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Video: Physical Activity Course (PAC) Program encourages students to get active

While more than half of four-year colleges and universities in the United States have dropped physical education requirements, Oregon State University is taking extra steps to ensure its students are getting – and staying – physically active.

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Alumni Public Health Students

Working for women worldwide

Across international boundaries and vastly different cultures, women face the threat of sexual violence and issues of gender equality and empowerment. Meghan Fitzgerald has seen it firsthand. More importantly, she is doing something about it.

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Kinesiology Students

McKenzie Redberg: From America’s team to Beaver Nation

Kinesiology student McKenzie Redberg, a former Corvallis High School standout is playing for the Oregon State women’s soccer team, fulfilling a dream that was deferred, but not denied, by a four-year tour as a medic in the United States Air Force.

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HDFS Students

Student-athlete profile: Lila Toner

Toner is majoring in Psychology and Human Development and Family Sciences, and hopes to work in child psychology and family development, with a focus on children with Down syndrome. “My parents broke up when I was eight, and I know how kids feel when their family life is not the best,” she said. “I want to help and volunteer with those kids as much as I can,” if she doesn’t play professionally.

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Kinesiology Students

Video: Student-athlete profile – Bright Ugwoegbu

“I’ve always been a fit guy and always wanted to know how I can get myself stronger, fitter, faster,” Bright Ugwoegbu said. “Kinesiology seemed like the field of study for me.”

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Kinesiology Students

OSU-Cascades: Hands-on experience

Under the supervision of physical therapists and lab staff, the interns study movement, identify inefficiencies and provide recommendations designed to decrease stress on the musculoskeletal structures in the body.