Resources & Opportunities
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Alex Pepple ’20 and her internship supervisor, Doug Price, at Cottage Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine in Monmouth. -
Campbell Quirk ’20 completed his internship with the Burlington (Iowa) Bees, a Class A minor league baseball affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels. -
Brennan White ’20 coaching a speed and agility class at his internship at Hank’s Gym in Rochester, Illinois. -
Dominic Decello ’20 finished his internship at Ethic Training in Pennsylvania under the supervision of nine-year NFL alum Darnell Dinkins. -
Kaitlin Korf ’20 worked under Dr. Tara Pratt at the Natural Health Improvement Center in the Quad Cities. -
Rebecca Gallis ’20, leads team-building activities at the Adventure Kids Campus, hosted by Mountain & River Adventures in California. -
Trey Swearingen ’20, in orange, learned about daily operations, took blood pressures and assisted with rehabilitation programs at Graham Health System in Canton, Illinois.
Huff Athletic Center
The amazing 155,000-square-foot Huff Athletic Center provides a natural laboratory space for our students. The Huff Center includes the Trotter Fitness Complex, which houses exercise equipment, including free weights, lifting platforms, strength training machines and cardiovascular equipment. The Huff Center also houses a multipurpose field house that includes a 200-meter track. The center is also used for physical activity and exercise laboratory experiences.
Labs and equipment
You won’t spend all your time in the Huff Center. The Center for Science and Business contains a variety of classrooms and science laboratories — including a cadaver lab. Students are exposed to a variety of measurement tools and devices, including measurements of methods of body composition analysis, blood pressure, grip strength, the Functional Movement Screen, heart rate response, blood oxygen saturation and blood glucose.
Moving into the future
Exercise science majors pursue a broad array of graduate programs career opportunities related to physical activity and health. Careers can include work in strength and conditioning, personal training, and health coaching.