Hastings College Physical Education and Exercise Science

05/14/2026

Six seniors from the Exercise Science department presented their capstone research projects at the 2026 Academic Excellence Showcase.

Carson Parde
Brock Buresh
Larissa Kaz
Sara McCarraher
Ethan Mins
Lauren Lee (not pictured)

Congrats to our seniors and all the excellent work they did!

09/05/2024

Today, the first year exercise science and PE students learned the anatomy of the cardiovascular system with hands-on labs!

08/13/2024

We have some exciting new additions to the Exercise Science department. We finished a brand new lab last spring and it is fully operational for the new school year! We have a suite of new anatomical models for our courses as well. Our lab contains a Parvomedics metabolic cart, a Biopac digital testing suite for EMG, EKG, EEG, and pulmonary measures. We purchased a 65 inch 4k smart TV to display our scientific equipment during class labs. We also have repurposed our old lab into a new teaching and testing lab! Lots of exciting new things coming to Hastings College!

07/12/2024

Today, Brian Clausen, 2024 exercise science graduate, presented his senior research project at the National Strength and Conditioning Association national conference in Baltimore, Maryland.
Congrats to Brian for all of his hard work. He is taking the next step and pursuing his master's in kinesiology and exercise science from College of Saint Mary in the fall.

05/13/2024

On Sunday, the Hastings College Special Olympics Powerlifting team completed their final practice of the year with a powerlifting contest!

Thank you for all of the hard work by our undergraduate students who work diligently and compassionately to teach and train our Special Olympic athletes. We have six student coaches including Brock Buresh, Jonah Doyle, Matthew Johanson, Kiernan Paulk, Olivia Kugler, and Alyse Anderson. We teach and train 9 total athletes from the surrounding communities.

Thank you for the great year coaches and athletes!

04/28/2024

We had 3 graduating seniors from exercise science get selected as royalty in the May Fete court. May Fete is a long-running, student-planned event dating back to May 1, 1910.
Congrats Ikeah Cuff (bottom left), Trystan Soby (top right), and Sofia Gomez-Garcia (second from the right, bottom row)!

04/24/2024

Today, our senior exercise science students completed their senior capstone projects and presented them at the Academic Showcase. Congratulations to our seniors for all your hard work!

01/29/2024

Alyse Anderson is one of many standout students in the PEHP department. Please read about her journey.

Alyse Anderson graduates from Hastings College this spring with a degree in exercise science. She's been accepted into a physical therapy program.

05/15/2023

Today we finished out the year with our Special Olympics team competition. We had some amazing lifts including a 260 pound squat from Jason, and 160 pound deadlifts from both Moyer and Sean! We also had a 70 pound personal best bench press (not pictured) from Spencer, a young man who suffered a brain injury as a teenager and has fought back to being able to be a powerlifting athlete! A special thanks to all of our student coaches: DJ Schroeder, Alyse Anderson, Carley Leners

05/09/2023

Yesterday, the Exercise Physiology class took advantage of the sunshine and did an activity outdoors to simulate the impact of asthma on heart rate and exercise performance. Students stepped up and down at given rates and used heart rate monitors to see the physiological effect of asthma. Students did this normally first, then used straws and nose clips to only breath through a small opening to simulate asthma while exercising.
The Hastings College PEHP department uses hands on learning environments like this to teach health and exercise related topics to our students!