surfing

Outreach & Related Links

Ballroom Dance Night

Ballroom Dance Night is an event sponsored by the PE department, Rec. sports and the Chico State Ballroom Dance Club. The event is held once a semester on the first Wednesday of December and May. The night is mainly an opportunity for ballroom students from Butte College and Chico State to practice their newly learned dance skills in a social setting, but it is also open to the faculty and community members. This night has been a tradition at Chico State for thirty years and the event organizers do an excellent job of making this a very classy night. Food and beverages are served and raffle prizes are given out. The dress is formal and there is even a professional picture studio there, taking individual pictures for those who choose. An affordable admission fee is charged to raise money for the program, but with an average attendance of 500+ people, the students and the community members seem to appreciate the value. The success of this once-a-semester event has spawned the start of Friday night dances which are sponsored by the Chico State Ballroom Dance Club. For more information contact Rec. Sports at 898-5170.

Microteaching by undergrads in the community

Our undergraduate PE program here at Chico State continues to stress the importance of actual real-life teaching experiences. As of right now three classes in the teacher education option, (kine 109,110,111) make trips to area schools to teach Physical Education for the day (i.e. 109 goes to elementary, 110 goes to middle school and 111 goes to high school). The number of times the classes goes to teach vary from one to six. As our program continues to change we plan on including more and more field experiences for our undergrads.

NORPEP

Dr. Gayle Hutchinson is the director of the Northern California Physical Education and Health Project. This project is funded by a state grant from the Department of Education. The project began in 1997 and provides professional opportunities and leadership training for PE and Health education in northern California. Along with co-director Debbie Doman, Dr. Hutchinson puts on a 2-week summer institute for teachers to improve their teaching skills, learn new information, and to develop leadership skills to take Health and PE "beyond the classroom". Follow-up-visits to the teachers’ schools are done at several times throughout the year as well. For more information contact Dr. Gayle Hutchinson at 898-6373.

CASPER

CASPER (Concerned Adults and Students for Physical Education Reform) is a non-profit, grassroots advocacy organization housed in our department. CASPER’s advocacy and educational efforts are directed by Dr. Cathrine Himberg.

CASPER advocates for the elimination of inappropriate practices in physical education that humiliate and alienate children and adolescents. Examples of these practices include using "captains" to pick teams, exercise as punishment, elimination games, and fitness testing "in the spotlight." CASPER believes that the purpose of physical education is to help students become active and healthy for the rest of their lives.

In the last year CASPER has received significant press coverage in newspapers, TV and radio, locally and nationally. CASPER tackles issues to which most people can relate. People in every walk of life have memories of physical education, and many of them have bad memories because they were humiliated or alienated by the practices some of their teachers used. CASPER's goals include: creating awareness of developmentally inappropriate practices in physical education; helping students, parents, teachers and other concerned adults to eliminate these practice;, providing teachers and coaches with better alternative;, and recognizing "CASPER-friendly" teachers, schools, administrators, and PTAs.

For more information check out CASPER’s web site www.helpcasper.org, or contact Dr. Himberg at 898-5239, or e-mail chimberg@csuchico.edu.

Climbing Wall

CSU Chico Climbing Wall offers a variety of programs for children, students, and the community, including, but not limited to:

  • Youth Climbing Club School programs
  • Birthday parties Summer and Winter camp programs
  • Family Day events Guiding Service

For More Information, prices and reservations please contact Jon Foy @ 898-5462 or email jfoy@csuchico.edu

BE WEL (Beyond Exercise: Wellness Enhancement for Life)

This program is for individuals with disabilities in the community. Members of the community have the opportunity to come in and have an exercise program designed to fit their needs and goals. What is offered:

  • Weight Training Individualized Activity
  • Stretching Personal Objectives
  • Relaxation Personal Activity Log
  • Lap Swimming Motivation
  • Water Jogging Nutritional Analysis
    These sessions meet M-W-F from 1:00-2:00 Fall and Spring semester.

For More Information please contact Rebecca Lytle at rlytle@csuchico.edu or by phone at (530) 898-4298.

Family Fun Day

The Family Fun Day is a new, once-a-year event that is organized and run entirely by the Physical Education and Exercise Science Student Majors’ Club. The goals of the Family Fun Day are to provide all types of families within the community, an enjoyable experience through the participation of non-traditional activities, and to provide children with an athletic and physically active experience, hoping to inspire them to live a healthy and active lifestyle. This event was started by a group of CSUC students with a love for lifelong physical activity who wanted to share their enthusiasm with the Chico community.

Kids Play (Kids Integrated Development of Skill: Parental Leadership and Advocacy for Youth)

Kids play is a program designed to develop movement skills and participation in physical activity for children (5-12 years old) with disabilities.

For More Information please contact Rebecca Lytle at rlytle@csuchico.edu or by phone (530) 898-4298.

TASP

TASP is a multidisciplinary organization whose purpose is to promote the study of play, to support and cooperate with other organizations having similar purposes, and to organize meetings and publications that facilitate the sharing and dissemination of information related to the study of play. TASP publishes a regular, extensive newsletter that includes book reviews, research updates in different disciplines, and other information. In 1998, TASP began to publish an Annual Volume of Play and Culture Studies.