WELL-BEING OF STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF

Department Of Health And Human Performance

By Matthew Fencl, Department Chair

The well-being of the campus community is a core value and passion of the Department of Health and Human Performance. The dedicated faculty and staff place the highest of value on helping students achieve optimal physical, mental, emotional, and social wellness outcomes during their college experience and beyond, utilizing practical, authentic learning experiences such as high-impact practices, internships, and hands-on learning activities. The general education curriculum of health and human performance provides all campus students with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions associated with living a healthy lifestyle, and the three majors and four minors within the Health and Human Performance program prepare future professionals for careers dedicated to enhancing the health and wellness of others.

College Of Lae In Action

UW-Platteville was honored by the Society of Health and Physical Educators at its annual convention. The organization, known as SHAPE America, selected the Department of Health and Human Performance’s Adapted Aquatics program to receive its Adapted Physical Education/Activity Program of the Year Award. The Adapted Aquatics program is a component of one of Dr. Tim Swenson's health and human performance courses. The program partners with local K-12 schools, which bring students with disabilities to campus to receive specialized swim instruction from Swenson’s students. Swenson begins the semester instructing his health and human performance students on disability law, the Americans with Disabilities Act and accessibility in public buildings, as well as common disabilities and ways to modify instruction. After this period, students from local schools come for swim instruction one day a week. Swenson spends the other class sessions during the week preparing for the swim day. He receives information in advance from the teachers about the students’ disabilities so that his students can work on plans for how to best adapt their instruction in the pool that week.

Read the full article online at go.uwplatt.edu/adapted-aquatics

The professors in the HHP Department are wizards when it comes to building a teacherstudent connection. They give great input, support, and recognition of positive work. Their passion for the profession is contagious.

Riley Glonek, ‘22

Related student organization: Health and Human Performance Club