College of Education - Butler University

Professor Sara Myers, physical education program, enjoyed
collaboration with the American Red Cross and PE 128 First
Aid and Safety students where they constructed hundreds of
comfort kits for victims of emergencies. She also arranged for
students in PE224 School and Community Health students
to package over 15,000 medications to go on a mission trip to
Ecuador with The Timmy Foundation and Butler University
students. The year also proved to be a year of data collection,
as she helped the Physical Education Department compile
data that depicts the physical fitness status of over 400 Butler
students; results hope to be published soon!
Lynn Poore, administrative staff, enjoyed attending classes
while continuing to support the dean and the faculty.
Chris Price, administrative staff, has been assisting the dean
throughout the year with numerous responsibilities ranging
from budgets to special events.
Professor Brian Reagan, physical education, thanks the College
of Education and his colleagues who supported him in various
endeavors. From “retreats”to the classroom, he loved every
experience in his first year as a faculty member in physical
education. Highlights included a comprehensive research
project administered in all 18 sections of Lifetime Fitness.
This provided unparalleled, exciting insight into the research
process and FitnessGram. Finally, he is excited to have started
his journey toward a Ph.D. this year.
Mrs. Linda Rowe, administrative secretary for graduate programs,
works with professors and graduate students in the EPPSP, school
counseling, METL and Transition to Teaching programs.
Dr. Eugenia Scott, physical education, has spent her sabbatical
taking courses for her Brain Gym certification, an online university
course in environmental issues, reading and re-reading
many textbooks and supportive material and gathering current
materials for classes as well as preparing for the honors course
on the Olympics and Paralympics she will teach this fall.
Cindy Smith, administrative staff, assists the dean of the
COE and the director of the METL graduate program.
She also coordinates the College of Education Workshop
Program and the COE Summer Institute. This year she
became the co-counselor of Kappa Delta Pi educational
honor society at Butler.
Sue Stahl ’71, M.S. ’82, director of student personnel services,
accompanied a small delegation led by Dr. Fong to China for the
purpose of establishing and building on existing relationships. In
her role as guiding the development of our students to be global
citizens, she finalized plans for three students to complete one
semester of student teaching in Tasmania. In addition, she is
coordinating a Lilly grant to conduct a feasibility study for an
Asian Learning Center.
Dr. Marilyn Strawbridge M.S. ’77, physical education, served
as program coordinator and under her leadership and with
two new faculty members, the program revised the course of
study, began a program research project, welcomed many new
majors, and is currently initiating an effort to license teachers
in health education as a separate license area. Marilyn has also
been appointed to serve on the Lifelong Recreational Sports
Council of the American Association for Physical Activity and
Recreation. Physical education majors enjoyed a welcoming
party at her house in the fall.
Dr. Mindy Welch ’79, physical education, received her Ph.D.
from the University of South Carolina in 2008 after her doctoral
defense: “A Phenomenological Study of Flow in Postsecondary
Students Participating in Two Racquet Sports” in October
2007. She was also a co-presenter on the Development of Task
Presentation Skills in Preservice Teachers at the AAHPERD
National Conference. Finally, she initiated a field-based partnership
with The Key Learning Community and Indianapolis Public
Schools for PE331, Physical Education Methods for Early and
Middle Childhood.
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