Graduate School program with the opportunity to study running - Scranton, PA

Forgot to mention, it is currently a two year program.

so whats the chance if someone did this they could also be a grad assit for the program? also what divison are yall?

the xc and track program.

Depends... there are three new clinical trials coming in from a pharm company, which could fund a grad assistant, so there is a possibility. We have a few other grants out in review also.

It is DIII - the school only has 3000 students, including grad and undergrad. Unfortunately, there is no track program, only XC. There are two new coaches though (one is a 2:23 first-time marathoner and the other a female <17 5K runner, 2:40 marathoner) who are trying to take the program places. I believe the athletes will be competing unattached in track meets this spring.

Let me know if you need more info...

is there a website listing program requirements and such?

Here you go:

http://www.marywood.edu/academics/majors_minors/major_minordetail.html?id=80406&crumbTrail=Kinesiology&pageTitle=Kinesiology

The program is continually evolving. The two people that did all the planning for the program retired, and we are working on setting up some new options. For example, those two tracks students can follow are somewhat meaningless and we may eliminate them in favor of more elective options.

Also, you can take electives from the nutrition department:

http://www.marywood.edu/academics/majors_minors/sample_courses.html?id=80398&crumbTrail=Nutrition%20Curriculum

Lastly, there are independent studies. Those give you the options to do something specific to running (or whatever you want to do), work one-on-one, and get coursework credit for it.

Feel free to get in touch with me directly with any questions you may have.

Just another bump here. We do have scholarships available also and may have some grad assistantships coming up.

can you disclose any info on the pharma trials?

also, any chance there will be a PhD program down the road?

nevermind, i think i found it. polyphenols? sounds pretty cool.

Will we get to meet Michael Scott and Dwight Schrude and all the gang if we live in Scranton? Is Dunder Mifflin right down the street? Do we get to run in Michael Scott's Dunder Mifflin Scranton Meredith Palmer Memorial Celebrity Rabies Awareness Pro-Am Fun Run For The Cure? Oh I want to move there.

Yeah, the polyphenol stuff is pretty cool, but it is actually different than the pharma trials. We are looking at the effects of a polyphenol supplement on endurance performance and the physiology behind it. There's a ton out there about them in lab animals, but the human studies are just beginning.

The pharma trials are part of FDA approval and mostly from Merck, related to drugs for treating exercise-induced asthma. They are pretty big time. We also have WADA funding, and some others as well.

One correction from earlier, by graduate assistanceships, I do not mean coaching, but rather research asssistanceships.

As far as Dunder-Mifflin employees go, I am sorry but they are not actually based here. Scranton actually does host a convention for fans of the show.

Another ad for anybody interested in applying this year... The main difference is this year I have one paid graduate assistant position available and the lab itself has another graduate assistanceship available. It is 20 hours per week, and I believe with that comes free tuition and a small stipend. Just found this out, and the deadline for reviewing applications to be a graduate research assistant is next Monday.

Also, there used to be two programs ("Sports Nutrition and Exercise Science" and "Kinesiology"). These have merged into one program, which is also known as "Sports Nutrition and Exercise Science" (same name as previously, but represents two programs).

Please contact me if you are interested and I can get full details to you.

is it possible to do this program part time over more than the regular 2 years it takes for the full time aspect?

Yes, absolutely. It gets tricky though as some classes are cycled every other year, so you just have to make sure you are in the right sequence. I think most places do offer an option like this.

do not move to scranton, pa.

you will thank me later.

I don't live here - I commute an hour. It does not seem like a bad place, but then again I have never really actually lived there.

what are the prerecs?

do you have to have a specific undergrad degree?

What is an hour away from Scranton that could possibly be any better?

could be