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Wednesday, December 11, 2019<\/p>\n
STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Dr. Kelsey McEntyre, assistant professor of sport science in Tarleton State University’s School of Kinesiology, has been elected chair of the Assessment and Evaluation section of the Texas Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (TAHPERD).<\/p>\n
McEntyre joined Tarleton’s faculty in 2018. She earned her doctorate in philosophy from the University of Alabama in 2018, her master’s in health and human performance from the University of North Alabama in 2015 and her bachelor’s in biology from Young Harris College in 2013.<\/p>\n
TAHPERD is composed of more than 3,500 professional and student members serving education from early childhood through college and also represents interests in government and private agencies, business and the healthcare industry. <\/span>The organization was founded in 1923 and is the only association in Texas serving education in health, physical education, recreation and dance.<\/p>\n Tarleton, founding member of The Texas A&M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven education marked by academic innovation and a dedication to transform today’s scholars into tomorrow’s leaders. It offers degree programs to more than 13,000 students at Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian, RELLIS Academic Alliance in Bryan, and online, emphasizing real-world learning experiences that address societal needs while maintaining its core values of tradition, integrity, civility, excellence, leadership and service.<\/p>\n Contact: Phil Riddle Dr. Kelsey McEntyre, assistant professor of sport science in Tarleton State University’s School of Kinesiology, has been elected chair of the Assessment and Evaluation section of the Texas Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (TAHPERD).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26664,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[423],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-research"],"acf":{"image":null},"author_meta":{"display_name":"keegan","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/keegan-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2021\/11\/image-552-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Academics & Research<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Academics & Research<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 6 years ago","modified":"Updated 6 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on December 11, 2019","modified":"Updated on October 7, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on December 11, 2019 12:00 am","modified":"Updated on October 7, 2025 9:45 am"},"featured_img_caption":"Smiling person in front of a Tarleton State University backdrop.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26663"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54230,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26663\/revisions\/54230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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