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 Interested in sports and medicine? Sign up now for the first CPASS study abroad trip to Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland. From March 20-28, 2015, students will learn about cultural differences in sports teams, attend classes, clinics, matches, and visit local tourist destinations.

During the course, students will experience the culture of Ireland during a week-long excursion across the pond. Highlights of the trip will include injury clinics and sitting in on courses in athletic therapy at Dublin City University. The trip will focus on sports and games within the university and club settings.

CPASS graduate Nadine Dubina recently landed a prestigious internship with the United States Olympic Committee in their coaching education division. 

Students from all of McDowell County’s public schools gathered on October 23, 2014 at the Welch Armory to celebrate and demonstrate physical activities provided by the McDowell CHOICES Project, sponsored by CPASS and the Highmark Foundation. At the Let’s Move McDowell Physical Activity Celebration, more than 500 students performed short physical activity demonstrations representing new physical activities that have taken place at their schools this year.

An appreciation for a local school and a discovery about a health and physical activity-based award evolved into national recognition. The picture on the left shows Ishonte’ Allar, CPASS grad student, with Suncrest Middle School representatives. (Photo by The Dominion Post)

Christopher Roth is a middle school physical education teacher at Eastern Greenbrier Middle School, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Throughout the past six years teaching physical education and coaching middle school football, Roth describes his greatest accomplishment as creating experiences for students to try and succeed in areas that they themselves did not believe they were capable. 

Most college spring breaks involve high temperatures and sunny climes, but CPASS is offering a twist on the typical spring break destination. The College has announced a 2015 trip to Sweden as part of the College’s study abroad program.

Wall climbs, fire pits, and an oversized slip-n-slide greeted a team from CPASS at the Chestnut Mountain Mud Run in Fairmont, WV. On September 27, 2014 the nine team members made their way through the hilly course.

Andrew Ostrow was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He completed the baccalaureate (Brooklyn College), masters (University of Maryland), and doctoral (University of California, Berkeley) degrees. When he was a doctoral student at Berkeley, he was invited by a group of Canadian nurses to a party in San Francisco. There, he met his future wife Lynne who was an ICU nurse at Stanford University.

Dr. Amy Sidwell and a student team at Fairmont State University were among 10 project winners nationwide for the 2014 Ford Community College Challenge.

Renee Brown, first year CPASS doctoral student, was awarded a University Provost Fellowship for the 2014-2015 academic year. Brown is currently working toward her Ph.D. in Physical Education-Teacher Education.