Franklin College Exercise Science

07/02/2026

Proud to be part of this exciting collaboration! Congratulations to everyone involved as this inclusive dance program takes its next step onto the international stage. 🌎💃

Indiana 🤸 ➡️ South Africa! Live Laugh Dance is expanding internationally with its first program through . What began as kinesiology clinical professor Rachel Swinford's Ph.D. dissertation has grown into a rewarding program with SHHS kinesiology alum Kyra Noerr, in collaboration with Down Syndrome Indiana and Franklin College department of exercise science.

Photography: Laura L. Singleton Photography

06/23/2026

🎉 Big news for Franklin College Exercise Science! 🎉

We are proud to announce that we are a CASCE-accredited program through the Council on Accreditation of Strength and Conditioning Education.

CASCE accreditation recognizes programs that meet rigorous standards in strength and conditioning education, curriculum, faculty qualifications, student outcomes, and experiential learning opportunities.

For our students, this accreditation demonstrates our commitment to providing a high-quality education that prepares graduates for careers in strength and conditioning and professional certification opportunities.

A huge thank you to our faculty, staff, students, alumni, internship supervisors, and institutional partners who helped make this achievement possible.

05/23/2026

A big milestone worth celebrating. Congratulations to our graduating seniors (sorry, we mean alumni!) and best wishes for the future ahead.

Your exercise science faculty will always be rooting for you!

05/15/2026

Scholars day: Senior research presentations

Proud of our seniors for presenting the research projects they have worked on throughout the year. A great showcase of their hard work, professionalism, and growth as future practitioners and researchers.

05/15/2026

Scholars day: Community-based learning reflections

Students from BIO, CHEM, and EXE came together to reflect on their community-based learning experiences, discuss what they learned, and share how these opportunities connected classroom knowledge to real-world impact.

05/15/2026

Scholars Day morning sessions ☀️

Our junior research students kicked off the day by presenting their research proposals and sharing the projects they will be working on this fall. Excited to see these ideas continue to grow into future studies.

05/13/2026

Ending the semester with one of the most fun labs of the year. Students rotated through adaptive sports and quickly learned that sitting volleyball, goalball, and wheelchair basketball are much harder than they look. So proud of the energy and enthusiasm this group brought all semester long.

05/07/2026

Celebrating our senior Exercise Science students at our annual Senior Night Dinner.

It’s been incredible watching this group grow as students, professionals, leaders, and future clinicians and coaches. We can’t wait to see where the next chapter takes you.

05/03/2026

EXE and SFM students-stop by for a sweet treat as we start to wrap up the semester!

04/30/2026

Celebrating our students and alumni at the 2025–2026 Student Engagement Awards

Congratulations to Desiree for her service on the President’s Foundation, Kaitie for being named a Top 10 Senior, Zoie for being sworn in to next year’s student leadership team, and Roth, ExSci alum, for earning Organizational Advisor of the Year.