Kinesiology, Recreation & Sport

Mahurin Honors College scholar, Allie Wetzel calls Santa Claus, Indiana, home and is heading into her junior year at WKU—though it’s only her second year on campus thanks to credits earned before arriving. She’s majoring in Exercise Science.

She first heard about the Hawaii faculty led study away program during an academic preview day. At the time, she considered herself “more of a homebody” and worried the travel would feel long—but then she thought, “you don’t get the chance to go to Hawaii every day.” The two-week format, “14 days… felt perfect”, made the decision easy.

Before departure, students completed short online modules—one in Exercise Science and one in Sport Management—so the group could hit the ground running once on the islands. In Hawaii they surfed, kayaked, snorkeled, scuba dived, and hiked: a built‑in laboratory for noticing how bodies respond to new environments.

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