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Department of Health & Kinesiology

Welcome to the Department of Health and Kinesiology (HLKN)!   The Department of HLKN is one of four departments in the College of Education & Human Development at Texas A&M University and is currently home to about 2,100 undergraduate majors, 150 graduate students, 90 faculty members, 25 staff members, and 70 graduate assistants.  There are four major divisions in the department which include Health Education, Kinesiology, Sport Management, and the Physical Education Activity Program (PEAP). The Divisions of Health Education, Kinesiology and Sport Management house our undergraduate and graduate programs that include applied exercise physiology, basic exercise physiology, community health, motor behavior, safety education, school health, sport management, and sports pedagogy. The PEAP offers health and fitness activity classes that service all Texas A&M students as part of the university core curriculum.  Our departmental courses generate about 125,000 student credit hours each year, which ranks us 2nd in the University. 

The Department of HLKN has outstanding faculty, staff, students, and facilities and has been consistently recognized as one of the nation's top programs.  Our faculty and students are actively engaged in the practice and study of physical activity, sport, and health (click here to read The Department of Health and Kinesiology Mission & Goals).  We hope that this website helps you gain insight as to the many outstanding faculty, programs and activities within the Department. 

 

Dr. Richard Kreider, PhD, FACSM, FISSN, MX, has been named Head and Tom and Joan Read Endowed Chair of the Department of Health and Kinesiology beginning July 1, 2008.  Kreider will also direct the Exercise & Sport Nutrition Laboratory formerly housed at Baylor University.

 

Congratulations to our Summer 2008 Distinguished  Honor Graduates:  Jaymie Harner (Sport Management), Alicia Turbevill (Health; Community Health) and Courtney Cook (Kinesiology; Motor Behavior).

 

Texas A&M Collaborators Awarded $6.8M for Health Disparities Research, click here for more information.

 

Read the latest edition of the HLKN Alumni Newsletter today.  Click here to read previous HLKN newsletter editions.

 

Read the latest HLKN Weekly News to learn about upcoming events and news in the department.

 

Click here to access the HLKN News and Announcements page; a highlight of our faculty, student and staff awards this past year.

 

We want to hear from our Alumni!  Have news you'd like to share with us?  Please send it to news@hlkn.tamu.edu

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