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Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Athletics
 Department Chair:
Dr. Moira E. Stuart
The Department of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Athletics (HPERA) is located in the Physical Education Complex at the south end of the campus. Opened in January, 1988, this facility includes two gymnasiums, a suspended jogging
track, six racquetball courts, a 60 x 120 foot swimming pool, a fitness center, two tennis courts, a baseball field, a softball field, a soccer field, classrooms, the Department of HPERA’s Human Performance
Laboratory, and faculty/staff offices.
The goals of the Department are to provide students with:
1) an awareness of the role of health, physical education, leisure, recreation, athletics, and
exercise sciences in schools and society;
2) the opportunity to acquire competencies that will enable them to be successful in varied
educational and professional settings;
3) the opportunity to develop a satisfactory level of personal skill in the many areas of the
discipline; and
4) a basis and desire for continued professional growth following graduation.
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