WSKW

[Brett J. Holt]

Dear WSKW Members and Presenters:

Thank you for your attendance at last week’s 2015, 60th annual
conference. I hope that you found the conference both enjoyable and
informative. Some quick numbers regarding 2015 conference below:

1) 60 WSKW conferences concluded
2) 36 total oral sessions.
3) 34 total poster presentations.
4) 70 total academic sessions
5) 44 Total Academic Institutions represented during sessions
6) 15 International institutions participated (including authors
representing schools in New Zealand, Korea, Greece, England, and
Japan; 34.09%).
7) 25 academic sessions had at least one author from a Carnegie
research extensive university (35.71%)
8) 4.5 month submission period (longest in WSKW history)
9) 50 minutes of Peavy Paper presentation visibility (longest in WSKW history)
10) 365 days until next conference

Please take a moment to welcome your new President-Elect: Dr. Bethany
Shifflett (San Jose State University) as she will be planning next
year’s festivities. It was a pleasure to organize this past year’s
conference. I hope your experience was positive and I look forward to
your attendance next year.

Brett J. Holt, Ed.D.
President: Western Society for Kinesiology and Wellness