Franklin College Exercise Science

09/04/2026

Rolling into the long weekend!

EXE students spent some time experiencing campus from a different perspective while assessing accessibility along the way.

09/01/2026

🎉 Happy first day of school!

Whether it’s your first year at Franklin College or your 49th (looking at you, Prof. Britner!), we hope you have an amazing year!

— Your FC EXE & MSAT Faculty 💙

08/28/2026

The EXE and MSAT faculty are ready for a new year!

We loved celebrating our newest Franklin College students at this year’s Bell Ceremony and are excited to welcome everyone back. Here’s to a great year! 💙

08/26/2026

We are excited to welcome Chris, the newest faculty member in the MSAT at Franklin College! Chris has been a valued preceptor for our program and brings years of experience as the Head Athletic Trainer at Franklin College, along with a wealth of clinical knowledge and expertise in athletic training. We are excited to have him transition into teaching and bring that experience into the classroom while continuing to serve as the Head Athletic Trainer for Franklin College!💙🐻💛

Fun Fact- This is Chris's 24th year at Franklin College!

07/02/2026

Proud to be part of this exciting collaboration! Congratulations to everyone involved as this inclusive dance program takes its next step onto the international stage. 🌎💃

Indiana 🤸 ➡️ South Africa! Live Laugh Dance is expanding internationally with its first program through . What began as kinesiology clinical professor Rachel Swinford's Ph.D. dissertation has grown into a rewarding program with SHHS kinesiology alum Kyra Noerr, in collaboration with Down Syndrome Indiana and Franklin College department of exercise science.

Photography: Laura L. Singleton Photography

06/23/2026

🎉 Big news for Franklin College Exercise Science! 🎉

We are proud to announce that we are a CASCE-accredited program through the Council on Accreditation of Strength and Conditioning Education.

CASCE accreditation recognizes programs that meet rigorous standards in strength and conditioning education, curriculum, faculty qualifications, student outcomes, and experiential learning opportunities.

For our students, this accreditation demonstrates our commitment to providing a high-quality education that prepares graduates for careers in strength and conditioning and professional certification opportunities.

A huge thank you to our faculty, staff, students, alumni, internship supervisors, and institutional partners who helped make this achievement possible.

05/23/2026

A big milestone worth celebrating. Congratulations to our graduating seniors (sorry, we mean alumni!) and best wishes for the future ahead.

Your exercise science faculty will always be rooting for you!

05/15/2026

Scholars day: Senior research presentations

Proud of our seniors for presenting the research projects they have worked on throughout the year. A great showcase of their hard work, professionalism, and growth as future practitioners and researchers.

05/15/2026

Scholars day: Community-based learning reflections

Students from BIO, CHEM, and EXE came together to reflect on their community-based learning experiences, discuss what they learned, and share how these opportunities connected classroom knowledge to real-world impact.

05/15/2026

Scholars Day morning sessions ☀️

Our junior research students kicked off the day by presenting their research proposals and sharing the projects they will be working on this fall. Excited to see these ideas continue to grow into future studies.