ATSU represented at national conference
Posted: March 19, 2009
KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – (Mar. 19, 2009) Lynda T. Konecny, D.H.Ed., M.S., associate director of admissions at A.T. Still University (ATSU) and adjunct faculty member at ATSU’s online School of Health Management (ATSU-SHM), recently presented her research in a poster session at the 2009 NASPA Annual Conference in Seattle, Wa. The conference, “Nourishing Partnerships for Lifelong Learning,” was held March 7-11 and brought together student affairs administrators in higher education.
Dr. Konecny’s research, entitled “Online Wellness Course Affect on Wellness Behaviors of Online Graduate Students,” examined the concept of developing and providing resources for student wellness in higher education, which emerged in the 1970s. Today, college and university professionals agree that students are more successful when they have balance in areas of wellness. Wellness resources have been provided for residential students, but relatively few have been developed for online students. Dr. Konecny’s study focused on determining whether participation in a facilitated online course could be effective in increasing the wellness behaviors of online graduate students.
Dr. Konecny graduated from ATSU-SHM in June 2008, and was a member of the first graduating class to receive the doctor of health education (D.H.Ed.) degree. Dr. Konecny, of Kirksville, Mo., attended Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Mich., and Emporia State University in Emporia, Kan.
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