A WVU physical education teacher education graduate is putting a new spin on physical activity in southern West Virginia. Chris Roth, Eastern Greenbrier Middle School physical education teacher and 2016 West Virginia Middle School Physical Education Teacher of the Year, will visit campus on Friday, November 18, 2016 at 11 a.m., CPASS room G08. His presentation is entitled Re-imaging Middle School Physical Education in Greenbrier County, WV. The event is free and open to the public.
Roth, along with his Greenbrier County colleagues, introduced mountain biking, archery, disc golf and slack lining into middle school physical education. These curricular changes occurred in partnership with WVU CPASS faculty and were funded by a Carol M. White Physical Education Program grant, through the U.S. Department of Education.