2009 News Articles (click title for full article)

Todd Named Legend in the Field of Strength and Conditioning
Dr. Terry Todd, world record-setting power lifter and director of the world's largest physical culture collection, has received the national Legends in the Field of Strength and Conditioning Honor Award from the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCA).

Rathbun Honored With University of Texas at Austin Staff Excellence Award
Mina Rathbun, an executive assistant in the College of Education’s Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, has been awarded a University of Texas at Austin 2009 Outstanding Staff Award.

¡Ya Basta! Scholar who Studies Communities in Crisis Creates Explosive Film about Mexico Kidnappings
The film is "¡Ya Basta!" ("Enough!"), and it's a disturbing, intimate documentary of an epidemic of kidnappings and related crimes that started in Mexico in the '90s. The film was directed by educational psychology Professor Ricardo Ainslie, and it's not the first record he's made of a community in crisis. It's just the first time the community has been his hometown.

Educational Psychology Graduate Student Wins Murff Excellence Award
Fidel Zapata, a graduate student in the College of Education’s Department of Educational Psychology, has been honored with The University of Texas at Austin’s Robert Murff Excellence Award for outstanding support of career services at the university.

College of Education's Career Fair One of Biggest, Best
Despite national economic woes and sobering unemployment figures, future teachers attending the University of Texas at Austin teacher career fair had reason to be optimistic. This year's fair drew 268 recruiters from around the nation and over 600 job seekers.

Longs Give $1 Million to Support Education Students and Faculty
Austin community leaders and philanthropists Teresa Lozano Long and Joe R. Long have given $1 million to The University of Texas at Austin’s College of Education, endowing a fellowship fund for kinesiology, health education and educational administration graduate students and a fellowship fund for faculty.

Cereal and Milk is the New Sports Supplement, Says Study
A bowl of whole grain cereal is as good as a sports drink for recovery after exercise. Research published in BioMed Central's open access Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition has shown that the readily available and relatively inexpensive breakfast food is as effective as popular, carbohydrate-based sports drinks.

Columbus Native to Give Commencement Address at The University of Texas College of Education
Elizabeth Shatto Massey will give the commencement address to the 2009 graduating class of the College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin. The ceremony will be held May 22nd beginning at 12pm in the Gregory Gymnasium on the UT-Austin campus.

What Moves You? Community Design Can Boost Fitness and Health
Our lifestyles are killing us-and costing us-with sedentary habits being one of the biggest contributors. As epidemiologist and physical activity expert Dr. Bill Kohl puts it, we've engineered physical activity right out of our lives, and that's not natural.

Dr. Abraham, Kinesiology Professor, Appointed Associate Dean
Dr. Lawrence D. Abraham, a professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, has been appointed Associate Dean of the School of Undergraduate Studies. Abraham will assist the Dean in the general management of the School, providing leadership in academic affairs, student affairs, advising, and assessment.