Keith Russell was quoted extensively in an article on boot camps for kids, "Vreemde ogen - Heropvoedingsindustrie bloeit in VS," appearing in the Netherlands largest newspaper, Algemeen Dagblad, on September 9, 2006.

Dr. Stoffregen has accepted an invitation to serve on the Robotics/IC Design Panel for the National Science Foundation, October 12, in Washington, D.C. The panel will review grant proposals and make funding recommendations for the NSF Small Business Innovation Research program.

Motion sicknesses research by Tom Stoffregen, professor and director of the school’s Human Factors Research Laboratory, are featured on WCCO (CBS Broadcasting) and University of Minnesota's eNews.

Diane Wiese-Bjornstal, associate professor, kinesiology, and Suzannah Mork, kinesiology graduate student, are quoted in the July 2006 issue of The Rake, a monthly Twin Cities magazine, in the article "Why Race?" The story explores why increasing numbers of people are joining organized running and racing. Wiese-Bjornstal addresses some of the psycho-social aspects of why runners participate and Ms. Mork discusses her doctoral research, which studies the motivations of ironman-distance athletes.

Professor Michael G. Wade, kinesiology, was acknowledged in a recent report of the American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education (AAKPE) for his outstanding contribution to the field of motor development—he is ranked in the top six nationally for number of citations in this area.

Professor Keith Russell, recreation, park, and leisure studies, recently participated in a BBC radio global conversation about boot camps for kids. Boot camps are not Outward Bound-type programs, he said. The military-style camps are designed to “break [the kids] down physically and emotionally through heavy exercise regimes”—and they don’t work. The conversation continues on the BBC blog.

Harvey Feldman, recreation, park, and leisure studies, is chair of the Vital Aging Network (VAAN) through the College of Continuing Education. VAN was awarded a three-year, $650,000 grant from The Atlantic Philanthropies. Grant monies are being used with communities statewide in promoting civic engagement for older adults.

In May,  Dr. Juergen Konczak, biomechanics/neural control, organized a symposium on Kinaesthesia and Sensorimotor Integration in Parkinson's Disease at the Neural Control of Movement Meeting in Key Biscayne, Florida. On May 11, he gave an invited presentation at an international meeting, "Lesions in the developing nervous system", at the Neuropediatric Hospital, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. The title of his presentation was "The Recovery of Function of Children and Adolescents after Injury to the Cerebellum."

Tom Stoffregen, director of the Human Factors Research Laboratory, was interviewed for "Could video games be making your kids sick?," KVBC/DT, Las Vegas, May 8, 2006.

Tonia Flategraft, an honors student of Kinesiology's Dr. Michael Wade, has received a UROP award for her study "Embedded Kinematics in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)."

Mary Jo Kane, director of the School of Kinesiology and executive director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport, received the 2006 President's Award for Outstanding Service. This award was established in 1997 to recognize faculty and staff who have provided exceptional service to the University.

Congratulations to our Kinesiology undergraduate students who are candidates to graduate with distinction. The student candidates are as follows:

Jamie Shaver, Candidate for High Distinction
Rachel Eggenberger, Candidate for Distinction or High Distinction
Lisa Christopherson, Candidate for Distinction
Valerie Alston, Candidate for Distinction
Jenifer Brej, Candidate for Distinction

Steve Ross has published his article "A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Spectator-based Brand Equity" in the Journal of Sport Management, 20(1), 2006.