Physical Education

Full Time Staff: Kim Chandler (Director of Athletics), Vanessa Seljeskog (Associate Director/PE Chair),Ian Barker, Tom Cross, Jordan Cushing, Matt Haugen, Tony Jennison, Curt Kietzer, Dan Larson, John Leaney, Marshall Mullenbach, Paula Natvig, Matt Parrington, Martin Peper, Steph Schleuder, Ellen Thompson

The department of physical education provides students with the opportunity to develop or improve skills in activity classes and/or compete in a wide range of recreational, intramural, club and intercollegiate sports.

The varsity athletic teams are members of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association, (NCAA Division III). Varsity sports for men include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, and indoor and outdoor track and field. Varsity sports for women include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field, water polo, and volleyball.

Club sports include: M/W crew, M/W Climbing, M/W ice hockey, M/W Nordic skiing, M/W rugby, M/W ultimate Frisbee, co-ed volleyball, men’s water polo and women’s lacrosse.

Intramural competition is available in a wide variety of sport activities throughout the school year. Team sports have men’s, women’s and co-ed schedules. Individual sports have men’s and women’s singles, doubles and co-ed doubles tournaments.

Activity Courses

A variety of activity classes are offered through the department of physical education. Students may earn a maximum of four credits toward graduation for participating in four different physical education activity classes. Each class is one credit and all activity classes are graded S/NC. Some activity classes may have a participation fee.

Water Activities

PE 1 Swimming I	PE 31 Scuba Diving
PE 11 Swimming II	PE 41 Lifeguard Training
PE 21 Swim for Fitness	PE 51 Aqua Aerobics

Lifetime Activities

PE 2 Tennis I	PE 15 Fencing II
PE 3 Beginning Social Dance	PE 16 Yoga II
PE 4 Karate I
PE 5 Fencing I	PE 18 Pilates I
PE 6 Yoga I	PE 19 Conditioning II
PE 7 Personal Health and Wellness	PE 20 Weight Training
PE 8 Step Aerobics	PE 22 Badminton
PE 9 Conditioning
PE 10 Racquetball I	PE 25 Triathlon Training
–	PE 26 Tai Chi Chuan
PE 12 Tennis II	PE 27 Cardio Fitness
PE 13 Intermediate Social Dance	PE 28 Pilates II
PE 14 Karate II	PE 30 Golf
–	PE 33 Salsa I
–	PE 40 Self Defense
–	PE 43 Salsa Dance II
–	PE 50 Tae Kwon Do
–	PE 61 Water Polo
Miscellaneous

PE 90 Independent Study—Students with instructor sponsorship may design their own activity course.