{"id":47789,"date":"2022-12-05T14:23:45","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T20:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/?p=47789"},"modified":"2022-12-05T14:56:58","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T20:56:58","slug":"tarletons-tallach-named-tahperd-university-administrator-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarletons-tallach-named-tahperd-university-administrator-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton\u2019s Tallach Named TAHPERD University Administrator of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Tarleton State University Professor Tom Tallach was recognized as University Administrator of the Year <\/strong>by the Texas Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (TAHPERD) over the weekend at the organization\u2019s annual conference in Corpus Christi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In his five years as head of the Department of Sport Science in the School of Kinesiology, the department has achieved record enrollment and assembled a strong faculty. Dr. Tallach developed the BS in sport management degree and the BAAS in kinesiology and has led the expansion of departmental programming to Tarleton-Fort Worth and the Texas A&M System\u2019s RELLIS Academic Alliance in Bryan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

His contributions to education include coaching intercollegiate basketball, college teaching, intercollegiate athletics administration, secondary education administration and college academic administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An advocate for experiential learning, he has helped incorporate applied learning throughout the curricula. Earlier this year, he was awarded a $250,000 grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board that provided direct financial support to Tarleton students completing internships in the community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Tallach has served as Chair of the Sport Management Section of TAHPERD\u2019s College Committee and is a regular presenter at the organization\u2019s conventions and summer conferences. He has been a TAHPERD member for nearly 30 years.The Texas Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, founded in 1923, is a not-for-profit professional organization of individuals in those fields. More than 3,100 professional and student members serve the teaching profession in early childhood environments through college. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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