1989 UW Board of Regents named
Physical Education Department as a Center of Excellence.
1985 Athletic training program became an emphasis in the department.
1986 Physical education program
with additional focus on non-teaching emphases in fitness and sport management.
1991 Sandra
1994 College of
HPER expanded to include all teacher education programs on campus and became the College of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Teacher Education (HPERTE).
became the department chair.
1995 Physical Education Department
changed its name to the Department of Exercise and Sport Science.
2005 Adult Fitness/Cardiac
Rehabilitation graduate program name changed to Clinical Exercise Physiology.
1998
2003 Athletic Training
2012
Jeffrey Steffen named interim department chair when Sandy Price is named interim dean of HPERTE.
Program became a major in the department.
Physical Education Department celebrated its 75th anniversary during the homecoming weekend.
name to College of Education, Exercise Science, Health and Recreation (EESHR).
Price became department chair.
1987 Anne Winter
1988
2004 College of HPERTE changed
Patrick DiRocco became department chair.
College of EESHR is eliminated and the department joins the College of Science and Allied Health. Within a few months the college name was changed to the College of Science and Health.
Mark Gibson became department chair.
2013
Department celebrates 100 years as an exercise and sport science leader.
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