Seattle U Kinesiology

And we’re live! Happy SU Gives day, everyone! For the next 24 hours, we hope to collect as many donations as possible to help keep our undergraduate professional development fund program ongoing and expand funding for additional programing and resources for our students! Any amount helps, and even if you are unable to donate, please share with as many people as possible! Family, friends, coworkers, alum, bosses, coaches, your favorite local barista…anyone! Help the yeti climb the Space Needle! We will be providing periodic updates throughout the day, so share share share! Link in QR code and in bio! Go Redhawks!
https://seattleugives.seattleu.edu/campaigns/kinesiology-1

New Redhawk Squawk alert! For our first podcast of the school year, we invited special guests Alli Smith and Taylor Marks to join us and chat about the women's soccer team's fantastic season, as well as what it's like being a kinesiology major. Tune in via Podbean, link below and in our bio!
https://seattleuartsandsciences.podbean.com/e/an-interview-with-seattle-university-women-s-soccer-players/

My club basketball coach JR impacted my life the most deeply. He taught us to have the mindset that if you give something your 100%, the best rewards will come. I’m on the rowing team now, and it’s hard work, but that buildup of practicing and studying to be successful has translated into my academics, as well as in my life. People think that I don’t have a lot going on because I’m pretty quiet, but I’m actually pretty calculating in everything I do. Everyone assumes that all athletes are extroverts, but there are so many of us that are working just as hard and doing our own thing. I’m proud of my strength and work ethic. If I have a goal, I stick to it no matter what. Even if it seems impossible, I never say “can’t”; I say “When? When will I do this?”. Freshman year, my classes seemed so much harder than what I was used to. I know this isn’t just my own experience; I’m positive other people feel this way too, and I find comfort in knowing that. But when you get through it, you realize there’s so much more beyond just a classroom grade. And that’s true in life. Things that you feel are hard? They don’t define you. You just make a new set of goals to work toward. I wish I could go back and tell my freshman/sophomore year self that it’s not worth all of the stressing. I feel good about what I’ve learned and my experiences here, and I wish that I hadn’t been so caught up in the moment at the time. People usually say they wish they had been more present or in touch with the moment they’re in, but when the “moment” feels hard, know that the present isn’t the end. It’ll all be okay.
-Miranda Johnson, athlete, fourth year Kinesiology student.
Thank you for sharing your story 😊

My parents are Mexican immigrants. I am the firstborn and I’m female, so I feel just in general, that made it so much harder…not necessarily in a bad way, but it put a lot more pressure on me to be able to do something “good”. My dad tried to go to college but couldn’t because of his citizenship status, so I felt like I had to do it for him. I know that I should be doing this for myself, but in the same way I want to make myself proud, I also want to make my parents proud. I feel like Hispanic parents are always pushing for their kids to be better, but they don’t always see how hard school can be, or that I do truly want to do well for them. Coming to college, it has been a lot of mental pressure to try to figure out who I am. I live at home and commute to school, and the first year and a half of college was all online because of COVID. Obviously, I don’t blame anyone for that, but it’s been hard to find a community. I sometimes feel disconnected from my parents and home, but there aren’t many Hispanics at school, so it’s a constant struggle of that feeling of not belonging in either setting. I am super close to my family, and I don’t ever want to lose that connection, but at the same time, I feel like I’m not getting that full college experience. Figuring out what I want to do in the future has helped, though. My entire education has been Western style, but at one point I caught myself losing my Spanish. After studying and traveling, I was able to reconnect with my language and culture, and I realized that there are people out there who need people like me. I want to be the person that helps people who have language barriers. As someone receiving a higher education, I want to someday be a physical therapist that people like me and my family can trust and feel comfortable around. I’m thankful to have found a path that I’m passionate about.
-Kemberly Garcia, first generation Latina, third year Kinesiology student

Thank you for sharing your story, and being the first feature for Students of Kinesiology!

We concluded our Redhawk Squawk podcast episodes for the 21-22 academic year with special guest Andy Ho. .h

On this episode titled the SU Kinesiology experience Andy shared his thoughts and feelings about the program.

Thank you to allowing for allowing us to use your awesome studio to record this episode.

Check out the podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7LchnBfjXaFOxKTCKUKaHi?si=A68DmGtTTGyzP-V8j73GIA

Last Monday we hosted Kinesiology CARES (Celebration of Academic & Research Excellence Symposium).

We had MSK first year and second year students present research proposals and defenses. Undergraduate honors students also presented research projects. And lastly, we recognized MSK clinical students for all their accomplishments. Congrats to all of these students and good luck to those who are now graduates 🎓!

Our last graduate for the MSK class of 2022 is Javad Bakhshinejad.

Check out where Javad is headed next. Congrats 🎉

Next for the MSK class of 2022 we have Jacob Yarbrough Jones.

Check out where Jay-J is headed next. Congrats 🎉

Next for the MSK class of 2022 we have Katie Anderson.

Check out where Katie is headed next. Congrats 🎉

Next up for the MSK class of 2022 we have Corey Wukelic.

Congrats Corey. See where he is headed next.