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The School of HPELS Hall of Excellence Inductees
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University of Northern Iowa
School of Health, Physical Education and Leisure Services
Elinor A Crawford & William R. Thrall
Hall of Excellence
Tracing its historical roots to 1896 with establishment of the Department of Physical Culture, the University of Northern Iowa's School of Health, Physical Education and Leisure Services is one of the oldest programs in the United States. Course work in physical education dates back to 1878, two years after the opening of what was then known as Iowa State Normal School.
In 1978, the School of Health, Physical Education and Leisure Services was established, combining men and women's health, physical education and recreation programs. At the time of the merger, Dr. Elinor Crawford was the head of the Department of Women's Physical Education and Dr. William R. Thrall served as the head of the Department of Men's Physical Education. Through their generosity, the School of Health, Physical Education and Leisure Services Hall of Excellence was developed to recognize former graduates who had distinguished themselves professionally.
Located in the main lobby of the Wellness/Recreation Center, the Hall of Excellence provides recognition of distinguished graduates and captures the history of the program. Although the School of Health, Physical Education and Leisure Services is proud of all its graduates, the Hall of Excellence was created to acknowledge its meritorious graduates and to encourage currently enrolled students to strive toward this recognition.
Criteria for Induction
  School of Health, Physical Education and Leisure Services graduate. - Demonstrated mastery of the knowledge base within their profession.
- Contributed significantly as a teacher, leader, executive and/or administrator and widely
recognized for the quality of that contribution to their profession.
- Demonstrated scholarly activity through publications and presentations related to their
profession.
- Contributed significantly to their profession while holding offices in professional
organizations of state, regional, national and international scope.
- Demonstrated cumulative record (including awards and honors) of effective and enthusiastic
service to their profession with the intent to bring useful knowledge and pertinent information
to their field.
- Completed at least ten years of service to the profession.
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Sylvia Boltz Tucker Hall of Excellence Reflection Speech 12/17/09
Seventy years ago this last fall a barely seventeen year old girl from the northeastern corner of the state of Iowa walked into a large room in the Women's Gymnasium. Something was happening; she wasn't just sure what. It was the motor abilities test given to students. She loved running and climbing and jumping and throwing and whatever. She ran the fields, the hills, along the Mississippi River of her little river town. She climbed the trees and jumped the streams. As she looked at the maze of stuff in the test, she thought it looked like fun. So she ran the course. At the end of her run, several faculty members came up and excitedly asked, " Are you a major?" She really had no idea what they were asking. "Are you a Physical Education Major?" "No, I'm taking business ." "You have to be a major. You just scored the highest score we've had since we started giving this test .".... learn more
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2009-2010 Hall of Excellence Inductees 10/06/09
Mary Anderson - Class of 1969
Bobbi Darling - Class of 1952
Shirley Dutton - Class of 1955
Warren Hansen - Class of 1961
Shirley Ryan - Class of 1969
Keith Freesemann - Class of
1978 Sue Joseph - Class of 1981
Sylvia Tucker - Class of 1942
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2008 Hall of Excellence Inductees 09/04/08
The School of HPELS Hall Of Excellence ceremony was recently held on the UNI campus.
The following Physical Education Alumni were inducted into the Hall of Excellence:
David Bacharach (MA, 1983)
Cynthia Carlisle (BA, 1961)
Marchell Cuppett (MA, 1983)
Loran Erdmann (BA, 1975; MA, 1976; Ed.D., 1990)
Roy Fielding (BA 1973; MA, 1977)
Linda Law (MA, 1973)
Margaret Morris (BA, 1932)
Lois Mussett (BA 1955; MA, 1963)
Robert Ritson (MA, 1974)
Rick Schupbach (BA, 1983; MA, 2007)
Norene Smith (BA, 1951; MA, 1959)
Susan Tarr (BA, 1983)
Susan Welch (BA, 1962)
We encourage everyone to visit the Elinor A. Crawford and William R. Thrall Hall of Excellence center during their next visit to the Wellness Recreation Center. The center is located directly opposite the Rock Climbing wall on the main level.
 
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 The School of HPELS Hall of Excellence Ceremony Photos 2009 |
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