The Tucker Table Fall 2008 Free Lecture Schedule
Thursday, October 30th (110 Cooke Hall, University of Minnesota)
Mary Jo Kane, Ph.D., and Heather Maxwell, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Expanding the boundaries of sport media research: Consumer responses to representations of women’s sports
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Thursday, November 13 (140 Nolte Center, University of Minnesota)
Diane Gill, Ph.D., University of North Carolina – Greensboro
Social psychology and physical activity: Toward positive health for girls and women
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Thursday, December 11 (110 Cooke Hall, University of Minnesota)
Maureen Weiss, Ph.D., Jennifer Bhalla, M.S., and Nicole Bolter, M.Ed., University of Minnesota
Positive youth development through sport: The First Tee as an exemplar program
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Featured Externship Sites for Our Students
- Curves: Women’s only health club and fitness center
- YMCA: Fitness for the whole family
- Perpetual Motion: Preschool gymnastic program to keep kids moving
- Bristlecone Fitness: Uses blood test results to properly train people and correct hormonal imbalances and/or inflammation
- SCS Multi-Sport: Home of precision triathlon training in Minnesota
- New Leaf Fitness: Metabolic profiling
- Best Buy’s Wellness Zone: Corporate wellness and fitness
- GameSpeed Sports Academy: After-school programs for high school athletes
- CES – Corrective Exercise Specialists: Executive training, pilates, massage, group fitness
