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HKS ACADEMIC PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR 2018-2019
The Alabama Commission on Higher Education (ACHE) approved a program name change from Leisure Studies to Sport
Management and Recreation Studies. This new name change reflects a more appropriate title for the two concentrations housed
under this major (Sport and Recreation Management and Therapeutic Recreation).
The Department of Health, Kinesiology, and Sport coordinates the Physical Activity Course Program as a non-degree service
program for all University of South Alabama students. Randall Anastasio, Senior Instructor coordinates the physical activity program
where the goal is to help individuals develop an appreciation and commitment to physical activity
so they have the opportunity to live healthy lives. New courses developed or offered this past year
were racquet sports, canoeing, X-Fit, Zumba, and on-line jogging.
HKS – Community Engagement
The Therapeutic Recreation Program co-sponsored the 8th Annual Gulf Coast Recreational
Therapy Symposium in Gulf Shores with over 200 attendees including practitioners and
recreational therapy students from seven universities
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Approximately 3,000 local elementary and middle school students from the Mobile County Public
School System were presented with an overview of various career options associated with HKS
degree offerings by Dr. Brooke Forester, Associate Professor, at the South Alabama Women’s
Basketball “Pack the House” game event and Career Day.
Sport Management program coordinator, Dr. Christopher Keshock, along with professors in
the HKS department coordinator the scheduling of student service learning assignments at Gulf
Coast sport and recreation events. This included the scheduling of 448 separate 4-hour shifts or
1,792 man-hours of community service to professional, amateur, intercollegiate, and recreation
organizations hosting events along the Gulf Coast. A team of sport management students worked
the NCAA Women’s Sand Volleyball Championship in May 2019 providing 68 hours of community
service during a 4-day period assisting with NCAA tournament operations and ESPN event
Sport Management
broadcasting. Plus, 31 three hour shifts or 93 hours of data collection was completed by sport
management students to provide marketing
research information to a Gulf Coast Region Sports
Association.
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