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ASU professor emeritus awarded physical education society’s highest honor

Arizona Health and Physical Education

He served as a member of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition Science Board from 2011 to 2014. Van der Mars’ research and scholarship focus on determining factors that facilitate physical activity among secondary school students and the role of public policy on the quality of K–12 physical education.

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Funding Physical Education Programs

PLT4M

Christi shares two examples that she has taken from secondary schools missions, “The mission of our health and physical education program is to empwoer students to apply skills and knowledge that contribue to a healthy lifestyle.”