Great facilities. The McPhee/Olson Physical Education Center is an outstanding facility with six gymnasia including an indoor 200-meter track, a competition-size swimming pool, eight racquetball courts, spacious weight training and fitness center, sports medicine/athletic training room, dance studio, human performance laboratory and computer laboratory. Outdoor facilities include a 400-meter track, tennis courts and jogging and fitness trails.
Outstanding pre-professional experiences. Students can participate in a wide variety of pre-professional experiences such as, student-faculty collaboration and research, job shadowing and mentoring with area professionals, K-12 field experiences and teacher assisting, coaching and human performance apprenticeships, attend regional professional meetings and workshops, clinics and workshops to obtain additional certifications and licensures, work at summer sport camps, or participating in the community fitness program just to name a few.
Culminating capstone opportunities. All degree programs provide capstone experiences including internships or student teaching experiences.