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Faculty Attends SHAPE Conference
As she has been doing for the past several years, Dr. Beaudoin attended the Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) America conference in Seattle, WA as a presenter and chairperson for the College/University Instructional Physical Activity Programs (C/U IPAP) session and Coffee Talk held on March 31. The session had 4 presenters representing instructional physical activity and wellness programs from across the country who shared information related to innovative teaching strategies, effective administration, research, and advocacy related to IPAPs. Additionally, Dr Beaudoin and Co-authors Dr. Lewis and Karol Tiemersma had a presentation titled “Instructional Physical Activity Courses and Student Success: Impact of COVID”. This presentation shared preliminary descriptive data and suggestions for gathering markers of student success (e.g., retention, graduation rates, and academic performance) and the potential impact of instructional physical activity programs in supporting student wellbeing. Attending SHAPE allows Dr. Beaudoin to connect with faculty and administrators of instructional physical activity programs on college and university campuses. Learning more from a network of colleagues that share best practices for IPAPs allows us to enhance our FIT course offerings at GVSU. It is essential for student health and wellbeing that we continue to offer these instructional PA courses. Each year we continue to expand our FIT course offerings, refine course objectives and assessments, critically examine best practices relative to enhancing instructor effectiveness, and overall student and instructor experiences within the FIT program.
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