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Nancy McNevin
Nancy had a busy year, culminating in
two papers being accepted for publication,
and a third paper in review. The collaborative
project with Windsor Regional
Hospital, examining attentional focus effects
on post-stroke gait, was finally approved
and MHK student Jecy Kunju-Kunju
is eager to begin data collection. Over the
winter semester, Adam Norman completed
an undergraduate independent study that
looked at the role ambient and central vision
plays in a manual tracking task. A
follow-up to this project will be carried out
by MHK student Farbod Partow-Dezfouli,
and a paper detailing the findings will be
submitted by summer’s end. Finally, MHK
students Kelly Carr and Neb Zacharias
completed data collection for their independent
study examining the use of feedback
in a rehabilitation setting. This project
was in collaboration with Dr. Patti Weir,
and the paper documenting their findings
is in preparation. Sadly, Nancy reports that
Beaux, her long time furry friend and frequent
HK visitor, passed away. She has
since adopted a little Siamese to fill the
gap he left, and she and Res (“Bailey”) are
getting along well.
Kevin Milne
Kevin is trying to catch up on a whirlwind
of a year. He graduated three of his Masters
students (Kali Gawinski, Michelle Dotzert
and Svein Piene) at the beginning of the
summer and has a cabinet full of writing to
catch up on and attempt to publish. As a
pleasant surprise, he was honoured for his
teaching by both the University of Windsor
Undergraduate Student’s Association and
the Ontario Undergraduate Student’s Association
at awards banquets in Windsor
and Toronto this past year. On the home
front, his girls have started soccer and as
soon as they realize that friendly discussions
and grass picking should not happen
during the game, he is sure they will
be all-stars. Marcy’s Cakes has been open
for almost one year and is getting busier
every day, keeping his wife, Marcia, well-
occupied. Kevin is looking forward to the
new crop of students, both graduate and
undergraduate, in September. However, a
nice family ‘staycation’ this summer was at
the top of his list.
Vicky Paraschak
Vicky was commissioned to write a report
on the state of recreation on Aboriginal
Communities in Canada (see it at www.
lin.ca) as a foundation paper for the first
National Recreation Conference, which
was held in Lake Louise in October. She
used the Strengths Perspective as a framework
for that report. Outdoor recreation
students are all ready for their late August
2012 trip, after a winter term of 7:15am
meetings! Last year’s class tried something
new – they produced a 2012 calendar with
photos from the trip. Vicky thought it might
be neat to send alumni a free calendar if
they are directing University of Windsor
donations to the Outdoor Recreation program,
since they’d probably appreciate
seeing what today’s students are up to on
our trip. Please email Vicki if you’re donating
to the course and she’ll send you out
a free 2013 calendar when they’re ready.
Once again, thanks to any contributing
Kinesiology alumni—your donations help
keep this course running at a fee that is
accessible to undergrad students (all 30 of
them this August!). Vicky hopes you had a
great summer with lots of outdoor time!
University of Windsor Student Alliance
Teacher of the Year Award.
Each year, the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance Award
for Teaching Excellence recognizes educators who excel at unlocking
the potential of Ontario’s young people. Successfully engaging
individuals in the learning experience is highly dependent
on an instructor’s ability to spark the desire to learn in students.
We are pleased to report that Dr. Kevin Milne was presented the award by past OUSA Campus
Coordinator Krystal Chan at a ceremony held in April. Kevin was this year’s recipient
of the University of Windsor Student Alliance Teacher of the Year Award.
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Chad Sutherland
Chad has been on paternity leave since
September and thoroughly enjoyed the
days with his daughter Quinn Aleese (Sept
18th, 2011). When Chad returned to the
department in August, he picked-up from
where he left off working with the Co-op
and Internship programs. The Co-op program
recruited another strong class and
the Internship program is continuing to
add new positions. Chad is thrilled to report
that his work with Community Living
just received another grant, which will
provide funding for a second 12-week
training study looking at motor skills and
self-efficacy for individuals with an Intellectual
Disability and Autism. Chad and
Dr. Frank’s study on Whole Body Muscle
Activation Patterns When Supporting an
Unstable Load was accepted to the Joint
World Congress of International Society for
Posture and Gait Research & Gait and Mental
Function conference in June in Norway.
On a personal note, Chad and Rachelle
enjoyed spending time outside with Quinn
this summer.
Quinn Aleese Sutherland