Freshmen will begin the major Fall 2018 and current students can transfer into the major starting Fall 2019.
Harder, better, faster, stronger: Day in the life of a Cal Poly trainer
Head of Cal Poly strength and conditioning Eric Holder’s specialized workouts are starting to produce tangible results.
Protect and serve: Policeman teaches racquetball on campus
Without Proll, the racquetball class would not exist at Cal Poly.
Cal Poly receives federal funding for gestational diabetes prevention program
Cal Poly professor Suzanne Phelan will partner with professionals at three other institutions on the five-year project.
Students help athletes with disabilities prepare for the Special Olympics
“Friday Club” is the name given to the 407 kinesiology lab where students help athletes with disabilities meet their exercise goals to compete in the Special Olympics. The program began 13 years ago and continues to be a place for students…
Friday Club: Kinesiology students and Special Olympians compete together
The program brings together kinesiology students and Special Olympians. This quarter, the program even involves a group of engineering students working to adapt laser tag for the athletes.
Paddle up: Cal Poly students help disabled with kayak program
Jordan Dunn Special to Mustang Daily Cal Poly’s course Kinesiology 407, Adapted Physical Activity, gives disabled individuals a chance to kayak on their own in Morro Bay. It also teaches kinesiology students how to work with these disabled individuals. Students interact…
Nutrition and kinesiology: Two majors, many possible futures
Sam Gilbert is a journalism sophomore and a Mustang Daily health columnist. We all went through the grueling college application process. The hardest part when applying to Cal Poly? Choosing the major that will lead to our future careers. It’s…
Volunteers needed in a FLASH
Preparation is underway for the final round of testing in Cal Poly’s one-of-a-kind research study: FLASH. Volunteers are needed this quarter to start training in order to be ready to test as many as 2,000 student participants in the spring, study…
Oh baby, baby: professor to study pregnancy weight in mothers
The National Institutes of Health awarded Cal Poly kinesiology professor Suzanne Phelan a $3 million grant this past summer to conduct research on low-income mothers. The research, which will be done over the course of five years, will study the…
FLASH program to evaluate Cal Poly student health over time
Cal Poly’s statistics department is helping the kinesiology department’s FLASH program organize data that will show the overall health of thousands of Cal Poly students over a period of four years.