Mission Statement

The Health and Physical Education faculty at Binghamton University is strongly committed to teaching the practical skills and behaviors of healthy living with firm cognitive underpinnings.  Our unique role on campus is to engage all students in the development of personal tools important for life-long wellness: mental, environmental, emotional, spiritual, social and especially physical.

We offer a wide variety of credit courses that satisfy the General Education requirements of Activity (Y), Wellness (S) and/or Both (B).  The requirements enable us to introduce fundamentals and new experiences to those students who otherwise might not seek them out, and to encourage higher-level skill development and depth of knowledge for more experienced students.

Some of our goals are to:

stay sensitive to the diversity of culture, knowledge base and physical ability in our student population

cultivate a comfortable yet challenging learning environment in each class

offer sound guidance through the maze of conflicting contemporary fitness and health information

model positive attitudes, and help students to overcome fears and misconceptions

inspire students to discover and continue to practice enjoyable and effective activities

stimulate students to become proactive regarding their health and wellness

 

Contact HPE Department: West Gym Main Office: 777-2120 or E-Mail:  Lisa Hrehor

Last Updated: 8/25/2006

 

 

Binghamton University | State University of New York | P.O. Box 6000 | Binghamton, NY 13902