The Department of Physical Education, Sport, & Human Performance

The Weight Room inside the West Center.

Dr. Daniel Drane, Department Chair

Dr. Shelley Hamill, professor in the department.

The Department of Physical Education, Sport, & Human Performance is one of the most unique and largest departments on Winthrop University's campus. Housed in the West Center, its history dates back to when Winthrop University was an all girl's school. The first Physical Education majors graduated in 1920. Since then, more than 1,000 students has graduated from the program.

The mission statement of the department is to prepare leaders in athletic training, exercise science, physical education teacher education, sport management, and athletic administration at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

"Basically I'm chair of the department that has four majors, one masters, and a couple of minors," Dr. Daniel Drane, chair of the department, stated in reference to the size of the department. There are 425 undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in five different programs.

"We have so much to offer. We have wonderful courses, great faculty, and we are in an amazing facility," stated Dr. Shelley Hamill, a professor in the department.

For more information on the Department of Physical Education, Sport, & Human Performance, you can visit Winthrop University's website.

In addition to the official website, you can also check out my YouTube video, The Department of Physical Education, Sport, & Human Performance for an inside look into the                                                                                                          department.