Regardless of the continual merging of technology in our society and daily lives, we have an innate desire to express ourselves physically.  From elite level Olympic, Special and Paralympics athletes, to infants, age group and college students the human machine has a desire to move and express. Many times obesity, sedentary lifestyle or social pressures makes physical expression uncomfortable or seemingly unobtainable, but the desire for physical expression has been present in every civilization and culture. We are all physical artists and until we allow this desire to surface we are not complete. With a concomitant academic component the purpose of the Physical Education Program is the development of the individual through diverse physical activity offerings delineated by specific physical skills.  In addition the underlying benefit to those students who participate in the Physical Education program is to produce holistic improvements in the individual’s physical, mental and emotional qualities using physical means to develop the whole being.

Commensurate with our stated purpose of providing opportunities for the entire university, our faculty and program provide an excellent opportunity for College of Education (specifically Department of  Kinesiology and Health Education) students to enroll in specific courses to support their selected academic specialization. To maintain the highest level of movement pedagogy and course content information the teaching faculty participates in local, state, national and international activities to ensure the students benefit from their continued professional development.