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Kinesiology master's student Gayatheri Iyer received the 2026 American Kinesiology Association Scholar Award for Oregon State University.

SU's IMPACT program partnered with Special Olympics Oregon to host a field day for more than 75 transition-aged students with intellectual and developmental disabilities from across the Willamette Valley.

Christine Pollard, former DPT program director and senior associate dean, will serve as interim chancellor and dean of OSU Cascades beginning May 16.

OSU kinesiology students presented at the 2026 Association for Applied Sport Psychology Pacific Northwest Regional Conference in Boise.

Jay Penry led kinesiology undergraduates to the 2026 ACSM Northwest Annual Meeting at the University of Idaho, offering students professional development experience.

OSU-Cascades physical therapy assistant professor JJ Hannigan was quoted in the New York Times and Super Age on running shoe replacement and maximal shoe design.

Kinesiology professor and school head Megan MacDonald discusses her research on physical activity and children with disabilities, the IMPACT program, and why getting kids moving starts with meeting them where they are.

Kinesiology senior Jordan Varneau published a guest column in the Bend Bulletin on surgical trends in youth baseball, written as part of a class assignment at OSU-Cascades.

John Schuna, associate professor of kinesiology, was quoted in a Washington Post article on walking pace and healthy aging.

Kinesiology student Kaitie Woodard gained hands-on insight at Northwest Rehabilitation Associates, shadowing physical therapists and learning how movement, teamwork and individualized care support patient recovery.

Brad Cardinal, professor of kinesiology, was featured in a national alumni spotlight for the Physical Activity and Public Health training course.

Postdoctoral scholar Franziska Loetzner has accepted a tenure-track assistant professor position in kinesiology at Indiana University Indianapolis, beginning March 1.