HHP in the news FACULTY

Workcations: The travel trend mixing work and play BBC Worklife

“Home is school, home is where we work. We have all been trained to switch: ‘OK, now we have a Zoom meeting.’ I think after the past two years, we can switch from one thing to the next very effectively.”

Rachel Fu, Ph.D., chair and professor in THEM

“How NFL teams use Black coaches to clean up their messes” Washington Post

“You’re kind of set up to fail. You’re already in a tough spot. And the short audition time, whether it’s two or three games or even a half a season, is just not putting you in a good spot to succeed.”

George Cunningham, Ph.D. chair and professor in SPM

“What It’s Like to Retire in Your Early 20s” The Atlantic

“All the great transferable skills that you gain as an elite athlete can be extremely useful, but only if you actually find a new path, a new goal.”

Elodie Wendling, Ph.D. instructional faculty in the Institute for Coaching Excellence

“Who plays football once a week is active or sedentary?” BBC Brasil

“Studies carried out in the last two decades have shown that even those people who met the exercise recommendations, but spent the rest of the day sitting, lost part of the benefits. [If you] stay still all day at the office, a large part of the exercise gains are masked.”

Orlando Laitano, Ph.D. assistant professor in APK employers...

Are you interested in recruiting HHP students for internships and jobs?

The College of Health and Human Performance is hosting our fall Internship & Job Fair at the Florida Gym. The event is an effective way to to directly connect and recruit students in our college who are pursuing areas of study that impact the way we live, work and play in today's society.

INTERNSHIP & JOB FAIR

Wednesday, Sep. 27 10:00am – 2:00pm

Florida Gym | UF Campus

Gainesville

Our students major in the following areas:

• Applied Physiology and Kinesiology

• Health Education and Behavior

• Sport Management

• Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management

QUESTIONS?

Please contact Michael Fitzgerald, Director of Career Development and Global Engagement, at mgfitzgerald@ufl.edu

Last summer, HHP took members of its undergraduate cohort on a study abroad trip to Italy, a trip to the Boot that happens about every three years. This expedition, however, is the first of its kind to bring all departments together. This summer, students head to London and Paris.

“The first college-wide study abroad program was the culmination of collective, dedicated effort among many HHP stakeholders to fulfill a longstanding vision of engaging faculty, staff, and students from the entire HHP family in a rich and exciting common study abroad experience,” Chris Janelle, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology and associate dean for academic and student affairs, said. “The common experience not only provided an amazing opportunity for global engagement, but it was viewed through the eyes, minds and perspective of participants from our wide and varied HHP disciplines,” he added.

Last year’s trip took 43 students and four faculty through historical cities including Venice, Florence and Rome — all places bound with opportunities to learn for all the majors. For example, students were given a sports psychology lecture outside the Colosseum with tales of the gladiators woven in. Others in the tourism major were taught in St. Mark’s Square and then asked to interview local restaurant owners for a class on “the European café.”

In other moments, faculty would integrate their teachings together through excursions that combined students with different backgrounds, said Michael Fitzgerald, HHP’s director of career development and global engagement who also joined the trip. “It allowed HHP students who maybe never get to talk to people in other HHP majors to get to know them and learn about what they do,” Fitzgerald said.

Cyntrice Thomas, Ph.D., JD, instructional assistant professor and graduate coordinator in the department of sport management, also noticed this collaboration among students while on the trip. “It was nice when they were able to socialize and interact in group excursions and their free time to explore,” Thomas said. “I think many of them made friends and met people outside of their classes that they wouldn’t have otherwise had the chance to meet.”

The teamwork across disciplines applied to the faculty side as well. “Having other instructors on the study abroad was a positive because I was able to bounce ideas off of my colleagues and it was nice to have others there for support and friendship,” Thomas added.

The trip to Italy also helped to refine the educational framework for future studies abroad. Traditionally, some courses were taught on the same day which meant students may have needed to get from one location to the next in a short timeframe. Now, professors will only teach one per day to give ample time for material. “Ultimately, these challenges led to opportunities for enhancement of the inaugural and forthcoming experiences,” Janelle said.

Up next for HHP includes a second cross-discipline expedition to London and Paris where students will get another chance to engage with their peers from across the college.