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Ouachita's kinesiology department to co-host kids' triathlon May 3

May 02, 2024

Ouachita Baptist University’s Department of Kinesiology will partner with Community Connections to host the first Arkadelphia Kids’ Triathlon on Friday, May from 4-7 p.m. at the Sturgis Physical Education Center on Ouachita’s campus.

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Ouachita introduces Master of Science degree in exercise science

November 18, 2022

Ouachita will expand its kinesiology program to include a Master of Science degree in exercise science, expected to launch in Fall 2023. Housed in the Huckabee School of Education, the master’s degree pathway will be built around the concept of recognizing exercise as medicine—an emphasis that has been foundational in the way Ouachita’s Department of Kinesiology approaches instruction.

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Ouachita faculty team selected for national disability inclusion grant

July 16, 2020

A team of Ouachita Baptist University faculty members has been selected as a recipient of the Accelerating Disability Inclusion Community-Based Micro-Grant by the National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability’s (NCHPAD) Inclusion: Community Micro-Grant Program.

Dr. Terry DeWitt (center) accepts Ouachita’s first Gold Status credential for its Exercise is Medicine (EIM) program during the American College of Sports Medicine’s (ACSM) annual meeting in Orlando this summer. Bob Sallis, past-president of ACSM and EIM founder, and Renee Jeffries Heil, current EIM Committee chair, presented the award.
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Ouachita is first university in Arkansas to earn Gold Status credential from American College of Sports Medicine

July 29, 2019

Ouachita Baptist University recently became the first university in Arkansas to earn a Gold Status credential from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) for its participation and excellence in the organization’s Exercise is Medicine® (EIM) program.

Ouachita received Gold Status credential, national recognition from the American College of Sports Medicine.
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Ouachita receives Gold Status credential, national recognition from the American College of Sports Medicine

May 02, 2019

Ouachita Baptist University recently received the credential of Gold Status from the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) for its Department of Kinesiology and Leisure Studies’ participation and excellence in the organization’s Exercise Is Medicine® (EIM) program.

Dr. Amber Chelette, center, accepts Silver Status honors in the Exercise is Medicine® program at the national American College of Sports Medicine Summit.
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Ouachita receives second recognition from the American College of Sports Medicine

October 19, 2018

Ouachita Baptist University has received, for the second time, the credential of Silver Status from the Exercise is Medicine® program, an initiative of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).

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