea and Kevin WilliamsBetty and Jack WilliamsMarilyn and Glen WilliamsMarilyn and George WilliamsGrace and James Wilson Karen M. WilsonRichard Lee WilsonMichele L. Frasier WingMr. and Mrs. William WinklerMr. and Mrs. Alvin L. WistertMr. Bradley J. WoehlkeMrs. Stephen K. WolfeThe Rev. Robert Lee Wolfe, Jr.Douglas R. WolkonAnne and Robert WoolleyRichard T. WrightMs. Julie A. WychulisCasandra L. YoungPhyllis and Charles Young, Jr.Susan YoungPhylis and Gilbert Zimmerman

STUDENT NEWS

“Graduates, please stand. When youput on your cap and gown this evening,your tassel should have been placed onthe right side, signifying that you hadnot yet graduated. On behalf of theBoard of Regents of the University ofMichigan, I congratulate you on yourgraduation this evening. Please moveyour tassels now, from the right to theleft! Well done!”— Dean Beverly Ulrich, addressing theKinesiology class of 2002

It was a dynamic moment that symbol-ized years of academic work, themoment that “everyone had been wait-ing for.” Family members, friends, andKinesiology faculty and staff watchedwith pride as the students performed thetraditional “changing of the tassels” andbecame graduates at the Kinesiologycommencement ceremony on April 26 in Hill Auditorium.

It was a special, festive occasion.But then, commencement is always spe-cial, with its own unique qualities,including the special guests, speakers,and award winners.

way can often lead you in an unexpecteddirection.

Pat VanVolkinburg, AcademicPrograms Coordinator, recognized recip-ients of the following student awards:

The Stephen Galetti Award:Trevor Bukstein.

The Hunsicker Memorial Award:Amy Nusholtz, undergraduate recipient;Elizabeth Wuorinen, graduate recipient.

Sara North, President of the StudentGovernment Association, presented the2002 Kinesiology Teaching ExcellenceAward, which was awarded posthu-mously to Bernard Patrick Maloy (betterknown as Pat). Pat lost a courageousbattle with cancer on November 28,2001. He had been a Kinesiology facultymember in Sport Management andCommunication for seventeen years.Nora Maloy, Pat’s widow, accepted theGolden Apple momento on behalf ofPat, and, thanking the students, said,“He loved you all so much.” There was a standing ovation as Pat was recognized.

— Cheryl Israel

This year special guests includedLawrence B. Deitch, Chair of the Boardof Regents; Lisa Tedesco, Vice Presidentand Secretary of the University; andCatherine Serrin, Vice-Chair of theMichigan Kinesiology Alumni SocietyBoard.

The commencement speaker was Dr. Angela Smith, President of theAmerican College of Sports Medicine,Orthopaedic Attending Faculty atChildren’s Hospital of Philadelphia;Clinical Associate Professor ofOrthopaedic Surgery at the University ofPennsylvania, School of Medicine; andPresident of the American College ofSports Medicine.

Undergraduate student speaker,Lacie Kaiser, used several analogies from Robert Fulghum’s poem,“Everything I Needed to Know ILearned in Kindergarten” to talk aboutissues such as taking responsibility, set-ting priorities, and giving credit to oth-ers. Jennifer Graf, the graduate studentspeaker, talked about how circuitous thejourney of pursuing an education can be,and how the things you learn along the

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Regent Emerita TrudyHuebner and DeanBeverly Ulrich

Lucille Swift AwardTerri Sanders, under-graduate recipientAlicia Valdez, graduaterecipient

Special guest Regent Emerita TrudyHuebner introduced Dean BeverlyUlrich, saying that “Bev Ulrich fits all of the qualifications for an idealKinesiology dean.”

Dean Ulrich congratulated the stu-dents “for distinguishing themselves inan undergraduate class that is full ofoutstanding students. We believe instrong academic preparation, in chal-lenging men and women to reach their

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Kinesiology recognized its most out-standing students at the sixth annualKinesiology Honors Reception, which issponsored by the Alumni Society Board.The March 17 event (yes, St. Patrick’sDay!) was held in the ChemistryBuilding. The festivities began with areception in the upper atrium, followed by the award ceremony in the auditorium.

Richard Honig, former Chair ofthe Kinesiology Alumni Society Board,gave the welcoming remarks and recog-nized recipients of the Stan KempAward. Shelly Kovacs, AssistantDirector of Student Services andDirector of Alumni Relations, recognizedthe students on the Dean’s List, AngellScholars, Branstrom Scholars, andUniversity Honors recipients. Pat Van Volkinburg, Academic ProgramsCoordinator, recognized recipients of the Laurie Campbell Award, the PhebeMartha Scott Achievement Award, thePhyllis Ocker Scholarship, and the LucilleM. Swift Honor Award. The awardrecipients were:

The Laurie Campbell AwardMelissa Belknap

The Stan Kemp AwardGerald Kewish Eric NepomucenoTerri SandersKristen SkaarShawn Truax

The Phyllis Ocker AwardCatherine Foreman

The Phebe Martha Scott AwardLauren Dolmyer

highest intellectual potential, and youhave done well. We also encourage stu-dents to extend themselves into broaderrealms through activities that build lead-ership, democratic engagement in thecommunity, respect for and a willingnessto learn from the rich diversity in oursociety, and a commitment to servingothers. You have demonstrated thatthese principles are important in yourlives, and you are well on your way tobecoming the leaders of tomorrow.”Dean Ulrich concluded with an Irishtribute, in honor of St. Patrick’s Day:

May the road rise up to meet you.May the wind be always at your back,

May the sun shine warm upon your face,The rain fall soft upon your fields,

And, until we meet again,May you always remain true to the traditions of our Maize and Blue!

— Cheryl Israel

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Imagine two giant spheres suspended inspace, volleying arcs of electricity across the ceiling. Zap. Crackle. They are likeindoor bolts of lightening.

Imagine you are six years old, staringat this spectacle with wide-eyed wonder.

Scott Mial (MS,’87) remembers it as if it were yesterday: the elementary schoolfield trip to Chicago’s Museum of Scienceand Industry, and his first encounter withthe awesome Vandegraf Generator. Itlaunched a love of science and “an insa-tiable quest for knowledge.” The journeyled him to Kinesiology’s Master of Scienceprogram, and from there to medical school.

“I think of myself as a ‘prevention-ist,’” he says. “That word is not in the dictionary yet but it captures the essence of preventive medicine. The idea is to headoff illness and injury before they occur bypromoting a healthy lifestyle.”

Mial runs the Comprehensive WellnessCentre, a family and sports medicine prac-tice at the edge of Ann Arbor. He leasespart of his space to a physical therapygroup. The proximity of the two healthcare units creates a synergy for collabora-tion and sharing resources.

Facing the desk in his small office are his sources of inspiration: photos of his children, Paige and Blake, now six andthree, and his parents, Joetta and HarryMial. Most striking is a large cloth bannerbearing the image of a handsome young soldier framed by an eagle and the Americanflag. “That was my father during WorldWar II,” Mial says. “He watches over me.”

Scott has collected mentors duringevery phase of his life, but none are moreinfluential than his parents. Joetta Mialearned a B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in education

from Michigan,and retired in1994 as principalof Ann Arbor’sHuron High School.Harry Mial, whopassed away in 2001,also did Ph.D. work atMichigan and was principal ofNorthside Elementary School.Scott and his two older brothers grew up knowing education was paramount.

The close-knit family lived onBrown Street in the shadow of MichiganStadium. Folks parked cars on theirlawn on football Saturdays, and Scottrarely missed a game, sneaking throughthe gates at halftime. “I lived andbreathed Michigan football,” he said.Working out at the IM Building, hecame in contact with Calvin Williams,Stacey Johnson, Ron Franklin, and otherstars of the 70s.

Mial played football and ran trackat Huron High School, and was active instudent government. In his senior year,he won both the Huron High CitizenshipAward and the Martin Luther KingAward for “embodying what Dr. Kingstood for.” In a graduating class of over600, these were high honors indeed.

Still fascinated by science, Scotttold his father he wanted to become aphysicist. “My father, in an atypicalmanner, said, ‘I think you’d be short-changing yourself.’ He knew that in a solitary research lab, I would missinteracting with people.”

So Mial entered MorehouseCollege, a prestigious small liberal arts college with a strong pre-med

curriculum. He thrived in the small aca-demic setting and earned a B.S. in 1982.Mial returned to Ann Arbor, and he saidabout Kinesiology, “I knew it was theplace for me. Like Morehouse, it offeredsmall classes and an opportunity to workclosely with faculty and other students.”

Professor Emeritus Joe Vaughn, Dr. Victor Katch, and Dr. Katarina Borerjoined the ranks of his mentors. AnnSmiley-Oyen, then a Ph.D. student andnow assistant professor at Iowa StateUniversity, was a helpful instructor as well.

“Scott joined another of my gradu-ate students, Carol Conn, in conductinga study on catch-up growth with ham-sters, and was listed as second authorwhen it was published in 1993,” notedDr. Borer. “Scott was optimistic, enthu-siastic about exercise, and tenacious inpursuit of his dreams and professionalgoals.”

“Katarina gave me pep talks, challenged and encouraged me. She is incredibly accomplished yet entirelydown to earth and approachable,” said Mial. “Vic Katch was also stimu-

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Scott practices what he preaches,walking or cycling three to four times aweek and alternating aerobics and resist-ance training. He avoids red meat andfast foods and takes vitamin supple-ments. His other high priorities are hischurch and his extended family, includ-ing a favorite grandfather who is “sharpas a tack and 93 years young.”

Mentored by family, teachers, andfriends, Scott Mial is turning the tables,giving back to his patients and the com-munity through teaching, research, andservice. “My father taught me anotherlesson by dying too young,” he says.“Although he was an All-American infootball and was always active, he wasalso a heavy smoker until his first heartattack. His experience illustrates theconnection between health and lifestyle,”he said.

“I want to educate the sports com-munity and the lay public that preven-tion is the key to a longer, healthier life.”

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lating and challenging. Kinesiology was exactly the preparation for medicalschool that I was looking for,” he said.

Describing his next move, Mialsmiles sheepishly. He earned his M.D. in 1993 from Michigan State University’sCollege of Human Medicine. And fol-lowing a family practice residency atWilliam Beaumont Hospital in SterlingHeights, he received a Primary CareSports Medicine Fellowship to that otherplace—Ohio State University! He wasthe team physician assigned to women’slacrosse and men’s hockey.

“The lacrosse and hockey teamswere small communal groups with spirit-ed fans and a profound love of theirsport. The players were a joy to bearound. This was a year of bliss forme.” But he never lost his loyalty toMichigan. Scott was on the field asfootball team physician when UM upsetOSU in 1996. His daughter Paige hadbeen born the day before, adding to hisbarely contained glee.

The fellowship culminated in aCertificate of Added Qualification insports medicine along with family prac-tice. The next move was to an under-served area of Charlotte, NC, wheremuch of his time was spent in emergencyand critical care. Here, the impersonali-ty and pace of the ER left him disillu-sioned and frustrated. “I realized that I want the continuity of treating peopleover their lifetime and within the contextof family,” he explains.

Which has brought him full circleback to Michigan. Mial is currently on the staff of a local hospital whilegrowing his private practice. TheComprehensive Wellness Centre pro-motes a holistic approach to medicine—one that looks beyond illness and injuryto treat the “whole” person.

Pursuant to this, Scott hopes tobuild links with Kinesiology’s Center forExercise Research and educate both ath-letes and the lay public about some ofthe biological markers—such as bloodtype or predisposition to disease—thatmight ward off illness and injury. He is

Dr. Scott Mial with clinical assistant, Ryan Richardson

also excited about creating opportunitiesfor Kinesiology students, who could utilize his facilities, gain practical experi-ence, and collaborate on research.

Just as the technology in high per-formance racing cars can be applied toeveryday vehicles, so can a world-classathlete’s training and nutrition providelessons for the general public, he said.

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From the Alumni Society BoardThe Kinesiology Alumni Society Boardinvites all alumni to make nominationsfor the annual Kinesiology Society Boardawards, in the following categories:

Achievement within Ten Years of Graduation

Awarded to a Kinesiology alumnus who has excelled in a field related toKinesiology.

Career Achievement

Awarded to a Kinesiology alumnus whohas shown outstanding professional andpersonal achievement in his/her chosenfield and/or public service in any field.

Lifetime Achievement

Awarded to an individual whose service to the Division of Kinesiologyhas enhanced and changed Kinesiology over their lifetime.

Overall Criteria for Awards

❚ Nominee must be an alumnus in goodstanding as defined by the Divisionand the Kinesiology Alumni SocietyBoard.

❚ Nomination is based on at least par-tial activity in, or support of activityin, the Kinesiology field.

❚ The nomination must be supported by another Kinesiology alumnus.

❚ Recipients must accept the award inperson (unless deceased). If a nominee cannot attend the ceremony,the award will be deferred until thefollowing year.

❚ Recipients must have earned a degree.

❚ Current Kinesiology faculty membersare not eligible, but emeritus professors may be so honored.

Would you like to nominate someone?Please contact Shelly Kovacs via mail, e-mail, or telephone:

Shelly Kovacs Director of Alumni RelationsKinesiology401 WashtenawAnn Arbor, MI 48109-2214skovacs@umich.edu(734) 647-2696

CHICAGO AND NEW YORK CITY ALUMNI RECEPTIONS

The receptions in Chicago and New York City, held on May 16 and July 23respectively, were very well received. Kinesiology alumni, friends, students,

and parents took the opportunity to meet Dean Beverly Ulrich, visit with eachother, and enjoy the ambience of a pleasant evening out. Over eighty peopleattended each event. Development Director Jeffrey Freshcorn and AlumniRelations Director Shelly Kovacs were also in attendance at both receptions.

The Chicago reception was hosted by Dean Ulrich and co-hosted by AnthonyThomas (’01) at Petterino’s Restaurant.

ALUMNI NEWS

Above: some of the Chicago reception attendees

Right: John Foley, Steve Weinreich, Jeff Freshcorn

The New York City event was hosted by Richard Hirsch at the City Athletic Club.

Above; David Schwartz andDean Beverly Ulrich at the NewYork City alumni reception

Above: New York City Alumni Reception

Below: Co-host Anthony Thomas and hisfamily at the Chicago reception

I thank all members of the facultywho have strengthened Kinesiologyover the years. I entered Michiganin 1941, left for WWII in 1943,and returned to get my B.S. in1947, and my masters in 1948. I realize how important a degreefrom Michigan has meant in mylife at this age of seventy-eight.The best counseling I can offer the present-day student is to “love every minute at Michigan, it will sustain you for a lifetime.”Go Blue!—Earl Katz (BS ’47, MS ’48)

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Connie Atia-Ahrens (BS ’72, MS ’80)will celebrate twenty years of servicewith the University of Michigan this fall.She is a Student Services Associate in the Recreational Sports Departmentunder the Athletics Department at theUniversity of Michigan. She coordinatesmarketing, promotion, publicity, clubsports programs and rentals. She taughtfor four years and coached high schoolsports for twenty seasons in varsity girlsbasketball, cheerleading, fast-pitch softball, and track and field.

Ryan Bailey, (AB ’00, MA ’01) is in her second year of law school at WayneState University. She is the President ofthe Wayne State University Sports andEntertainment Law Society.

Kim Bardakian, (AB ’95, MA ’96) is a partner in the Urban Golf GearCompany in Oakland, California. Thecompany has been receiving positivepublicity for its apparel (IBE, SFChronicle, Oakland Tribune, ESPNMagazine, “Tavis Smiley Show” on

NPR, and others), which has been worn by many celebrities, athletes, and musicians.

Judith Bischoff (PhD ’79) recentlyretired as chair after thirteen years with the Department of Kinesiology andPhysical Education at Northern IllinoisUniversity. She received the OutstandingAdministrator Award from the NationalAssociation for Physical Education inHigher Education, and the WilmaStricklin Award for Improving theClimate for Women on Campus at NIU.

Pat Bubel (AB ’56, PhD ’63) retired in 1999 from running her pet boardingbusiness in Webster Township, MI. Shenow lives in Ann Arbor and she volun-teers for several civic activities and serves on the Kinesiology Alumni SocietyBoard. She exercises five times a week.

Elizabeth Carney (BS ’99) obtained herMaster of Arts in Sports Medicine fromthe University of North Carolina atChapel Hill. She moved back to AnnArbor last July, and she worked at St.Joseph’s Mercy Hospital in the physicaltherapy clinic as a Certified AthleticTrainer. This fall she is fulfilling a hos-pital contract at Pinckney High Schoolwith the student athletes.

Jessica Cohen (AB ’99) graduated from Fordham University School of Law last spring, and she is working asan Associate at Proskauer Rose, LLP inNew York City.

Laura Cohn (BA ’01) is working for theGEM Group, a sports and entertainmentmarketing agency.

Amy DeBrecht (BA, ’02) did an intern-ship with the Detroit Red Wings thispast summer.

Michael Denike (BS ’95) completed hisinternal medicine residency and beganworking on his sub-specialty training incardiology through the Horizon HealthSystem at Henry Ford WyandotteHospital in Wyandotte, MI. He receivedhis D.O. degree from the Michigan State

University College of OsteopathicMedicine in 1999. He and his wife,Jennifer, have a daughter, Victoria.

Patty Donohue-Ebach (BSED ’85) afterworking 16 years in the field of health,fitness, and wellness (the last eight withJohnson & Johnson as an AccountExecutive overseeing Corporate FitnessCenter contracts), is taking a short breakto hang out with her three kids and takecare of business on the “homefront.” Shewill also be teaching a class this fall atOakland University in Rochester Hills, MIon, “Health Promotion Management.” Sheplans to stay in the field—for the timebeing on a limited basis—through teachingand consulting opportunities.

Christina Eyers (BS ’97) began a temporary faculty position at CentralMichigan University this fall, to teachathletic training classes and coordinatethe clinical education program. On April30, 2002 she and her husband welcomedtheir daughter, Rileigh Johanna Eyers,into the world.

Dick Honig (BS ’63, MS ‘66) is the ownerof Honig’s Whistle Stop, Inc. in AnnArbor, MI. He sells apparel and equip-ment to people who officiate sports. Hehas officiated football for thirty-nineyears, now in the Big Ten Conference;nine years in Mid American; and twenty-nine years in Division 1 football. He isbeginning his twentieth year as a referee.He is a member of the KinesiologyCampaign Steering Committee, and heserved as Chair of the Kinesiology AlumniSociety for several years. He is marriedto a UM alumna, Liana, and they havefour daughters and six grandchildren.

Scott Jeffer (BA ’94) is the AssistantGeneral Manager for the Toledo MudHens. Last April the Mud Hens movedto a forty million dollar ballpark, and inJuly they broke the all-time, single-seasonattendance record for Toledo baseball.

Lacie Kaiser (BA ’02) attends law schoolat DePaul University in Chicago.

Alumni NewsPlease remember to keep us updated onyour personal and professional news forthe next Movement issue. You can e-mailme at cisrael@umich.edu, telephone meat (734) 647-2689, or mail the “Let UsHear From You” form found on page16. We look forward to receiving your news.

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Heidi Schultz (BS ’99) graduated fromPhysician Assistant School at CentralMichigan University in 2001, and isworking in the ER at Beaumont Hospitalin Royal Oak, MI.

Catherine Serrin (BA ’94) is the Directorof Marketing for the Michigan AlumniAssociation. She is Vice Chair of theKinesiology Alumni Society Board. Sheserved as the Alumni Board spokesper-son at the Kinesiology Commencementlast spring.

Cory Shakarian (BA ’94) is an AccountExecutive with the San Francisco Giants.He has been in communication with sev-eral alumni from the Bay area and theAnn Arbor area.

Jeff Singer (BA ’00) is working with USABaseball in Tucson, specifically with theJunior Olympic tournament and theYouth National Team. The YouthNational Team competes internationallyand will be traveling to Venezuela.

Greg Stern (BA ’00) is an AssociateProducer at HBO Sports in New YorkCity. Greg worked on a documentaryabout the 1980 Olympics U.S. HockeyTeam entitled “Do You Believe InMiracles,” which was awarded anEmmy for the Outstanding SportsDocumentary of 2001.

Lindsay Strauss (BA ’01) is working insales for the National Lacrosse League at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado.

Shavannia Williams (BA ’98) is living in Washington, D.C. and working on an assignment with Edelman PRWorldwide.

Alecia Willie (BS ’01) is a Hospital CareInvestigator at the Bellevue HospitalCenter in the New York City Health & Hospitals Corporation. In the futureshe plans to pursue a Master's of PublicHealth Degree in Health Care, Hospital,or Health Services Administration.Alecia also mentors children as a youthcounselor at a summer camp, and as acounselor in New York City.

Fitz Ollison (BA ’98) accepted a positionwith NFL Europe, and moved toLondon. He worked with NFL Europein the spring of 2001. Prior to that heworked in the Detroit Lions’ PublicRelations Department for two years.

Craig Podolski (BA ’01) is the AssistantVideo Director with the Chicago Bears.He tapes the games for analytical use,and he is responsible for the motivation-al tapes the Bears watch before eachgame.

Catalina Rodriquez (BS ’98) graduatedin April from Western MichiganUniversity with an M.S. in OccupationalTherapy. She is working at the MaryFree Bed Hospital and RehabilitationCenter in Grand Rapids, MI, inOutpatient Pediatrics OccupationalTherapy.

Michele Schneider (BA ’97) is workingfor Citi Habitats as a Real EstateSalesperson. Prior to that she workedfor five years in television productionand development for Fox, NBC, andABC, as well as the Sports Agency,IMG/TWI. She is still writing for themedia on a freelance basis.

Brad Kerner (BS ’98) currently attendsthe Columbia University School ofPublic Health and is working toward his M.P.H. in Refugee Health. Heworks for Averting Maternal Death and Disability (AMDD) at ColumbiaUniversity. Shortly after graduating,Brad served in the Peace Corps as acommunity health educator in Gabon,Central Africa.

Jerry Meter (BSED ’80) is the SalesManager for Steelcase in Detroit, and is responsible for sales of Steelcase andSteelcase Design Partnership products in the Michigan market. He resides inBloomfield Hills, MI with his wife Lisa(the former Lisa Compton). They havefour children: Nick, age 20, a UMKinesiology student; Erin, age 17, a highschool senior; Meggie, age nine, a fourthgrader; and Ben, age seven, a secondgrader.

Jill Nicholson (BS ’98) is now AssistantStrength and Conditioning Coach atBrown University in Providence, RhodeIsland.

Amy Nusholtz (BS ’02) is attendingNorthwestern University in Chicago,pursuing a degree in Physical Therapy.

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AUSTRIADr. Dale Ulrich gave the keynote addressat the International Symposium onAdapted Physical Activity in Vienna lastJuly. His address was titled “ApplyingPrinciples of Movement Science toResearch and Practice in EarlyIntervention.”

CROATIADr. Katarina Borer was elected to aVisiting Professorship by the faculty ofKinesiology at the University of Zagreb.She was invited to teach a short gradu-ate course on the effects of hormones on human physical performance onSeptember 24, 2002. She was invited to speak and to act as a member of theabstract selection committee at the ThirdInternational Conference of Kinesiologyin Opatija in September. The title of hertalk was “Health Impact of TrainingIntensity in Older Individuals.”

SPAINDr. Rosa Angulo-Kinzler designed and

implemented a Neuropediatricscourse for physical and

occupational therapy at the invitation of theHealth Sciences School,Physical TherapyDepartment, at theUniversidad Internacionalde Catalunya in Barcelonain May 2002.

Angulo-Kinzler alsoconducted a three-day

seminar in May on“Motor Development:

Theory andApplication in

Special

Populations” at the invitation of thePhysical Education and Sport SciencesDepartment and the Doctoral Programof the Department of Medicine,Universidade da Coruna.

TURKEYDr. Jeffrey Horowitz was invited tospeak at the annual “Turkish ObesityCongress” April 24-28, 2002 in Antalya.He presented two separate lectures: onefocused on the regulation of lipid metab-olism in obesity, and the second focusedon the impact of acute and chronic exer-cise on the regulation of fatty acidmetabolism in obesity.

GREECEDr. Jeffrey Horowitz was one of threeresearchers invited to speak at a sympo-sium, “Obesity: Are We Any Closer toIdentifying Cause and Effect?” at theannual meeting of the European Collegeof Sports Sciences (ECSS) in Athens, July24-28, 2002.

AUSTRALIADr. Beverly Ulrich (Professor and Dean) was invited to give the keynote addressat the Sixth Biennial Motor Control and Human Skill Research Workshop in Fremantle. She was asked to speakabout dynamic systems theory and howshe has used it to understand the emer-gence of motor skills in typically devel-oping infants and infants with Downsyndrome. Approximately 200 scientistsattended this event funded by theAustralian government.

SOUTH AFRICADr. Susan Brown spent three weeks last May in South Africa as part of aresearch project examining the effects of protein malnutrition on motor coordi-

nation in children. The study is beingdone in collaboration with

Dr. Daniel Monyeki, Department ofPhysical Education and Kinesiology atthe University of the North, SouthAfrica. In addition to continuedresearch activities, she hopes to establisha student exchange program whichwould include UM, the University of theNorth, and Wayne State University.

JAPAN, GERMANYDr. Dale Ulrich has been a consultant for the U.S. Department of DefenseDependents Schools and has implement-ed three training workshops for elemen-tary physical education teachers workingin Europe, the Pacific, and the UnitedStates. The military schools have adopt-ed his Test of Gross Motor Developmentto assess the motor skill achievement ofchildren in elementary schools through-out the world.

INTERNATIONAL WORK

Researchers by the crocodile-infested PalalaRiver in South Africa. Front row: doctoralstudent from the University of the North,Sophia Conti, Nicole Samczyk, Gerry Conti.Back row: fourth from left, Dr. DanielMonyeki. Several field workers are also pictured.

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Mary Sue Coleman is in her first year aspresident of the University of Michigan.She is professor of biological chemistryin the UM Medical School and professorof chemistry in the College of Literature,Science, and the Arts. Coleman served aspresident of the University of Iowa forseven years before becoming Michigan’s13th president on August 1, 2002.

Coleman has served as provost and vicepresident for academic affairs (1993-1995) at the University of New Mexicoand as vice chancellor for graduate stud-ies and research (1992-1993) and associ-ate provost and dean of research(1990-1992) at the University of NorthCarolina at Chapel Hill. She served 19years as a member of the biochemistryfaculty and as a Cancer Center adminis-trator at the University of Kentucky inLexington, where her research focusedon the immune system and malignancies.

Elected to the National Academy ofSciences’ Institute of Medicine in 1997,Coleman is a Fellow of the AmericanAssociation for the Advancement ofScience and of the American Academy ofArts and Sciences. She co-chairs theInstitute of Medicine’s Committee on theConsequences of Uninsurance.

Her extensive leadership positions inhigher education include serving on theAssociation of American Universities(AAU) executive committee, theAmerican Council on Education (ACE)board of directors, the NationalCollegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)

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UM President Mary Sue Colemanboard of directors, and the KnightCommission on Intercollegiate Athletics.

Coleman also has served on the board oftrustees of Grinnell College, board oftrustees of the Universities ResearchAssociation, ACE Task Force on TeacherEducation and Commission onMinorities in Higher Education,Business-Higher Education Forum,Imagining America Presidents’ Council,AAU Task Force on ResearchAccountability, NCAA Standards forSuccess Advisory Board, and PresidentsLeadership Group of the HigherEducation Center for Alcohol and OtherDrug Prevention.

She earned her bachelor’s degree inchemistry from Grinnell College and herdoctorate in biochemistry from theUniversity of North Carolina. She didpostdoctoral work at North Carolinaand at the University of Texas at Austin.

Coleman is married to Kenneth Coleman,a political scientist specializing in LatinAmerica. Their son, Jonathan, is a port-folio manager in Denver, Colorado.

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In 1987, the University of MichiganDivision of Kinesiology worked withProfessor Emerita Ruth W. Harris toestablish the Ruth Harris EndowmentFund to provide financial assistance to deserving graduate and doctoral students. The fund was started with an initial gift from Ruth and has been supported through the years by her andsome of her close friends. She realizedthat “we needed scholarship moneybecause we were losing graduate anddoctoral students to other schools whocould offer them more, especiallywomen.” Ruth joined the Kinesiologyfaculty in 1946, and retired in 1987.

Kinesiology welcomes Dr. Rich Luker as an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Sport Management CommunicationDepartment. He will be teaching onecourse per semester, and he plans toengage Kinesiology students in some of his sport industry projects. Dr. Lukerbrings to Kinesiology over twenty yearsof teaching experience and an expertisein the sport industry. He received aPh.D. in Communication (1986) and an M.A. in Psychology (1984) from theUniversity of Michigan. He is bestknown for his creation of the ESPN(Chilton) Sports Poll, which began in1994. The Sports Poll was the first dedicated ongoing intelligence service to collect information from Americanson their interests and activities related to sports. Virtually all of the major professional and college sports have

(left to right) Assistant Professor Rosa Angulo-Kinzler, Assistant Professor Jeffrey Horowitz,doctoral student Danielle Deman, Professor Emerita Joan Farrell, Professor Emerita RuthHarris, doctoral student Nick Knuth, Dean Beverly Ulrich and Development Director JeffreyFreshcorn at Paeseno’s Restaurant at a luncheon to recognize the doctoral students whoreceived financial assistance from Dr. Harris’ Endowment Fund.

been clients of the ESPN Sports Poll. In addition, more than 20 of the majorsports sponsoring companies, includingAnheuser-Busch, McDonald’s, CocaCola, NIKE, General Motors, and Ford,and half of the major sports media,including Sports Illustrated, FOX, ABC,and Turner have been Sports Poll clients.In 2001, Dr. Luker formed the LeisureIntelligence Group (LIG) to provideservices to integrate the intelligenceneeded for effective leisure marketingfrom several sources and vendors andextend the application from just sportsto all leisure activities. LIG takes datafrom multiple sources and developsreports on the value of leisure marketingactivities for clients. Dr. Luker’s recentconsulting clients include Anheuser-Busch, Bell South, NIKE, Sony, andSports Illustrated.

Ruth Harris Endowment Fund

Dr. Rich Luker joins Kinesiology as Adjunct Associate Professsor

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Kinesiology faculty and new students visited the hot dog vendor and enjoyed the beautiful weather outside the Kinesiology building on their break from orientation activities.

Dean Beverly Ulrich invited Kinesiology faculty, staff, graduate students, and their families to a picnic at GallupPark on September 6. The weather cooperated, and it was a relaxed evening of fun.

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Introducing the New Charitable GiftAnnuity Program

No matter what your generation,your days at Michigan helped makeyou who you are today.

Now you can give something back tothe college that gave you so much —and give yourself a little somethingtoo — with the University ofMichigan’s new Charitable GiftAnnuity Program.

A Gift AnnuityProvides You With:✦ An immediate income tax deduc-

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✦ A lifetime stream of fixed income;

✦ Annuity rate yields that may behigher than many investmentreturns; and

✦ The means of making a future significant gift to Michigan for a designated school, unit, or otherpurpose.

How Does it Work? Here’s an example. A gift of $30,000from a 75-year old donor nets animmediate current-year taxdeduction of $12,473, plus a guaranteed lifetime annual income of $2,370. (Minimum agerequirement of 50, and minimum gift amount of $10,000.)

To Learn More… Contact the Division of Kinesiology’sDevelopment Office at 734-615-4272

oremail us at freshco@umich.eduorvisit http://www.giving.umich.edu for more details and charts to determineyour annuity rate.

Photos courtesy of Bentley Historical Library,University of Michigan

THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITYDavid A. Brandon, Ann Arbor; Laurence B. Deitch, Bingham Farms; Daniel D. Horning, Grand Haven; Olivia P. Maynard, Goodrich;Rebecca McGowan, Ann Arbor; Andrea Fischer Newman, Ann Arbor; S. Martin Taylor, Grosse Pointe Farms; Katherine E. White, Ann Arbor; Mary Sue Coleman, ex officio

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