{"id":81853,"date":"2018-11-05T12:42:32","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T18:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/?p=81853"},"modified":"2018-11-05T12:42:32","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T18:42:32","slug":"delta-state-at-mahperd-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/2018\/11\/delta-state-at-mahperd-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta State at MAHPERD Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seven undergraduate students, one graduate student, and three faculty members from Delta State University participated in the 85<sup>th<\/sup> Mississippi Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (MAHPERD) conference at University of Southern Mississippi-Long Beach on Nov. 2-3.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Presentations made:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John Alvarez, associate professor in the Division of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation (HPER): \u201cWearable Devices: Where Do They Fit?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Todd Davis, assistant professor in HPER: \u201cPerceived Outdoor Recreation Participation Barriers of College-Aged African Americans in Mississippi\u201d and \u201cTrends &amp; Problems in Health, Recreation, and Physical Activity Programs: A Virtual Research Poster Presentation\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Britnee Smith, instructor in HPER: \u201cMississippi: Microadventure Mecca!\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Katie Gennarelli, graduate assistant for outdoor programs: \u201cGender Equality in the Outdoor Adventure &amp; Recreation Industry\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Delta State students won the college student \u201csuperstar\u201d award and physical education teacher education major Jonathan Kent received the 2018 MAHPERD Outstanding Student Award.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a great platform to provide early exposure for our students to the professional association,\u201d said Smith, who serves on MAHPERD\u2019s college council.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, as a graduate assistant and student in HPER, it\u2019s great to be able to present at a local conference, network with other professionals, and see the whole landscape of work in the health, physical education, recreation, and dance field,\u201d agreed Gennarelli.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is an excellent opportunity to for us to present research, share ideas, and be a local advocate for our field in a state that needs health and wellness avocation the most,\u201d added Davis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Caption:<\/strong> Left to right: Josh Carter, junior BSE HPER major; Stephen Phelps, junior BSE HPER major; Madison Wages, senior BSE HPER major; Victoria Granberry, junior exercise science major; Britnee Smith, instructor and coordinator of physical education teacher education; Jonathan Kent, BSE HPER major; Rajheem Jamison, senior exercise science major with a coaching minor; and Taylor Willis, senior BSE HPER major.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven undergraduate students, one graduate student, and three faculty members from Delta State University participated in the 85th Mississippi Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (MAHPERD) conference at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":566,"featured_media":81854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-college-of-education-and-human-sciences"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/566"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81853"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81857,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81853\/revisions\/81857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.deltastate.edu\/news-and-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}